If you know someone who wants help using this place, I can answer their questions directly.
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Aww, thanks, that's very kind of you to ask.
I have a Ko-fi and Liberapay to help cover the bills from the sites and accounts, any kind of support is appreciated!
FediThing's profile - Liberapay
Since 2020, I've been trying to help people use the Fediverse, and encourage the Fedi to grow, through five accounts and five websites:
Liberapay (liberapay.com)
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You mean the newest posts appear at the top?
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@ianp5a @FediTips you want new posts to appear at the bottom, and then to scroll up to read them?
note: I still don't think I understand, because this seems to contradict your first description, as far as I could understand it. I'm not trying to be difficult -- just trying to understand, and perhaps help others understand too. that said, if you find my questions annoying, feel free to tell me and/or stop trying to answer them. maybe someone else will respond in a more helpful way!
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Fedi.Tipsreplied to Ducky Fella last edited by [email protected]
Most apps show the latest posts at the top like Mastodon does?
Is that not happening for you?
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@ianp5a @FediTips I just read thru your exchange with feditips, which wasn't there yet when I started. I'm still confused
but maybe getting closer! so, you're scrolling along down, and at some point you see the last post in an extended thread, of which you haven't previously read the earlier posts? not ideal. you'd like the feed to handle extended threads differently so that you could more easily recognize them and start reading them from the beginning.
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Fedi.Tipsreplied to Ducky Fella last edited by [email protected]
But, you are scrolling down the page on Mastodon aren't you?
When you open most Mastodon apps it shows you the latest posts and then you scroll down from there to see older ones?
(By the way I'm not being snarky, just genuinely interested in different people's experiences!
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@ianp5a @FediTips I use the default Mastodon android app and read posts in post order. Because new posts show up at the top, I start a session where I left off last time, with some number of new posts above, then scroll up until I run out of new posts. Because I'm scrolling up I see the bottom text of each post before I see the start of it or the author's name/picture, then scroll back down as I read it. It'd be nice if new posts were below so I didn't have to constantly switch scroll direction.
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Fedi.Tipsreplied to Iαη last edited by [email protected]
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Strange to me that no one seems to understand your problem. Just click on any post in the thread and you'll be taken to the full thread ordered first to last.
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@stevecut @FediTips
The thread direction is fine. It has newest at the bottom. It's the main timeline that has the problem.People are confusing "threads" with "the main timeline".
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Yes, I understand that, but your timeline problem is solved by clicking on whichever post you see and being taken to the, as you say, logically ordered thread, isn't it?
