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@gustav Alldeles säkert jag också på den tiden jag kodade mer.

Nu ska det vara fixat.

31 Oct 2022, 11:22
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@gustav Tusen tack Gustav. Nu sparade du mig massor av tid. Jag har ju använt ett tema som var hyfsat bra, men inte hela vägen.

31 Oct 2022, 11:04
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@bortzmeyer

Point taken :) There are certainly parts of this thread I would like to edit, or make more clear, after the fact. Considering deleting it and making another one in its stead.

31 Oct 2022, 11:02
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@MolemanPeter

https://social.xbm.se/@axbom/109261655000260969

31 Oct 2022, 10:58
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@tze This is likely a fair perspective. What do you think the best path forward would be to ensure sustainable social media?

31 Oct 2022, 10:55
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@saptaks This is a fair concern. Right now I'm trying to see opportunity more than hindrances, which there undoubtedly will be many.

But I am aware of the friction within the dev leadership.

Hoping more community involvement can make a difference and move the platform in a better direction.

But I've been too naive before 😬

31 Oct 2022, 10:47
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@bernat Go for it! I've been using Cloudron since May and love all of it. Running about 15 different apps with it now 😅

https://axbom.com/indieweb/

31 Oct 2022, 09:40
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@gustav ah tack Gustav! Kan du peka mer exakt? Får försöka fixa senare idag eller i veckan.

31 Oct 2022, 08:43
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@jan Haha, couldn’t agree more.

31 Oct 2022, 08:27
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Links to sponsor Mastodon are here:

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

If my sources are correct, the sponsor level on Patreon is less than what it would cost to keep my verified checkmark on the birdsite going forward.

Here is the support page on moving from one instance to another.

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

You kan move followers and follows with you, but your posts won’t carry over.

Explore the many different instances here:
https://joinmastodon.org/servers

There are also many not listed here. Search and explore and ask if you feel comfortable.

One way of rolling your own instance is paying someone to do it for you.

This is a reliable service I can recommend and has been recommended to me many times:
https://masto.host/pricing/

If you are a group of friends paying together, the cost can become really low.

Another way of running your own instance is of course by installing Mastodon yourself on your own server.

You may or may not feel comfortable doing this. But a service that helped me gain the confidence to go down this path is this one:

https://www.cloudron.io/

It helps keeps things updated for you, too.

And if you are tech-savvy and would consider contributing to development, here is the project on Github:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

For myself, I wouldn’t mind contributing to the onboarding experience. I know how overwhelming it can be.

Stay safe.

31 Oct 2022, 08:15
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@atomicpoet Hetzner is usually a safe bet. I’m likely going down this route as well.

https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share

30 Oct 2022, 23:25
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@evijitghosh The check is done when you save the profile. I don’t think it actually ”re-tries” at regular intervals. So I think you actually have to edit your profile and first remove the links, save, and then add them back and save again.

@evijitghosh Ah, I now actually see the green checkmark on your profile.

30 Oct 2022, 22:47
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@reedlindwurm It was @graue who wrote this. Good stuff. I added a link to it on my Mastodon tips page as well.

30 Oct 2022, 22:38
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@CyruxiME Let’s use this reply as an experiment. I don’t follow you but your toot should show up in the federated timeline on my instance.

@CyruxiME Yes, I can confirm that your toot showed up in the federated timeline for my other account on my instance.

Screenshot of the toot in the federated timeline of @wildexploits@social.xbm.se
30 Oct 2022, 22:27
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New blog post: 10 quick Mastodon tips

There has recently been a huge rush of people trying out Mastodon. 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.

ℹ️This is for people who now have Mastodon accounts and have poked around a bit, but are still a bit confused about the whole experience.

1) Good apps

Metatext or Toot! on iOS and Tusky on Android are oft-rec

https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/

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30 Oct 2022, 17:33
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@OneiricBotcelot@social.tchncs.de Thanks to your poke I published a new one today. :) @wildexploits

30 Oct 2022, 17:25
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@tivasyk Oh, very good point. Translations will sometimes hinder understanding and adoption.

30 Oct 2022, 16:53
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@Dave42W Only followers and follows move with, not posts. It was relatively easy. A step-by-step process.

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

30 Oct 2022, 15:07
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@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.

30 Oct 2022, 14:55
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@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.

30 Oct 2022, 14:48
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