Do you see a post or reply in your timeline and wish you could see the discussion it belongs to?
Just click on it, that will take you to the discussion thread including the original post and other replies.
(Have had several different people asking how to do this, so it clearly isn't as obvious as some people assume.)
Mastodon is compatible with "rich text" such as underlining, bold, italics, strikethrough, blockquotes, headers etc, and will display these correctly if a post uses them.
BUT... although it displays it, standard Mastodon doesn't let you create posts with rich text.
To create rich text posts you must use a fork of Mastodon such as Glitch, or a totally different Fediverse platform such as Friendica, Sharkey etc.
Lots more info about this topic at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/is-mastodon-compatible-with-rich-text-formatting-such-as-markdown
您是否浏览过其他 Fediverse 服务器的网站，即使您已经在自己的服务器上登录过，它还是会告诉您重新登录？
您可以通过以下方法避免重新登录：
1. 登录您自己服务器的网站；
2. 从其他服务器网站复制帖子或个人资料的网址；
3. 将地址粘贴到自己服务器网站的搜索框中。这样，其他服务器的帖子或个人资料就会出现在自己服务器的网站上。
#FediTips
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/112700287650518637
There is a section on Fedi.Garden where you can browse hand-curated Fediverse servers by the year they were founded:
🌱 https://fedi.garden/servers-sorted-by-founding-year
This may help when trying to find a server with a good track record.
Also, no matter how old or new they are, all of the servers listed on Fedi.Garden are compliant with the rules at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site
You can buy lovely unique Christmas presents and support independent artists on the Fediverse by browsing these hashtags:
#FediGiftShop
#ArtForSale
#OriginalArt
Indie artists are having a tough time of it right now due to AI stealing their work without credit or compensation. Buying direct from artists helps the people who actually create the world's art keep going 🙂
(Thank you to @Curator for advice on tags)
As well as filling in your profile, it's a really good idea to also pin an introduction post about yourself to your profile.
Pinned posts let you write a lot more than profile texts, and let you attach photos, audio or video. You can even reply to your own pinned post to create a pinned thread.
More info including how to pin posts:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-posts-on-my-mastodon-profile
For technical reasons, pinned posts and pinned threads are distributed much more widely than ordinary posts.
@FediTips
You can't assume that when you mark a #post for #deletion that it will be #deleted across the #fediverse. Whether a post gets deleted on a remote #server is entirely up to that server.
I guarantee you there are organizations and individuals here on the Fediverse right now that are running their own #ActivityPub servers and are #archiving and #cataloging every post, and they are #ignoring any #Delete #requests.
Because when you mark a post for deletion, that's all you're doing. You're requesting the remote server to delete the post from its #database.
And nobody is required to do that.
(Though the vast majority of ActivityPub servers do.)
#FediTips
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/113669267720362794
Not many people know this, but Mastodon has a built-in official post scheduling system which can publish posts at pre-arranged times and dates.
Unfortunately there's no official interface for the scheduler yet, so you have to use a third party app to access the scheduler. These third party apps let you use it:
Android: Tusky, Fedilab, Moshidon & Subway Tooter
iPhone/iPad: Mona
🌐 Web: https://plan.fedilab.app
More info at https://fedi.tips/scheduling-posts-on-mastodon
You don't need to use your real name or photo on here. It is 100% fine to be anonymous, or to use whatever name or image suits you best (as long as you're not trying to impersonate/abuse someone else).
Also, don't assume that a blank profile picture means anything bad. Some people have a permanently blank profile image as they are blind, and they use the internet via audio-only tools.
One of the big advantages of being on here is that it's easy to talk directly to the people who run your server 🙂
If you want to contact your server's admin on Mastodon:
1. Go to your server's website
2. On the mobile web click ⋯ at the right, or on the desktop web click the higher "About" link on the left. Both of these will take you to your server's About page.
3. Your admin's Mastodon account is listed under "Administered by", and their public email address is under "Contact".
If you're wanting to discuss a particular year, you might have noticed that number-only hashtags don't work on here.
To get round this, a lot of people use the word "year" before the number, for example #Year2024 or #Year2025
(By the way, there is a discussion about this issue on Mastodon's Github page at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/9709)
Hey book fans, did you know there is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads called BookWyrm?
➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
Just like Mastodon, there are lots of different BookWyrm servers that talk to each other:
➡️ https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances
You can also follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc.
BookWyrm lets you import your existing data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary & Calibre:
If you publish a post in Mastodon, then go back and edit it to mention someone's account, the account you mention will not be notified about it. Notifications only seem to happen if the account was mentioned in the original version of the post.
Also, if a post has mentions-only visibility and you edit in a mention afterwards, the post will not be visible to the edited-in account.
(If you want it fixed, give a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20543)
(Sorry for repost! 😦 )
Mastodon lets you browse which hashtags you are already following:
- On the official app go to your profile page and click # at the top
- On the web interface go to your profile page, click ⋯ and then "Followed hashtags"
- On third party apps there will be various interfaces either on your profile or in settings
More info about hashtag following at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
If you want a verified account on the Fediverse, it works on a self-service system based around having a website. The verification confirms that you are the owner of the site, and the site on your profile turns green when it's verified. For example, the account @libreoffice has a green verified link to its website libreoffice.org.
You can find out how to verify your account here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account
The guide also contains troubleshooting tips if you can't get it to work.
There are lots of different ways to discover accounts to follow on here, have you tried them all?
If a profile on here looks blank, it might not actually be blank!
You can check if a profile is blank by clicking on ⋯ and then "Open in browser" or "Open original page". These will take you to the profile on its own server's website, which is the most up to date version of the profile.
Profiles may appear blank if no one on your server has followed it before. If you follow the account, its posts will start showing up on your server.
More info at https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank
A good way to discover interesting accounts is to follow hashtags. When you follow a hashtag, posts with that tag will start appearing in your timeline even if you don't follow the post's author.
To follow a hashtag:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click on the specific hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. Click "Follow" button at the top
To manage your followed tags, go to your own profile page, click ⋯ and then "Followed hashtags".
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Hey new people, do you want help with using Mastodon? Feel free to ask by replying, or message me if you prefer. 🙂 Any question is fine, there is no such thing as a stupid question!
There is also lots of help for beginners on the website at https://fedi.tips (especially in the "Quick Start" section at the top).
If you're just wondering what the heck is going on here and want someone to explain Mastodon briefly and simply, watch this video: https://tilvids.com/w/f747058d-3991-4046-a1c9-29c184daa0ff
Lots of questions about 
Pixelfed right now! 😅
The most common Pixelfed questions are answered on the Fedi.Tips website at this link:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/pixelfed-photo-sharing-on-the-fediverse
If you want to find people to follow on Pixelfed, there's more info here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/finding-people-to-follow-on-pixelfed
Here's how to import your data from Instagram to Pixelfed:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-import-my-instagram-account-data-to-pixelfed/
If you want to receive DMs from strangers on Pixelfed, you need to activate that option:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/dms-arent-getting-through-to-me-on-pixelfed-what-do-i-do
There's a really useful thing on here called a "Fediverse address".
All accounts on Mastodon, Pixelfed and other Fediverse platforms have a unique address:
@ username @ server name
If you paste an account's Fediverse address into the search box on Mastodon, Pixelfed etc, the account's profile page will appear, even if it never showed up in searches before! You can tell people your Fediverse address so they can follow you on here more easily.
More info:
Reminder that if you just want Pixelfed tips I've now got a dedicated account you can follow:
You can also follow it from within Pixelfed, search for this account address in Pixelfed with the spaces removed:
@ PixelfedHelp @ pixey.org
(REMOVE THE SPACES WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR THIS)
Hey new people on Mastodon, do you want your posts to be as visible and discoverable as possible?
If so, you might want to opt into "full text search". This means the entire contents of your public posts would be searchable and much easier to find.
If you don't opt in, your posts are only searchable by hashtag.
This guide tells you how to opt in, and answers common questions:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon
(This only affects public posts. Non-public posts aren't searchable.)
