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.

#FediTips #Mastodon

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 a hashtag 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 a hashtag 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

#FediTips #Hashtags

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.

#FediTips #Mastodon

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 a hashtag 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 a hashtag 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

#FediTips #Hashtags