i'm not sure what this means for the future of exposur.es—including whether i have it in me to start over again on @bonfire, even though i'm confident in the people behind the project and their principles—though, i can't help but take it as a sign that i need to re-evaluate my relationship to social media and the web, and whether or not i want to be a part of it at all.

if i could make a recommendation to anyone considering setting up a Fediverse instance like Pixelfed, it would be to avoid @knt at all costs.

my account associated with @mgmt was behind on payments for no more than a full billing cycle and, without advance notice, warning, or a chance to make a backup, my entire instance was terminated.

as if the deletion of the data—including every person i've ever connected with on the Fediverse—wasn't enough of a punch to the gut, i now have to live with the knowledge that, because i chose to do business with K&T, innumerable hours and more sleepless nights spent troubleshooting shitty software than I'd like to admit were also lost and wasted.

i poured months into keeping it going and i'll never get them back.

arson attack against your nearest police station!!!!

What's the best desktop app for multiple #fedi accounts? I've got this one and @Ursinewave and it'd be handy to see them both at the same time without having to fumble around on a phone.

Did you know that you can hide boosts from people? If your client doesn't support this, pester the devs until they either build it in or quit creating the client. The second one is more likely so meh. Anyway, it's really useful.

Mastodon works on boosts. If you see something cool, you boost it. There are no "posts you may like" mechanisms on Mastodon. There are no algorithms. So, if you want people to see something, you *have* to boost. If some one boosts too much, though, you can hide those boosts, especially if you already follow the source they boost from.

@agitprop_n_absurdity

Welcome to the fedi...you might want to get on a different server for the deep cuts here, but glad to see you in this place instead of IG!

If yoh want any help navigating just ask. Or follow the hashtag
#feditips

A #website for making #bots for the #Fediverse

https://fedibot.club/about

Do you want to keep your Mastodon profile and posts hidden from search engines? If so, you need to do two things:

1. Set your profile to be hidden from search engines
2. Use non-public visibility settings ("Followers only" or "Mentions only") on any posts or replies you want to keep hidden from search engines

See the guide for more info:

https://fedi.tips/hiding-your-posts-from-search-engines-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Also see the guide to post visibilities for more on how to adjust their settings:

https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon

Nutzt bitte Hashtags bei euren Beiträgen

Im #Fediverse könnt ihr ganz einfach Hashtags folgen, wodurch ihr weniger Accounts folgen müsst. Andersherum könnt ihr so auch Menschen erreichen, die euch (noch) nicht folgen.

Und manche Themen kann man so auch per Klick stumm schalten.

Danke!

Go home

Return to the sea

Hey, with Mastodon hashtags.... if a post is "silent public" (or whatever it's called), and you include hashtags, I know that it doesn't help with discoverability. BUT, does it help folks filter? If not, would that be a good idea?

If you want, you can use Mastodon through a computer using your server's website or in a desktop app. There's a list of Mastodon desktop apps and options here:

https://fedi.tips/desktop-apps-for-mastodon

Let me know if I've missed something

EDIT: You can also find smartphone apps and alternative web interfaces in the general app guide at:

https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app/

Just discovered an amazing search feature in #mastodon !

Use the field "in:library" to search only in the toots you have interacted with some day.

Using this, I just dug out a toot from an exchange I had in mid-2023 in 1 second, and which was lost among a gazillion of other bookmarks.

It's so easy to tag a #Photo with #nsfw. Please, do it.

I had to stop scrooling on #pixelfed because there were many photos without warning

The FediAlgo hashtag filter section now highlights any hashtags you've posted about recently.

Interestingly the most I've used the app the more I've found feed filtering gets a ton of mileage for me. It's a huge change of pace to be able to instantly flip between whatever people are talking about on the Fediverse. Not really something you can do on any other social media platform I'm aware of.

* video of FediAlgo + link: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522