BramusNov 21, 2022

One thing that’s a bit of a hassle with Mastodon is that you can’t immediately follow people on other instances.

You have to copy the username and search for it on the server that has your account.

To make this easier, I’ve created a little bookmarklet. Press it, and you’ll be taken to the same account as viewed from the masto host you are on.

GitHub Gist: https://gist.github.com/bramus/d8bce55dab1881cde18aa2169c66ac33

(Change the value of `MY_MASTO_HOST` in the code to your mastodon host –not URL– and you’re good to go)

Mastodon User Page Bookmarklet

Mastodon User Page Bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Show threadDmitry PokidovNov 23, 2022
@bramus @sarajw did you look for this one?
Show threadSara Joy Nov 23, 2022

@otherpunk @bramus thank you! That was the one, I just got pointed to it :)

I'm just going to add a #bookmarklet hashtag here so I can find it again 😅

Show threadandr3 Nov 23, 2022

@bramus thank you so much for writing this bookmarklet, it's exactly what I needed! 🙌

To make it easier for non-techie folks to use this, I made this:
https://andr3.gitlab.io/mastodon-follow-bookmarklet/

Let me know if that isn't ok. The code pulls directly your specific gist's code (in browser) and fully crediting you. It just makes it easier to replace the instance domain and generate the bookmarklet link if you're not familiar with that process.

@sarajw @otherpunk

Bookmarklet: Easy Follow across Mastodon Instances

Show threadJake in the desert
@me @bramus @sarajw @otherpunk THIS is what we've needed!
Nov 24, 2022 at 12:25amWeb