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

@nyetoots

Interesting, thank you for the post. Do you have a link to the course, or is it locked behind paywalls?

@freemo

* 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

@Sphinx

Forgot to mention that, as I documented and commented with Freemo, this is working perfectly at Koyu.space - - so it's something to do with out css files for the AWI themes.

Jeff will be looking at the possibilty of installing some of the Glitch Social code next time he does an upgrade here -- which is much easier to do and for users base than a full switch to Pleroma and a huge Database that probably needs careful conversion to new platform.

@freemo

@Sphinx I responded at a new topic -- so it would allow me to take the screenshots near the pencil as you requested.

See this : https://qoto.org/@design_RG/104283201865352463

@Sphinx Here's a snapshot of how the new Toot Editor appears when I click in the Pencil icon.

There is a Bug -- which I noticed and mentioned to @freemo, in that if there's an image in the area, it will Overlay the Editor - which is not supposed to happen.

* Screenshot # 1 is when all is working well.

* Screenshot # 2 is showing the same toot editor, the one I am writing this on, I just slid the Slider on the Left Panel down.

And a freaking big photo hid my editor. Arghh.

This has happened, and the Client layout is SO Functional otherwise that I have been putting up with it for months -- there's NO better way to use my screen for me, for posts that I do.

I like Long Form text, and the defaults are sub-standard, to be polite.

I have posted and will try to get someone from the #Pleroma, #GlitchSocial dev teams to look at this idea and consider supporting it.

My belief is that it is a Very Functional and elegant use of a wide screen display. And, for #Writers a Boom to productivity.

2 screenshots attached. #mastodev #QotoJournal #UX #UI

[Full Size Screenshot at another topic for general idea](https://muensterland.social/system/media_attachments/files/000/161/500/original/68838e85f82328fe.jpg?1591225412)

@zleap Yes, that is my view too.

And if we organize as users, we can make things happen.

@rgx@muensterland.social @Sphinx --- see the post above.

#MarkDown goodness -- you CAN'T do that in Mastodon vanilla.

@Sphinx > can i ask what's special about this instance?

Yes -- and there is a reason both me and Casey are looking for a nice GS instance.

See my blog for today ---v

** Blog page at https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/muensterland-social-a-new-instance-joined

@realcaseyrollins

@realcaseyrollins Hei!!!

Look who's got a new account. Hello friend!

Me too - and just posted a nice blog talking about it.

Blog page at https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/muensterland-social-a-new-instance-joined

@hansw@mastodon.social GS has a feature to add a regular expression at the top of one of the panels -- run time filtering it for a selected term.

This is quite neat, I noticed it but not sure if mastodon has that already or not.

@hansw@mastodon.social

> Never mind, read it already 🙂

LOL... You are doing much better than the crowd knocking at our instance's fron door, and leavign blank the requested information; sometimes even putting in a query "what's Stem? "

... and we dutifully reject tons of similar applications daily. (I am quite pleased to leave out the spammers, vendors of sex services, non prescription viagra, etc.)

Our awesome @users graphs even show clear evidence of when one of us in staff gets up in the morning -- a VERTICAL drop in user count as we zap all the unsuccessful applicants.

Screenshot attached.

@freemo

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.

@freemo

Thank you, I appreciate it.

I get HUGE notifications every time I go into Twitter and start relaying back my favourite photos. There's many cat accounts there, and some are following mine, we enjoy it.

As do the many, many people who add Follows to my account all the time I do a Cats run. 😛

Clearly, it's appreciated.

But - I am quite happy to provide that Filtering Guide for anyone who is not interested in Felines. They have the choice of clearing all of my posts in that by hashtag (about 460 currently or so, more coming).

@hansw@mastodon.social

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.

@hansw@mastodon.social Which reminds me...

...that very likely I could be perceived as the local annoying user. 😺

But, I have a social conscience and am polite enough to show those who might despise a substantial part of my content here, just HOW to get rid of it.

Easily, in detail Guide. Pinned at top of my profile, easy to find.

https://qoto.org/@design_RG/104008634212142181

#qoto #cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow

@hansw@mastodon.social yes, I like and use Filters too.

And have documented them, via a series of guide posts, a another instance where crossposting from TW by an obnoxious user there was a real annoyance.

Got many thank you messages back for that! 😜

OP there : https://todon.nl/@rgx/103479066168624293

Screenshots show :

1. Filter configuration to remove annoying posts (a LOT, actually).

2. Results shown in Local timeline ("Filtered")

A relevant post, in my opinion.

I believe the choice of ignoring, Muting and Blocking content and Users, remote instances is BEST dealt with by the User him/herself.

Mastodon HAS this built in, ANY user can do it. I consider it one of the great features of #Fediverse, as compared to corporate networks (TW, FB and others).

Follow link in Quote below for full post, part of a related discussion, ongoing. Thank you.

@freemo

> Some of the app makers have since removed those blocks

I am glad to know that -- as that should be at the user's discretion. Otherwise it's Censorship.

To be absolutely clear -- I personally BLOCK all content from gab and affiliates, a personal user decision which is open to ANY fediverse user (depending on their platform, slightly different ways to implement).

I am not a flag bearer for free speech, considering an inherent human right, but the limiting of user options in the clients is wrong headed, imo. You opinion is probably different, but no offense meant or taken.

We could just ignore these fringes, blocking individual users or instances as needed in case of conflict.

Says me, a free thinker, opinionated and #FediReporter via my blog.

#QotoJournal worthy theme and mention.

@isolategab @arteteco @realcaseyrollins