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

@realcaseyrollins I haven't seen any yet. Did you post them here with the Qoto account?

@cowanon @evaristus @freemo

It's easy, as freemo described. Present in all user profile dot menus. Screenshot here for one.

@realcaseyrollins Couldn't tell, have you posted any pics yet? 😺

look at them kitties... #cats #mastocats #meow

@chikara Very nice work, Cikara, thank you for sharing it. 👍

@chikara That is so neat, I had never heard about it. Thank you, Chikara!

I love the rice paper lanterns, a Japanese and Chinese invention, the light they give is so soft and gentle. Relaxing for a quiet time at home.

@thegibson @lordbowlich This site also has other books by Jack Kerouac.

https://bookfrom.net/jack-kerouac/

@thegibson @lordbowlich

And here is a full copy of "On The Road" to be read online only.. for people on the road. 😉

https://bookfrom.net/jack-kerouac/33701-on_the_road.html

@thegibson @lordbowlich

Some amazing thoughts, loved the first post, thanks TG for boosting it.

adding a book link for reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road

#travel #slowly enjoy the journey.

@freemo
We do have some extras here that are very helpful -- the Full Text Search for example, I do find posts very quickly with a couple of well chosen words.

That is sadly missing in many instances, and makes keeping track or content much harder.

I do like some of the added features on GlitchSoc -- if you even have spare time and feel like messing around with the current setup a bit. 😛

Like:

* a trully "Local ONLY" feed - where posts are not federated at all, staying in house only.

(allowing banter and chat and keeping fed feeds clean)

* Bookmarks! They have them. And so does Masto 3.x.x, which incorporated their new feature code.

* a slick additional user control
"Applications control" as shown in screen cap attached.

Screens from hackers.town, which is running :

"Glitchsoc is free open source software forked from Mastodon. You can contribute or report issues on GitHub at glitch-soc/mastodon (v2.9.2+glitch)."

@drdej555 @rgx@nerdica.net

@Deepaksinghdaiya Hello Deepak, and welcome to Qoto.

Enjoy the network and all it has to offer. If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

Any question, just ask, and someone will try and help out.

Have a good day!

@PunaisetPimpulat
Nie post, good thoughts.

Mastodon is still under active development, and new features can and will be added in the future.

If people see a need and advocate for it, there's a chance a fix or extension might happen.

Or that we can use another platform that is also federated and interacts with mastodon instances.

I have seen some exquisite posts coming from other platforms, like European Discord instances, Friendica shows there in my feed and account there.

And there are others I haven't even got to visiting and looking around at yet.

I think we should look around and have more than one place, ideally other accounts and services that are connected to fediverse, and by their nature, allows the type of content or posting you are interested in.

I am beginning to write a blog and spent some time searching and evaluating alternatives, think I have one I like now.

There I could consolidate things that happen in spontaneous posts here, and are quickly covered up with never ending new posts.

Friendica is a bit similar to Facebook. Masto is to twitter. Write.freely is the blogging platform.

There are places for video, for music, file sharing. Very very rich, our fediverse.

@kosame

In response by a post by Dr. DeJahang, posting it on the Local feed directly as it is of general interest.

"Hi Moderators/experts, Admin team at QOTO we have all at more button and only edit is missing" by @drdej555

Yes, and that's by design. The developers of Mastodon created it so; in that sense it is similar to Twitter. No editing there either.

Here we do have a quick work around, if you notice a glitch or typo soon after sending in a post.

you can click the Dots menu at the post's bottom right edge, and select Delete / Redraft from there.

This will delete the post (which is already sent out to other instances, but will be recall/deleted there too), and better yet -- it copies the FULL current post content to the Toot Editor window.

You can make any changes desired and Toot it again.

Any replies, favourites or boosts received by the post will be orphaned, lost -- so this is best done very quickly after posting, not later or a day after.

Another possibility is to use a different platform which is also Federated - I am thinking of Friendica, where I have a test account, and which is more like Facebook in looks and functionality..Friendica allows :

* post editing, anytime you want.
* text formatting.
* sorting feeds by time, or by personal mentions, etc.

It does allow following mastodon accounts, replying and fully interacting with them.

I made a thread of my testing and observations about Friendica here : https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103178433671988813

Main Friendica site: https://friendi.ca/

me at Friendica : @rgx@nerdica.net

@drdej555 Thank you for the post!

May I suggest something? I find that longer posts do work better for me if I use a CW, content warning on them.

That keeps the post small on the flowing Feed streams, and selecting a good Content Warning message is key to bringing people in to expand it and look at the full post.

We are competing for readers with many other posts and stimuli. A good CW text, one that gets people curious, interested is a good approach.

Selecting an image to go along with it too -- color, size, content related to the post.

I enjoy the editing process and selecting these to see best results.

Hope you don't mind, just thoughts of a fellow active writer. Have a good day!

@drdej555 ...which? ours here?

@biologyshyology Wow.

That is got to be seen!

https://gfycat.com/negligiblefrighteningbongo-nature-snake

@freemo @arteteco @Surasanji @mngrif
Wonderful idea! I like it. The Forum is not very well know here, but can be a place to organize and leave more permanent markers - thinks we can point users at, etc.

Second the motion! 🆗

If it was possible to pass account authorization from mastodon to Discourse that could open the doorr and improve participation.

The forum is a bit sparse and visually different from my past experiences, but I like forums a lot. Willing to push it for growth. 👍

It does allow text formatting, longer posts, editing...

@_lunawinters

And I thank you back, for letting me know that what I do, with sincere heart, has a meaningful impact.

❤️ Thanks Aaditi.

You should consider learning a bit about Buddhism. I am fascinated by it, although I have never pursued it, so far.

It is not a religion in the traditional sense, and I find it profound.
@IshaKaushik@mastodon.social