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Servers show trending posts based on what server members boost, and what the accounts they follow boost. A single-member server may not have enough data to show trending posts.
However, help is at hand! If you're on a server without trends, you can follow a Hypebot account which boosts trending posts from selected other servers. For example this one is popular:
➡️ @hypebot
Combined with Mastodon's new fetch-all-replies feature, all servers can participate in trending discussions.
Everything in your main "Home" timeline on Mastodon is there for one of these reasons:
-An account you follow posted it
-An account you follow boosted it
-The post contains a hashtag you follow
-An account you follow replied to an account you also follow
-An account you follow replied to itself
Nothing else gets in your main feed, it's just these things.
If hashtags are at the end of a post they are displayed in a smaller font below the post, which some people miss.
Everything in your main "Home" timeline on Mastodon is there for one of these reasons:
-An account you follow posted it
-An account you follow boosted it
-The post contains a hashtag you follow
-An account you follow replied to an account you also follow
-An account you follow replied to itself
Nothing else gets in your main feed, it's just these things.
If hashtags are at the end of a post they are displayed in a smaller font below the post, which some people miss.
Today is the 5th anniversary of the FediTips account 🥳
I started it because of the nasty stuff happening on centralised corporate social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc). These corporations promote "engagement" through algorithms that radicalise people into frenzies of bigoted hatred 😞
I'm trying to help people use alternatives instead of feeding the beast.
This account's first tip is here:
🎂 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/105220978455322895
The earliest archive is here:
🎂 https://web.archive.org/web/20201124173833/https://mstdn.social/@feditips
Today is the 5th anniversary of the FediTips account 🥳
I started it because of the nasty stuff happening on centralised corporate social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc). These corporations promote "engagement" through algorithms that radicalise people into frenzies of bigoted hatred 😞
I'm trying to help people use alternatives instead of feeding the beast.
This account's first tip is here:
🎂 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/105220978455322895
The earliest archive is here:
🎂 https://web.archive.org/web/20201124173833/https://mstdn.social/@feditips
Corporate social networks are trying to kill the hashtag because they want users to only discover things through corporate algorithms 😩
Mastodon and the wider Fediverse love the hashtag as it allows humans to retain control of their feeds 🥰
You can use hashtags to label a post with its main topics. More info about adding hashtags at https://fedi.tips/what-are-hashtags-how-do-i-use-them-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
You can follow hashtags to see posts labelled with those tags in your feed. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Do you wonder how some people's posts are longer than 500 characters?
It's because they are on servers that have higher character limits for posts (or in some cases no limits at all). More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-have-bigger-character-limits
You can find some human-curated well-run servers with higher character limits listed here:
➡️ https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-size
If you want to move to a higher-limit server, account transfer instructions are at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
Do you wonder how some people's posts are longer than 500 characters?
It's because they are on servers that have higher character limits for posts (or in some cases no limits at all). More info at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-have-bigger-character-limits
You can find some human-curated well-run servers with higher character limits listed here:
➡️ https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-size
If you want to move to a higher-limit server, account transfer instructions are at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
I've updated the guide on how to transfer your Mastodon account from one server to another:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
It now has an additional step where you switch off email notifications for new followers on the account you're moving to.
Apparently some people have been receiving lots of email notifications for new followers when they've transferred followers over. For some reason no one has raised this issue before, but it seems to have happened to a number of people.
I've updated the guide on how to transfer your Mastodon account from one server to another:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
It now has an additional step where you switch off email notifications for new followers on the account you're moving to.
Apparently some people have been receiving lots of email notifications for new followers when they've transferred followers over. For some reason no one has raised this issue before, but it seems to have happened to a number of people.
Corporate social networks are trying to kill the hashtag because they want users to only discover things through corporate algorithms 😩
Mastodon and the wider Fediverse love the hashtag as it allows humans to retain control of their feeds 🥰
You can use hashtags to label a post with its main topics. More info about adding hashtags at https://fedi.tips/what-are-hashtags-how-do-i-use-them-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
You can follow hashtags to see posts labelled with those tags in your feed. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Would you like to make your PeerTube accounts and videos more visible? Do you want to reach more viewers and more followers?
I've done a guide to promoting your PeerTube accounts, channels and videos at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-peertube-videos-account-and-channels
I've tried to list everything I could think of, let me know if I've missed anything! 🙂
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