*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

And a good diplomat and Jedi Consular that I am, now we celebrate a marked improvement in a fellow and friendly instance.

We had a conversation this morning (it's still ongoing, with many other participants, various topics. No shit, great!)

But I stepped out to register a Qapla! (success in Klingon) moment.

Tom has listened, and is implementing changes, that in my opinion make his instance a better one.

I am giving his my #Instance Recommendation seal of approval -- details and reasons in my full formatted post at :

https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104292642888514547

Thanks Tom! #FediReporter out.

Leonie, who is the admin of a nice instance I appreciate -- https://Koyu.space/about/

...has posted a nice idea this morning, screenshot added here.

That we should have a new hashtag, #InstanceAdminDay :

* to offer thank yous and appreciation for the work, expense and effort they pour in to keep these services running.
* many times covering the costs out of their pockets.
* and mostly not shown the recognition for all of that

I think it's a GREAT idea, and fully support that. I wrote a Long post here yesterday, showing similar appreciation for the unique openness shown by our local Qoto.org admin and founder.

I also posted a nice LP (my usual is Long Form, as you know), just a few minutes ago, showing appreciation for Nolan Lawson's work, as both a fedi admin and author of an outstanding client.

As an active and opinionated #FediReporter who was dismayed by recent events, including the attacks on Leonie's personal reputation by despicable people, I am joining this.

Let's make it happen. Show some love and kudos to your favourite admins and site staff.

Thanks for all your work, Leonie.

Koyu.space is a wonderful instance, I recommend it to any discerning user looking for a nice Glitch-Social instance.

@koyu 's OP is at : https://koyu.space/@koyu/104291205207421914

@gawrsh We all started at some point, and are in the journey, there's always more to be learned if we are open to it, so you are on the good path!

I hope you found a good guide to get you started, as I did (via a Bing search) - I only joined the Fediverse on November 9 last Year or so.

You might not need it anymore, but I just recently laid down at did a careful read of the Guide I always recommend here. My conclusion is, that it's still a great one, I haven't found a better guide, and I used to search for them. To complement my knowledge and to have references to recommend to others.

This is the one :

"If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235 "

I am thrilled that you are taking these recent Blog posts and discovering the wonder of finding new and unknown, unexplored places to see -- as I do love that as well.

Before that, I had been in many other places over time, and even wrote some blog pages telling the stories (I love story telling, and have a good amount of memories to use).

For reference, when you have a quiet time and want to relax, those are informative and related to Fediverse and what came before it.

* The Fediverse Reminds me So much of Fidonet! : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/the-fediverse-reminds-me-so-much-of-fidonet

* Joining the Internet in the Mid 90's : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/joining-the-internet-in-the-mid-90s

* Storytime - How I got Started in Computer Networking : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/story-time-how-i-got-started-in-computer-networking

If you enjoy these, there are other pages with topics that are more recent, like instances being blocked, which instance to choose. I can refer those when you are ready. Well - just one more! 😃

* Is it Important, which Instance you are In? : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/is-it-important-which-instance-you-are-in

[ in response to a Status here : https://qoto.org/@gawrsh/104287134997540126 ... but posted at the top level for exposure ]

#QotoJournal #KoyuJournal #FediReporter #Networking #Culture #Tech #Cyberpunk

* Crossposting, and Surprises Happened... *

Very recently I started thinking hard about moving - from a Mastodon instance to an alternative platform with more features. I have enjoyed this process, and wrote about it yesterday :

Muensterland.Social – a new Instance joined -- https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/muensterland-social-a-new-instance-joined.

After staying up late one night, I had found a good instance, created and configured my account. Then on to bed, it was late.

Next day, as part of making it a productive account, I went on to configure a **Crossposter** for it.

That is the Topic of today's Blog : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/crossposting-and-surprises-happened

... and it had some surprising results.

#FediReporter #Qoto #QotoJournal

* Does it Matter, what Instance you Use ? *

It most certainly DOES, for me it's a huge consideration. As the results I can achieve vary, and so do the local resources at hand...

# Case in Point - the impact of Higher Visibiltiy Text

Using enhanced text is common practice in most fields of communications. I have been yearning for it -- see the screenshot below, a post made 3 min ago, at an instance that does support #MarkDown text format.

#GlitchSocial in that case, a #Pleroma user could also do the same without trouble.

# What is Special here :

* Bold, Italicized and Underline styles applied to text.

* UGLY naked URL link addresses, do you see any? Nope, and there are 4 Live linked places in that Toot. (that is not counting the hashtags either.)

* A TITLE that shows, it's called a Heading in html parlance. The Title at the top is formatted as H1, the largest one possible. Code used to force that? One single character. A "#', followed by a space. Done. H1 title.

The Mastodon developers have received suggestions, requests and CODE contributions directly to their own Git Hub base; yet, it has been denied acceptance.

Well, I want it, and will use it. Elsewhere, until Qoto possibly joins the cutting edge too.

OP of screen-captured post -- https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104283408759473284

#FediReporter on the prowl... #Qoto

The Funniest part of this -- for me anyways, was HOW did this end up here, OMG ??

Not intentional, at all. But for good in the end; I am REALLY committed to leaving #mastodon behind and moving to better platforms.

#GlitchSocial is one, #Pleroma is another, I have account in BOTH and love their added features, design improvements, many, many new things.

#pleromafe is bit unusual for a mastodon user - but it HAS a second choice of Client; many pleroma instances have the GlitchSocial Web client as an option, sometimes as a link in their Front pages even.

These notes soon to appear in a polished Web Magazine at my blog site. I developed various pages there as extensions of toots and conversations had in various instances; one of the reasons I love having various accounts and always looking for interesting ones to try. #FediReporter I am...

# Heading 1 : So How did this post end up here, unexpectedly ?

The real screenshot snippet in OP above is jsut part of the Tabs Overload in my current browser (#Waterfox Current always).

And I HAD been intensively searching for a list (non-existant, afaik) of GlitchSocial instances. They tendo to be blended in with generic mastodon ones (no thanks), so it was quite a chore.

[ parenthesis : I WILL provide that as soon as possible, there is a need ]

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## Heading 2 : And then, what happened ?

My search went into late last night.

* By that time I had found a nice one, created an account and started trying things out.
* Looking good, the basics taken care or, some notes and screenshots saved.
* off to bed, near 3 am.
* Hello again, coffee and we get into it. Configuring a crossposter for the new account, next...

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## Heading 2 : Crossposting ?

Yep. As in, moving posts and content from one network to another. I do enjoy that, there's no denying that there's GOOD stuff in every one. Some are plagued by bad actors, arses and other undesirables.

But, there's The Economist, BBC News, Scientific American, THe Guardian and NY Times --- full feeds with quality content I love. Plus, Cats. Lots. 😺

All of those I can chose to share with #fedi friends; easy, with a crossposter.

* for this, my Qoto.org account, I use Moa Bridge, as it is agnostic and doesn't mind my instance name. Recommended for #qoto people. Simple and barebones, functional, a little less explained than the other options --- https://moa.party/

* if your instance is NOT objected by the hosting iinstance, a BETTER and EASIER to configure tool is available - the awesome Crossposter created by Renato Lond at his Brazilian instance.

Rightfully seen as a top notch tool, it has all the controls, works magnificently, fast and has PRETTIER output. Yep. I love it, and use it if the account is acceptable. See it at : https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/

There are possibly others, and I welcome suggestions and reports from their users, if desired.

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## Heading 2 : And HOW did it get here, that OP above ?

Yeah, you see, you can configure your crossposter of Choice to use a Keyword.

* Moa defaults to '#moa' and '#xp'. The shorter one is easy peasy to remember and only takes 3 chars on the freaking limited Twitter char count. So, I of course use it.

* Renato's tool allows your choice of keywords (yeay for user friendliness!). Sicne I am always busy, '#xp'is a nice one. Ooops.

...that explains, the surprise appearance of this OP above, here at Qoto. Woot ? was my first response on gettign a reply notification to it -- I hadn't posted here, or intended to.

* but the original post at https://muensterland.social/ , had the xp tag. Intended to bring it into Twitter, which I intended to.
* regardless of my forgetting, Moa is watching for that tag too, and bam! wham! off to Qoto it goes, when it shows in my Twitter stream.

...Moral of the Story - be careful with your keywords, as unexpected results do occur.

A revision is in order, after I copy and make this into Today's Web Magazine post.

At your friendly #FediReporter home at #TeDomum -- https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

#QotoJournal #webstories #Fediverse #Culture

#wordCount : 718 words, 4,044 characters used. Thank you qoto.org for a HIGH limit allowance.

Adding a Big Thank you to those of you who found, favourited and Boosted this Status.

Plus, the ones who chose to follow me, this humble scribe and opinionated #FediReporter -- Welcome.

Interesting that Eugen is now starting a new Mastodon instance -- just found on joinmastodon.org.

...where I was pleasantly surprised to find a GlitchSocial instance too, Koyu.space. 👍

The neat image on Eugen's new instance instantly reminded me of Rio De Janeiro. 😃

https://mastodon.online/about

* No Crossposting from Twitter here.
* 500 characters gotta be enough (not)

But I am glad there's an alternative to the Mothership m.social.

#instances #news #mastodon #FediReporter