Justin VelgosNov 11, 2022

Made an iOS Shortcut to let you follow someone from a different Mastodon instance without the copy/paste hoop-jumping.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e109c8e6b8c0420c902134049b13c064

Once added to your Shortcuts app, you can share a Profile (or webpage or text that contains a profile link or username) to this Shortcut to be taken to the Follow confirmation page without ever copying or pasting anything.

Let me know if you find it helpful or run into any issues.

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Show threadNeil MullensNov 18, 2022
@justin Hi, Justin. Thanks for this. I'm having a problem with it though. When I click share from either the native Mastodon app or Metatext, it takes me to the login page of mastodon.social, which is not instance, so I can't go any further.
Show threadJustin Velgos
@3DayMonk Hi Neil, if you open the Shortcuts app and Edit the “Follow on Mastodon” Shortcut (by tapping the ••• button on that shortcut) you should see a “Text” action near the top that contains the text, “mastodon.social”. If you change that text to “c.im” then the Shortcut should work for your Mastodon instance. Let me know if that fixes it for you or not.
Nov 18, 2022 at 4:15pmWeb
Show threadNeil MullensNov 18, 2022
@justin Excellent! I’ve just followed you, so it works now. A very useful shortcut - thanks for sharing, Justin!