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

@redcolumbine
I love the double entendre.

TY! 😺

@realcaseyrollins It's on birdsite too...

@realcaseyrollins Being the idea originator, I have got the ball rolling.

Think it would be very useful, so I just wrote mine.

A long post, used the Discourse Forum here at Qoto.org to post it. Easier to read than a series of Toots, I can use Bold and Italics text formatting, etc.

Overall, I would rate my Instance, Qoto.org as a 4.5 Stars (out of 5).

Full reasoning here: https://discourse.qoto.org/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-rate-my-instance/130/3

It's fresh off the press. Might edit later after re-reading, if needed.

#RateMyInstance is now a thing, Add yours!

@freemo I wish Mastodon would support the html img tag directly.

Discouse does it well. Just posted a new thread there and bam, instant pic, hosted here at masto, no sweat.

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-rate-my-instance/130

Idea, Fediverse.

Is there such a thing as RateMyInstance ??

Searched for a hashtag and did not find one. I think we users could take this and provide feedback, ideas to others of what our home instances are like.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly parts even. Just like the Spaghetti Western. 😉

What you all out there think? This could be a grass roots started thing.

#RateMyInstance is needed!

#mastotips #newusers

Great fun to see my Mastodon post, the original above, crossing over there via Birdsite Firefox extension.

TW post is at https://twitter.com/design_RG/status/1204119845152972800

This BBC News article (which I saw on birdsite) is the Reason I am here today.

Thank you, BBC!!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-india-50343054

Screenshots via James Wilson, @jameswils https://twitter.com/jamewils/status/1192736311406411777

@freemo Ours used to have a toy train, which could be turned on ocassion. The boys loved it, sicne they were little.

The cats, they played with these too.

I think accepting defeat and being phylosophical is a good way to go, yes. 😜

@freemo I did a bing search, found the docs.joinmastodon.org guides, but they do not mention any ways to post an image link directly.

Maybe something to ask for, to be added to Mastodon in future.

I hate adding another copy of a file to our server, and the many ones who will get the message. Silly waste of storage.

@freemo Yes, I think you are right. They do seem to have a nerve for those things.

@freemo Testing that...

https://discourse.qoto.org/images/discourse-logo-sketch.png

^---- is shown as a link only. Bummer.

<img src="https://discourse.qoto.org/images/discourse-logo-sketch.png">

Not usual for me to ask, but... A quick question.

Any way to post an image in a toot without having to upload the image into the message or copy/paste into it?

Tried <img src:" " tag and it doesn't convert to an image.

Reason for asking - hate to be re-uploading and taking space on servers with multi copies of same thing. TY.

@freemo LOL.... 😜

We had always damage with our kitties attacking the xmas tree. A fully caged one might work, but it looks funny.

@teknonomicon I have observed that behaviour too. And then they look at you shocked, when if declare it's a bad law and should be changed, abolished or just plain ignored.

Society is slow to change, and the people in power use this to their advantage.

But, the rule of Law!

@realcaseyrollins @maison_faim

@Curator runs a nice instance, Art focused.

Admission by invite, but I think if you ask nicely... (send DM)

LOLZ.... 😝👍🐈

#catsrule #mastocats #catsofmastodon #CatsOfTwitter #meow #xp
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I'm so over the cats chewing on/ jumping in the christmas tree 😐 the internet's given me a few solutions, which one to use... 🤔😄 why do cats hate christmas?! 😂
https://twitter.com/Jfayepaints/status/1203745817322041345

For Halloween this year, lucky Rolf of Warwick and Sherry both dressed up in Style.

"Kiki's Delivery Service" is one of my most loved #anime by Studio #Ghibli . Superb drawing and story lines. #catsofmastodon #cats #meow #mastocats #xp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service
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I just found out that my friend Sherry is going to look after me on the evening of Halloween ag…
https://twitter.com/RolfatWarwick/status/1188415948878942208