@Dennis1212 Tilly needs cuddles while @mikmaqpeek is on a call. I hope someone will see to help, or I will help when Tilly allows.
@Dennis1212 This was intended to go to your post about getting your image, but it looks like you have it up. Having one hand full of doggie butt meant I hit the wrong thing.
@Romaq I have yet to figure out how to post a bio.
@Dennis1212 Are you using the mas.to website? I don't have an account there, but I suspect it's largely pretty much about like the server I'm on. On my website, under @Romaq, I have an "edit profile" button. Clicking it, the page has this:
Display name
Romaq
Bio
<blank>
@Romaq my settings don’t have that. 😱
@Dennis1212 I'm taking time to scroll around on mas.to a bit to see if I find anything useful there.
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/ is from the source of the Mastodon server. While your specific instance may be different, or you could even be using different skins on the same server... this is "The Official Documentation" for how your site should work. I hope.
@Romaq Thank you for your help. Should I have chosen a different server? I am not truly computer savvy. i.e. I can use it, but some terms are ??? You’ve helped a lot.☺️
@Dennis1212 I have a moment to answer the "which server" question. "On the whole / in general / all other things being equal..."
I think of Mastodon as being like email, only for mostly publicly intended micro blogs rather than mostly private messages. Thus I could answer your question by reframing it like this: Should I use Gmail? Windows Hotmail? Windows live mail? Yahoo email? I have email with Comcast, but I hate the company and I'd leave it if I could. Do I have to use that? Could I just set up my own email? Do I use Outlook or just do it all on their web page?
The answer to all the above is, "it depends, except when it doesn't matter."
If you know you will (or wish to) eventually leave Comcast, you can forward your email to a new email site of choice and even move the data itself to the new server. If you decide to change Mastodon instances (server), it's not a big deal, but it is about the deal you would expect if you changed your email made somewhat easier. Usually. And as you would expect, earlier is better than later. It is common enough, it would appear, that new people get started on one instance to find a different instance that has more suitable policies and they change to a more comfortable instance. More on policy at another time.
So to answer your question tl;dr, it depends, it isn't so big a deal.
I'm happy to help you where you are as best I can, but obviously I can help more if we were using the same instance with specifics. Just as obviously, friendly people on your instance should be available to help with specific questions about it you have. And again, just as obviously, if you can't get that help, it's a consideration if that's an instance you want to call "home."
@Dennis1212 Ugh... I'm working up an ear infection while trying to get sleep...
Relative to your "should I move instance " question, it's still back to "are you at home there?"
https://mastodon.social/@serenebabe/109402101902448458
That is one entry point into the very human side of Mastodon. I'm on qoto.org, more by accident than deliberate design. If I had evidence @/freemo were less than completely honest, I'd drop this instance and likely seek spacey.space. I would do so without hesitation or regret. I don't give a damn. I don't have to.
But what you see is the ugly side under the hood of the Mastodon mechanics. It's run by people. I don't know where mas.to stands on dropping qoto.org from the entry list over hate, lies, and petty jealousy. Had a been a week later, I would not have known about qoto.org. Had I come to know about the current kerfuffle, I'd have likely made enough of a pest of myself enough to get booted from whatever instance I was on. I saw one person claim they were booted just for asking about the situation.
"Mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
Where ever you want to go (figuratively speaking) with this info from here, I support your choice. This will likely have no effect on your enjoyment of Mastodon. I just get cranky over the oddest things.
@Dennis1212 There always are new things to learn, as you already know. With any system involving people, "Anything not explicitly forbidden is compulsory." Mastodon is no exception.
Mastodon Meta
https://qoto.org/@freemo/109405618861950255
More of the stuff going on. I'll stop stop bothering you with it after this, but on the "which instance" question, I'd be fussy about an instance that supports factual evidence over "QAnon-like" tactics of spreading hate and lies.
With the evidence presented thus far, it ain't @\freemo.
@Romaq good info. It helps me realize there is much yet to learn. I’ll keep trying.