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Hm - following someone on another server is incredibly easy for me? I look at the Fediverse feed now, see a message that looks interesting to me, click on the a
by ljosifov 4y ago
Hm - following someone on another server is incredibly easy for me? I look at the Fediverse feed now, see a message that looks interesting to me, click on the author's username, and then click "Follow". What am I missing?
- roywiggins 4y agoIf someone hands you (outside of Mastodon) a Mastodon handle on a different instance or a link to their profile, it's not obvious how to follow them. (the way to do it is to paste it into the Search box of your mastodon instance)
- Kye 4y agoWhy wouldn't you just ask the person who gave it to you how to use it? I've always been there to answer questions when introducing people to new technology. I know I had to walk people through emailing me back in the 90s. It's no different. What kind of Johnny Appleseed jackass is strolling around telling people their handle and skipping out before telling them how to use it?
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- ljosifov 4y agoOn the web interface: I paste the handle in the Search box under my Home page, click the search button. The user is found, I click on the hit, user's page appears in the right-most pane, I click on Follow. In the Tusky App: top right corner is Search, tap on it, paste the handle in the search box, tap to the ACCOUNTS tab (have forgotten couple of times to do that! - default tab is POSTS), then press Enter, the user is found, tap on the hit, tap on Follow. Not that different to any other similar social service (TW, FB) tbh. If anything - Twitter search I've found harder to navigate in the past. Fwiw - Twitter and Mastodon are different, there is no one-to-one replacement. I've been using both, there are pros and cons. Twitter has superior SNR for my interests.