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Question right here, as you so kindly offered.

I posted a new video on our PeerTube account about 1 hour ago @steven_and_ellie_kennard but I don't see it from this account. I see older ones but not this one. It should be visible as I made it public. But...nothing yet.
Can you think why it isn't appearing?
Thanks!

@elliek

Could you try copying and then pasting this link into the search box in Mastodon?

https://makertube.net/w/78j17mQoxvKoYFfwfBvNW5

(To copy it, right click or long-press the link and then select "copy link")

Hopefully this makes your server notice the video 🙂

Also, are you following your PeerTube account from your Mastodon account? At least one person on your Mastodon server needs to be following an account for its posts to show up automatically on your server.

Connie Kaldor - Photography by Steven Kennard

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@FediTips
Thanks.
It says remote data could not be fetched. Retry
Yes, both of us are separately following that account from our zeroes.ca accounts.
@trendless @zeroes I wonder if you can shed some light on this?
@FediTips @trendless @zeroes ah now, on retry it has found it. No thumbnail (for that not for any of the others, actually).

@elliek

Yeah, it's worth trying again if it doesn't work first time, glad it appeared in the end. Don't worry about the thumbnails, that can vary between servers and over time.

I'm not sure why it wasn't appearing if you're following it. Might be worth clicking on the account name above the video to see if the follow is still working?

@FediTips
Yup, still following and notification bell on.
Thank you!
@elliek @FediTips how do you get a blue check mark
@annunzir27 @FediTips
You have to put the link to your fediverse account on your website. Then put your website address on your information on your profile. That's it. It's not a verification on the way other social media usually has it. It just verifies that the website is your own.

@elliek @annunzir27

There's no blue mark as such but the equivalent is a green link to your own website. There's more info about how to do this in the guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account

If you see a blue mark like  that's not a verification, the only verification on here is a green link to an official website on a profile.

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