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Hey there 👋

If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!

I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly. 🙂

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Fedi.Tips
You should be able to find your server's physical location by looking it up on https://fedidb.org (although I'm not 100% sure how reliable this is, might be worth asking your server admin too).

By the way, to avoid confusion, on the Fediverse instances are often also called "servers" even though that's technically a name for a hosting computer 🙂

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Julescelt
I hope you can help. I apparently no longer have a universesodon account. I've been unable to sign in and even reset my password.

Any suggestions?
Fedi.Tips
Email the admin of Universeodon on their public email address which is support@mastodonapp.uk (mention specifically that you are on Universeodon as they seem to run several servers).

Ask them if they can help.

By the way, in case you ever need to check it, the public email address is visible at https://universeodon.com/about

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Julescelt
Thank you!
Fedi.Tips
Bluesky is effectively a centralised social network run by a for-profit corporation, which is funded and owned by Venture Capital investors. It would be very easy for Musk etc to buy them out, and a buyout would make the staff at Bluesky very rich. It's on a path to "enshittification".

Mastodon is part of the Fediverse and is decentralised, no one owns it and no one can buy it out. This is really, really important, here are the reasons why:

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

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doopledi
Hey are we aware of a listing of Mastodon servers/instances with the data on whether the servers support posts longer than 500 characters? I think I briefly saw one such listing mentioned somewhere (in GitHub) but alas I lost the trace, never to see it again... Fedidb appears not to list these kind of technicalities? Cheers
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Fedi.Tips
Generally Mastodon servers with longer character limits are running Glitch Mastodon or Hometown Mastodon. You can find some nice well-run servers running these at:

https://fedi.garden/tag/glitch-mastodon

and

https://fedi.garden/tag/hometown-mastodon

Alternatively, there are also much longer server lists out there, but they tend to have no curation so the servers on longer lists may not be reliable or safe.

Glitch Mastodon | Fedi.Garden

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EliteMooseTaskForce
How do instances handle posts with < 500 characters if they are limited? Are they even shown on the live/home feeds anymore?
Zaia
so to use Mastodon on my android what app do I actually download?😭
Zaia
Found it !👍 😅
Fedi.Tips
Sorry for my delay in replying!

You can use lots of different apps on Android. Some good ones include Tusky, Fedilab and Moshidon.

You can also use the official app (simply called "Mastodon") or you can use your server's website.

By the way, most people who try the third party non-official apps prefer them to the official one. Mastodon was originally designed for third party apps, the official app only came later.
Zaia
thank you so much for the reply🙏 . I went for the Fedilab since it has options for other (non US) apps too. I still have issues logging in with the Vivaldi Mail but I guess that's because I can't activate it yet 😅 (still new here). I logged in from the Vivaldi browser tho and it seems to work fine on the android tho.😋
Fedi.Tips
It would only be seen by the accounts you mention. There's no way to mention an entire server.

However, some servers running special customised versions of Mastodon (called "forks") do include a "Local" visibility option where the post is only visible to people on your server. This option isn't available on servers running standard Mastodon though.

Thanks for the boost 🙂
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cagraphics
Hey!
What does „favouriting“ or „liking“ (for me it is a star-symbol) actually do?
Does it increase visibility of someone‘s toot if i click it?

ps: generally: Thank you for your effort and knowledge sharing!!
Debora Radice
hi, hope u r fine. I was wondering: how can I put my sharings in the tab in evidence? I tried but I managed to put in evidence just the hashtags. Thank you 4 your time🌺
Fedi.Tips
I'm really sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "evidence"?

Could you give an example?
Debora Radice
sure. I made a mistake while writing. Not "in evidence". I meant the first tab, where people highlight their toots. Your toot "hey there 👋 if you have any question..." for example. The same toot below which I'm writing and you're replying. I'd like to learn how to put my toots there. Sorry 4 the misunderstanding.
Given that we are talking, I also ask you this: what is libera.site? I found some accounts with that server but Mastodon doesn't put it in its list of servers.
Thanks again 🌺
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Debora Radice
I found the solution to the first issue. So, can you help me with the libera.site topic?
Fedi.Tips
Libera.site is a Hubzilla server, it's part of the Fediverse but uses different software to run. Mastodon is part of a wider network called the Fediverse: https://fedi.tips/what-is-mastodon-what-is-the-fediverse/

By the way, the Mastodon list of servers is just a tiny fraction of all the servers. There are thousands of servers on the entire Fediverse, no one is sure how many there are.

The idea of the official list is just to help people find a good server to start on.

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Debora Radice
I really thank you so much! ❤️
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