After doing a couple of private workshops on how to use #Mastodon, I've decided I could just record a series of tutorials and have everyone benefit from it. Mastodon has a lot of features, and sometimes even long time users aren't aware of all of them! The first episode is about making posts on Mastodon--going over every aspect.
That's a wonderful cat. How could I not watch it???
(Oops. I've got to go off to get my shingles looked at. I'll try to watch it through the pain later today. As a medium term user, I don't know squat about the details of Mastodoning, so thanks!!!)
@Gargron I live in a batman cave so I was not aware of the Quote. Thanks 😺
Maybe interesting to mention footer hashtags in next editions. I've discovered these recently and I enjoyed so much. That is exactly something not self-documented and easy
Überzeugte Mastodon-User sollten auch überrzeugte Fediverse- "Bewohner" sein!
Warum nicht Peertube!
Vor allem hinein einladen, aber nicht hinaus locken! (How to use Mastodon!)
@Gargron Thanks! I must ask 😺 can the video has "Creative Commons Attribution" license?
It's the only Libre license available in YouTube. The default is "YT standard license" which impede legal download.
Thanks! so we can easily import the video in PeerTube 🤩
Edited: I mean, is a video option
@Gargron I didn't know that not writing a CW text simply just sets the media as spoiler / sensitive.
I assumed the post simply doesn't get a CW at all (the same you don't get any when you don't have any media present), since the CW placeholder text says "Optional".
It does feel like a hidden feature, and I wonder if we can get a setting in the alt text / image edit modal, to be able to mark each media piece as sensitive instead.
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@Gargron thank you. I learned a couple of things (most comments here mentioned them already).
May I suggest using a screen recorder that zooms in a little on what you are doing on the screen. Watching the video on a mobile screen isn't very clear when the whole browser window is visible. Or may be lower the screen resolution?
I think a large percentage of people watch YouTube videos on their mobile phones.
@Gargron thanks this is useful and I will certainly share with new users.
I picked up a number of subtle features that I don’t often use myself: quiet public, purpose of language setting, CW nuances, char count heuristics etc.
BTW this is very useful and if you do decide to make more of these I would suggest creating a channel dedicated to the series so people can easily subscribe and of course also having them on peertube would be nice for those who wish to avoid YT.
@Gargron "… PeerTube? ..." now trending on Mastodon. 📈 
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