Ask HN: Mastadon Resources

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33707839

by orsenthil • 4 years ago

9 4 4 years ago

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I have joined a Mastadon Server and I find it exciting that I could follow people from other servers. I want some Mastadon Resources as a user.

- How can I follow people from any server? Is this possible or do admins need to cooperate. - How can make my timeline available in mobile app. I couldn't find my server. - Can I move between servers and take my content?

Can someone provide these resources that will help navigate Mastadon?

aliswe• 4 years ago

Isn't it Mastodon, with an O?

tmtvl• 4 years ago

It is, named after the extinct Mammutidae.

mrefish• 4 years ago

https://fedi.tips/

kazinator• 4 years ago

To follow people from any server you can use your instance's search to find them.

Another thing you can do is visit the web interface of another server, and watch its local timeline. If you see anyone interesting you can follow them, using your own instance.

If a server has an open timeline, it's usually found at <domain>/public/local

You should be able to connect a mobile app like Tusky to your server(s); that's the underlying idea. You may have to enter its exact URL manually.

Mastodon instances which run version 3 software do not have the feature of hash tag following, which is a crippling limitation; make sure you join an instance that's running 4.

This flowchart is helpful in understanding the visibility of a public toot.

https://mastodon.nz/@chriswerry/109316694545832112

When you toot something, it does not reach instances where you do not have any followers; it won't appear in their Federated timelines. (It will appear if someone from that instance boosts the toot or searches for its URL, but it seems that case would only happen if they went out of their way to other instances to find it, which is unlikely.)

P.S. "mastodon" not "mastadon".

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