Mastodon and the wider Fediverse aren't owned by any single person or organisation. Ownership is spread across thousands of totally independent servers, and they do not depend on any central infrastructure of any kind.

For a more detailed look at the ownership of Mastodon and the Fediverse, have a look at this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/who-owns-the-fediverse-is-the-fediverse-owned-by-a-corporation-or-venture-capital-firm-can-it-be-bought-out-by-google-facebook-elon-musk

Here is a list of reasons why it's so important to decentralise ownership like this:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers

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Do you want your Mastodon posts to self-delete after a certain time limit? Mastodon has an option for this, you can find out more about it in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/deleting-posts-automatically-in-mastodon-after-a-certain-time-period

This feature is off by default. It only deletes posts if you choose to switch on the feature.

This feature also includes options for automatically deleting some posts and keeping others. More details in the guide.

#FediTips #Mastodon

I'm an unpaid volunteer running 5 websites and 5 accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay their bills every month.

If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing

(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work, one-off or monthly donations)

Alternatively become a patron:

➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing

All support greatly appreciated! 🙂

❤️ @FediTips, @FediFollows, @FediVideo, @FediGarden & @homegrown

⚠️ DO NOT USE FLASHING IMAGES OR FLASHING EMOJI. Flashing lights can cause seizures and physical danger to people with photosensitive epilepsy. There's more info about this in relation to Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/dont-use-flashing-images-or-emoji

There's more info on the condition itself at:

➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy

This is why so many TV series and films contain warnings at the start if they feature flashing images or flashing lighting.

#FediTips #Safety

Do you want to copy your followed hashtags from one Mastodon account to another Mastodon account? This was previously impossible to do automatically, but there is now an unofficial tool that lets you do this:

➡️ https://hashtagsync.stonedonkey.com

It's been made by @TheStoneDonkey so if you have any comments about this tool please let them know 🙂

(Also thank you to @cargot_robbie for pointing this out!)

#FediTips #Mastodon #Hashtags

Your posts will get a lot more boosts if you include descriptions (alt texts) when posting images or other media attachments, because many people only boost media posts if there is a description.

If you want help with adding descriptions to your posts, there's a guide here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

The guide also answers lots of questions about alt texts. Let me know if there's anything missing!

#FediTips #Accessibility

If you want to create a poll on Mastodon, click the poll button in the box where you write your posts (the poll button usually looks like a bar chart 📊 ).

There are lots of questions answered about posting polls on Mastodon in the guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-post-a-poll-on-mastodon

If you have any questions not covered in the guide, feel free to ask in the replies 🙂

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