⚠️ Scam alert: if anyone ever asks you to "temporarily change" the email address on your Mastodon account, DO NOT DO THIS. There is currently a scammer posing as a server admin telling people to temporarily change their Mastodon account's email to an address supplied by the scammer. This is a scam, don't do it. Real admins will NEVER ask you to do this. You can see examples of this scam in the thread at

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(Thanks @npub1t8ve...k9sj for the warning about this! 🙏 ) #FediTips

You can pin posts to your Mastodon profile if you are using Mastodon's web interface, Mastodon's web app or a third party Mastodon app: 1. Go to one of your posts which you want to pin 2. Click ⋯ on that post 3. Select "Pin" You can unpin a post by repeating this but selecting "Unpin". Lots more info about pinning posts on Mastodon at

How do I pin posts on my Mastodon profile? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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The lack of a "Pin" option on the official apps is yet another reason to switch to an alternative:

Which Mastodon apps can I use? Should I use the official app or a third party app? Are there other options? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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- If you ever forget your Mastodon server's name, you can look it up by searching your email for the word "Mastodon". This will show your sign-up email which includes the name of your server. - If you ever forget your Mastodon password, go to your Mastodon server's website, click "Sign In" and then "Forgot your password". - If you have any problems with signing in, contact your server admin via the email address on your server's website. More details at

How do I contact the people who run my server? How do I find out what my server’s rules are? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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If you're recommending Mastodon and the wider Fediverse to organisations, friends, family or colleagues, don't worry if they say no. You have done something really important simply by making them aware of it as an option. Most people and organisations don't immediately try stuff they hear about. Usually they need to hear it mentioned by a few different sources before they actually try it. By being one of those sources, you're nudging them closer to actually trying it 👍 #Fediverse #Mastodon

You can use Mastodon's filters feature to hide posts containing particular words, phrases, hashtags, links or emoji. There's a guide to using it at: ➡️

Filtering your Mastodon timeline to automatically hide posts containing certain words, phrases, hashtags, links or emoji | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

If you specifically want to block hashtags: - Make sure the filter for the tag has the "whole word" option UN-ticked (not ticked). If this is ticked it may not work against tags. - Don't include the #, just write the tag's word on its own. - If the tag is a phrase, write it all in one word without spaces. #FediTips

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