@tivasyk Oh, very good point. Translations will sometimes hinder understanding and adoption.
Posts in English
@Dave42W Only followers and follows move with, not posts. It was relatively easy. A step-by-step process.
@nemobis Sorry, I believe my use of the word ”reply” will have confused people.
The idea was that if you write a thread of 5 toots, you set toots 2-5 as unlisted. Then only the initial toot will appear in feeds, but you can click through to see all of them.
My understanding was that setting a toot as Unlisted would have the effect that you are looking for.
@tivasyk @HunterZ I feel I may have confused people a bit with how I worded that. I don't mean that people who reply should set their replies as unlisted (necessarily). Rather, if a person writes a thread of 5 toots, they can set toots number 2-5 as unlisted. Then people will see the first toot but not the rest in their feeds. Which in many cases will make more sense.
@tivasyk @HunterZ But the correct response to your question is that anything that is public will be visible once you view any toot in the thread. That goes for all the toots in the thread and any replies from other people.
@LeoR1010 @LeoR1010@mastodon.social Oj!!
@LeoR1010@mastodon.social @LeoR1010
Ah spännande. Hoppas det går smidigt. 🤞
@OneiricBotcelot@social.tchncs.de @wildexploits Thank you for asking about this. I really do want to spend more time on making them. Need to schedule it in my calendar.
Getting messages like this really helps boost my confidence to suggest I should keep going.
An etiquette tidbit I just learned from @HunterZ
When you write threads, you can set the visibility of all the reply posts to "Unlisted". This way all the non-initial posts won't flood user timelines in reverse chronological order (and interspersed between others' toots), which can confuse. People will just see the initial post and upon clicking that see the whole thread.
I will try to remember this. But I will obviously also forget at times.
Something to consider is @mastohost and perhaps the Star plan. i.e. set a limit of 100 people on it to start. It's priced at $19/month. You can use any domain name you want with this as well.
I've used masto host twice before running my own server and have been very impressed with the speed and support.
You'd likely want to limit signups so there will be a bit of work reviewing who gets to be on it but I think you already have a good idea 😊
@ruchowdh @evijitghosh @mastohost
Given what @karlhigley wrote about moderation (a relevant point) you could go for an instance with max 20 people, all of who you know, and share the cost of $9/month. There would hopefully be very little moderation needed.
Or just roll your own for one person. My Local feed is just me. 😁
If you are part of the #TwitterMigration you may want to consider downloading your Twitter archive. Even if you’re not deleting your account.
You can’t be sure this possibility won’t suddenly stop working one day.
Instructions for requesting your archive are on the following link. Note that instructions are different for iOS app, Android app and web browser (desktop). You can select an icon for the system you want at the top of the instructions.
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-download-your-twitter-archive
@PavelASamsonov There's a delete and re-draft function that is quite nice for these circumstances. It deletes but also pre-fills your whole post as it was so you can make your edits and quickly post again.
I find myself using it every week.
@virgwordsy Thanks. The design of this one is mine but the original concept is from an illustration in the Github forum. I may have to make the reference in the footer more clear. 😊
@scottmatter Thanks Scott! That is key isn't it. The risk is that someone will migrate from one tool to another, hoping to find something that is the "ideal" version of what they are leaving. And then be disappointed.
Also, I believe people aren't used to having to "learn something new" in this space. But I remember how difficult Twitter was to understand even as a concept in the beginning.
It's always a good idea to keep your expectations in check. 😅
There has recently been a huge rush of people trying out Mastodon. I love it. This is also noticeable in the number of people reading my earlier Mastodon Guide. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a brief list of usage tips that I wish I had at hand when first setting up my Mastodon home.
10 quick Mastodon tips:
https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/
@dinkompismia Kick ass 🙌
@cydharrell Very happy to see you here Cyd! Really hoping this migration works out for everyone. 😊
@steveportigal Hey Steve.
@Coffee It's also possible to set your toot language when posting. At least in the web interface. Some apps sadly don't support this.
But yeah, I get your message and completely agree. Just wanted to take the opportunity to remind anyone reading of the benefits of setting the language of your toot. It enables filtering and people using screen readers will get the right voice and pronunciation. And no flags needed…
⚠️ Food joke
Another find from my ongoing digital housekeeping. A visual joke I remember laughing so hard at and haven't come across in years.
Doing a lot of digital housekeeping these days. Cleaning up my old Flickr account and found this development model I designed back in 2011.
It's not a unique take content-wise but I'm quite pleased with the visual style. Instead of a "diamond", or circles, or instead I made the arrows between stages create the outline of four ducks in a row.
I wonder why it didn't get more traction. 😂
Get your ducks in a row people 😁🦆
