If you have any questions about using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please post them in the replies and I'll try to find you some answers.
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Thank you, this is kind.
As it happens, this came up the other day.
How can one find out who owns and who controls
@\followbot@\anni.social
which is following thousands now, while it followed only about a hundred just three days ago?I'm not sure, its profile isn't visible, but from the name it sounds like it's there to help federate the posts of certain accounts onto its server.
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I'm not sure, its profile isn't visible, but from the name it sounds like it's there to help federate the posts of certain accounts onto its server.
Thanks!
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@FediTips
Do I need separate accounts on a Pixelfed instance, a PeerTube instance, and a Mastodon instance to POST those different types of content?Then, do I need separate accounts on the different services to VIEW the content? Like, can I follow then view someone's Pixelfed posts on my feed from a PeerTube instance?
To post from a server, you need an account on that server. So, if you want to post from Pixelfed you need an account on a Pixelfed server etc.
Following however is much more open, you can follow almost all Fediverse account types from general social media server types such as Mastodon, GoToSocial, Friendica etc.
In PeerTube's particular case though, other types of servers can follow you but you can only follow other PeerTube channels/accounts.
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To post from a server, you need an account on that server. So, if you want to post from Pixelfed you need an account on a Pixelfed server etc.
Following however is much more open, you can follow almost all Fediverse account types from general social media server types such as Mastodon, GoToSocial, Friendica etc.
In PeerTube's particular case though, other types of servers can follow you but you can only follow other PeerTube channels/accounts.
Pixelfed does not let you post without images or video (I think also silently ignores any posts without those from people you follow).
So if you only have a pixelfed account and want to interact with people without images then you would need one on another system that supports text only posts like Mastodon or GoToSocial.
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To post from a server, you need an account on that server. So, if you want to post from Pixelfed you need an account on a Pixelfed server etc.
Following however is much more open, you can follow almost all Fediverse account types from general social media server types such as Mastodon, GoToSocial, Friendica etc.
In PeerTube's particular case though, other types of servers can follow you but you can only follow other PeerTube channels/accounts.
Does Bonfire bring those different Fediverse platform/media types together?
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Does Bonfire bring those different Fediverse platform/media types together?
I'm not sure what you mean by bringing them together? Is there something specific you wanted to do?
If you want multiple kinds of features on a server, that's up to the developers writing that server's software.
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Pixelfed does not let you post without images or video (I think also silently ignores any posts without those from people you follow).
So if you only have a pixelfed account and want to interact with people without images then you would need one on another system that supports text only posts like Mastodon or GoToSocial.
Yup, that too! By default Pixelfed ignores posts without images or videos attached. You can switch that off so that text posts become visible for accounts you follow, but you can't do your own text-only posts from pixelfed.
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I'm not sure what you mean by bringing them together? Is there something specific you wanted to do?
If you want multiple kinds of features on a server, that's up to the developers writing that server's software.
I was looking at the Bonfire site, & it seemed like it can do multiple things that other Fediverse platforms do separately, but you can pick & choose to have several things together. Modular?
So if you want microblogging (like Masto), video (like Peertube), macroblogging (like Ghost), etc you can do it all from one account.
I think, I don't really understand.
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If you have any questions about using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please post them in the replies and I'll try to find you some answers.
It would be especially nice to hear from new people and people who aren't confident about technical matters. There is absolutely no such thing as a silly question!
@FediTips
Can anyone tell me why when I try to apply auto alt text to a photo all I get is a long list of strangeness?
And, how do I correct this?
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I was looking at the Bonfire site, & it seemed like it can do multiple things that other Fediverse platforms do separately, but you can pick & choose to have several things together. Modular?
So if you want microblogging (like Masto), video (like Peertube), macroblogging (like Ghost), etc you can do it all from one account.
I think, I don't really understand.
Ahh okay, yeah it does seem to have a lot of features
Some server types do go down the "lots of features" route, Friendica is another one.
However, what usually happens is that each feature isn't as good as it is on a specialised platform. For example PeerTube is dedicated to video so it has much better features for hosting long videos, livestreaming, doing playlists, sharing bandwidth etc.
So, it's always a trade-off when developing features.
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@FediTips
Can anyone tell me why when I try to apply auto alt text to a photo all I get is a long list of strangeness?
And, how do I correct this?
Thanks in advanceWhere or how are you getting auto alt text?
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If you have any questions about using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please post them in the replies and I'll try to find you some answers.
It would be especially nice to hear from new people and people who aren't confident about technical matters. There is absolutely no such thing as a silly question!
@FediTips can we have the "trending" option back? plzkthx
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@FediTips can we have the "trending" option back? plzkthx
It still says "Trending" on most servers, Mastodon's developers seem to be experimenting with renaming it "Explore" on mastodon.social (which is what it was called years ago!).
I don't know which one they will use on the release version, but I agree, trending is a clearer name.
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Where or how are you getting auto alt text?
When I am trying to add auto alt text to a photograph I want to post.
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It still says "Trending" on most servers, Mastodon's developers seem to be experimenting with renaming it "Explore" on mastodon.social (which is what it was called years ago!).
I don't know which one they will use on the release version, but I agree, trending is a clearer name.
@FediTips hmm... when I go to "explore" it just seems to be a repeat of my 'home' feed...
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When I am trying to add auto alt text to a photograph I want to post.
How are you trying to add it? Is it an option in a mobile app?
If you're using the "add text from image", that just copies text in the image, it doesn't provide a description.
(Manual descriptions tend to be better anyway as the person posting understands the point of an image and doesn't bother with irrelevant details.)
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@FediTips hmm... when I go to "explore" it just seems to be a repeat of my 'home' feed...
Are you viewing it through the website?
At least when I've tried it with a mastodon.social account it shows trends?
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How are you trying to add it? Is it an option in a mobile app?
If you're using the "add text from image", that just copies text in the image, it doesn't provide a description.
(Manual descriptions tend to be better anyway as the person posting understands the point of an image and doesn't bother with irrelevant details.)
Ahh, that solves it then. I thought the "add text from image" meant it would create alt txt from the image. Now I know, so thank you
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Ahh okay, yeah it does seem to have a lot of features
Some server types do go down the "lots of features" route, Friendica is another one.
However, what usually happens is that each feature isn't as good as it is on a specialised platform. For example PeerTube is dedicated to video so it has much better features for hosting long videos, livestreaming, doing playlists, sharing bandwidth etc.
So, it's always a trade-off when developing features.
Thanks for the info
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If you have any questions about using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please post them in the replies and I'll try to find you some answers.
It would be especially nice to hear from new people and people who aren't confident about technical matters. There is absolutely no such thing as a silly question!
@FediTips Is there a consolidated guide anywhere about how the different Fediverse platforms interact with each other? Like I know I can browse PieFed or Lemmy communities from a Mastodon server by looking at the boosts, but how can I browse Mastodon from PieFed or Lemmy? How can I view Mastodon posts from Pixelfed? What does a favorite from Mastodon translate to on another platform?
That's been my primary question about the federated platforms.
