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If your organisation needs to be on many social networks at once, there are paid social management services which include support for Mastodon such as Buffer at buffer.com/mastodon and Publer at publer.com

However, if you just want to schedule your Mastodon posts you don't need to use commercial services. Mastodon has its own built-in free open scheduling system available through third party apps (more info at fedi.tips/scheduling-posts-on-).

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If you want to add extra security to your Mastodon account, you can optionally use "Two-Factor Authentication" (2FA). When you have this feature activated, even if someone else finds out your password they will be unable to log into your account.

There is a complete guide to activating 2FA on Mastodon here:

➡️ fedi.tips/using-two-factor-aut

This guide also answers lots of common questions about two-factor authentication 🙂

fedi.tipsUsing Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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The most common questions asked by new people on here seem to be about how to make more connections with other accounts. Here are a couple of guides that might help:

How do I discover accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse?
➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accoun

How do I make my own account and posts more discoverable?
➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-fo

You don't have to do all the suggestions on the lists, but the more you do the more effectively you'll make connections with others.

fedi.tipsHow do I discover accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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Account verification works totally differently on the Fediverse. The most popular method is to link to your own website from your profile and then use Mastodon's verification system to prove you own the site. Once the link is verified it turns green to prove you're the owner.

There are complete instructions for verifying your account at:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-a

If it doesn't work, there are also lots of troubleshooting tips in the same guide, below the instructions.

fedi.tipsHow do I verify my account on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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Is there any way to set up automatic cross-posting between 2 separate Mastodon accounts (on different instances)? All I can find is tools that let you cross-post to other platforms like Bluesky, X, etc. 🤔

I can only think of maybe 2 specific use cases myself, so perhaps no one's bothered to make a tool for this... Or maybe I'm missing some really obvious solution? 😄

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@stman
Can you please do me a favour and stop flooding my @mentions? I used to do this to everyone I talked to at length too. Until someone pointed out to me that it can be avoided, by only including @mentions in the first post of a thread. I'll click on it to check context before replying, especially if I see a number like 1/9 or 1/? (which is why my threads always have these).

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