Jeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 12, 2022

Small #FediTip: if you encounter a message or thread that is in any way useful to you, bookmark it straight away.

Since the fediverse doesn't have full text searches, it will be very difficult to find that particular thing again a few days later. Especially if you cannot remember who posted it or it has no hashtags.

Periodically review your bookmarks to do something with them and you should be set.

Show threadJimNov 12, 2022
@asmodai New here so this is probably a stupid question but now do you “bookmark” posts on Mastodon? Been looking and can’t find an option
Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 12, 2022

@JJBadger Not stupid at all, I'm afraid it very much depends on your client though.

On Tusky (Android), every post has a bookmark icon underneath it (🔖). Similarly with the Mastodon advanced web UI.

What are you using?

Show threadJimNov 12, 2022
@asmodai Ah I see. I’m using the Mastodon app on iOS.
Show threadRémi VerscheldeNov 12, 2022
@JJBadger @asmodai i haven't used that app, but if it's not directly accessible, it's probably in a "more" ("...") menu.
Show threadJimNov 12, 2022
@akien @asmodai Tried that (the “…” button) and that just gives me the options to “report, block, or mute” whoever wrote the post 🤔 lol
Show threadJimNov 12, 2022
@akien @asmodai aha…if I use the “forwarding” button (the arrow coming out of a box) on iOS it gives me the usual options (email, Twitter, print etc) but also open in web browser. The mastodon web page has a bookmark option. Not an ideal solution but it works I guess.
Show threadJimNov 12, 2022
@akien @asmodai But there doesn’t seem to be an option in the app to view your bookmarks anyway so 🤷‍♂️ lol
Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 12, 2022
@JJBadger @akien Check the Getting started column:
Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 12, 2022

@JJBadger Oh wait, we're talking the app here. Sorry, just have a bunch of threads at the same time now. 😅

Yea, the app needs a new release soon.

Show threadJim
@asmodai I’ve switched to Metatext and the bookmark is easy to find 👍 Thanks.
Nov 12, 2022 at 7:57amWeb