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''See also the article | ''See also the article {{Internal link|target=What is Mastodon?|link-name=What is Mastodon?}} in this wiki. As well as {{Internal link|target=Mastodon features explained|link-name=Mastodon features explained}} for a full review of all Mastodon features.'' | ||
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Mastodon is a free software microblogging project. It shares quite a few similarities with Twitter, but differs in some key features.<br> | Mastodon is a free software microblogging project. It shares quite a few similarities with Twitter, but differs in some key features.<br> | ||
It is decentralized/federated and belongs to the Fediverse ([[ | It is decentralized/federated and belongs to the Fediverse ([[F.A.Q. - Frequently Asked Questions#What is the Fediverse?|see below]]). | ||
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When you just created an account you'll see the basic interface with an empty home timeline. Follow other accounts and create your individual interesting home timeline.<br> | When you just created an account you'll see the basic interface with an empty home timeline. Follow other accounts and create your individual interesting home timeline.<br> | ||
To follow/find accounts that are hosted on different instances (servers) than your own account, you usually have to search for their full handle (username@instance.tld) or their profile's url. | To follow/find accounts that are hosted on different instances (servers) than your own account, you usually have to search for their full handle (@username@instance.tld) or their profile's url. | ||
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When you use Mastodon via your desktop browser, you can change quite a few things about its look and feel via your account settings. Anyone looking for an equivalent to Tweetdeck's many columns, may switch to the advanced interface:<br> | When you use Mastodon via your desktop browser, you can change quite a few things about its look and feel via your account settings. Anyone looking for an equivalent to Tweetdeck's many columns, may switch to the advanced interface:<br> | ||
It allows you | It allows you for example to pin a column for hashtags you've searched by clicking on its top right corner. | ||
As with Tweetdeck, if the number of columns exceed your display's width, you either need to scroll left and right or zoom out, until all columns fit again into your screen. | |||
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All notifications a shown in one column, in which you can switch between different types of notifications. The column's top right corner opens its settings, where can optimize your notification column to your individual needs.<br> | All notifications a shown in one column, in which you can switch between different types of notifications. The column's top right corner opens its settings, where can optimize your notification column to your individual needs.<br> | ||
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If you want to ensure, you will not miss posts from accounts that are the most relevant to you or you want to cluster accounts to create thematic timelines, for example, you can create | If you want to ensure, you will not miss posts from accounts that are the most relevant to you or you want to cluster accounts to create thematic timelines, for example, you can create {{Internal link|target=Mastodon features explained#Lists|link-name=lists}}, and pin them as a column. Only accounts you are following, can be added to our lists.<br> | ||
You can also click the bell symbol on a profile besides the (un)follow button to get notified about all posts by a user. | |||
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Your home timeline shows posts by accounts you follow and boosts by those accounts. There is no algorithm sorting posts for "relevance". Everything will appear in the chronological order it was either posted or boosted. Everything in your timeline will have the same look whether it originated from a Mastodon account or an account from some other Fediverse service.<br> | Your home timeline shows posts by accounts you follow and boosts by those accounts. There is no algorithm sorting posts for "relevance". Everything will appear in the chronological order it was either posted or boosted. Everything in your timeline will have the same look whether it originated from a Mastodon account or an account from some other Fediverse service.<br> | ||
The local timeline displays all the public posts accounts on your server published - boosts are exlcuded. | The local timeline displays all the public posts accounts on your server published - boosts are exlcuded. This can be very interesting on themed instances. | ||
The federated timeline shows posts from the whole Fediverse as your server knows it. It includes posts from every account your server was introduced to either by someone following or successfully searching from your server. | The federated timeline shows posts from the whole Fediverse as your server knows it. It includes posts from every account your server was introduced to either by someone following or successfully searching from your server. | ||
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''See also the article | ''See also the article {{Internal link|target=What is the Fediverse?|link-name=What is the Fediverse?}}'' | ||
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''See also | ''See also {{Internal link|target=What is Pixelfed?|link-name=What is Pixelfed?}}'' | ||
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''See also | ''See also {{Internal link|target=What is Funkwhale?|link-name=What is Funkwhale?}}'' | ||
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You can browse audio by hashtags, albums, artists, playlists, ... | You can browse audio by hashtags, albums, artists, playlists, ... | ||
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''See also: {{Internal link|target=What is Lemmy?|link-name=What is Lemmy?}} | |||
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Lemmy is the "reddit" of the Fediverse together with {{Internal link|target=What is Kbin?|link-name=Kbin}}. So it's a content aggregator service that can be used like a forum.<br> | |||
You can find a list of instances here: https://join-lemmy.org/instances <br> | You can find a list of instances here: https://join-lemmy.org/instances <br> | ||
You can follow and take part in Lemmy discussions from other parts of the Fediverse. | You can follow and take part in Lemmy discussions from other parts of the Fediverse. | ||
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''See also: {{Internal link|target=What is BookWyrm?|link-name=What is BookWyrm?}} | |||
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A Fediverse software for book cataloguing.<br> | |||
You can upload books or select some from the catalogue, add your status about the book (started reading, finished reading etc.) and write reviews.<br> | |||
You can view the same info if you e.g. follow the BookWyrm account on Mastodon.<br> | |||
There is no federated/local feed, just your home feed, so you have to follow other people to see posts other than yours.<br> | |||
Example instance: bookwyrm.social | |||
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''See also | ''See also {{Internal link|target=How do I get an account?|link-name=How do I get an account?}}'' | ||
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You can also check-out which servers are most relevant for you, based on your Twitter connections - more on that | You can also check-out which servers are most relevant for you, based on your Twitter connections - more on that {{Internal link|target=Beginners Fedi Workshop#How to find people you know from Twitter|link-name=here}}. | ||
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*[[ | *[[Instances]] | ||
*[https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ fediverse.pary (Themed Servers)] | *[https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ fediverse.pary (Themed Servers)] | ||
*[https://instances.social/ instances.social] - instance picker (check out the [https://instances.social/list/advanced#lang=&allowed=&prohibited=&min-users=&max-users= advanced mode] and sort by interesting details like security quality) | *[https://instances.social/ instances.social] - instance picker (check out the [https://instances.social/list/advanced#lang=&allowed=&prohibited=&min-users=&max-users= advanced mode] and sort by interesting details like security quality) | ||
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Generally you can check the instance rules to see if the instance is well moderated, but some instances may have good rules, abut the admins and mods don't enforce them well.<br> | Generally you can check the instance rules to see if the instance is well moderated, but some instances may have good rules, abut the admins and mods don't enforce them well.<br> | ||
One indicator for good moderation is a long blocklist of instances. You can see that under domain.tld/more.<br> | One indicator for good moderation is a long blocklist of instances. You can see that under domain.tld/more.<br> | ||
You can see a list of instances that you definitely shouldn't join under | You can see a list of instances that you definitely shouldn't join under {{Internal link|target=FediBlock|link-name=FediBlock}}. These should be blocked by most instances.<br> | ||
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There is a guide in English, German and Japanese | There is a guide in English, German and Japanese {{Internal link|target=Moving instances|link-name=here}} and another one in German with screenshots [https://wiki.subversive.zone/doku.php?id=umzug_des_eigenen_accounts_auf_eine_andere_mastodon_instanz here]. | ||
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You can search for topics or hashtags. The results are clustered as follows: all ⏐ people ⏐ hashtags ⏐ posts. "People" will show you accounts, that have handles or display names containing your search word. "Hashtag" will list hashtags, that start with your word. You can click on each hashtag to see posts containing it. Under "Posts" you will only find those, you have interacted with.<br> | You can search for topics or hashtags. The results are clustered as follows: all ⏐ people ⏐ hashtags ⏐ posts. "People" will show you accounts, that have handles or display names containing your search word. "Hashtag" will list hashtags, that start with your word. You can click on each hashtag to see posts containing it. Under "Posts" you will only find those, you have interacted with.<br> | ||
You can also find a server that is dedicated to the topic you are interested in (e.g. | You can also find a server that is dedicated to the topic you are interested in (e.g. {{Internal link|target=Special interest instances|link-name=here}}) and find people on the "/discover page" of each server (only Mastodon servers). | ||
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Tools like [https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ fedifinder] , [https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/ debirdify] or [https://twitodon.com/ twitodon] will crawl the account info of everyone you follow on Twitter for Fediverse accounts. You can download the results as a .csv file and upload it via "preferences >> import" to your account.<br> | Tools like [https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ fedifinder] , [https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/ debirdify] or [https://twitodon.com/ twitodon] will crawl the account info of everyone you follow on Twitter for Fediverse accounts. You can download the results as a .csv file and upload it via "preferences >> import" to your account.<br> | ||
You can also use debirdify to create and upload lists with Fediverse account info for Twitter accounts you have previously blocked or muted.<br> | You can also use debirdify to create and upload lists with Fediverse account info for Twitter accounts you have previously blocked or muted.<br> | ||
Debirdyfy also shows you, which servers/instances are most relevant for you based either on the Twitter accounts you are following or on those who follow you.<br> | Debirdyfy also shows you, which servers/instances are most relevant for you based either on the Twitter accounts you are following or on those who follow you.<br> | ||
Make it easy for your Twitter contacts to find you in the Fediverse by adding your account info to your Twitter profile. You can either adapt your display name, add it to the description in your bio or as the bio's link. Screen reader users prefer, if you do not change your display name into your long Fediverse info, because impacts their user experience as it will lengthen the sound bite for each Tweet. | Make it easy for your Twitter contacts to find you in the Fediverse by adding your account info to your Twitter profile. You can either adapt your display name, add it to the description in your bio or as the bio's link. Screen reader users prefer, if you do not change your display name into your long Fediverse info, because impacts their user experience as it will lengthen the sound bite for each Tweet. | ||
====How to best share audio, pictures and movies? ==== | ====How to best share audio, pictures and movies? ==== | ||
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As seen in the graphic above, there are specialized Fediverse services for multimedia sharing. An example: If you often want to share your videos, especially if they exceed Mastodon's file limit of 40 MB, it is better to use | As seen in the graphic above, there are specialized Fediverse services for multimedia sharing. An example: If you often want to share your videos, especially if they exceed Mastodon's file limit of 40 MB, it is better to use {{Internal link|target=PeerTube|link-name=Peertube}}. You can then use the link of your PeerTube video to create your Mastodon post. Using a PeerTube link will not impact how other users can engage with your video content. | ||
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"The internet doesn't forget and the Fediverse can't forget."<br> | "The internet doesn't forget and the Fediverse can't forget."<br> | ||
Because servers have to crawl each other for content, a deleted post may still be visible to users on servers. If they engage with the post after you have deleted it, you may not even see this in your notifications because by deleting it, you have severed your account's connection to it. | Because servers have to crawl each other for content, a deleted post may still be visible to users on servers. If they engage with the post after you have deleted it, you may not even see this in your notifications because by deleting it, you have severed your account's connection to it. | ||
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