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• Post #4491577

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “p․s․ Apparently the same scammer is also spamming people with messages claiming that they have won money in a 'pixelfed giveaway'․ This other spam has an image with a QR code in it that leads to a scammy website․There a…” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117074165592498343 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4362624

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you're interested in Fediverse platforms other than Mastodon, you might want to try out Friendica․Friendica looks a bit like Facebook from the early days, and supports very long posts without character limits․ Howeve…” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117032869303434188 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4300819

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Do you have any questions about using this place? Any question is fine, don't worry if it seems too simple, I'm especially wanting to help non-technical people on here. Put them in the replies (or DM if you prefer) and...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117015607195845088 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4294647

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “p.s. SocialDB.xyz also have a website which lists people from various social media platforms and implies that it represents them. As far as I can tell they don't actually represent anyone, they just scrape profiles and ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117010839905800104 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4287805

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “⚠️ Spammers from a site called SocialDB.xyz seem to be flooding Mastodon members with emails claiming to offer sponsorship opportunities (which is dubious to say the least). It's probably best to just ignore these email...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4276522

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “You can hide your Mastodon profile's follows and followers by editing your profile. Full guide here: ➡️ https:// fedi.tips/how-to-hide-your-fol lows-and-followers-in-mastodon They will still be visible to you whe...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116998633039776841 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4269741

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “p.s. FediMeteo hides its followers so that it doesn't give away anyone's location. You can hide your own follow lists too using the instructions at https:// fedi.tips/how-to-hide-your-fol lows-and-followers-in-mastod...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116994621954137419 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4263822

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “There is a weather service on the Fediverse called FediMeteo providing forecasts in your timeline for cities and towns around the world: 1. Go to https:// fedimeteo.com 2. Click your country 3. Click your town/...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116992548428005968 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4257164

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you're interested in starting your own Mastodon server or other kinds of online services, you might want to check out my other website: ➡️ https:// growyourown.services I've just revamped the site to feature ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116987043037718977 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4250687

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you are able to, it's really important to add alt text descriptions when posting an item of media on here 🙂 If you forget to add descriptions, there are two ways you can be reminded. Both methods are covered in thi...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116981633288577232 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4244429

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Write Freely is a minimalist blogging platform for the Fediverse, with a focus on the text itself. You can find out more on its website at: ➡️ https:// writefreely.org You can follow the official account at: ➡️...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116975978764224132 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4239085

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “p.s. The scammers are apparently messaging people about "suspicious activity" and "guideline violations" claiming that the victim's Mastodon account will be deleted if they don't verify their identity within 24 hours. T...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116968935639328405 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4231564

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “There's apparently scammers going round pretending to be Mastodon admins, demanding people "verify their identity". Do not click on their links, do not give them any info. It is a scam. Genuine Mastodon server admins n...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116968900069514763 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4224634

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Mastodon has a built-in system to prevent you seeing the same post boosted again and again. However, it allows boosts to reappear if 40 other posts have passed through your main timeline, and this is why you may see the ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116964828890854438 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4217353

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “There are only four ways that posts can appear in your main Mastodon timeline: - You follow the account that made the post - You follow an account that shared the post - You follow a hashtag that is included in the...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116958819010906730 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4209219

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you're following someone who posts interesting stuff but boosts way too often, you can mute just their boosts: 1. Go to the account's profile page 2. Click the ⋯ button 3. Click "Hide Boosts" Their own posts will ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116953416997651112 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4202894

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Are you following an account which you enjoy, but it overwhelms your timeline with frequent posts? You can use Mastodon's "Lists" feature to create separate themed mini-timelines, which helps to make your main timeline ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116948593733023738 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4195198

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “You don't need multiple accounts on here, because one account can interact with people on other servers. It's similar to the phone network, you can use one phone to call people on other providers. However, there are cert...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116942213508849047 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4187057

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “FitPub is a new fitness tracking platform for the Fediverse, sort of an alternative to Strava. You can follow their official account for more news: ➡️ @ fitpub There are also more details on FitPub's Codeberg pag...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116936155008618696 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4181174

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you're running a professional account which needs to crosspost to many social networks at once, there are paid services designed specifically for this purpose which include support for Mastodon: ➡️ https:// buffer...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116920067326002736 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4176142

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Do you want to write posts that are longer than 500 characters? If so you might want to consider moving your account to a server that supports longer posts. Here's a list of good, reliable servers that let you write lon...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116913589548256826 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4171616

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If there's a post in your timeline and you want to see the discussion thread that it comes from, just click on it. Clicking on a post in the timeline will take you to the thread view for that post, where you can see the...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116908301304627525 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4162065

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “There are many ways to use Mastodon through a desktop or laptop computer, including the official web interfaces, third party web interfaces and desktop apps. Here's a list: ➡️ https:// fedi.tips/desktop-apps-for-mas ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116897601141493079 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4157460

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “There are really important reasons why the Fediverse (including Mastodon) is spread out on thousands of fully independent servers: ➡️ https:// fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse -on-so-many-separate-servers There are...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116890896268242353 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #4153497

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “p.s. The reason this happens is that servers only fetch posts that people on their server want to see. This keeps server running costs low enough for anyone to set up their own server. There is a fix for blank profiles ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116885478875582206 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #3432031

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “I've made a couple of posters to promote the Fediverse, perhaps on community noticeboards, or at activist or tech events etc. I've left part of the posters blank so you can customise them with sources of info about the ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116823039153949219 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #3393511

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Many people have asked for these guides over the last few days, so here are the links in case anyone else needs them: How to discover people to follow on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse https:// fedi.tips/how-do-i-...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116806876392137327 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #3368067

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “Is there an account you follow whose posts are particularly important to you? You can make sure you never miss their posts by activating post notifications: 1. Log into your server's website 2. Go to the profile page ...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116789808212630256 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.

• Post #3365747

  Follow me for tips on the #fediverse and using your https://privacysafe.social account! 💗

• Post #3346496

  🔆 #FediTips for https://PrivacySafe.Social & the #fediverse “If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords. This will just show results for posts you have interacted with. If you want to search just your own po...” https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116772247397817934 🤖 via RSS feed. Your Mileage May Vary.