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If you're looking for people to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse, see here for tips:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#HowDoIFindPeopleToFollow
If you're wanting to get more followers, see here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#HowDoIGetMoreFollowers
(Sorry if you've seen these before, but half the queries I get right now seem to be about these two things!)
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I am not sure what you mean? You can reply by just clicking reply, follow by just clicking follow. That's how I am replying to your post right now.
Do you mean if you're viewing an "original page" hosted by another server?
Graze is a closed source extension so it's harder to tell what it does.
I'd prefer FediAct which is open source and does the same thing, I did a post about it a while ago:
FediAct for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fediact/
FediAct for Chrome
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fediact/lmpcajpkjcclkjbliapfjfolocffednm
Yavuz Selim
The web version and the many apps made for Mastodon are somewhat frustrating to use.
The web version always shows the full profile with all the posts, but it's not easy to reply to posts or follow users that are on another instance.
In the apps, it's the other way around. Profiles and posts are not fully loaded, but it's easier to reply and follow.
I've discovered the browser extension Graze (https://social.jaredzimmerman.com/@jaredzimmerman/109582075681315233) that at least makes following, boosting and favoriting easier.
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You can just click the reply button below a post to reply to someone in the browser. It works pretty much the same as the app.
I've attached a screenshot.
The dialogue box you're seeing is probably because you've opened a post on a remote site instead of within your own server's browser interface. If you log in through your server (which for you is https://geveze.social) you will be able to reply just like on the app.
Yavuz Selim
I can reply to you without issues when I use an app. However, when I use a browser, I need to copy/paste the URL of the post to the search field of my Mastodon instance (because we are on different instances).
See attached screenshot for the screen that I get when I try to reply to you via the browser. Same story for when I click on 'follow'.
Thanks for mentioning FediAct, will check that out.
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It's not a workaround, it's the main way you are meant to use the browser :)
You'll find other servers' accounts and posts within your own server's web interface through the various discovery methods such as searches, tag following and the Explore tab.
If you want to browse another server's website directly, either use a browser extension or copy/paste the URL of a post or profile into the search box on your own server's website. Neither of these involves dialogue boxes.
Yavuz Selim
Ah, yes, the workaround. Yes, you are right, I made that discovery a few days ago.
Indeed, when I browse Mastodon through my own instance and happen to find your post, I can indeed reply.
However, the easiest method for me is to just go to the explore/local/federated pages of other instances directly. I can find much more doing it that way, and that's also how I found your original post.
I just opened the explore page of a large instance, and just randomly saw your post.
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Ahh, okay, I understand now!
Yeah, single user instances are a bit tougher for discovery, yes. The browser extension option does sound best there ?
Yavuz Selim
> "However, the easiest method for me is to just go to the explore/local/federated pages of other instances directly."
What I meant with this is discovering new users and content.
I have a single user instance, which means that I need to interact with others before my instance gets some content from other instances. Hard to find new content without interaction, basically.
But the downside of directly browsing an instance is that the reply and follow buttons don't work.
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Friendica is nothing to do with Fedi Finder.
I don't recommend Fedi Finder at all.
Patrick O'Beirne
@feditips you mention Friendica. I saw one called Fedi Finder but it asked a whole lot of inappropriate and intrusive personal questions.
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