FediTips has moved!

Hey new people!

Check your post visibility when you're posting. I've just messaged with several new users who thought they'd posted but their posts were hidden accidentally.

Click the link for a complete guide to post visibility on here, including how to set your default post visibility:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#WhoCanSeeMyPosts

Let me know if you have any difficulties.

#Mastodon

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Oct 30, 2022 at 12:05amWeb
Show threadLucius NiteOct 30, 2022
@feditips nice tip! Love the account as I have a lot to learn here.
Show threadVael 🏳️‍⚧️Oct 30, 2022
@feditips Good tip.
Show threadWendy MsGatorOct 30, 2022
@feditips Aliases. We need to know about aliases. SOMEONE on here has 4 accounts on different servers. 😆
Show threadArdentArchivistOct 30, 2022
@feditips I have a question about posts you see in your timeline (including your own). How can you tell, just looking at them, whether they were published as Public, Followers Only, or Only Mentions?
(I should add that I haven’t yet used the browser to access my account, only the official ios Mastodon app.)
Thanks in advance for any/all answers.
Show threadFediTips has moved!Oct 30, 2022

@ArdentArchivist

You can't on the official app :(

But I think the third party apps do have this indicated. You might want to try one of them? They generally have more features as the official app.

I've heard Metatext is good for iOS:

https://joinmastodon.org/apps

Get an app for Mastodon

Browse official and third-party apps for the decentralized social network Mastodon

Show threadArdentArchivistOct 30, 2022
@feditips Cheers, I’ll look at some of the other apps. And the browser interface.
Thank you!
Show threadstellamavisOct 30, 2022
@feditips @Localhost_53
Show threadGianluca Baio 🛵Oct 30, 2022
@feditips that's super helpful, thank you! 🙏🙏
Show threadStefan SchollOct 30, 2022

@feditips What's a big UX problem: You can turn a regular reply into a direct message.

I was posting something and got a reply on that post.
Researched for some time and wrote a reply to it.
A few days later I clicked on "Direct messages" and only then realized that my own reply wasn't seen by anyone else because I replied to a post with the post privacy "Mentioned people only".

I though I made a well researched public post. Instead it was wasted time.

Show threadOpus FlukeNov 1, 2022
Don't know about you but I've spent most of the festive period on my phone.
As in running around #Torn in a Scary Clown Mask mugging people with a Chainsaw and running around #FallenLondon going insane with Nightmares, getting Wounds and gathering Scandal.
Mobile gaming is not dead. Nor is it Raid: Shadow Legends.