The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉4d ago

There is (or was) a rather long thread somewhere on the fedi explaining why LGBTQ+ folks - and especially trans women - are perceived by white Christian nationalists as such a threat to their desired social order. It had hundreds of boosts.

I'm pretty sure it was written by some sort of academic with relevant credentials, as it ended with at least three posts of references! Other than that, I can only recall they were on a server with a 500 character limit.

Does this ring any bells for anyone?

Show threadJoscelyn Transpiring4d ago
@ApostateEnglishman maybe it was @faithisleaping ? That sounds like something she would write. If not, she probably remembers who 😁
Show threadThe Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉

@JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping Thanks! I always bookmark anything of interest to me, but that's precisely the problem: I now have 👉🏼thousands👈🏼 of bookmarks, with no way to sort or easily search them. 😳

I could have bookmarked the URLs in a browser and organised them into categories, couldn't I? Ah that 20/20 hindsight..

Mar 18 at 3:21amWeb
Show threadiwein4d ago

@ApostateEnglishman
It doesn't sound hard to crawl a bunch of urls and index them. I'd bet there's an open source tool that does exactly what you need.

(I'm going to bookmark this with the intention of finding it and improving this reply because I have the exact same problem 🤣)

@JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping

Show threadCavyherd4d ago

@ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping

(How do you bookmark them if not in a browser?)

Show threadThe Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉4d ago
@cavyherd @JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping In your Mastodon account. Which yes is technically still in a browser, but is still not the same as using the browser's bookmarking system. You have to log in to your Mastodon account to see your bookmarks, which are strictly chronological.
Show threadCavyherd4d ago

@ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping

Ah. Right.

This would be why I haven't used that bookmarking system. Go me, I guess?

It does seem like there ought to be a way to at least export that bookmark list?
@FediTips ?

Show threadClare Hooley4d ago
@cavyherd Yes, you can specifically export bookmarks through the backup interface into csv and then directly import them into a bookmarking service (like raindrop, linkwarden etc.) that’ll grab the information from the link previews (or the page for local storage if preferred). It’s even a separate tick box to the whole account back up. Had to do it myself recently as mine too got a bit unweariedly.
Show threadFedi.Tips3d ago

@cavyherd @ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient

You can search your bookmarks and other posts you've interacted with by including in:library in your searches on Mastodon. More info about Mastodon searches at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/

You can export bookmarks as well as many other parts of your account by logging in on your server's website and going to ⚙️ Preferences > Import & Export > Export, then clicking the CSV link next to whatever you want to export.

How do I search for stuff on Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadCavyherd3d ago

@FediTips @ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient

Excellent, thank you!

Bookmarking this reply! (heh)

Show threadClaudius Link4d ago

@cavyherd @ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping
On Mastodon!

The in:bookmarks search option is really missing (additionally i would love an in:timeline option too)

Sidenote: i never really figured out what in:library searches through. I always find results i don't expect while missing others I had expected

Show threadCavyherd4d ago

@realn2s @ApostateEnglishman @JoscelynTransient @faithisleaping

Interesting. These do sound like they would be great.

Show threadArtha 🐲🏳️‍⚧️4d ago
@realn2s in:library should include all your bookmarks… as well as favorites and boosts ^^