Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse?
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@FediTips Please tell me how to DM on Mastodon. I assume this is a very stupid question.
There are no stupid questions!
You can DM by mentioning someone's account but before you publish set the post visibility to "private mention" or "mentions", usually indicated by an @ symbol.
When you do a post with "mentions" visibility, only the accounts mentioned in the post can see it. This is the Mastodon equivalent of sending a DM.
More info about this at https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon
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There are no stupid questions!
You can DM by mentioning someone's account but before you publish set the post visibility to "private mention" or "mentions", usually indicated by an @ symbol.
When you do a post with "mentions" visibility, only the accounts mentioned in the post can see it. This is the Mastodon equivalent of sending a DM.
More info about this at https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon
@FediTips @Armadillosoft It's worth mentioning that Mastodon-compatible messages have a relatively low level of security. Though mostly encrypted in transit they are not end to end encrypted and often unencrypted in servers' databases.
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@FediTips @Armadillosoft It's worth mentioning that Mastodon-compatible messages have a relatively low level of security. Though mostly encrypted in transit they are not end to end encrypted and often unencrypted in servers' databases.
Yup, this is true for DMs on social networks in general.
Sensitive info should only ever be sent through end-to-end dedicated messaging systems rather than social neworks.
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips Do you happen to know any guide or orientation website for new people at peertube? I've created an account but I ended up downloading Freetube to continue watching Youtube since Peertube is kind of hard to understand or to find anything...Thanks!
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@FediTips Do you happen to know any guide or orientation website for new people at peertube? I've created an account but I ended up downloading Freetube to continue watching Youtube since Peertube is kind of hard to understand or to find anything...Thanks!
Yes! I've done a number of guides and a dedicated site to help people explore PeerTube:
PeerTube overview
https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverseHow to use PeerTube
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-use-peertube-how-do-i-follow-peertube-accounts-from-mastodonHow to publish on PeerTube
https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertubeFedi.Video, browse and search a hand-picked selection of good PeerTube accounts
https://fedi.videoYou can also follow my other account @FediVideo to see recommended PeerTube videos.
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips if my instance doesn't offer translation, is there an easy way I can do this?
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips yes
I would like to explore the idea as a non-IT person being able to host a server and an instance of Mastodon.
Is there an article that lets someone know the high level steps and the feasibility of a layman hosting Mastodon?
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@FediTips yes
I would like to explore the idea as a non-IT person being able to host a server and an instance of Mastodon.
Is there an article that lets someone know the high level steps and the feasibility of a layman hosting Mastodon?
Yes! I have a whole site dedicated to non-technical people hosting their own online services at https://growyourown.services
There's a section specifically about the Fediverse at https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network
There's a tutorial for creating your own Mastodon instance at https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps/
TL:DR - You can use "Managed Hosting" services which do all the technical stuff on your behalf. It doesn't cost much either, about 5 - 10 euros per month depending on the server type.
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@FediTips if my instance doesn't offer translation, is there an easy way I can do this?
You would have to use some kind of third party translation service yourself, a separate translation site or app. Some services are integrated into browsers, others would require you to copy-paste text for translation.
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips Would totally love to have some help better utilizing this site
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips Are there any good resources for finding and comparing clients? I have tried a few desktop applications, and I have not found one I like. The feature I would most like but have been unable to find is one that remembers which posts I have read.
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@FediTips Are there any good resources for finding and comparing clients? I have tried a few desktop applications, and I have not found one I like. The feature I would most like but have been unable to find is one that remembers which posts I have read.
It's quite a big job to keep up with all the different clients and all their updates. As far as I know there isn't a single resource that does this for all clients.
As almost all clients are free to use or free to try, the best option is usually to just try the latest version yourself.
If you go to https://joinmastodon.org/apps and click on "Desktop" you should see some good desktop apps to try out. Hopefully some of these are new to you?
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@FediTips Would totally love to have some help better utilizing this site
If you have any questions, feel free to ask
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Do you want help with using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Or do you know anyone who wants help with using this place?
I'm really happy to help people directly, just get in touch however you want. You can reply to this post, or mention me in your own posts, or DM me, it's all good
Especially keen to help non-technical people, it is totally fine to ask even the simplest questions!
If you prefer reading guides, there's also lots of help at https://fedi.tips
Non technical person here.
When I switched accounts, I tried doing it on my own first. I got stuck on some steps/terms I didn't understand.I reached out to @feditips and they helped me immediately.
Made it simple and easy and quick.
Thank you, @feditips. -
Non technical person here.
When I switched accounts, I tried doing it on my own first. I got stuck on some steps/terms I didn't understand.I reached out to @feditips and they helped me immediately.
Made it simple and easy and quick.
Thank you, @feditips.Awww!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. Hearing that the advice is useful makes running the account and site worthwhile. Greatly appreciate the kind words
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Yes! I have a whole site dedicated to non-technical people hosting their own online services at https://growyourown.services
There's a section specifically about the Fediverse at https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network
There's a tutorial for creating your own Mastodon instance at https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps/
TL:DR - You can use "Managed Hosting" services which do all the technical stuff on your behalf. It doesn't cost much either, about 5 - 10 euros per month depending on the server type.
@FediTips
I am looking for domain names and can't seem to find out why I cannot request somehtingsomething.social being the .social is not available for anything I look for?Oh, but I can find it on another provider. I could not seem to find it with doteasy, which I have experience with in the past..
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@FediTips
I am looking for domain names and can't seem to find out why I cannot request somehtingsomething.social being the .social is not available for anything I look for?Oh, but I can find it on another provider. I could not seem to find it with doteasy, which I have experience with in the past..
Yeah, if they don't have a particular type of domain on one provider you may well find it elsewhere.
