@gordiethegood

Welcome Gord!

Feel free to ask if you want help with using this place, and there is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

@andyprice @david_chisnall

Yes, Andy's right, just set it to Quiet Public and it won't spam any of the tags listed

@yuman

I'm really sorry but I can't provide support for Lemmy

You might want to try https://join.piefed.social if that works better? Or if you want something simpler there are some groups you can follow and mention (more info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse ).

@ThePiper

Are you still unable to reach the website https://mastodon.social via a normal connection? (i.e. not Tor)

There have been very rare cases where mastodon.social has incorrectly ended up on ISP blocklists, this is possibly what is going on here?

Could you check if the websites of other Mastodon servers appear okay on your normal connection? For example can you see https://ohai.social or https://kind.social ? You won't be able to log in, just want to check if you can see them.

@ChrisMayLA6

Glad to hear the guide was useful, Professor May!

Some followers may take a while to transfer, and in a small number of cases you may need to repeat the transfer to get them across (but the followers that have already transferred stay transferred, so repeating the process just affects the "stragglers"). Hopefully the guide's sections on this topic covers it, let me know if you want any further help

@deborahh

Hi! There are good reliable instances sorted by topic at https://fedi.garden/fediverse-servers-sorted-by-topic and https://joinmastodon.org/servers

As far as I know these are the only two server lists which have specific requirements of safety and reliability for being listed. That's why I'd recommend using these instead of other lists.

@wannabemystiker

Yes, interactions with PeerTube accounts from Mastodon will show up on PeerTube!

Replies to videos will show up and favourites/likes will be added to the video's thumbs up total. Follows from Mastodon are also counted on the PeerTube follower numbers.

The only thing that doesn't show up is mentions that aren't replying to your videos.

@Soldusty @ahimsa_pdx

If you don't/can't save a gif, another workaround is to describe it in the post itself

@syhr

If there's no option in settings, try switching to a different app. The third party apps like Tusky, Fedilab or Moshidon are preferred by most people who try them

@Soldusty @ahimsa_pdx

It depends on your source of GIFs, but some of them let you save the GIF as a file. If you can get hold of a GIF file, you can upload that file the same way you upload an image.

@Soldusty @ahimsa_pdx

Are you attaching the GIF, or are you linking to a GIF from another site?

Links to other sites can't have alt texts added, but if you're posting an image/video/audio yourself you can usually click "Alt" to add the text.

Your posts will get a lot more boosts if you include descriptions (alt texts) when posting images or other media attachments, because many people only boost media posts if there is a description.

If you want help with adding descriptions to your posts, there's a guide here:

️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

The guide also answers lots of questions about alt texts. Let me know if there's anything missing!

#FediTips #Accessibility

If you want to create a poll on Mastodon, click the poll button in the box where you write your posts (the poll button usually looks like a bar chart ).

There are lots of questions answered about posting polls on Mastodon in the guide:

️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-post-a-poll-on-mastodon

If you have any questions not covered in the guide, feel free to ask in the replies

#FediTips #Mastodon #Polls

@OrangeR @Pothos

Welcome Pothos! Please feel free to ask if you want help with using this place. There is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

If you prefer French-language guides, try https://www.didiermary.fr/sommaire-du-guide-mastodon and https://enthalpiste.fr/fr/fedi/fedi/

@quinze @alicemcalicepants @acallegaro

Dr Violett and Quinze are right, gup.pe is gone as they lost control of their domain name.

The best replacement at the moment is FediGroups, here's a guide with more info about how to use it: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

@klu9

No, because it's public so anyone browsing your profile page can see the posts without logging in. The only visibilities to restrict your audience are followers-only or mentions-only.

@lrreynolds

Yup, RSS only shows public posts (including public and quiet public).

@anxietynectarr

If you want to communicate with people on other servers, you can do that from your existing account. You don't need to join a server to communicate with its members. For example you and I are on different servers but we can talk like this

You generally don't need accounts on other servers unless you specifically want to operate multiple accounts (for example a work account and personal account), or if there are special features on other servers you want to use.

@CoastalCoasting

On all visibilities your followers only see your replies in their home feed if they are following you AND the person you are replying to.

(This also includes posts where you are replying to yourself.)

You can control who sees your post or reply by choosing a visibility setting for it:

"Public" - Everyone can see it
"Quiet Public (aka Unlisted)" - Everyone can see it, but it doesn't show up in searches, hashtag follows or trends
"Followers Only" - Only your followers can see it
"Mentions (aka Private Mentions or DM)" - Only accounts you mention in the post can see it

Lots more info and questions answered in this guide:

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

#FediTips #Mastodon #Visibilities