cyclingalpsDec 19, 2022
I am new on Mastadon so I would appreciate any suggestions of good cycling accounts to follow - especially those that post photos. Me? I like cycling in the Alps. Does one tag words here? eg: #cycling
Show threadednl 🇪🇺Dec 19, 2022

@cyclingalps Tags are really important here, yes. You cannot search posts by text, only by tags. This is by design because of the distributed system, but also ideologically, to make it difficult to seek out people only to bother them, or for other bad reasons we now know well from the monolithic social networks.

Another difference is that favs are nice but do nothing for post visibility or discoverability. No one else can see your favs. The only way to share stuff is by tags or to boost posts.

Show threadjverheulDec 19, 2022
@ednl Another difference is there is no button available to translate posts that are in a different language than one's primary.
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@jverheul That is a shame, yes. Translation services cost money. If you pay for the social media platform by watching ads and getting forked on privacy, then they can pay for that stuff.

Edit: I guess you can use a browser extension in Chrome or Firefox. I don't know if that works well for just tiny parts of the page (I use Safari so no experience with that).

Dec 19, 2022 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threadjverheulDec 19, 2022
@ednl yes, if I open the post in a Chrome window it gives me the option to translate. Not too bad a workaround.
Show threadednl 🇪🇺Dec 20, 2022
@jverheul Oh! I do see "Translate" links under every post not in English, now that I enabled advanced view in settings *and* selected a limited number of languages to display. So, not sure which of those did it.