The official Mastodon app (and most other Fediverse apps) do not collect any data about you.

When you sign up on a Fediverse server, it asks for the minimum amount of information (an email address and a password) and none of this info goes to the app or app makers.

This is in stark contrast to other social networks which seem to collect lots of personal info. See the attached image for a comparison of the privacy policies of various official social network apps.

#Privacy #FediTips #Fediverse

If you want to check whether your server federates with Threads, you can use this tool (enter your server name in the part marked "filter by domain"):

➡️ https://fedipact.veganism.social

Here's a list of nice well-run servers which have blocked Threads:

➡️ https://fedi.garden

If you need help moving your account to a new server, here are step-by-step instructions:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

This guide also answers lots of common questions.

#FediTips #DefederateThreads #Threads #Meta #Facebook

#Fedipact - The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net

An interactive list to see which ActivityPub (Matodon, Lemmy, FireFish, etc) instances are federating with Threads.net

^{fedipact.veganism.social}

This is unironically a good guide on how to write alt-text that would be good for fedi users to read:

https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images

#FediTips

Write helpful Alt Text to describe images

Alternative (Alt) Text is meant to convey the “why” of the image as it relates to the content of a document or webpage. It is read aloud to users by screen reader software, and it is indexed by search engines.

^{accessibility.huit.harvard.edu}

This is your algorithm. If you don't want to miss posts from someone, turn this on.

#Mastodon #FediTips

Do you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse? Especially if you're a beginner or unsure about techy things?

You can ask by messaging me or replying to this thread, and I'll try to help or find someone else who can help. Don't worry if a question seems silly or basic!

You can also look things up on the guide at https://fedi.tips, which has an "essentials" section at the top and a complete list of answered questions below that.

#FediTips #MastoTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips

Testing out posting to Mastodon directly from the command line, using https://github.com/ihabunek/toot

#mastodon #feditips

GitHub - ihabunek/toot: toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI

toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI. Contribute to ihabunek/toot development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

As you might have noticed earlier today, I accidentally reset the poll from yesterday 😳

So, here's a warning for poll creators:

If you edit a Mastodon poll, changing the options at all will reset the poll to zero, even if people have already voted on it. It will do this automatically without warning, so only edit options if you're okay with resetting the poll.

To see more advice on creating polls on Mastodon, click here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-post-a-poll-on-mastodon/

#FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips #Polls

How to post a poll on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips

Today, a very niche tip for RSS fans

As well as Mastodon's built-in hashtag following system, you can also follow hashtags through RSS instead:

1. Search for a hashtag on a Mastodon server's website
2. Add .rss to the end of the URL
3. Use this URL as the feed address for that tag

For example to subscribe to #Dogs on mstdn.social you would use this address in your feed reader:

https://mstdn.social/tags/dogs.rss

#RSS #FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips

You can make posts appear on your Mastodon account at specific times using the post scheduling feature.

Scheduling isn't in the official apps or web interface, but it is available through third party apps such as Tusky and Fedilab, and through third party websites like https://plan.fedilab.app and https://buffer.com/mastodon

The feature is built into Mastodon, but for some unknown reason there's no official interface for it yet. That's why it is only available through third parties.

#FediTips

FediPlan

Safely schedule messages with Mastodon and Pleroma

^{plan.fedilab.app}

Just a friendly reminder!

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #fediverse #FediTips

For those that might be new to the #Fediverse and to #Mastodon in general, I've written a few tips and tricks to help you get started.

https://blog.allthingstech.social/tips-and-tricks-for-new-mastodon-users/

While this isn't a complete list, I feel it's a great place to get started and what can help you find good content and to help others find you and what you are interested in.

#MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #TipsAndTricks #NewUsers #FediTips #AllThingsTech #Blog

Graze for Mastodon 1.4 is live!

#GrazeForMastodon

✨ Updated visual design and theme selection

🏞️ Expanded link previews

👓 Display image caption (alt text) below images

📂 Rearrange accounts order

🔔 Direct access and separated notifications and messages

🏠 Toolbar updates to show home and incompatible instance(s)

👋 “Follows You” indicator on remote profiles

🧠 Fixed logic for incorrect redirects (Calckey, TikTok, etc)

🏠 Mastodon logo on all instances points to active account home

⚙️ Configurable options and settings

Download at https://graze.jaredzimmerman.com

#feditips #mastodon #mastotips #fediverse #reboost #retoot #opengraph #a11y #themes #customization #calckey

So 162 people voted on this poll, and 56 boosted and many participated in a really good discussion.

The hashtags (#)FediHelp and (#)MastodonHelp were top, with 45% and 36% of the votes.

The most important new suggestions were, in my opinion (#)FediTips and (#)MastodonTips.

I'll explain why.