🚀 Admin Tip for Mastodon Instance Operators:

Keep your instance running smoothly by regularly pruning old media files. Use the command:

RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl media remove --days=30

This clears media older than 30 days, saving storage without impacting recent content. Adjust the --days value as needed. 🗂️💾

#MastodonAdmin #FediTips #OpenSource

When you're signing up on a server or moving your account to a different server, you have to choose a username. This is the name that appears when people mention you in posts (when they @ you). It's worth spending a bit of time on choosing a good one, because it's difficult to change it later.

Here are some tips on how to choose a good username:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/choosing-a-good-username-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

It also goes over options for changing the username if you have to.

#FediTips

I have posted about this before, but wanted to re-iterate how much in love I am with FediAlgo:

I’m currently on paternity leave so have around half an hour per day for social. That is of course far from enough to keep up with a chronological timeline like mine, and previously with Mastodon the FOMO was real.

Now I go to FediAlgo and I feel I got an overview over what’s interesting in that day. It’s also immensely customisable, but the defaults do a decent job for me.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend you try it out. You can try it out on my personal playground at https://fedialgo.thms.uk or on the maintainer’s official website at https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/

Thanks @cryptadamist for the work you put into this!

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #mastohelp #nodejs #nod #opensource #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #webdev

Hubzilla und die anderen Dienste der Hubzilla-Familie bieten die Möglichkeit, bestimmte Inhalte nur Nutzern zur Verfügung zu stellen, welchen die Berechtigung dafür gewährt wurde. Ob jemand berechtigt ist, wird anhand einer Authentifizierung erkannt...

Hubzilla und die anderen Dienste der Hubzilla-Familie bieten die Möglichkeit, bestimmte Inhalte nur Nutzern zur Verfügung zu stellen, welchen die Berechtigung dafür gewährt wurde. Ob jemand berechtigt ist, wird anhand einer Authentifizierung erkannt...

If you receive "Book" or "reach" promoters, report them.

Several have been spotted in the last few days and may generate AI-produced "friendly" chats, setting you up for later slaughter
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We don't want to become another IG.

#WritingCommunity #ScribesAndMakers #PennedPossibilities #WritersCoffeeClub #WordWeavers #TimeTravelAuthors #FediTips

@MonaApp - here is a post that received hundreds of comments and my feed exploded with meaningless comments for me. I can hide Elena’s post, but can i mute all responses and comments?

In the #Friendica interface this is not a problem. Its just one post with many comments but it doesnt spam my feed.

#FediTips, anyone?
RE: mastodon.social/users/_elena/s…

It has come to my attention that "some of you" are unaware your account is set to 'locked boost', so none of us can boost your posts. Totally appreciate for some it's a choice but I've also encountered people frustrated that noone ever boosts them and finding out this is why! Hope this helps at least one person. 😊

Edit - someone kindly pointed out there's no such thing as locked boost - just settings that place restrictions on interactions (like being unable to boost your post)

#feditips

how to get engagement on fedi: ​:we_love_niko:​
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#FediAlgo will now slowly penalize and remove toots from your feed after you've already seen them (at a configurable rate).

https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114518687892123058

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #mastohelp #nodejs #node #opensource #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #webdev

Tips for customising your Mastodon timeline:

➡️ Timeline too empty? Follow more people, hashtags & groups: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

➡️ Timeline too full? Use the Lists feature: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon

➡️ Did you miss an important post? Use the notification bell: https://fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-when-someone-posts-on-mastodon

➡️ Want to hide certain kinds of posts automatically? Use filters: https://fedi.tips/filtering-your-timeline-to-hide-posts-on-mastodon

➡️ See too many boosts from someone? Mute just their boosts: https://fedi.tips/blocking-and-muting-on-the-fediverse/#JustBoosts

#FediTips #Mastodon

If you see something nasty or problematic on here, report it. Reporting is how admins find out about problems, so it's important that you speak up if you see something is wrong or if someone is being bullied.

To report something, click on a post or profile, then ⋯ and then "Report". There's a complete guide to reporting problematic posts and accounts here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-report-a-post-or-account-that-is-doing-something-bad

The guide also answers questions about reporting. Let me know if I've missed something 🙂

#FediTips

Vous souhaitez suivre une personne directement dans votre application de flux #RSS ?

Ajoutez .rss à la fin du lien vers son profil #Mastodon, par exemple https://framapiaf.org/@JBrickelt963.rss

Même pas besoin d'être inscrit sur #Fediverse ;) #FluxRSS #FediTips #FediHelp

#antennapod #CastoPod #Readrops #CapyReader #inoreader #FDroid #Castreader #MiniFlux #Twine #FeedFlow #Aggregator FeedMe #Podcast #Pluma #Fiper #Flym #Feedly #FreshRSS #Flus #Feeder

I haven’t seen this for hashtags yet, but it’s there for followed accounts

People who want to post in several languages on their unique account can go crazy, I won’t mind

#FediTips

Bonjour ! 🐦

Pour rappel : vous n'avez pas besoin d'avoir de compte sur Piaille pour discuter avec les personnes inscrites sur Piaille ; et si vous êtes inscrit·e sur Piaille, vous pouvez échanger avec des personnes sur une autre instance !

Le #Fediverse est un réseau d'instances autonomes, mais connectées entre elles, pour que leurs membres puissent échanger. Nul besoin de créer un compte sur chaque instance !

C'est comme les e-mails : si vous avez une adresse chez La Poste, vous pouvez tout à fait envoyer un mail à une adresse Orange, Protonmail, ou une adresse mail professionnelle !

Plus d'informations : https://blog.piaille.fr/choix-instance/

#FediTips #AskFedi

Web apps are one of the best-kept secrets of the internet. If you haven't tried them before, they are worth giving a go.

There are web apps for almost all Fediverse platforms including Mastodon. You can find out more at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Web apps are a mixture of website and app store app, combining many of the best features of both. The restrictions imposed by Apple and Google's app stores do not apply to web apps, so web apps tend to get more features more quickly.

#FediTips

Generally most people only need one account on the Fediverse, because the servers talk to each other as if they were on a single network.

However, in some situations and for some purposes you may prefer to use multiple accounts. If you're one of these people, there's a guide to using multiple accounts here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/using-multiple-accounts-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Also see the article on why most people don't need multiple accounts:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/do-i-need-multiple-accounts-do-i-need-to-join-lots-of-servers

#FediTips

@toddalstrom oh je découvre qu'il est possible d'ajouter des expression "Regex" dans les filtres Mastodon !?

L'expression pour Thread me sera sans doute moins utile maintenant qu'il est bien largement défédéré, mais ça ouvre le champ des possible.

EDIT : Zut voilà que je déchante en apprenant que ça l'était jusqu'en 2018 dans l'implémentation officielle ...

#Regex #Mastodon #Fediverse #feditips

Merci d'avance de penser à mettre les avertissements de contenus (bouton de fonction CW ) quand ce qui est mis dans le post et partages de liens peut rappeler des expériences traumatiques, ETC ... , l'utilisation de cette fonction permet un environnement plus apaiser pour beaucoup plus de personnes :neocat_melt:

Voici une partie non exhaustive des termes pour lesquels il vaut vraiment mieux utiliser la fonction CW :neofox_floof_happy: :

-sexisme, racisme, homophobie, transphobie, psychophobie, …
- Contact visuel (personnage, monstre et personne ayant le regard tournait vers l'écran) TW de plus en plus oublié ...
- La nourriture/bouffe/autre matière AVEC la mention (non) - végane/végétale/vgtl (PAS "végé", "veggie" qui ont 2 sens)
- Mort / décès
- Santé mentale et/ou physique, médicaments
- Guerre
- Agressions et violence en tout genre
- Le négatif / rant/insulte/hurlements tout en MAJ
- Le divulgâche/spoil
- Sexe /génitale/ nsfw
- Les phobies courantes (araignées, serpents…)
- Alcool / drogues
- La politique / société, préciser le pays voir la zone est pratique

Merci aussi de penser aux descriptions d'image précises (sans liens internet dans la description) ainsi que mettre la langue adaptée au post, j'ai fait un petit guide pour la langue du post :
https://eldritch.cafe/@plaid/111742715414685219
#MastoTip #feditips