Do have any questions about using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

Do have any questions about using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse?

Let me know in the replies (or send a DM if you prefer) and I'll try to find you some answers

[stevebutman@fosstodon.org]

@FediTips

Thank you for the work you do.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@stevebutman

Thanks, that's very kind

[oantolin@mathstodon.xyz]

@FediTips Can you use a single Fediverse account one more than type of application? For example can you use a Mastodon account to log into a Lemmy client or do Lemmy clients require an account on some Lemmy instance?

[m4th1337@kafeneio.social]

@FediTips i don't understand how to register on a PeerTube server

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@m4th1337

If you just want to follow and interact with PeerTube videos, you don't need to register on a PeerTube server. You can do that from Mastodon:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-use-peertube-how-do-i-follow-peertube-accounts-from-mastodon/

If you want to upload videos to PeerTube or do livestreams on PeerTube, you will need an account on a PeerTube server.

You can usually sign up on a PeerTube server by clicking "request an account" at the top of its website. Not all of them are open for signups though. More info at:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube/

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@oantolin

It depends on the client, some of them are designed to work with lots of different account types. Fedilab ( @apps ) is designed to work with many account types.

However, if you use an account type on a client not designed for it, you may not be able to access all the features of your account. For example you can use Pixelfed accounts on Mastodon clients, but you won't be able to post more than four pictures at once as this is the limit on Mastodon.

[ericbono@friendica.world]

@FediTips Started using Friendica. 2 things: can't edit banner, can't change Bluesky handle to Friendica. Those setup steps not working, getting errors. Any tips on who I can chat with to troubleshoot? Thanks in advance.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@ericbono

You might want to ask in the Friendica support forum?

https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers

[ericbono@friendica.world]

@FediTips Brilliant. Will do. Thank you!

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@ericbono

By the way, perhaps not relevant to this particular case, but there's also a wiki of info for Friendica users and admins: https://wiki.friendi.ca/start

[4g10w@mastodon.online]

@FediTips
I'm new to mastodon and I just picked a random server. I'd like to post various types of content and reach people. I've seen there are servers that have something art-related in their name, others seem to be gamedev related and so on. Is it important what server I post from? Will people of any server be able to engage with my posts, no matter what server I post from? What would be a more fediverse way of posting different types of content? Making accounts on different themed servers?

[iamboyoy@mastodon.social]

@FediTips are mastodon and bluesky accounts the same or can i combine the 2? like use 1 account to post for both?

[ismellamuskus@waag.social]

@FediTips hi! Thanks so much for all your advice!

I’m hoping to find (or initiate) a good spot for sharing music releases. I’m a music producer with a large network of artists from the Netherlands. It would be an honour carve out a little place of the fediverse for everyone to share their work and connect to fans.

Any ideas would be much appreciated, as I’m still in the ‘hey, what does this button do?’ phase of my fediverse exploration

[houseofoliviereu@mastodon.social]

@FediTips Hi there, for account verification, might you support HTML file uploads in future?

[vattuvarg@mastodon.green]

@Ismellamuskus @FediTips

The first step - imho - would be to simply attach a sound file to one of your posts. ...and the main goal of your journey is to have an instance that automatically verifies your artist (and tech) collegues.

The local feed of that instance would be interesting from a journalistic point of view...

[ismellamuskus@waag.social]

@vattuvarg @FediTips hey! Thanks for the reply. Just so I understand correctly: with ‘instance’ you mean server, right?

I like the idea of attaching sound to a post. I’m going to find out if that gives the right impression. It’s got to be professional after all

[vattuvarg@mastodon.green]

@Ismellamuskus @FediTips - Thinking of it as a "server" limits your thinking. An "instance" is your neighbourhood, filled with social networking possibilities. Technically both are software solutions but don't underestimate the human difference.

"Professional" is nice, but the main test to clear is to avoid being a tombstone. It is better to make simple posts than referring to a dead web site, no matter how fancy the design is.

[ismellamuskus@waag.social]

@vattuvarg @FediTips I see, so my instance right now is waag.social. Does that mean I’d have to ask the moderators to verify me and my posts?

For now, it feels like Mastodon might not be the best place for music as most posts seem pretty quiet and text based. Perhaps you are aware of instances or apps that are louder?

Thanks for taking the time! I appreciate it

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@4g10w

Most people only need one account, because their account can be followed and interacted with from other servers. That's why we can talk, even though we are on different servers.

If you're new, you probably don't need to worry, you're on a stable general server so you should be able to post whatever content you want (as long as it's within server rules)

Themed servers are for accounts with a particular focus, but many servers are general.

More info: https://fedi.tips/do-i-need-multiple-accounts-do-i-need-to-join-lots-of-servers/