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If you want a verified account on the Fediverse, it works on a self-service system based around having a website. The verification confirms that you are the owner of the site, and the site on your profile turns green when it's verified. For example, the account @libreoffice has a green verified link to its website libreoffice.org.
You can find out how to verify your account here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account
The guide also contains troubleshooting tips if you can't get it to work.
How do I verify my account on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
There is an unofficial reminder bot on the Fediverse. It can remind you minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years later. To use it, just mention the bot in a post or reply and include the period you want to be reminded after. For example:
@ remindme @ mstdn.social 1 week
To be reminded in a DM, include the word "dm" in small letters:
@ remindme @ mstdn.social dm 1 week
(Remove spaces in the address to make it work, I've only included spaces to avoid setting off the bot!)
The third party Android app Fedilab (which lets you use Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Friendica etc) is now free on Google Play, and continues to be free on F-Droid too. If you haven't tried it yet, this might be a good time:
➡️ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android
➡️ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon
(It was previously paid on Google Play and free on F-Droid.)
There's a review of the app on the fedi.tips website:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/fedilab-for-android
#Fedilab #FediTips #Fediverse #FOSS #Mastodon #PeerTube #Friendica
Fedilab | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Fedilab - a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse,f-droid.org
Do you want to have a locked-down account on #Mastodon where only people you specifically choose can see your posts?
You need to do two things:
1. Switch on your account's follow requests, this will allow you to screen who can follow you. (More details at https://fedi.tips/restricting-who-can-follow-you-in-mastodon)
2. Set your default posting visibility to "Followers only", so that only people you've chosen can see your posts. (More details in the "Default Visibility" section of https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon)
Restricting who can follow you on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
If you publish a post in Mastodon, then go back and edit it to mention someone's account, the account you mention will not be notified about it. Notifications only seem to happen if the account was mentioned in the original version of the post.
Also, if a post has mentions-only visibility and you edit in a mention afterwards, the post will not be visible to the edited-in account.
(If you want it fixed, give a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20543)
(Sorry for repost! 😦 )
No notification send to users mentioned in an edited post · Issue #20543 · mastodon/mastodon
Steps to reproduce the problem Write a post Edit the post, adding a mention Expected behaviour The mentioned user should receive a notification Actual behaviour The user does not receive a notifica...GitHub
If you're an ordinary Mastodon user, the "block domain" option does not block servers, it just mutes them. It hides their posts from you, but does not hide your posts from them.
Only server admins can do actual blocks through defederation, preferably on a server that has activated "authorized fetch".
For example, if you want to avoid threads.net, you need to join a server that has defederated threads.net. (You can find nice servers that block threads.net at https://fedi.garden)
You can restrict who can see your posts with post visibilities. There are four kinds:
-"Public" is visible to everyone.
-"Unlisted" is visible to everyone but doesn't show up in searches or trends.
-"Followers-Only" is only visible to people who follow you. If you use this, switch on follow requests too so you can screen who gets to see your Followers-Only posts.
-"Mentions" is only visible to accounts mentioned in the post.
More info on how to use them: https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon/
Who can see my posts and replies in Mastodon? How do I send DMs in Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
If you want to check whether your server federates with Threads, you can use this tool:
➡️ https://fedipact.veganism.social
If you want to avoid Meta/Facebook/Threads, there's a list of nice well-run servers which have blocked Threads here:
If you need help moving your account to a new server, there are step-by-step instructions here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
This guide also answers lots of common questions.
I'm curious who else got a DM from a certain Fediverse account that lists different instances for people to get information about? Specifically asking about a DM telling you that to continue to be listed on their site, your instance is required to defederate from a certain other platform that is owned by Meta.
If you got a DM from them and care to share that information, that would be great.
#FediTips #Fediverse #MastoTips #Mastodon #Questions #Defederate
