PSA friendly reminder that unless you change your post privacy to 'unlisted' when you reply (some clients do this automatically, not all though), that toot goes straight on your public timeline and directly to your followers, who then get to see a lot of confusing out-of-context replies 😅

#fedi #mastodon #HowToMastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonTips #FediTip #FediTips

Have a #pooptoot blowing up and you want to keep getting important notifications instead of of ALL the reacts from your post? :mastodon_oops:
#Mute the conversation to just silence the boosts and favs from just that thread of conversation. :toot:

Even 30 or 50 reactions to sharing your thoughts, often from names and profiles you recognize as your peers or leaders, it can be a lot. :FediTips:
Don't let it get to you 🧘‍♂️
#feditips #help #feditip

A #mastotip for any other new #artistsofmastdon please use the featured hashtag thing, I would very much like to consume all of your #art easily. Please and thank you 🙏
#mastoart #FediTip

So, when I started using Mastodon, I would content warning my replies to toots, even if the topic hadn't changed because I thought I ought to content warning anything that needed it.

I then noticed hardly any one did this, and thought to myself "well, I guess it isn't needed as we're already in a toot talking about this subject, so why would I need to add a content warning?"

However, I've just realised replies can be boosted, and thus become visible on people's timelines without a context warning.

So, my question is: Should I return to adding context warnings on replies (when needed, of course)? Or am I over thinking it?

#FediTip #FediTips

@LunaEclipse @myxmyxmyx (I'm adding Julie in here since I was *just* about to write on hashtags to her)

Hashtags are the backbones of the fediverse. It's a good way to find things that interest you, and to share your post so that others might find it too.

Generally, up to 3 hashtags are a fairly decent bunch (though depending on post there might be more or less).

Tips about how to write them:

1) WriteThemLikeThis IE with each word capitalized so that it's easier for screenreaders to figure out what you're saying

2) Try to keep them relevant--spamming hashtags never leads to good results

3) You can write them either inline, IE inside the text itself, or at the end--both have been recommended by people who use screenreaders, so I'm going to say that either works.

Pick inline if it WorksWithTheText and at the end if it doesn't

#FediTip #FediTips

@myxmyxmyx the best way is to search (and follow) hashtags. Your "home" will *only* show you the things you follow, Local is "anyone on this instance" and Federated (which I don't recommend) is "everyone from every instance your instance allows posts from", which more-or-less translates to "all of the mastodon part of fediverse".

A good hashtag to learn how to use masto is #FediTips or #FediTip

#FediTip I have figured out a reliable way around the "not logged in on this instance" confusion (which is extra confusing on my phone browser, where part of the dialog is cut off): copy the URL of the toot, then paste it into the search bar of the app or browser tab where you *are* logged in.
Then you can fav/boost/etc no problem :)

crush this rock with your bare hands! #feditip

Unser #FediTip der Woche:

Auf der Funkwhale-Instanz open.audio gibt es 26.738 Stunden #libre #Musik, vieles davon #CC

https://open.audio

#FediTip put a Lil lime in your gin.

#FediTip do not worry, william shatner can't find you here