If you have any questions about Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, please feel free to ask!
This is a human being typing this, it's not a bot account. I mainly set this account up to help people directly.
Any question is fine, don't be afraid of it sounding too basic or silly 🙂
Obviously spamming a bad idea, but specific rules about what exactly is spam would depend on the server.
For example some servers forbid any kind of self-promotion, even for indie artists trying to make a living by selling art. Other servers would be fine with this as long as they're not spamming other people's threads with it or using irrelevant tags etc.
Yeah, this is a problem as people are encouraged to use hashtags as much as possible, but also told not to use too many.
My personal take is that it's okay to use lots of tags which relate to your post, but others might prefer to have a maximum number of tags.
The maximum number of tags is sort of unclear, maybe partly because it depends on what the post is about? Some posts might cover a lot more topics than others.
Sorry I can't help more! 😦
No, it's not possible, at least not on servers running Mastodon.
Yes! Each device gets its own access token when you log in with it.
(You can also be logged in with multiple apps on the same device, or multiple accounts on the same app.)
The public feed, yes! Usually if you go to a server's website you can click on "🌎 Live Feeds" and it will show you the server's public feed.
Some apps also let you follow the live feeds of other servers. More info at:
If a server goes down, other servers will wait and retry later if they can't get a response now. When it comes back online the server will start catching up on the posts it had missed. (This is also how email servers work, by the way.)
If it's down permanently then that's a problem, but that's why it's important to join a server which promises to give lots of warning if they intend to close down. This gives time to move your account elsewhere.
More info at https://fedi.tips/what-if-a-server-closes-down-what-happens-to-my-account
Thanks for the feedback.
I've tweaked the article a little bit to hopefully make it appear in searches for the topics you raised.
That sounds like you're looking for a peer-to-peer distributed network rather than a federated network?
Scuttlebutt and its spin-off project @manyver_se are based on that idea, but due to technical and privacy barriers they still need to use servers to connect people. You can find out more at https://www.manyver.se
They're not part of the Fediverse as they use a very very different protocol, but it sounds like a better match for what you're asking about?
Ah okay, maybe we are talking at cross purposes? 🙂
On the Fediverse, the term "server" and "instance" mean the same thing, so a single-user instance would be the same thing as a single-user server.
At a technical level there wouldn't be any difference between a server/instance owned by one person or several people.
If you're asking about lightweight server/instance Fediverse software, something like GoToSocial is very lightweight? There's more info at https://gotosocial.org
Are you wanting to set up your own server, so you have control over moderation? Here are some reasons why it's a good idea:
https://growyourown.services/why-growing-your-own-services-is-a-good-idea
There are some tips on organisations running their own server here:
https://fedi.tips/how-can-organisations-or-groups-run-a-mastodon-server/
There's also a more general guide to making your own server here:
https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps
"Org is a child-focused NFP, so moderation is an issue""
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but I wouldn't recommend kids being on social networks?
@FediTips Oh no, we don’t want kids there!! The ideal user would be described as “Donor”.
(…and thank you!)
You rock, man! Thanks for all you do!
Aww, cheers! 😊 You too!
There isn't an account as far as I know. However, the text on my site is available under creative commons and there have been a couple of French language guides published based on the text:
I think it would be similar in visibility whether you're starting your own or joining one. Most of your potential audience will be on non-PeerTube Fediverse platforms, especially Mastodon.
If you want to promote your PeerTube videos, it's a good idea to boost them from your existing account on piaille.fr. Most of the popular PeerTube accounts have main non-video accounts on Mastodon etc where they post about their topic as well as promoting their videos.
p.s. Let me know if you do publish tutorials, I run an account at @FediVideo and a site at https://fedi.video which promotes nice content on PeerTube.
The federation on Mastodon etc depends on people from other instances following your PeerTube account (not the channel, it has to be the account people follow to trigger federation).
So, as a first step encourage your existing followers on Mastodon to also follow your PeerTube account, and then after a few people have done this you can upload your first videos.
If you upload videos before anyone has followed your PT account, they will not be visible anywhere on Mastodon etc.
Aww, thank you! Very kind!
If this message is at the top of the screen, it could be you're in slow mode.
You can switch this off by going to ⚙️ Preferences > UN-tick slow mode > Click Save Changes
Ahh okay, I thought you meant you were using the website. Which app are you using that you had the problem on?
To keep instance costs low, instances only notice remote posts and accounts that have some kind of connection to your instance.
There are things you can do to increase the number of posts and accounts your instance has noticed. Some of these can be done by users, others require action by your instance admin:
https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse
Thank you for the kind words! 😊
If you can't log in, the first person to ask would be your server's admin. They should be able to advise you if there's a problem with the server?
Mastodon is apparently the favourite band of the lead developer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)
(I think they somewhat denied this later though.)
Fedi.Tips
tjkendon
Axel Rauschmayer
django
A J Greengrove
mk30
MAB
Valente Espinosa
🚎🏳️🌈Pollute_my_lungs
Uncle Josh
SpacePatriot
wonkothesane
Mastodon Migration
Khaled Gaiji
Louis [OLD ACCOUNT]
gunstick
Magitian
Auden in Austria Digital
El Duvelle
Jos_B
Dirk
Afif R.
B4evrmee has moved