treyhunner, to random
@treyhunner@mastodon.social avatar

What tips do you have for folks thinking of trying out Mastodon during this year?

3 of my tips:

  1. Follow the hashtag (yes you can follow a hashtag just like following a profile!)
  2. If you post and realize you forgot the hashtag, don't delete your post. Just edit it!
  3. Consider following the hashtag also. Many folks use it without realizing that is the official one.

What tips do you have?

mborus,
@mborus@mastodon.social avatar

@treyhunner

Tips:

  • If you see someone mentioning a technology (or something else) you want to check out later, set a bookmark (Inside your client) in addition to boosting it, because it's hard to find what you boosted a few weeks later.

  • You are other people's algorithm. Make sure to boost interesting posts, otherwise they will not get visibility beyond an audience following the hashtag.

  • For those on iOS, have a look at , you can set in into a Twitter-like single column mode.

jakub, to random Polish
@jakub@lewacki.space avatar

tbh narazie to lepiej mi się używa niż , aż dziwne

sam, to random
@sam@southampton.social avatar

I decided to start using Metatext (the mastodon app) for my on the go use. Haven’t used it for posting yet so here it is the first text post for my phone :3

stu,
@stu@allthingstech.social avatar

@sam also make sure you also try out by @mammoth by @ivory

nSonic, to random German
@nSonic@troet.cafe avatar

Again and again @ivory - in #ivory I see this Problem a lot. A posting with a short video clip. In Ivory I see just a gray area. If I tap it, I get a black (empty) player. Nothing plays.

I tap the share icon and select „open in Mona“ - I see the posting with a preview of that video. If I tap it, it instantly plays.

Don’t tell me it’s the server/instance or something. This works in #Mona and #IceCubes and I could check the older toot! If I need to. Only with ivory i see this problem.

After I selected „open in Mona“ from the Ivory share menu: Preview is there and tapping it is playing the clip just fine.

nSonic,
@nSonic@troet.cafe avatar

@ivory no - just a black player.
Link:
https://social.hetzel.net/@timo/112197903054293798

We had this before - it seems that other clients are loading the file from the original server (just a guess, I don’t know it)

I’m just a user and I can say: and are playing this, doesn’t. 🤷‍♂️

jack_daniel, to random
@jack_daniel@mastodon.social avatar

Mornin' (or whatever it is where you are) frens.
What iOS crapplication do y'all loathe the least for Mastodon?

shellsharks,
@shellsharks@shellsharks.social avatar

@jack_daniel

is still my favorite and go-to client, though I have several others on my phone I use for different reasons. (As Scott pointed out, Ivory does require a paid sub)

  • is awesome, but is in TestFlight beta rn

  • : Is a great looking, free app with some cool features like "Smart Lists”. Some mild bugginess here and there though

  • is awesome and open source but struggles with some timeline mgmt stuff

  • is good but I don't use much

Taffer, to random
@Taffer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

Just sent @IceCubesApp $0.99 via the App Store, and $20 via GitHub Sponsors (they don't take a 30% cut). 🥳

admin, to random
@admin@myonlinepi.uk avatar

English County names literally translated.
With a pretty good Alt text description automatically generated by App.

chopaganda, to random
@chopaganda@shakedown.social avatar

Got a little time this morning so I’m going to test out Mona’s new long post threading feature by telling the story of why we are so fucking psyched to have finally closed on a house in Denver.

So Allie and I had great jobs in NYC, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a space we actually wanted in NYC—at least without the kind of sacrifice we’d need to make for a meager two-bedroom condo in a decent neighborhood. (1/7)

BrotherEarth,
@BrotherEarth@heads.social avatar

@chopaganda In my home timeline, the thread was in a scrambled order.

macsnider, to random German
@macsnider@chaos.social avatar

Erkennt die KI bei Bildbeschreibung auch Getränke? So grob ja, wäre jetzt sehr beeindruckt gewesen wenn es Barraquito erkannt hat.
#IceCubes

Zenek73, to iOS Polish
@Zenek73@101010.pl avatar

Ice cubes nie synchronizuje przeczytanych na ios? Nie wiem jak Ivory bo obecnie nie mam... Na iphone przeczytane na ipad zatrzymał się na ostatnim przegladaniu na ipadzie

to3k, to random
@to3k@tomaszdunia.pl avatar

🇬🇧 My @ivory subscription has expired, so it's official that I'm switching to @IceCubesApp 😉

🇵🇱 Moja subskrypcja wygasła, więc to już oficjalne, że przechodzę na 😉

artfulsodger, to Apollo
@artfulsodger@fosstodon.org avatar

I’m trying out the app and it looks and works awesome! It, somehow, reminds me of the Reddit app in terms of the appearance, polish, and the customisability! Great job, @dimillian! ❤️

dimillian, to random
@dimillian@mastodon.social avatar

I love chaos

dans_root,
@dans_root@mastodon.social avatar

@dimillian Was there an update recently, or did my App just change its icon randomly?

ittavern, to random

Is it possible to add a live feed of another instance somewhere? - Works great for the home instance, but it seems like a pain to surf or keep up with other instances.

That said, I might just miss something.

shellsharks,

@ittavern A lot of clients support this. etc…

dunkelstern, to iOS German
@dunkelstern@kampftoast.de avatar

Ist das nur bei mir oder crashed ice cubes bei euch auch direkt nach dem start gerade?

to3k, to mastodon
@to3k@tomaszdunia.pl avatar

🇬🇧 My way of reading was lists (I did the same on ). However, @IceCubesApp has some problem with remembering the position where I last finished scrolling the list, which is not the case with the Home Page, where the position is saved perfectly. Because of this, I have reduced the following list slightly and given up on lists. wins over @ivory in many other things anyway, so I'm not abandoning it over minor inconveniences.

ukmac, to random
@ukmac@twit.social avatar

Think I might have to change Mastodon client. Using but getting frustrated that it’s so hard to hit the boost icon @IceCubesApp

estebanknobl, to mastodon
@estebanknobl@mastodon.social avatar

Some features I'd love to see on Mastodon:

  • hashtags to lists
  • bigger text box on web
  • filter to hide boosts and replies on mobile

Still, this is a great place to be. Hope it continues to grow.

BrianJohnson,

@estebanknobl Some client apps have one or more of these features. For example, for iOS has “tag groups” and the ability to filter boosts and replies.

craftykraken, to iOS
@craftykraken@mstdn.games avatar

Alright mastodon users

This is a perennial question we are always asking, trying to find a good tootin’ experience.

or ?
I’m a fan of both but curious which people use and why.

Iragersh, to random
@Iragersh@mstdn.social avatar

How do I view posts with no boosts?

When I go to my profile or someone else's, there's buttons for Posts, Posts and replies and Media. There's also a count of Posts. Posts include boosts.

Just want to see the account's creations. Not interested in what they have boosted.

Have searched but have not found an answer.

elduvelle, (edited )
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social avatar

@Iragersh Unfortunately I don’t think that’s possible at the moment (I would like something like that too!).
There is a third-party website that does it:
https://justmytoots.com/

But the person has to have approved use of the website beforehand (which is good but means it’s not automatically available). Here’s mine for example: https://justmytoots.com/@elduvelle@neuromatch.social

Oh and the app (for MacOS products) recently added filters for just boosts, or replies etc. but I don’t know if it applies to profile pages.

ArtBear, to fediverse
@ArtBear@catodon.social avatar

Chpt.1
Where am I?
Is this the ? What is the ? How do I ? Am I ? Do I ? Deja-vu with the ?

Hi there👋
This is a good place to be!
My thread here condenses the key learning I've made so far about Fediverse, in case it helps others.

Click this post if needed, scroll down, to read more below.👇

ArtBear,
@ArtBear@catodon.social avatar

There are a lot of different interesting front end projects. These let us access our home servers via an app or an alternate webpage front end.

are a few examples of front end projects. Many of these have some unique features that vanilla webpage Mastodon doesn't yet.

We can always access our servers by just typing their address in to an internet browser to get the regular webpage frontend too.

Everything is all connected, these are just a few examples of additional ways of navigating & experiencing. So we can use several routes, depending on need, mood or device. Regardless of which frontend we use, our account(s) remain the same so it's safe to experiment and try things out.

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