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@davidsaver

You have to be logged in on your server's website (or web app, which is like an app version of the website). In your case, your server's website is at https://mindly.social

You can make your posts much easier to discover in Mastodon searches by opting into "full text search". Once you've opted in, people will be able to search your public posts by any word or phrase in the post instead of just hashtags.

There's a guide to how to opt in here:

️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon

The guide also answers lots of common questions about the full text search system

#FediTips #Mastodon

@manchicken @bhawthorne @jerry

A lot of them do, not all of them though.

@manchicken @bhawthorne @jerry

A lot of people donate to Fedi projects through the https://liberapay.com platform so that might help?

If you're looking for people/projects to fund:

1. Your server, there should be donation links on your server's website or ask your admin about it.

2. The people who make your server's software (in your case that's Mastodon)

3. The people who make your third party app (if you use one)

4. Third party services which the Fediverse relies on (e.g. a.gup.pe)

If you want to restrict who can follow you on Mastodon, here's how to do it:

1. Log in through your server’s website or web app
2. Click your profile image to go to your profile page
3. Click "Edit profile"
4. Click "Privacy and reach" tab
5. UN-tick box marked "Automatically accept new followers"
6. Click "Save changes" button at bottom of page

After you've done this, future follows will be follow requests that you can approve or deny. More info at https://fedi.tips/restricting-who-can-follow-you-in-mastodon

#FediTips

@feralthoughts

"Social media overwhelmingly reflects existing social pathologies, it does not play as big a role in creating them as critics believe."

This isn't true. Media can play a key role in causing genocide. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines

Facebook etc are allowing lots of RTLMs to exist because they don't moderate properly, and especially don't give a shit about people in the global south.

@feralthoughts

", then it would have been used to facilitate the same atrocities."

I don't agree with this at all.

The ratio of moderators to users on the Fediverse is something like 100 times better than on Facebook etc. There is typically a human for every 1000 users.

Commercial social networks have barely any moderators. To match the Fediverse's ratio Facebook would need literally millions of moderators, but that would make them financially unviable.

@hfalcke

BSky is centralised, owned by a for-profit corporation, its CEO and most of its board are blockchain/cryptocurrency people. Its funding comes from Venture Capital firms who expect a massive return.

These are major red flags.

The claim by BSky to be decentralised isn't true, they say it MIGHT be decentralised in the future. And the form of decentralisation they've chosen heavily favours corporations running the infrastructure.

There is no community ownership in BSky.

@feralthoughts @squads @EdwinG @jerome

It's as easy to use a group as it is to use a hashtag.

"For them, getting federated social media working is way way down the priority list."

I am not in the global south, but the effect of centralised social media on the global south is horrific:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/ethiopia-facebook-algorithms-contributed-human-rights-abuses-against-tigrayans

These are caused by corrupt centralised social media. Either it needs to be extremely heavily regulated or it needs to be replaced.

@Ihazchaos

There is a guide to different timelines here:

https://fedi.tips/what-are-the-local-federated-home-timelines-how-do-i-stop-them-scrolling-too-quickly

You don't specifically post to them, your posts will automatically appear (or not) depending on which visibility settings you use for your post:

https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon

@Ihazchaos @paulk

I'm sorry I don't speak German but I can try to translate things if you have questions

There is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips (especially Quick Start at the top of the page).

@squads @EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome

This is what Groups are for, if you post to a group it goes to everyone who follows the group no matter what server they are on:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse

Groups are like "super hashtags".

About the general topic of the global south, there need to be a lot more servers owned by people from the global south. For example https://paktodon.asia is doing a great job but we need more of them.

Owning a server is what ultimately distributes power.

@MsDropbear42

You might want to report them as well, you're not the first person to get confused

I don't care if people make fun of me, but it is kind of frustrating that people just looking for advice are seeing the wrong account.

@settima

There isn't a hashtag notification system, sorry. You can follow hashtags so they show up in your timeline, but there's no separate notification of this.

@hitsuyonai

Yes. It only notifies for their posts, not their boosts or replies.

p.s. Just to be clear, on the Fediverse you will see all the posts from all the accounts you follow. Nothing is hidden.

The idea of the notification feature is to make extra sure you notice a particular account's posts, in case you accidentally scrolled past them in your timeline.

Are there accounts that are really important to you, and you don't want to miss any of their posts? Here's how to make sure you don't miss them:

1. Log in on your server's website or web app
2. Go to the profile page of the account you want to follow more closely
3. Click the notification bell (it's next to the profile's follow and options buttons)

With this active, every time that account posts it will also send you a notification. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-when-someone-posts-on-mastodon/

#FediTips #Mastodon

p.s. The good people at @botwiki have a categorised list of fun and useful Fediverse bots at:

️ https://botwiki.org/bots/fediverse-bots