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I think it's long overdue for me to jump in those Pixelfed streets. Cheers for this. Brother @FediTips This may also help folks at @KamalaHarrisWin -- to put the group account into it's own list. If you're posting a link to YouTube and there isn't any embedded video appearing in the post, it's possibly because YouTube has started automatically putting a shortener (youtu.be) on its sharing links. To have a link that will embed properly in a Mastodon etc post, use the full version of the YouTube video's address which begins youtube.com (instead of youtu.be). You can get this full version from the address bar of your web browser when you're watching the video.
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  If you edit a post on Mastodon to add a mention of someone's account, they won't get a notification about it. If you want someone to notice your post, either mention them in the very first version of the post, or mention them in a reply and tell them to read the post you're replying to. They also probably won't be able to see a mentions-only post if you edit their mention in afterwards (but do not rely on this as a method of hiding them from discussions of their account). You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon. All links count as 23 characters towards your posts's maximum size, no matter how long the link really is. By avoiding link shorteners, you are also protecting people's privacy and reducing the risk of link rot. (There is a bug on the official iPhone/iPad app that means links are counted as their true length instead of 23, which is yet another reason to switch to a third party app such as Ice Cubes or Mona or Ivory.) p.s. People asking "Why 23 characters?", it's because a long time ago on Twitter links were counted as 23 characters by Twitter replacing all posted links with their own link shorteners (which meant Twitter could track what people clicked). These shorteners were always 23 characters long. Mastodon provided a more privacy-friendly alternative to this by leaving the links intact without a shortener, but still only counted them as 23 characters.
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 @FediTips You can also see pictures and demonstrations of many of these in our article: https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/mastodon-retro-clients/ 
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @manu@pouet.fedi.quebec Would there be a similar addon for Firefish/Misskey as well?
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services FYI: The #Misskey & derivatives are the same as Mastodon -- add  @FediTips oh damn! Anyone got any rss parrot accounts anyone recommends to follow on the fediverse?
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Are there any instance lists that include the maximum post character count for each instance. It was very important to me last time I migrated and I suspect it might be for a good many others. The only reason I don't use mastodon.ie (which blocks threads) as main account is the standard 500 character limit. Pity. I do bung them a few Euro from time to time as c.im doesn't need donations.  @FediTips Is there a straightforward way to determine what accounts that I follow wouldn't be accessible from a given server? I'd like to have an idea of what might go away before I start the transfer process. |
https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/mastodon-retro-clients/
@FediTips I FUCKING LOVE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW PEOPLE STILL MAKE STUFF FOR OLD SOFTWARE
@FediTips And yet no native app for RISC OS⦠:catnooo: /lh /nsrs