Do you know an organisation that might want to join Mastodon or the wider Fediverse?

This guide could be useful, it goes through the reasons for joining and how to get started, as well as answering many questions:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/tips-for-organisations-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

If an organisation is running their own Mastodon server, they might want to also read this guide about how to assign roles and powers to server staff:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-can-organisations-or-groups-run-a-mastodon-server

#FediTips #Mastodon

@sam

I think Fedibuzz Relays are mainly meant for server admins rather than something ordinary users follow?

I've covered it in the guide at https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse

Most public Fediverse servers are running on professional hosting services using business-grade data centres. They are owned and controlled by grassroots admins, but they are on the same kind of hardware as commercial online services.

For some reason there's a misconception floating around that all Fediverse servers run on home machines in a corner of someone's living room. This usually isn't the case. It is possible to do, but most admins don't do this, especially not for public servers.

@UnicornLady

I thnk that's quite an old post? 🤔

@eddeeMN

At a technical level perhaps, but in practice they're running a website at https://ovo.st which is so barebones that it looks like it is some kind of casual experiment that might shut down at any moment.

If they could build up their website with some info about what they do etc that would be more reassuring about their long term future.

Gup.pe shutting down suddenly was a big shock, it wouldn't help if a replacement shut down unexpectedly too.

Do you want to make your posts more visible? Do you want to make your account more noticeable?

This is a checklist of all the ways you can maximise your discoverability on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

You don't have to do everything on the list, but each thing you do helps more people discover your account and posts.

#FediTips #Mastodon

@pathfinder @ratcatcher @AlexLloyd

The account transfer bypasses requests for your followers (people who follow you), but not the people you follow (people you follow).

At a technical level, follows (people you follow) after transferring are treated as new follows, so they still require request confirmations.

The reason for this is the follower transfer includes a system for verifying you as owner of both accounts, but the follows transfer doesn't. The new request is to stop spammers.

@odragaoverde

I am meaning to at some point, but it's a slightly different use case. There's a lot of overlap but the features aren't exactly the same.

@dustin

Welcome Dustin! 👋

If you want help with using this place feel free to ask, and there's also lots of support for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips (particularly the section at the top marked "Quick Start").

p.s. Good luck with the smithing! Sounds very exciting 👍

@MephitisTouch

Can you see an "Alt" button within the image, in one of the corners?

@User47

Also free to ask if you want some questions answered about using this place 🙂

@8bitpixelheart

Hi Fae 👋

If you want help with anything in particular, feel free to ask. I am trying to provide unofficial tech support on here 🙂

There's also lots of support for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips (especially the section at the top marked "Quick Start").

@AlexLloyd @pathfinder

If you see something suspicious it's worth reporting (click ... on suspicious post and "report"). There is no automated flagging system, everything is moderated by humans. Server admins rely on human beings reporting odd stuff.

@fname

You should be able to see it on your own profile if you refresh the page?

@inthehands

There are things that can help you discover new people, for example following hashtags and following groups.

There's a complete list of all the ways to discover people on here at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

@AlexLloyd

That's fantastic to hear, congratulations on the successful move! 🥳

@MephitisTouch

What are you using to view Pixelfed?

If you're using the website on a computer, you can hover over the image to see its alt text.

@mweston

It's weird because rel=me is supposed to be the standard, but for whatever reason Meta, Google etc refuse to use it.

It seems like a no-brainer to have it on every service but maybe corporations are allergic to open standards?

@rapscalorie

I have a whole website encouraging non-technical people to start their own sites and online services at https://growyourown.services

There's a section on the Fedivesre at https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network and a tutorial about setting up a Mastodon instance at https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps

"your data is kinda unsafe cause changes may not propagate"

Could you explain this a bit further? I'm not sure what you mean by this? 🙂

If you have a website or blog, you can verify your account using Mastodon's self-service verification system:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account

After your account is verified, your profile's link to your site or blog will turn green.

If you've tried to verify and it's failed to turn green, there are lots of suggestions for how to fix this in the guide linked above.

#FediTips #Mastodon #Verification