Mastodawn

Jackie Dec 20, 2022

Few quick Mastodon tweaks I like:

* Settings > "Enable advanced web interface" is Tweetdeck and works really well.

* In your notification column, turn off all the "Play sound" toggles and turn on the "show filter bar" to be able to see favorites, follows, etc. by type.

* The web app is good! The official mobile app's not bad, either. But there are a lot of app options with different flavors worth trying out. Toot is popular on iOS. On Android, I use Yuito: https://bit.ly/3jjtzif

Yuito - Mastodon クライアントアプリ - Apps on Google Play

It is a client application for comfortable use of decentralized SNS such as Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed.

Rachel Lerman Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell drew it appears you’ve had some freed up social media time to try this out

Drew Harwell Dec 20, 2022

@rachellerman I've also mastered three languages and learned the flute

Ryan Schultz Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell I just love Toot! for iOS mobile devices.

InfiniteOne Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell Toot! Has been fantastic for me.

jamiepence Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell Yeah the web app with advanced web features rock! WAY better thank the birdie site.

jakelondon Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell Sengi is a better Tweetdeck alternative than the Masto advanced interface IMHO. You can download a client or run it in a browser window. There may be other alternatives that are better as well, but that's the one I found.

jakelondon Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell I'm using tusky on Android. So far so good.

Drew Harwell Dec 20, 2022

@jakelondon Nice, thanks for the Sengi recommendation.

Norman Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell I like #Fedilab for Android @apps. It costs a few bucks in the Google Play store but you can get it via #Fdroid or sideload it free I think.

ASP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Dec 20, 2022

@pygmalion55
@drewharwell @apps

Precisely!

@drewharwell
Yuito is great ... I use it on my tablet.
I use megalodon (a fork of the official app) on my phone. It's a little lighter on resources and the push notifications work well thereon.

The Febrile Muse Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell
Yuito looks like TUSKY.

Charlie 🍺 ⚾ 🏈 🎮️ 🏖️ 🛶Dec 20, 2022

@CMDoran @drewharwell Yep, because it's a fork of Tusky.

🦋 Ben West 🐒🌻Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell im digging Megalodon right now. Tried Yuito, but had a buggy experience. Might have been issues with the instance at the time? Ill give it another try. Isnt it nice to have options.

Freiburg im Breisgau Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell always goes back to default Mastodon app on Android lmao. Don't know why, but 3rd party apps always feels off.

Kay Dub Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell Gotta try these out! And here I thought I knew some things after 3 - 4 weeks! 😂 Thanks Drew!!! ☺️👍🏽

this one guy Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell I've been gradually working on a stylesheet to make the Mastodon web interface look like Twitter. Not perfect yet, and not everyone's thing even if it was, but it's providing me with a level of familiarity that's helping me feel more comfortable here.

Clean Air Stars Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell @vwdasher Toot! Has the most functionality on iOS. #Mammoth is worth also worth trying and is evolving quite quickly during its beta

DawnSh0t Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell thanks man! Yuito is great! Wouldn't have found it without this post.

Jake Carpenter Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell the folks that make Tweetbot for iOS have @ivory in alpha testing now. I love it having come from Tweetbot.

Josh G Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell I'm finding Tusky on Android surprisingly good, bug free, and easy to use with multiple accounts. It's almost like tech people are into this #Mastodon place and rapidly building tools for it!

ushi Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell try joining TRUTH social it’s much much better

Bring your followers with and block anyone you don’t like

Henrik Sundström Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell
Thanks!
Would you know why Yuito isn't enabled to install on any of my Android devices? See image where button "install" is grey and inactive.

Suzanne Stephens Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell so far I like MetaText for Apple devices but I think Mammoth will be my favorite when it’s released. I’m beta testing it and it’s still not ready for prime time.

Alex K Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell
For Android you should really try the Fedilab app by @apps. It's a few bucks but actively developed with updates coming out quite frequently with new features. Totally worth it

Alex K Dec 21, 2022

So I am going to add on here that I discovered and incredible feature, Fedilab lets you follow mirrored versions of Twitter accounts using nitter as their own timeline. I needed this feature to follow some local news bloggers and NWS, etc.

https://fedilab.app/wiki/features/twitter-timelines-with-nitter/

Fedilab

Home > Features > Follow Twitter timelines with Nitter Fedilab Follow Twitter timelines with Nitter Since release 2.27.1 the app allows to follow Twitter timelines by using Nitter which is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy. The goal of this integration is to allow you to follow several Twitter feeds from different accounts in a same timeline. Twitter servers are never used, and you will never interact directly with these Twitter accounts.

Fedilab

Drew Harwell Dec 21, 2022

@dosemakestoxin @apps Using Fedilab now and it's great! Feature-rich. Thanks.

Alex K Dec 21, 2022

@drewharwell @apps

Happy to share my experience, glad it's working out!

Jonas Kjøller-Rasmussen Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell All I wish is that you could change the width of the columns in the tweetdeck. They are far too narrow for me to comfortably read.

73 million seconds Dec 20, 2022

@drewharwell Anyone know if there's something that would let me have columns dedicated to a single account without making a list of the account? I made heavy use of that tweetdeck feature.

@drewharwell I tried Yuito, but find I like Tusky better. If you haven't tried it, it's worth trying out.

James Jay Cakes ⛷️Dec 21, 2022

Tokodon on Linux, Metatext on iOS and Mastonaut on Mac OS are all quite good.
YMMV 👍✌️