Do have any questions about using Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse?
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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
@FediTips Hi there, for account verification, might you support HTML file uploads in future?
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@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
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...
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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...
@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
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@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
@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.
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@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.
@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
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@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?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/
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@FediTips are mastodon and bluesky accounts the same or can i combine the 2? like use 1 account to post for both?
No, they're totally different social networks with no connection or common standards. You might occasionally see "bridged" posts from other social networks, but these are basically just copying posts over rather than being a direct connection.
However, there are third party social media management services which let you post across multiple different social networks including Mastodon etc:
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@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
Hey there, welcome!
For sharing music, maybe the best option is PeerTube? It was originally designed for video as a YouTube style thing, but it also lets you upload audio files (with optional artwork).
People on Mastodon etc can follow and interact with accounts and videos/audios on PeerTube. PeerTube can also be followed from podcasting apps such as Apple Podcasts.
More info here: https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/
Let me know if you set up something, I can give it a shoutout
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@FediTips Hi there, for account verification, might you support HTML file uploads in future?
Verification usually works by having a link to your account on a trustworthy website (for example @torproject is verified at torproject.org so we know their account is genuine).
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure how HTML file uploads on Mastodon would help with that?
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@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
There are many musicians and music fans on here and entire servers devoted to music, you can find some well-run ones at:
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Verification usually works by having a link to your account on a trustworthy website (for example @torproject is verified at torproject.org so we know their account is genuine).
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not sure how HTML file uploads on Mastodon would help with that?
@FediTips Sorry I expressed myself wrongly. The HTML file verification is like: a very small, simple HTML file with a unique code inside it, upload to the root directory via FTP (yourwebsite.com/secret-note.html). A bit more technical but kinda practical sometimes as there is nothing in the <head>. No worries, I am fine how it is now. I was just wondering
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@FediTips Sorry I expressed myself wrongly. The HTML file verification is like: a very small, simple HTML file with a unique code inside it, upload to the root directory via FTP (yourwebsite.com/secret-note.html). A bit more technical but kinda practical sometimes as there is nothing in the <head>. No worries, I am fine how it is now. I was just wondering
Genuine question as I'm not a web dev: is there a benefit to using HTML files over using the rel=me tag on links to your Fedi account?
