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<languages/> {{Outdated |text=This article explains features of an old version of Mastodon and needs to be updated.}} <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon screenshot.png|thumb|x400px|''Screenshot of Mastodon's basic interface'']] Let's go through every Mastodon feature... </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> =Register for an account= [[File:Mastodon instance screenshot.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> So you have decided to get a Mastodon account and found an instance you want to join.<br> Registering for an account all you need is a working email address and a password. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Profile name== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose a profile name. This will be part of the handle you'll be found under.<br> In this case the chosen profile name is PaulaToThePeople and the handle will be @PaulaToThePeople@climatejustce.social. <br> You can choose a different [[#Display name 2|display name]] than your profile name. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Email address== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Enter your email address. It's important you remember which one you chose and that you have access to the address. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Password== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose a strong password. It's best to use a generated password and store it in a password manager like KeePass.<br> You'll have to enter the password twice to make sure there is no typo in it. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Server rules== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> To create an account you have to agree to the server rules. Read them carefully as you have to follow them and the other people on the instance have to too. <br> So don't just make sure you are okay with them, but also that you want others to behave accordingly. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Confirmation email== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> When you hit "register" you'll be sent a confirmation email. In that email there will be a link you have to click to confirm your email address and unlock your account.<br> Check your spam folder if you don't get the email. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> =What Mastodon looks like for new users= [[File:Mastodon follow suggestions.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> At the beginning you'll see the [[#Basic interface|basic interface]] and follow suggestions. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Follow suggestions== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The first thing you'll see, when you open Mastodon after creating your account, will be some follow suggestions.<br> These are based on who other people on your instance follow.<br> You can follow someone by clicking on the + symbol to the right or check them out first by clicking on the user name. <br> To stop showing the follow suggestions just click "done" on the bottom. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If you want to see some more follow suggestions later on just go to ".../web/start" in your browser's url field. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> = Basic interface = </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The basic interface is the default when you are new to Mastodon. You can switch to the advanced interface in the settings.<br> Below we'll describe all the functions present in the basic interface. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Toots== [[File:Mastodon Toot.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> In Mastodon posts are called toots. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Text=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> In the text field you can write basically whatever you want, as long as it is allowed on your instance and is not longer than the character limit, which is usually 500 characters.<br> In the bottom right of the toot interface you can see how many characters you have left.<br> In the screenshot you can see that 5000 characters are left, because the screenshot was taken on an instance with a modified character limit. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Emojis=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Click on the laughing emoji in the top right of the text field to add emojis.<br> Besides all the known emojis instance admins can add custom emojis. You can request new custom emojis by contacting your instance admin. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Hashtags=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Adding hashtags is simple. Just put the # character right before the word.<br> So e.g. #FridaysForFuture. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Mentions=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> To mention someone enter @ followed by their profile name (not the display name). If you have already interacted with the user they will be suggested to you when you start entering the profile name.<br> When you want to mention a user that you haven't discovered yet, you have to enter the full handle (@profilename@instance.domain). </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Links=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Of course you can also add links to your toots. Simply paste the url into the text field.<br> You need to past the whole url, including the https:// so the link will be clickable. <br> Don't worry about adding long urls, they will not use up as much characters as they actually have. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Attachments=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Click on the paperclip symbol to add an attachment. You can add up to 4 pictures, a video or an audio file.<br> When you add a picture or video you can mark it as sensitive, so it will be blurred and people have to click on it to see the unblurred version. You can only add an attachment or a poll to a toot - not both. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Media descriptions=== [[File:Mastodon media description.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Click on the edit button to add a media description. You usually have 1500 characters for your description, so more than for the toot itself. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Polls=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Click on the 3 bars besides the paperclip to add a poll. You can add up to 4 poll options or more if the Mastodon instance is modified. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Visibility=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The next symbol in the row, a globe, lets you change the visibility of your post. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> * '''Public'''<br> Unless you changed it in the settings toots will be public by default. Public means everybody can see your toot on your profile, in public timelines and - if they follow you - in their home timeline. * '''Unlisted'''<br> When you post an unlisted toot everybody can see it on your profile and followers can see it in their home-timelines, but it won't be displayed on public timelines.<br>People can boost your toot, but the boosted toot will follow the same rules. * '''Followers-only'''<br> Only followers can see that toot on your profile and in their home timelines. The toot can not be boosted. * '''Direct''' <br> A direct message can only be seen by people who are mentioned in it. You can add more than one people to a direct message. If you later on add more people to a direct conversation, they will only see the new messages, since they are mentioned. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Content Warnings=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The last symbol in the row - the cw - stands for content warning. When you click on it a smaller text field will appear above the larger text field.<br> When you post a toot with a CW people will at first only see what you have written in the smaller text field and have to click to see the larger text.<br> When you add a picture or video to a toot with a cw then the media will automatically be marked sensitive. You can however click on the checkbox to change that. <br> Besides warning people about possibly triggers CWs are sometimes also used for jokes - the punchline being hidden. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Search== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can search for people and hashtags and - on some instances - for posts.<br> You can find accounts either by searching for their profile name or their display name. To find an account that you have never seen before you have to add the whole handle (@profilename@instance.domain) or the url of the profile. When you search for a hashtag you'll be shown all hashtags that start with the search phrase you used. So e.g. if you search for "fridays" the results will include "FridaysForFuture", but if you search for "future" they won't. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Announcements== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Continuing on the interface in clockwise direction the next function is the announcement display. It is hidden behind the megaphone symbol.<br> If the instance admin wrote an announcement it will be displayed here. If there is more than one announcement you can click the arrow symbols to see them all.<br> Once you read all announcements the blue dot on the megaphone symbol will disappear until a new announcement appears. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Home timeline settings== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Right besides the megaphone symbol there is a settings symbol. Click on it to change what is displayed on your home timeline.<br> You can hide or show boosts and replies. By default boosts as well as replies will be displayed in your home timeline.<br> </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Home timeline== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The home timeline will display posts by users you follow. Depending on what you selected in the settings above it will also display toots someone you follow boosted and replies by people you follow.<br> What will not be displayed are e.g. replies by people you don't follow on toots by people you follow. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Posts in a timeline== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon post.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Someone boosted=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> On top of the post will be displayed if this toot was boosted to appear in your timeline and by whom it was boosted. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Time=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> In the top right corner you'll see the time the toot was posted. If you click on the time the post will open in a new tab. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Hide image=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If an image is attached to the post you can hide it and it will be blurred, just like with sensitive media. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Reply=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> On the bottom the first symbol is the reply button. Click on it to reply to the post. <br> The person who wrote the toot will automatically be mentioned in your reply. Don't remove that mention, or the person will not be notified of your reply. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Boost=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The next symbol is the boost button. Boosting is what retweeting, reblogging or sharing is on other platforms.<br> So if you click on the button the post will appear in your profile as well as in the home timelines of your followers.<br> The original author of the toot will be notified that you boosted it. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Like=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Liking a post will also notify the author of the toot and - like boosting - the post will show a count of how many times it was liked.<br> Other than that it has a similar function as bookmarking the toot - you can see all the toots you liked in a separate view. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Expand this post=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The following functions can be found in the dropdown menu - the last symbol in the row.<br> Expanding a post will show it instead of the home timeline (different in extended interface) and display replies underneath it.<br> You can also get to the expanded view by simply clicking on the post - but make sure you don't click on a mention, hashtag or link. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Copy post url=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This function simply copies the direct url of the toot. You can use this to share the toot somewhere else - e.g. in a messenger. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Embed=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This function copies the html code that lets you embed the toot on a website. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Bookmark=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Bookmarking a toot is like liking it, except the author won't be notified and there is no count of how many times a post was bookmarked.<br> You can see your bookmarked toots in a separate view than your liked toots. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Mention=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This function starts a new post mentioning the author of the toot. This is not like replying as the post you start will not display underneath the authors post. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Direct message=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This is like the mention function except the visibility of the started toot will be set to "direct". </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Mute, block, report, block domain=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> See [[#Mute|further down]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Notifications== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Whenever someone interacts with one of your toots or sends you a message you'll be notified.<br> The notifications button will display a marker if there are unread notifications, unless you changed that in the notification settings<br> Click on the notifications button to see all notifications instead of the home timeline. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Notification settings=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon notification settings.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> In the top right corner you can change some settings about the notifications. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Clear notifications==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This removes all notifications from the view.<br> You don't need to remove notifications to remove the unread notifications marker though. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Unread notification markers==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Select whether to show or hide the unread notifications badge on the notifications button. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Quick filter bar==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> By default you can choose between all notifications and mentions.<br> If you hide the quick filter bar you can't choose anymore and will only be shown all notifications.<br> If you show the quick filter bar and select "display all categories" too, you'll be able to see only relies, only likes, only boosts, only poll results, only updates from people you follow or only new followers. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Desktop notifications==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next you can choose what kind of notification will be displayed for each category.<br> Desktop notifications are popup notifications on your computer that don't just show up while you are in the browser. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Show in column==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can hide notification types from your notifications view. E.g. if you get too many notifications you can hide likes to only see "more important" notifications. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Play sound==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This simply changes whether you get a sound notification for each type of notification. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Explore== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> When you click on explore you'll first see trending posts. These are simply posts a lot of people on your instance like and boost - no sponsored posts or anything. Next you can select "Hashtags" and you'll see trending hashtags. They trend the same way. Then there is "News" which contains trending links and "For you" which contains follow recommendations. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The explore feature may not show much on your instance if the admin(s) are not really behind it, because it takes a lot of moderation effort. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Local timeline== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The local timeline displays all toots by people on your instance. Boosts and replies are not shown.<br> If you are on an instance with a specific theme or for a specific location the local timeline is usually more interesting than on a general purpose instance. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Media only=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> In the top right corner you can select whether only posts with media attachments will be shown in the local timeline. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Federated timeline== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The federated timeline displays toots by everybody who is known to your instance.<br> Here you can also choose whether to only display toots with media. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Remote only=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This option will hide toots from people on your instance from the federated timeline. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Direct messages== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you'll be shown every direct message you are part of - the ones you sent and the ones you received. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Favorites== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you'll see every toot you liked starting with your latest like. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Bookmarks== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The bookmarks column shows every post you bookmarked.<br> When you don't want a toot to show up here anymore click on the dropdown menu for the toot and select "remove bookmark". </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Lists== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can create and view lists.<br> Lists are timelines containing only toots from people you put on that list.<br> So e.g. you can create a list of people who post very interesting stuff so you don't miss any of their posts.<br> A list will only display new posts from users since they were added to the list. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Profile Directory== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The profile directory displays new or active users from your instance or from all over.<br> People can choose not to be displayed in profile directories in the settings. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Preferences== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This button takes you directly to the [[#Appearance|appearance preferences]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Follows and followers== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This button takes you to the [[#Follows and followers 2|Follows and followers]] section of the settings. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Trends== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you'll see 3 trending hashtags.<br> You can hide this in the settings and the admin can hide this for everybody on the instance. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> = Advanced Interface = </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon advanced interface.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can switch to the advanced interface in the [[#Appearance|appearance settings]].<br> The advanced interface display more than one column at once. By default it displays the home timeline and the notifications, but you can "pin" the local & federated timeline, the profile directory, direct messages, bookmarks, favorites and lists too.<br> When you search for a hashtag you can pin that too and then select whether you want to display additional hastags in that timeline and switch between all toots with those hashtags or just local toots. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> =Profiles= </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Click on a profile picture to get to the user's profile.<br> Let's start with your own profile. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Your profile== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon profile small.png|thumb|x500px]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Display name=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> After your header image and your profile image the first thing from top down is your display name.<br> The display name is also what's shown prominently on each post. It can, but doesn't have to be the same as the profile name.<br> You can change the display name in the [[#Display name 2|settings]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Handle=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Below the display name you can see your handle. It is @profilename@instance.domain. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Profile fields=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next you can see up to 4 profile fields where you can e.g. display your links. You can add profile fields in the [[#Profile fields|settings]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Profile description=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next is your profile description or bio. Here you can write something about you. You can include emojis, links and hashtags. You can write the bio in the [[#Bio|settings]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Join date=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Underneath your profile description - at least on most instances - you'll see the date you joined that instance.<br> This is not necessarily the date you joined the Fediverse, as you could have started on another instance.<br> Even if you [[Moving instances|move instances]] this date will not transferred. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Following and follower stats=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next you'll see the number of toots you posted, how many people you follow and how many people follow you.<br> The number of posts includes replies and non-public posts. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Posts, posts & replies, media=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next you can choose whether below your posts will be shown (starting with your pinned posts), posts and replies or just posts with media.<br> If you choose media only the media will be displayed in thumbnails. If you click on one of them you'll see the media in large, but still not the post.<br> Below the media you'll see some buttons - one takes you to the post. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Interactions with your own posts=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can interact with your own posts like with other peoples posts, including replying, liking, boosting, bookmarking and more.<br> Additionally you can do the following. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Pin on profile==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can pin up to 5 toots on your profile. They will show on top of the other posts.<br> It's a good idea to pin toots that say something about yourself - like maybe your intro post.<br> If someone discovers your profile for the first time it might look empty from their point of view of the Fediverse, if it wasn't for your pinned posts. Pinned posts are always discovered with the profile. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Delete==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This function is quite self-explanatory. It deletes your post. The post won't be recoverable. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Delete & redraft==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Mastodon doesn't have an edit toot feature. What comes closest is delete & redraft.<br> This deletes the post - all boosts, likes and replies will be gone - and you can edit it to post again. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Someone else's profile== [[File:Mastodon someones profile.png|thumb]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here we'll go through everything that's different on someone else's profile than on your own. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Follows you=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If the user follows you this will be displayed on top of the profile. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Follow/Unfollow=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Next you'll see the follow or unfollow button. If you click on follow it might turn into a "cancel follow request" button instead of the unfollow button.<br> This happens if the other person locked their profile. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Notify me=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If you follow the profile you'll see a bell symbol besides the unfollow button. Click on it to receive notifications every time the user toots something. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Mention & direct message=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> We [[#Mention|covered this before]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Hide boosts=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This will hide boosts by that user in your public timelines. This can be useful if the person toots interesting stuff, but boosts too much uninteresting stuff. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Feature on profile=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can feature other users' profiles on your [[#Profiles in separate tabs|profile in a separate tab]].<br> They will be displayed as recommendations below your bio. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Add/remove from lists=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can add the profile you're looking at directly to a list or to lists or remove them. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Mute=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Muting a user means toots by them and toots mentioning them will be hidden, but they can still see your toots and follow you.<br> You can select whether you still get notifications when the user interacts with you as well as how long the mute should last. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Block=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Blocking a user hides their toots and toots mentioning them as well as blocks the user from seeing and interacting with you and your toots. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Report=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Reporting a user sends a report to your instance admin and - if you so choose - also to the admin of the instance the user is on.<br> You can select posts by the user to include in the report and write a bit about why you are reporting them. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Block domain=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This blocks not just the user, but the whole instance the user is on. This is e.g. used to fight spam, trolling and harassment by a whole instance.<br> When you block an instance its usually a good idea to also send a report or a direct message to your instance admin, so they can choose whether to block the domain for everybody on your instance. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Profiles in separate tabs== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> When you open a profile in a separate browser tab or window there will be more things shown than when you open the profile in the same tab. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> E.g. you'll see all the user's toot instead of just the ones known to you. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===User's choices=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Below the user's bio you'll see other profiles the user chose to [[#Feature on profile|feature on their profile]].<br> You can see up to 4 of them. If the user highlights more than 4 then you can reload the tab and see 4 random profiles again. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Featured hashtags=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Below the featured profiles you'll see featured hashtags if the user chose some in their [[#Featured hashtags 2|profile settings]].<br> Click on one of the hashtags and you'll see all the posts by the user that mention that hashtag. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Instance description and trending now=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If you continue further below you'll see an image and a description of the instance the user is on and below that the hashtags that are currently trending on that instance. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> = Settings = </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> [[File:Mastodon settings.png|thumb|x500px]] </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If you go to your settings you'll fist end up in the preferences -> appearance part of the settings, but above that are the profile settings. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Profile settings== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Appearance=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Display name==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can choose the name that will display prominently on your profile and your posts.<br> A display name can contain spaces and emojis.<br> </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Bio==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can write a short text about you to tell visitors of your profile who you are. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Header==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The header image will only be displayed to people if they visit your profile. It will be displayed on top like a banner. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Avatar==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The avatar is your profile image that won't just be displayed on your profile, but also on all your toots.<br> An avatar can be transparent. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Require follow requests==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose whether you want everybody to be able to follow you instantly, or whether you want to approve follow requests. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====This is a bot account==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This option doesn't do much except mark your profile as a bot. This is e.g. chosen if you predominantly crosspost from Twitter or feed your toots from RSS. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Suggest account to others==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This option will display your profile in the [[#Profile directory|profile directory]] and in the [[#Follow suggestions|follow suggestions]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Profile metadata==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can define 4 user fields. Many people use this to link to their homepage(s) or to display their pronouns. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Verification==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can verify a link in your profile fields by adding the rel="me" attribute to a link back from that homepage to your profile.<br> There is a link that you can just copy and paste on your homepage. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Moving from or to a different account==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Moving is explained in [[Moving instances|this article]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Delete account==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> If you really don't like mastodon of course you can delete your account. After all you are the owner of your data.<br> This might not delete all your posts people boosted from those people's profiles. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Featured Hashtags=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can select up to 10 hashtags to be displayed on your profile. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Preferences== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Appearance=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Interface Language==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose what language Mastodon communicates with you in.<br> This doesn't affect the posts in your timelines as Mastodon doesn't have a translate feature. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Site Theme==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose between the standard theme, a high contrast theme and a light theme. The high contrast theme will display links and hashtags in blue. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Enable advanced web interface==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can choose between the [[#Basic interface|basic interface]] and the [[#Advanced interface|advanced interface]]. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Animations and accessibility==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can choose whether the timelines will automatically load new toots or not, whether gifs automatically move or not, whether there are animations displayed e.g. for boosting or liking a post, whether you can use swiping motions to interact with Mastodon and whether Mastodon will display it's own fonts or fall back to your system's default fonts. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Crop images in non-expanded posts to 16x9==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> We recommend unticking this box as toots look better if the whole picture is shown. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Show today's trends==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can hide the trending hashtags from your basic or advanced interface. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Confirmation dialogs==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> These are some good options to avoid unintentionally boosting or deleting a post or unfollowing someone. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Sensitive content==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> The sensitive content settings let you hide or reveal all media or all media marked as sensitive by the poster.<br> If you're not easily triggered you can also expand all posts with content warnings so you don't have to click on the content warning every time to see the full toot. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Notifications=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Most notification settings were mentioned [[#Notification settings|before]] so here are options only for email notifications plus options to block all notifications and/or direct messages from people you don't follow or people who don't follow you. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Other=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Opt-out of search engine indexing==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This will hide your profile from search results on Duck Duck Go, Google and other search engines. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Hide your social graph==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Whether your profile displays how many people you follow and how many people follow you. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Group boosts in timelines ==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This feature is enabled by default. Disabling it may result in your home timeline showing the same post multiple times in a row if many people boosted it. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Posting defaults==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can change the default privacy setting for your toots, what language your toots are written in (if you only post in one language) whether all your media is by default marked as sensitive (e.g. if you post a lot of nudes) and whether to disclose what application you are using in your posts. The last option will not do anything if you are just using Mastodon in the browser. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Filter languages==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can filter out toots in languages you don't understand. Select the languages you do understand and leave the other boxes unticked. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Follows and followers== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can see everybody who follows you, everybody who you follow or every mutual follow.<br> You can filter by account activity and order by most recent or last active and batch unfollow people. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Filters== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Filters let you hide posts based on words or terms included in the posts.<br> You can e.g. use this to filter out retweets (RT @), words that trigger you or discussions you're simply not interested in. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Automated post deletion== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Choose whether old posts of yours are automatically deleted, when they are deleted and what exceptions apply. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Account== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Account Settings=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Account status==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This will usually show "Your account is fully functional". If it doesn't you better contact your instance admin. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Security==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can change your email and password. It is not really recommended to change your password regularly as long as it is a good password and you don't use it on many sites. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ====Sessions==== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you can see which devices when had last access to your account and under which IP-address. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Below that again are to options to move to and from your account or deleting it. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Two-factor auth=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Two-factor authentication is an additional security step to a strong password. You'll be sent messages to your phone containing tokens that you'll need to login to your account. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ===Authorized apps=== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Here you'll see which apps are connected to your account. E.g. [[Mobile apps|mobile apps]] you use on your phone will be displayed here.<br> When you click on "revoke" you'll be logged out from that app. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Import and Export== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> You can export the people you follow, your lists, mutes and blocks and your bookmarks.<br> These can be used to be imported to another profile. You can also request an archive of your posts and media, but there is no import function for that, so you can't take your posts with you when you move instances. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> ==Invite people== </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> This option is only displayed if your admin allows you to invite people and it only really makes sense if the instance you're on is closed.<br> You can generate invite links to share with people who can use them to create an account on the same instance.<br> If you want you can select an option to let everybody who uses your links automatically follow you. </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> =Further Reading= </div> * {{Internal link |target=Mastodon features explained |link-name=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Mastodon features explained</span>}} * {{Internal link |target=Scheduling and analytic tools for Mastodon |link-name=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Scheduling and analytic tools for Mastodon</span>}} {{Getting started links}} {{Category |category=Mastodon}} {{category |category=Beginners guides}} {{Navbar/Mastodon}}
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