Je crois que c'est la bonne journée pour rappeler l'existence d'une liste collaborative des hashtags utiles / populaires sur Mastodon (lae Fédivers⋅e)
https://yeswiki.lescommuns.org/?hashtags-mastodon
Bienvenue tout le monde ! 🙂
Are you happy with your Mastodon server? Would you like to invite your Mastodon-curious friends to join you? Here's how to do it:
1. Log in on your server’s website or the web app
2. Click on ⚙️ Preferences
3. Click on "Invite people" at the left of the screen (if you’re on the mobile website click ☰ in the top right and then Invite people)
4. Choose the settings you want for your invitation link and then click Generate
Share the link with friends, community groups or whoever 🙂
Are you trying to find interesting accounts to follow on here about specific topics?
You can see thousands of recommended accounts to follow organised into topics and categories at:
To find out more about an account, click on its Fediverse address.
To follow an account, paste its Fediverse address into your search box on Mastodon etc.
Have you ever seen a reply in your timeline and wondered what it is actually replying to? Just click on it to find out, this should take you to the thread that it is part of.
If that doesn't work, try refreshing or reloading the page.
If you can see the thread but you're not sure it's up to date, you can check for the most complete version by viewing its "original page", more info about these at https://fedi.tips/what-are-original-pages-in-mastodon
Hey new people, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon 🙂
All links on Mastodon are counted as 23 characters towards your post size limit, regardless of how long they actually are.
More info at https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon
If you use your Mastodon server's website or web app, your profile contains lots of useful info behind its ⋯ button including:
-Pinned posts
-Follow requests
-Favourites
-Lists
-Followed hashtags
-Muted users
-Blocked users
-Blocked domains (blocked servers)
The ⋯ button is next to the "Edit Profile" button on your profile page. Click on your profile picture to get to your profile page.
Okay really quick and rough version, but a good start. This is my progress on my Fediverse for Photographers blog.
Any input and additions appreciated! I still have more to add from the suggestions provided the other day.
https://www.dyptrephotography.ca/The-Dyptre-Blog/The-Fediverse
If you click the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the official Mastodon app AND you leave the search box blank, you will be shown posts that are trending on your server.
Posts trend if they are newly published and lots of people are currently sharing them. The more boosts a post gets, the higher it appears on the list.
Everyone on your server sees the same trending list, it's not any kind of personalised algorithm. It's just a simple list of the most-shared recent posts.
If you're on the mastodon.social server you may have posts missing from your timeline. This is apparently due to technical problems on mastodon.social:
https://status.mastodon.social/cm6i55duu000ijwc2g6f4t3kx
If this is happening to you it's not your fault, it's your server that is currently a bit broken.
Other Mastodon servers are unaffected by this and should be working normally.
(via @ivory)
I've had a lot of people ask how BlueSky compares to Mastodon and the Fediverse. I've tried to make the answer as simple and easy to understand as possible:
🦋 BlueSky is designed to give corporations and wealthy people full control of the network. All of its traffic has to flow through expensive-to-run corporate relays.
The Fediverse is designed to give ordinary people control of the network. All of its traffic flows directly from one cheap-to-run server to another.
There are many post visibility settings on Mastodon:
🌎 Public - Everyone can see it
🌘 Unlisted/Quiet Public - Everyone can see it but it won't show up in search results or trends
🔒 Followers Only - Only your followers can see it
@ Mentions/Specific People - Only people you mention can see it, often used for DMs
WARNING: If you mention someone's account (if you @ them), they will be able to see that post on ALL visibilities.
Lots more info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon
Here on the Fediverse, your account's reach depends on your followers rather than your server's size.
Even if you're on a tiny server, if you have followers from lots of other servers your posts will reach lots of people.
Here is why: If just *one* person from another server follows you, your posts and account will start showing up on that server and be searchable by *everyone* on that server.
For tips on making your account more visible, see this guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
You might have noticed that some accounts on here have posts much longer than 500 characters. If you're wondering how this is possible, find out in this guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-have-bigger-character-limits
TL;DR - You need to be on a server that allows larger post sizes, either running a modified version of Mastodon or a totally different kind of Fediverse server.
You can browse some well-run servers with larger post sizes in the "larger post size" section of fedi.garden:
One of the nicest things about individual Mastodon servers is they have custom emoji 
These emoji are visible to other servers so everyone can see them, but only people on a particular server can post them.
You can access custom emoji by clicking the 🙂 smiley button within the app or web interface. (On mobile apps, the non-custom emoji are accessed by clicking the other smiley button on your phone's keyboard.)
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-custom-emoji-how-do-i-access-them-can-i-add-new-ones
Some accounts on here are marked as "Automated" or "Bot". This is not a bad sign! These are generally good and useful bots 🙂
These labels are added by the bot's owner to let people know there isn't a human responding to replies. More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-are-some-accounts-marked-bot-on-mastodon
You can find lots of useful weather bots at https://fedimeteo.com
Some bots are interactive, for example @votechess lets people play a collaborative game of chess. @dungeons is another popular interactive bot.
Have you tried using your server's website yet? 🙂
Server websites on Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse usually have more features and more settings than apps. Find out how to use them at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-log-in-through-the-website-help-my-password-doesnt-work
Your server's web address is usually the name of the server, for example the server kind.social's website is at https://kind.social
Pro Tip: You can also install your server's website as a "web app" on your phone or tablet:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
There is an optional feature on Mastodon which lets you automatically delete your posts after a certain amount of time:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/deleting-posts-automatically-in-mastodon-after-a-certain-time-period
If you activate this, your posts that are older than a certain number of weeks, months or years are automatically deleted by your server.
The setup process for autodelete also lets you choose types of post or specific posts not to delete.
(If you want to keep everything, just don't activate autodelete 🙂 )
You can remove followers without blocking them by using Mastodon's follower management system:
1. Sign in on your server’s website or web app
2. Click ⚙️ Preferences
3. Click "Follows and followers" (if you’re on a phone click ☰ and then "Follows and followers")
4. In the Relationship section click on Followers
5. Select the followers you want to remove
6. Click on "Remove selected followers"
More info:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-remove-followers-on-mastodon-without-blocking-them
This is also known as "soft blocking".
Hey new people, you don't have to use the official Mastodon app! There are lots of other options you can use such as third party apps etc. People who try these alternatives usually prefer them.
Unlike most social networks, Mastodon doesn't impose any particular app on you. You're free to use your account in whatever way works best for you.
Here is a guide to all your options:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app
You can be logged in with the same account on many apps at once 🙂
You can embed Mastodon posts in your website or blog by doing the following:
1. Log in through your server's website
2. Go to the post or reply you want to embed and click on it to show it in an enlarged view
3. Click ⋯ on the post and select "Get Embed Code"
4. Copy-paste the HTML code into your website or blog
Lots of common questions answered about this at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-embed-mastodon-posts-on-a-website
If you have problems embedding, see the article for suggestions.
Do you want your account and posts on here to be discovered more easily? Do you want to make it as easy as possible for people to find and follow you? If so, there is a checklist of things you can do here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
You don't have to do all of these, but each one helps 🙂
(And of course not everyone wants to be discovered easily, which is why most of these discovery features are opt-in.)
The Fediverse has its own alternative to Twitch called OwnCast, a live streaming platform with built-in chat system.
You can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc and they will post in your timeline when they go live. You can also sign into OwnCast chat using your Mastodon etc account.
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/owncast-live-streaming-and-chat-on-the-fediverse
If you want to get started, I've just posted some good OwnCast accounts to follow over at @FediFollows
If you get a DM saying "call me the Fediverse chick", it's a spam. Don't click the links, but DO report it!
Reports from users are really important, especially if they are about spam DMs because no one else can see the spam except the user.
You can report posts by clicking ⋯ on the post and selecting "Report". When you report it, make sure to select the option to forward the report to the server it came from so that the admin there can delete the spammer's account.
