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[[File:Mastodon screenshot.png|thumb|x400px|''Screenshot of Mastodon's basic interface'']] | [[File:Mastodon screenshot.png|thumb|x400px|''Screenshot of Mastodon's basic interface'']] | ||
Let's go through every Mastodon feature... | Let's go through every Mastodon feature... | ||
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In the screenshot you can see that 5000 characters are left, because the screenshot was taken on an instance with a modified character limit. | In the screenshot you can see that 5000 characters are left, because the screenshot was taken on an instance with a modified character limit. | ||
=== | ===Emojis=== | ||
Click on the laughing emoji in the top right of the text field to add | Click on the laughing emoji in the top right of the text field to add emojis.<br> | ||
Besides all the known | Besides all the known emojis instance admins can add custom emojis. You can request new custom emojis by contacting your instance admin. | ||
===Hashtags=== | ===Hashtags=== | ||
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This simply changes whether you get a sound notification for each type of notification. | This simply changes whether you get a sound notification for each type of notification. | ||
==Explore== | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
==Local timeline== | ==Local timeline== | ||
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===Profile description=== | ===Profile description=== | ||
Next is your profile description or bio. Here you can write something about you. You can include | 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]] | You can write the bio in the [[#Bio|settings]] | ||
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Here you can choose the name that will display prominently on your profile and your posts.<br> | Here you can choose the name that will display prominently on your profile and your posts.<br> | ||
A display name can contain spaces and | A display name can contain spaces and emojis.<br> | ||
====Bio==== | ====Bio==== | ||
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==Invite people== | ==Invite people== | ||
This option is only displayed if your admin allows you to invite people and it only really makes | 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> | 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. | If you want you can select an option to let everybody who uses your links automatically follow you. | ||
=Further Reading= | |||
* {{Internal link |target=Mastodon features explained |link-name=Mastodon features explained}} | |||
* {{Internal link |target=Scheduling and analytic tools for Mastodon |link-name=Scheduling and analytic tools for Mastodon}} | |||
{{Getting started links}} | |||
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