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

@mngrif That was a nice explanation and welcome.

Would you recommend locking down the account in that way? New here, just asking. 😺

@mngrif if your devices can support the HIGH, Japanese band channels 13, 14, it could be a good way around it too.

Some do, others not, switch them to Asia as wifi domain in their settings to enable high channels above 11.

@mngrif 5 GHz band comes in very hand in those situations; as long as your devices support it. 😔

2.4 GHz one is just too narrow.

Even with that Dual Band and the huge number of channels on 5 GHZ, some ass* is overlapping on mine.

@_lunawinters Glad to hear that, Aaditi. Have a good evening there - saturday morning here, cold but sun shining lifts our spirits. 😃

@freemo
On a quick visit, it seems a well laid out personal Blog, visually it's pretty, well done.

One of the articles I looked at:

https://nathawatbrothers.net/beware-facebook-users-because-it-will-not-continue-to-be-free/

...although I don't think FB would be able to charge personal users, they do milk advertising to the highest possible level.

Since they have awful privacy and cooperated blindly with political marketing in the past (2016 election US, Brexit campaign) I have been staying away.

@Narendra, welcome. You could place more information on your profile, and make some general posts, maybe a personal introduction.

This is a nice instance/server to be in. 😃

@users That spike around November 8 is fun to watch. 😏

Posts up too!

@mngrif It's funny how different countries have different denominations. A 20 cent coin is also available in #Europe, good in any of the countries using the Euro.

While here in Canada and the US, it's a quarter, 25 cents instead. 50 cent pieces do exist, but are very rare.

Quite the contrary in Europe, where they circulate widely.

New version upgrade for
@bluestacksinc@twitter.com BlueStacks Android emulator/environment for Windows systems.
... Installing, Thank you!

#slowly @slowlyapp@twitter.com Android version runs really well on this environment, have been using it so for 5 months or so. Even with the NEW Web version of the app, I still remain with the Android one, feels comfortable..

https://www.bluestacks.com/

https://www.getslowly.com/en/

@ShivaArahunashi ...of many more to come. 😉 Welcome, Shiva.

@reitrace

I would have to ask @freemo about glitchsoc. We have v.2.9.3 atm.

@lain

@reitrace
So Tusky allows you the large, up to the 24K characters per post permitted on your instance?

I have looked all over the settings and didn't find any controls for that.

Pity specially for Pinafore, which I really enjoy for the speed. Same 500 chars enforced post limit.

@lain

@qoto A CORRECTION is needed here -- as I have just learned and understand better the Privacy settings to messages.

On one of the posts above, I took as snapshot and described setting the Privacy choice to use for a group message.

In it I selected the "UNLISTED" mode, thinking it was the best, not showing on the public feeds - Local or Federated.

BUT --- it DOES allow the message to be sent to ALL of your followers (blowing away any privacy intention, and maybe annoying people). It ALSO shows the post in your Profile, to anyone curious enough to look there.

That's NOT good;

And upon reading a Guide by Mastodon's lead developer, I now think we should use the "DIRECT" message choice.

- it will have only ONE attribution, the group name we chose. In my example, "@qoto-bikers"

- it will send a message to Guppe, and the bot will process and send a DIRECT message to each person already subscribed to the group.

- Your message will NOT show on public feeds. It will NOT show on your profile either.

*This is Better * -- what we would need.

** Privacy details in the screenshot are from: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/

A good definition of what each type of Privacy setting on a Toot will result on.

Unlisted ? Private ? Direct Message ?

From https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/

Another user here had posted a link to this - it was on my open, To Read tabs and now I have checked it out. RECOMMENDED!!

And it's a Good Guide! Even after been using the fediverse pretty intensively for the past week, I learned a few things.

Like, what's the result of selecting UNLISTED as the privacy setting for a toot? (it does not show on the public Feed lists, as expected. However it DOES show in your own profile page! 😞 )

https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

@mngrif Port is lovely, haven't tried the Aussie stuff but it's probably good if you are enjoying it.

🍷 Cheers!

@iamo I would love to. 😄

Had some bread and homemade hummus, not as appetizing as that photo above but its what I had ready atm.

Have a good night!

@iamo Wow, now I *have* to go get something to eat. Looks delicious! 😄

@iamo I hope you feel better and things improve. Hard to find words, but it's my sincere wish. 🌻