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 threadCrow✅✔☑️🏁✅

@JJBadger @asmodai Same. I’m starting to wonder if the clients I’m trying don’t support bookmarks or lists. Can’t find the options anywhere!

Web version lets me SEE lists, but I can’t do anything but create blank lists that do nothing as far as I can tell.

Nov 13, 2022 at 3:09pmWeb
Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 13, 2022

@neverjim @JJBadger I will be the first to state that the web UI for lists is non-intuitive.

Note, this is on the advanced web interface. When you click on a list, it opens it in a column. Click on the three-slider icon at the top-right. Then click Edit list. This should pop up a window where you can start adding accounts to the list.

Show threadCrow✅✔☑️🏁✅Nov 13, 2022

@asmodai @JJBadger thanks for the tips.

Seems strange to me that I can't make a list that follows a set of hashtags.

Show threadJeroen Ruigrok van der WervenNov 13, 2022

@neverjim You can do it with column pinning in the advanced web view though.

Search for a particular hashtag. In the result, click the hashtag. This opens the hashtag in a column. Click the three-slider icon top-right, select "+ Pin" and you now have a column that shows all the latest posts that match that hashtag. Once pinned, if you click that three-slider icon again, you can tweak and tune what you want it to match or explicitly not match.