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Carlos Sánchezreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
@mastodonmigration I also saw this problem with the official Mastodon app, but I used it for the last time almost 2 years ago. Currently I use Moshidon, which is very good at letting me follow someone from another server with just one click and none of the convoluted process.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
Hmmmm... that is not the typical experience. Let’s say you see someone's address like this one: @FediTips
Simply click on it. That will take you to you local version of their profile page where you can just click on Follow.
Or does this sequence miss something about the issue you are raising?
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
Glad it is working for you with the app. Really don't think that problem still exists with the web interface, but maybe not understanding exactly what you are referring to.
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@pineywoozle (s) for HARRISreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration Sorry, I’m normally more thorough. I’m a little scattered still. I can reword it in edit. 🥰
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to @pineywoozle (s) for HARRIS last edited by
No problem. Happy to have the opportunity to link to the other post. We are all scattered right now. Thanks for all you do!
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@foo_fighter @mastodonmigration
You don't have to go to the other site to follow an account. For example I'm on a different server but you can click on my profile name and follow me without leaving your server or your server's website.
The only time there's the weirdness about not being logged in is if you visit the other server's website.
The workaround for this is to paste the web address on the other site into your own search box and it will make the profile or post appear on your server.
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@foo_fighter @mastodonmigration
I agree this isnt ideal, but this is a result of having many indpendent servers each with their own site. It's like email, you can't log in on GMail's website with a Yahoo Mail account even though they're both on the same email network.
But fortunately, if you just stick to following people who appear in posts on your own server's timelines, you won't have to go to other servers' websites at all.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Fedi.Tips last edited by [email protected]
Thanks FediTips for helping with this one!
Would just add that a good way to follow if you know the address, but for some reason it is not in a post you are looking at in your timeline, is to type it onto the 'Explorer' search box and hit return. Explore should find it and you can click on the result and it will bring up a local version of the profile you can follow.
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Carlos Sánchezreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration here are some screenshots:
If I go to fedi.directory and click on almost any random account link (exclude the flipboard ones, those are weird), like for example, BBC Taster: /1
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Carlos Sánchezreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
@mastodonmigration I am taken to their account page on their server, which as you can see, says I'm logged out on the top right, even though it says I'm on mastodon on the top left: /2
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Carlos Sánchezreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
@mastodonmigration and if I click follow, then the popup window is trying to make me do some weird stuff just so I can follow the user: /3
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Carlos Sánchezreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
@mastodonmigration so as you can see, what should've been a 2 click scenario (open account link, then follow) is actually a "who knows how many more clicks because I am not in my server" scenario. /4
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Carlos Sánchez last edited by
Got it. Thanks for the clear description. Understand now what you are experiencing. And you are right this is an awkwardness of the Fediverse. The explanation doesn't really matter, but the thing here is that the Fedi DB is just an outside website and has no idea who you are or what server you are on. What it does when you click on the address is send you to the account's server's profile page, and then you need to do the multistage thing.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
There is a bit of a simplification possible, but it still is suboptimal. If you copy the Fedi DB account address and the paste it into the Explore search bar in your Mastodon and hit return it will return the desired account below and you can click on it and Follow.
Thanks again for pointing this use case out, and wish there was a better answer. Hope the suggestion helps.
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Michael H.replied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration I’d like to use the "Add or Remove from lists" feature with followed hashtags as well, but couldn‘t find a way to do so. Is this possible?
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Michael H. last edited by
Don't think so, unless something has changed.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] A problem that I see , especially with smaller instances is that most users outside the instance are not federating because there are no interactions. This make fedi feel more empty than it may be. Same issue with likes and reposts. The values are not what they are on the source instance.
I am on a solo instance and I have to browse remote instances on their urls, and then when I find someone I want to follow I do a lookup on my instance and then follow them. My case is extreme but it is still present on all instances to some degree. -
@nuekaze @mastodonmigration @foo_fighter
There are lots of ways you can make a smaller instance see a much wider view of the Fediverse:
Using relays, groups, directories and scripts to quickly expand a server’s view of the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
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