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HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:32:03 GMT Content-Type: application/rss+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 34042 Connection: keep-alive server: Mastodon x-frame-options: DENY x-content-type-options: nosniff x-xss-protection: 0 referrer-policy: same-origin vary: Accept, Accept-Language, Cookie, Signature, Origin cache-control: max-age=60, public etag: W/"5c2ba283f8f5467991303f32faef9774" content-security-policy: base-uri 'none'; default-src 'none'; frame-ancestors 'none'; font-src 'self' https://social.growyourown.services; img-src 'self' data: blob: https://social.growyourown.services https://cdn.masto.host; media-src 'self' data: https://social.growyourown.services https://cdn.masto.host; manifest-src 'self' https://social.growyourown.services; form-action 'none'; child-src 'self' blob: https://social.growyourown.services; worker-src 'self' blob: https://social.growyourown.services; connect-src 'self' data: blob: https://social.growyourown.services https://cdn.masto.host wss://social.growyourown.services; script-src 'self' https://social.growyourown.services 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; frame-src 'self' https:; style-src 'self' https://social.growyourown.services 'nonce-RW2zcop+yWwswuwi8W+zOQ==' x-request-id: 5bdf2965-15a0-4c19-8e8b-c95c64b023ab x-runtime: 0.038654 strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000 Fedi.Tips Public posts from @FediTips@social.growyourown.services https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips https://cdn.masto.host/socialgrowyourownservices/accounts/avatars/111/589/347/315/890/061/original/e603733b53591171.png Fedi.Tips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:07:39 +0000 https://cdn.masto.host/socialgrowyourownservices/accounts/avatars/111/589/347/315/890/061/original/e603733b53591171.png Mastodon v4.4.5 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115345067806144651 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115345067806144651 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:07:39 +0000 Every account on here has a unique Fediverse address which looks like this:@ (username) @ (server name)You can share your Fedi address with others in real life the same way you share an email address or phone number.These can be useful if someone's account isn't showing in normal searches on your server. You can paste an account's Fedi address into the search box in Mastodon and the account will appear.More info and lots of questions answered at:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address</a><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> FediTips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115339808973438780 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115339808973438780 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:50:15 +0000 Anyone can create their own fully independent Mastodon server, and it's much cheaper and easier than you might think.If you don't want to do the techy stuff, you can use a managed hosting provider who does all the techy stuff for you (installation, upgrades, fixes etc) as well as hosting your server. These typically cost about 5 to 10 euros/dollars per month for the smallest servers.Here's a step-by-step guide covering the whole process:➡️ <a href="https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps</a><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> FediTips mastodon https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115333328894767109 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115333328894767109 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:22:17 +0000 How to get your Mastodon timeline started:1. Follow some hashtags (more info: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse</a>).2. Join some groups (more info: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse</a>).3. Discover accounts at <a href="https://fedi.directory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.directory</a>. If you find an account on the site that you want to follow, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon.Lots more tips for discovering accounts at <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends</a><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MastoTips</a> FediTips mastodon mastotips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115328853016665724 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115328853016665724 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:24:01 +0000 If you're using the official Mastodon mobile app, you might want to try using a third party app instead.Third party apps tend to have more features than the official ones, and most people I know switch to third party apps after trying them. More info and lots of questions answered in the guide at:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app</a>Mastodon was designed to work through third party apps, and originally had no official apps at all.<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> FediTips mastodon https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115324003531426335 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115324003531426335 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 22:50:43 +0000 p.p.s. The server mastodon.social is NOT a good place to sign up, for many different reasons (more info here: <a href="https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server</a>).If you just want one alternative, <a href="https://mas.to" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://mas.to</a> is a much better option. It's reliable and has been online since 2019, and doesn't suffer from the problems of mastodon.social.If you want to choose from a wide selection of servers, there are human curated lists of well-run reliable servers at <a href="https://fedi.garden" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.garden</a> and <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/servers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://joinmastodon.org/servers</a> https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115322029562061493 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115322029562061493 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:28:43 +0000 p.s. I know Mastodon and the wider Fediverse can be a bit trickier to use, but it does get easier once you've spent time here. There are many really good reasons why this place is structured the way it is: <a href="https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers</a>Servers on here are fully independent in every sense, usually owned by ordinary grassroots people like you and me. There is no central authority or corporation controlling things, it's up to each server to decide on how it's run and what it allows. https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115321945725766042 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115321945725766042 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:07:24 +0000 Welcome new people!If you want help using this place feel free to ask, I'm trying to provide some unofficial tech support on here (and yes I am a human being). Ask in the replies or mentions or DMs or whatever🙂 You can also find lots of help for new people at <a href="https://fedi.tips" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips</a>, especially in the section marked "Quick Start" at the top of the page.How to discover people to follow: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends</a>How to make your own account more discoverable: <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse</a> https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115318603050086969 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115318603050086969 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 23:57:18 +0000 p.s. In case you're wondering, the websites I maintain are:<a href="https://fedi.tips" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips</a> - Helping people use Mastodon & the Fediverse<a href="https://fedi.directory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.directory</a> - Thousands of interesting accounts to follow organised into topics<a href="https://fedi.garden" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.garden</a> - Nice well-run servers to join or move to<a href="https://fedi.video" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.video</a> - Safe, easy way to browse and search the best video accounts on the Fediverse<a href="https://growyourown.services" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://growyourown.services</a> - Helping & encouraging non-techy people to start their own Fediverse servers https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115317094501714592 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115317094501714592 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:33:40 +0000 I'm an unpaid volunteer, running 5 websites and 5 accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay their bills every month.If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:➡️ <a href="https://ko-fi.com/fedithing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ko-fi.com/fedithing</a>(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work, one-off or monthly donations)Alternatively become a patron:➡️ <a href="https://liberapay.com/FediThing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://liberapay.com/FediThing</a>All support greatly appreciated! 🙂❤️ <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention">@FediTips</a>, <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention">@FediFollows</a>, <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediVideo" class="u-url mention">@FediVideo</a>, <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediGarden" class="u-url mention">@FediGarden</a> & <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@homegrown" class="u-url mention">@homegrown</a> https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115312965722241423 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115312965722241423 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:03:40 +0000 ⚠️ Apparently there's a scammer sending out messages "offering a partnership" if people "verify" their account at a special link. They may use a profile icon that looks like the Mastodon logo with a headset.The account is fake, the link is a scam, do not click on it. There is no "partnership" scheme on here, you cannot earn money for posting.If you get one of these messages, click the ... icon on the scam post and then click "report".(via <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115312839779385334" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115312839779385334</a>)<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> FediTips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311228476790420 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311228476790420 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:41:51 +0000 p.p.s. For people wondering why mas.to is better option than mastodon.social, here are some figures:mastodon.social currently has ~20% of active Fediverse accountsmas.to currently has ~1% of active Fediverse accountsMastodon.social is just so much larger than other servers and keeps growing, it is putting the network itself in danger.I totally get the idea of having a single suggested server, but we need to regularly rotate which single server is suggested so we spread growth out. https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311097656938091 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311097656938091 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:08:35 +0000 p.s. If you're already on mastodon.social, you can move to a different server.If you only just signed up and have no or very few followers, easiest option is probably to sign up on another server and forget about your mastodon.social account.if you've already got a significant number of followers and you want to keep them, you can move your account to another server using the transfer process. There's a non-technical step-by-step guide to moving your account here: <a href="https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server</a> https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311062393501386 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115311062393501386 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:59:37 +0000 If you're helping people sign up on here, that's great! 👏 However, I'd strongly suggest not signing up on the mastodon.social server. It's way way too large and that's dangerous (here's why <a href="https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server</a>).I know some find choice overwhelming, so if you just want one general long-established very busy server <a href="https://mas.to" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://mas.to</a> is a better option for example.There are also lots of other good servers listed at <a href="https://fedi.garden" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.garden</a> and <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/servers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://joinmastodon.org/servers</a> https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115305807414290750 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115305807414290750 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:43:13 +0000 Have you customised your Mastodon profile yet?Profiles can be customised in lots of ways including pictures, banners, text, links, verification, pinned post threads etc. There's a complete guide to all the different ways to customise a profile at:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-customise-my-profile-how-do-i-upload-a-profile-banner-how-do-i-verify-my-account" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-customise-my-profile-how-do-i-upload-a-profile-banner-how-do-i-verify-my-account</a>By the way, the text description on your profile is perhaps the most important part. The text is often overlooked or an afterthought, but it is one of the main ways people discover accounts on here.<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> FediTips mastodon https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115300614545872386 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115300614545872386 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:42:36 +0000 Are you receiving automated emails from your Mastodon server when stuff happens? Do you want them to stop, or adjust which events trigger them?You can adjust your email notification settings by logging onto your Mastodon server's website and going to Preferences > Email Notifications, tick or un-tick boxes depending on what you want, then click "Save Changes".More info including how to do this on the mobile version of the website in the guide at:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-stop-receiving-email-notifications-from-mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-stop-receiving-email-notifications-from-mastodon</a><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> FediTips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115293953257353186 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115293953257353186 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:28:32 +0000 If you follow a Ghost site from Mastodon etc, it isn't just a one-way feed.Ghost sites are actually on the Fediverse and they can interact with Mastodon etc accounts, they can favourite, boost and reply.You can see Ghost site <a href="https://bl.ag/" class="u-url mention">@sam</a> replying to <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention">@FediFollows</a> here: <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/115293813549700275" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/115293813549700275</a>This is two-directional, Fediverse-compatible websites can seamlessly talk with people on Fediverse-compatible social networks. This is how the open web is supposed to work.<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> nonadult Screenshot of some posts within a thread viewed from in Mastodon. There is a caption "This reply is coming from a Ghost-powered site which is on the Fediverse". One post is highlighted and is from a Ghost-powered site @sam@bl.ag and says "Thank you for sharing BLAG on your feed and your site. I'm excited to see what the Ghost-Fediverse integration goes in the months/years ahead." A reply below this post is from the FediFollows Mastodon account and says "Happy to share, you are running a lovely site! And indeed about the integration! This is amazing to be reading a reply from a Ghost site directly within Mastodon." FediTips Fediverse activitypub https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115289257550810363 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115289257550810363 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:34:22 +0000 p.p.p.s. If you are finding this all a bit complicated and you just want to click on an account and follow it, you can see lots of good Ghost accounts listed in the latest post thread over at <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention">@FediFollows</a> (Don't worry if an account looks blank, this is normal. This is caused by being the first person from your server to follow an account, but new posts by the account will show up as they are published.) https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115288569652897376 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115288569652897376 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:39:25 +0000 p.s. This doesn't work for 100% of Ghost sites, but it seems to work for most of them. It depends on whether they have Fediverse compatibility switched on.p.p.s. I know the discovery process above is fiddly, which is why I've started manually curating good quality Ghost sites that are Fedi compatible on fedi.directory along with their Fediverse addresses. You can browse the ones listed so far at <a href="https://fedi.directory/tag/Ghost" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.directory/tag/Ghost</a> and just paste the addresses straight into your Mastodon etc search box. https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115287990965405466 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115287990965405466 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:12:15 +0000 Thousands of sites using the popular <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ghost</a> platform are now Fediverse compatible, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc 🥳 Here's how to discover and follow them:1. Go to <a href="https://explore.ghost.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://explore.ghost.org</a> 2. Click category tab you want (swipe categories right to see more) 3. Click on a site to preview, then box-arrow icon to go to it 4. Copy the site's domain name 5. Paste @ index @ (domain name) into the search box in Mastodon etc without spaces 6. Click the profile and then "Follow"<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> Ghost FediTips https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115283277012114898 https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115283277012114898 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:13:26 +0000 You can search for posts by language in Mastodon by including the "language:" operator in your search. However, it requires knowing the language code for the language you want to include or exclude.I've done a list of all the language codes used by Mastodon here:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/language-codes-used-by-mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/language-codes-used-by-mastodon</a>For example if you include language:fr in your search terms it will just show results of posts in French. This is totally separate from the language filter system for timelines:➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages</a>

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