Mastodawn

Many people have asked for these guides over the last few days, so here are the links in case anyone else needs them:

How to discover people to follow on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

How to make your own account more discoverable to others
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

How to transfer your Mastodon account to another server
https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

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MyView 3d ago

@FediTips

I would like to know how to regularly see the posts from the people I follow ... instead of having to type their ID in Search ... TIA

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FediThing

@MyView @FediTips All the posts from all the people you follow should be appearing in your main Home timeline, the one you see when you log in. Are there posts missing on yours?

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MyView 3d ago

@FediThing @FediTips

Yep ... lots missing.
Each day, out of the 60+ people I follow, I see about half a dozen 'regulars', sometimes less.

Some I've never seen so guess they signed up then left as not enough discord here :)
I plan to go through and discard them, one day ... but ...

And many I haven't seen for months so guessed they had me blocked and that's OK, to each his own.

Others I used to see regularly I now have to search their ID, and discovered I'm not blocked ... on any found far unless it doesn't show? ... as I have been able to reply, like or repost.

I figured the logarithms are set that way to spread our view as I see plenty of IDs I'm not familiar with ... but knew I could be wrong, hence my note to you.
Don't get me wrong, not against seeing new faces with new ideas/opinions.

Did wonder if maybe because I clear cookies, cache and history each time I logout?

No big drama, just that sometimes I don't have time to spend hours here looking for people :)

PS. Thanks for reply.

PPS ... Had a look and see about 10 IDs I follow haven't posted for a year or more, but the other 50 or so have posted in the last couple of days ...

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FediThing

3d ago

@MyView @FediTips There aren't any algorithms here, if there are posts missing then something is broken. Could you give a couple of examples of posts that are missing from your main timeline so I can try to work out what's gone wrong? 🙂

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MyView 1d ago

@FediThing @FediTips

Thanks, have sent list :)