By request, I've tried to do a guide for organisations that are interested in joining Mastodon and the Fediverse:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/tips-for-organisations-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Any kind of feedback would be appreciated, especially if you are running an organisation's account.
Here on the Fediverse, your account's reach depends on your followers rather than your server's size.
Even if you're on a tiny server, if you have followers from lots of other servers your posts will reach lots of people.
Here is why: If just *one* person from another server follows you, your posts and account will start showing up on that server and be searchable by *everyone* on that server.
For tips on making your account more visible, see this guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
You might have noticed that some accounts on here have posts much longer than 500 characters. If you're wondering how this is possible, find out in this guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-have-bigger-character-limits
TL;DR - You need to be on a server that allows larger post sizes, either running a modified version of Mastodon or a totally different kind of Fediverse server.
You can browse some well-run servers with larger post sizes in the "larger post size" section of fedi.garden:
One of the nicest things about individual Mastodon servers is they have custom emoji 
These emoji are visible to other servers so everyone can see them, but only people on a particular server can post them.
You can access custom emoji by clicking the 🙂 smiley button within the app or web interface. (On mobile apps, the non-custom emoji are accessed by clicking the other smiley button on your phone's keyboard.)
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-custom-emoji-how-do-i-access-them-can-i-add-new-ones
How to see which hashtags you are following in Mastodon:
- If you're on the website go to your profile page, click ⋯ and then "Followed hashtags"
- If you're on the official app, go to your profile page and click # at the top
- If you're on a third party app, it will be various different interfaces but it's often in the settings or profile settings
Some accounts on here are marked as "Automated" or "Bot". This is not a bad sign! These are generally good and useful bots 🙂
These labels are added by the bot's owner to let people know there isn't a human responding to replies. More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-are-some-accounts-marked-bot-on-mastodon
You can find lots of useful weather bots at https://fedimeteo.com
Some bots are interactive, for example @votechess lets people play a collaborative game of chess. @dungeons is another popular interactive bot.
If you see an account profile marked "Automated" or "Bot", it doesn't mean anything bad!
The "Automated" label is activated by account owners who want to let people know that they aren't monitoring the replies to their posts, usually because a bot is running it.
Accounts that use this label are "good bots", providing useful services such as weather updates or interactive games. Bad bots simply wouldn't use the label at all.
More info on this topic at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-are-some-accounts-marked-bot-on-mastodon
Have you tried using your server's website yet? 🙂
Server websites on Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse usually have more features and more settings than apps. Find out how to use them at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-log-in-through-the-website-help-my-password-doesnt-work
Your server's web address is usually the name of the server, for example the server kind.social's website is at https://kind.social
Pro Tip: You can also install your server's website as a "web app" on your phone or tablet:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Be really, really careful if you're blocking an entire server (also known as "block domain").
If you block an entire server, that will remove all your follows and followers from that server. If you unblock, the follows and followers will not be restored automatically, you have to manually do them again.
There is (or should be) a warning about this if you try to block a server. If you are not seeing this warning, please reply in this thread with which app or interface you use.
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There is an optional feature on Mastodon which lets you automatically delete your posts after a certain amount of time:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/deleting-posts-automatically-in-mastodon-after-a-certain-time-period
If you activate this, your posts that are older than a certain number of weeks, months or years are automatically deleted by your server.
The setup process for autodelete also lets you choose types of post or specific posts not to delete.
(If you want to keep everything, just don't activate autodelete 🙂 )
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You can remove followers without blocking them by using Mastodon's follower management system:
1. Sign in on your server’s website or web app
2. Click ⚙️ Preferences
3. Click "Follows and followers" (if you’re on a phone click ☰ and then "Follows and followers")
4. In the Relationship section click on Followers
5. Select the followers you want to remove
6. Click on "Remove selected followers"
More info:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-remove-followers-on-mastodon-without-blocking-them
This is also known as "soft blocking".
If you're only using Mastodon through the official mobile apps, you're missing out on many of its features such as pinned posts, temporary mutes, scheduled posts, different poll types, account redirects and more.
If you want the complete Mastodon experience, you might want to try using your server's website, third party apps, web apps, desktop apps etc.
More info on all the different ways of accessing Mastodon in the guide here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app
If you're looking for interesting accounts to follow on here, there are lots of ways you can discover them:
(I've tried to list every method, let me know in the replies if I've missed something!)
Hey new people, you don't have to use the official Mastodon app! There are lots of other options you can use such as third party apps etc. People who try these alternatives usually prefer them.
Unlike most social networks, Mastodon doesn't impose any particular app on you. You're free to use your account in whatever way works best for you.
Here is a guide to all your options:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app
You can be logged in with the same account on many apps at once 🙂
If you're on mastodon.social, you might want to move your account to a different server:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server
The Fediverse is protected from takeover as long as we are spread out on many servers. If one server dominates, takeovers become easier.
Mastodon.social is currently 25.5% of the active Fediverse. This proportion is way too large and seems to be increasing.
Larger servers also tend to have worse moderation and are harder to defederate, threatening safety.
BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon Goodreads. BookWyrm has a built-in book catalogue you can choose details from, but if you can't find a particular book you can add it to BookWyrm manually:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-a-book-on-bookwyrm
This guide also answers some common questions about adding books manually.
If you're unfamiliar with BookWyrm and want to find out more about it, there's a general guide to it at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading
Have you ever seen a post or thread that you want to look at again after a certain amount of time?
There is a Fediverse reminder bot which you can use to remind you about a particular thread after a specified time period (it can be minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years later).
To use the bot, reply to the post or thread you want reminding about, mentioning the bot's account with the amount of time you want. More info and instructions in the guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-reminder-bot-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
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new release of #Fedialgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, counts the number of times each hashtag appears in your timeline even if people don't use a "#" character to give you a better sense of what people are talking about in the Fediverse.
there's a little bit of art vs. science here because some strings are disqualified from this kind of counting (e.g. a word like "the" should not be counted even if some maniac decided to make it a hashtag) so let me know if you see any weirdly high counts.
* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522
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You can embed Mastodon posts in your website or blog by doing the following:
1. Log in through your server's website
2. Go to the post or reply you want to embed and click on it to show it in an enlarged view
3. Click ⋯ on the post and select "Get Embed Code"
4. Copy-paste the HTML code into your website or blog
Lots of common questions answered about this at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-embed-mastodon-posts-on-a-website
If you have problems embedding, see the article for suggestions.
Do you want your account and posts on here to be discovered more easily? Do you want to make it as easy as possible for people to find and follow you? If so, there is a checklist of things you can do here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
You don't have to do all of these, but each one helps 🙂
(And of course not everyone wants to be discovered easily, which is why most of these discovery features are opt-in.)
The Fediverse has its own alternative to Twitch called OwnCast, a live streaming platform with built-in chat system.
You can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc and they will post in your timeline when they go live. You can also sign into OwnCast chat using your Mastodon etc account.
More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/owncast-live-streaming-and-chat-on-the-fediverse
If you want to get started, I've just posted some good OwnCast accounts to follow over at @FediFollows
If you get a DM saying "call me the Fediverse chick", it's a spam. Don't click the links, but DO report it!
Reports from users are really important, especially if they are about spam DMs because no one else can see the spam except the user.
You can report posts by clicking ⋯ on the post and selecting "Report". When you report it, make sure to select the option to forward the report to the server it came from so that the admin there can delete the spammer's account.
