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Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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image:alt Illustration of a stylised fox opening a treasure chest. Inside the chest are icons of various Fediverse services including Mastodon, Pixelfed and PeerTube as well as the overall Fediverse logo.

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  • [H1] Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
  • [H1] Welcome to Fedi.Tips
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  • [H2] QUICK START – New people start here!
  • [H2] COMPLETE CONTENTS
  • [H2] An intro to Mastodon and the Fediverse
  • [H2] Joining Mastodon and the Fediverse
  • [H2] Posting on Mastodon
  • [H2] Discovering interesting people and posts on Mastodon
  • [H2] Customising Mastodon
  • [H2] Using Mastodon on a computer
  • [H2] Languages and translation options
  • [H2] Federation issues on Mastodon
  • [H2] Staying Safe
  • [H2] Accessibility
  • [H2] The Fediverse beyond Mastodon
  • [H2] Running your own server on Mastodon and the Fediverse
  • [H3] Main menu

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Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
Front Page Internal Passing Juice
About This Site Internal Passing Juice
watch this very short video ⧉ External Passing Juice
Sign up for an account ⧉ External Passing Juice
the sign-up guide Internal Passing Juice
Choose an app Internal Passing Juice
your server’s website Internal Passing Juice
the web app Internal Passing Juice
Fill in your profile Internal Passing Juice
Discover people to follow Internal Passing Juice
Follow some hashtags Internal Passing Juice
follow some groups Internal Passing Juice
tips to get your account and posts discovered more easily Internal Passing Juice
Share your account address Internal Passing Juice
to verify your account Internal Passing Juice
transfer your account to another server Internal Passing Juice
there are really good reasons for it Internal Passing Juice
What is Mastodon? What is the Fediverse? Internal Passing Juice
Who owns the Fediverse? Is it owned by a corporation or venture capital firm? Can it be bought out by Google/Facebook/Elon Musk? Internal Passing Juice
Who sets the rules on the Fediverse? How do I find out what the rules are on my server? Internal Passing Juice
Who gets to start their own server? Internal Passing Juice
What if a server misbehaves? What if it allows its members to do something really bad? Internal Passing Juice
Does Mastodon or the Fediverse use ads or trackers or algorithms or blockchain/cryptocurrency or anything annoying like that? Internal Passing Juice
What other kinds of servers are on the Fediverse? Internal Passing Juice
What are toots? What are boosts? What are CWs? What are instances? Who is John Mastodon? Internal Passing Juice
What’s that rainbow pentagon thing that everyone seems to use on the Fediverse? Internal Passing Juice
Are there any other guides to Mastodon and the Fediverse? Internal Passing Juice
How do I join? Internal Passing Juice
Do I need multiple accounts? Do I need to join lots of servers? Internal Passing Juice
Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move your account to another Mastodon server. Internal Passing Juice
How do I choose a good username? Can I change my username later? Internal Passing Juice
Tips for organisations joining Mastodon and the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
How do I check which version of Mastodon a server is running? What are Mastodon forks? Internal Passing Juice
How do I stop receiving email notifications from Mastodon? Internal Passing Juice
What if a server closes down? What happens to my account? Internal Passing Juice
Can I use my account to log in on other servers? Internal Passing Juice
My website verification doesn’t work! The address won’t turn green! Internal Passing Juice
How to make your Mastodon account address appear when people link to your website or articles you’ve written Internal Passing Juice
Inviting people onto the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
Using multiple accounts Internal Passing Juice
Downloading your Mastodon account’s post archive Internal Passing Juice
Logging out of your account Internal Passing Juice
How to delete your account Internal Passing Juice
Who can see my posts? What are post visibility settings? How do I send DMs? Internal Passing Juice
You don’t need link shorteners on Mastodon, all links count as 23 characters Internal Passing Juice
How do I post images, videos or audio? What can I attach to a post? How do I post GIFs? Internal Passing Juice
How do I use emojis in Mastodon? Internal Passing Juice
How do I post polls? How do I allow multiple responses in a poll? Internal Passing Juice
How do I edit my posts? Internal Passing Juice
How do I quote posts in Mastodon? Internal Passing Juice
Making your posts easier to find in searches Internal Passing Juice
What are hashtags? Should I add them to my posts? Internal Passing Juice
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Embedding posts on your website or blog Internal Passing Juice
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Favourites and Bookmarks in Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Customising Mastodon polls to allow multiple selections Internal Passing Juice
Adjusting photo previews on Mastodon so they look nice Internal Passing Juice
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What kind of accounts can I follow from Mastodon? Internal Passing Juice
How to be notified when your favourite accounts post something Internal Passing Juice
How to avoid accidentally boosting or deleting in Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
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How do I browse the Local timelines of other servers? Can I follow other servers’ Local timelines on my account? Internal Passing Juice
Using the Lists feature on Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Browsing the Media tab on Mastodon profiles Internal Passing Juice
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Using Mastodon in light mode, dark mode and other themes Internal Passing Juice
Customising your notifications Internal Passing Juice
Filtering your timeline Internal Passing Juice
How to activate the Mastodon Advanced Web Interface Internal Passing Juice
Desktop apps for Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Using Mastodon through a keyboard Internal Passing Juice
Typing emoji through the keyboard on Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Using Mastodon through a CLI or TUI Internal Passing Juice
Using Mastodon on retro computers from the 1980s and 1990s Internal Passing Juice
Setting your language preferences, filtering out posts in other languages Internal Passing Juice
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Language codes used by Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
What are “original pages”? Why are they so useful? How do I see a post on its own server? Internal Passing Juice
Remote following and remote interactions on Mastodon and the Fediverse: Why does it keep asking me to give the name of my server or log in again? Internal Passing Juice
When I visited an account the profile was blank with no posts. Is it really blank? I’m sure there are posts there but I can’t see them. Internal Passing Juice
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Why doesn’t every Fediverse server show all posts ever made by all users from all other servers? Internal Passing Juice
Do I need to use my real name or real photo? Internal Passing Juice
How do I report a post? How do I report a person? Internal Passing Juice
Beware of scammers and scams Internal Passing Juice
How do I contact the person who runs my server? How do I find out what the rules are on my server? Internal Passing Juice
Blocking and muting people on Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Blocking and muting servers on Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Help! I’ve accidentally blocked a server, how do I restore my follows and followers from that server? Internal Passing Juice
How to remove followers on Mastodon without blocking them Internal Passing Juice
How do I mute notifications from a thread that I don’t want to take part in? Internal Passing Juice
Hiding someone’s boosts without blocking or muting them Internal Passing Juice
Blocking DMs from people you don’t follow Internal Passing Juice
If you @ someone in a Mastodon DM, they will be able to see it Internal Passing Juice
How to hide your follows and followers Internal Passing Juice
How to hide your profile and posts from search engines like Google, Bing etc Internal Passing Juice
Using Content Warnings (CWs) Internal Passing Juice
How do I add a CW to a post I want to share? Internal Passing Juice
How to prevent your account being suggested to others Internal Passing Juice
Using Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Is Mastodon end-to-end encrypted? Internal Passing Juice
Adding extra safety by activating Authorized Fetch Internal Passing Juice
Adding extra safety by using allowlists instead of blocklists Internal Passing Juice
Do not use flashing images or emoji on posts or profiles! Internal Passing Juice
How do I make my posts more accessible to blind, deaf and deafblind people? Internal Passing Juice
How do I use Mastodon through a screen reader? Internal Passing Juice
How do I remember to add text descriptions? Internal Passing Juice
How can Mastodon server administrators automatically remind their users to add text descriptions? Internal Passing Juice
Mastodon API: Using Mastodon apps with non-Mastodon accounts Internal Passing Juice
BookWyrm: A social network for people who enjoy reading Internal Passing Juice
Importing your data into BookWyrm from GoodReads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre Internal Passing Juice
How to manually add a book to BookWyrm Internal Passing Juice
Friendica: A flexible Fediverse server type with long posts Internal Passing Juice
Ghost: Blogs and newsletters on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
How to activate and use Fediverse features in Ghost Internal Passing Juice
GoToSocial: Safe and lightweight Internal Passing Juice
Manyfold: Organise and share 3D printing files on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
Mobilizon: Event organisation and discovery Internal Passing Juice
OwnCast: Live streaming and chat on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
PeerTube: Video on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
How use PeerTube, how to follow PeerTube accounts from Mastodon Internal Passing Juice
Uploading video (or audio) to PeerTube, also how to start your own PeerTube server if you want to Internal Passing Juice
Getting your PeerTube videos, accounts and channels noticed by more people Internal Passing Juice
Subscribing to PeerTube channels through podcast apps Internal Passing Juice
Searching PeerTube, how to discover videos to watch, how to discover accounts to follow Internal Passing Juice
Giving people early access or exclusive access to your PeerTube videos Internal Passing Juice
How PeerTube admins can federate videos from other servers and accounts onto their server Internal Passing Juice
PixelFed: Photo sharing on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
Finding people to follow on PixelFed Internal Passing Juice
How to import your data from Instagram into Pixelfed Internal Passing Juice
DMs aren’t arriving on Pixelfed, what do I do? Internal Passing Juice
I’m trying to send a DM on Pixelfed but it tells me I need to wait a bit? Internal Passing Juice
Wanderer: Recording your trails and journeys on the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
WordPress: Turning your blog into a Fediverse server Internal Passing Juice
Write Freely: Long-form writing platform for the Fediverse Internal Passing Juice
⚠️ Mastodon admins: Leave the “remote content retention period” setting blank! Internal Passing Juice
How do I create my own server? Internal Passing Juice
What do I call my server? What kind of domain name or subdomain should I use? Internal Passing Juice
Can I re-use a subdomain or domain from a defunct server on a new server? Internal Passing Juice
How to greatly increase your server’s view of the Fediverse using updates, relays, groups, directories and scripts Internal Passing Juice
How admins can communicate with their server’s members Internal Passing Juice
How to moderate your Mastodon server’s trends Internal Passing Juice
Managing how your members invite people to join your server Internal Passing Juice
How to add custom emoji to your Mastodon server Internal Passing Juice
Customising your server’s artwork, giving a server its own visual identity Internal Passing Juice
Customising your Mastodon server’s appearance with CSS Internal Passing Juice
Recommending accounts to new users on your server Internal Passing Juice
How to block (defederate) another server Internal Passing Juice
Importing ready-made server blocklists on your own Mastodon server Internal Passing Juice
Setting your Mastodon server’s website to display in a particular language for people who haven’t logged in Internal Passing Juice
How organisations and groups can run a Mastodon server collectively, how to assign roles to admins and moderators, how to create custom roles Internal Passing Juice
How to close your Mastodon server gracefully and responsibly Internal Passing Juice
Should I publish some server rules if I’m running a single-user server? Internal Passing Juice
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Mastodon External Passing Juice
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Privacy Policy Internal Passing Juice

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