I think I just had THE fediverse moment:Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video.
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@hikingdude @elperronegro Very nice! But I somehow can't figure out how to follow a Loops account from Mastodon.
Any pointers?
@slothrop @hikingdude Strange. I managed to follow my loops account through Mastodon without a problem. Try entering the whole URL into the search facility on Mastodon (ie https://loops.video/@elperronegro)
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@hikingdude @elperronegro Very nice! But I somehow can't figure out how to follow a Loops account from Mastodon.
Any pointers?
@slothrop @elperronegro@shmg.online
Uh, just click on the profile or the video above and hit follow? Doesn't that work for you?
@elperronegro@loops.videoI'm using the Mastodon client and it really was that easy.
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RE: https://loops.video/v/cegwblCMED
@MishaVelthuis you can actually quote loops here, you knew?
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@hikingdude @_elena I was explaining this very thing to a friend who was a fediverse skeptic.
And… he didn't get why this is the best thing, ever for social media.
I just told my wife "like if you scroll through Instagram and see YouTube there as well".
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RE: https://loops.video/v/cegwblCMED
@MishaVelthuis you can actually quote loops here, you knew?
@sunnythesheep @adipoeserPursch @hikingdude
Yes! I originally posted that as a quote, and it showed up as a quote, but then I edited the post (I added "Another one!") and then it stopped showing up as a quote. Maybe on Mastodon the link to the other post has to be the last line of the post for it show up as a quoted post?
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@sunnythesheep @adipoeserPursch @hikingdude
Yes! I originally posted that as a quote, and it showed up as a quote, but then I edited the post (I added "Another one!") and then it stopped showing up as a quote. Maybe on Mastodon the link to the other post has to be the last line of the post for it show up as a quoted post?
@MishaVelthuis for what I can see:
- you didn't actually quote the first time either, but just linked it externally. There's different ways on Mastodon to quote. Copy-pasting the URL is one of them, but sometimes the preview doesn't load, then it'll become just an external link, once posted. Solution: try pasting again in the edit window.
- and yes, quoting a quote doesn't actually show the original post as a quote, but always only the last one in the "chain".
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@hikingdude @_elena I'll wear him down. I am nothing if not relentless.
The #Fediverse has given me so much - so many wonderful connections all around the world. -
@MishaVelthuis for what I can see:
- you didn't actually quote the first time either, but just linked it externally. There's different ways on Mastodon to quote. Copy-pasting the URL is one of them, but sometimes the preview doesn't load, then it'll become just an external link, once posted. Solution: try pasting again in the edit window.
- and yes, quoting a quote doesn't actually show the original post as a quote, but always only the last one in the "chain".
@MishaVelthuis I also checked: your instance social.edu.nl is running on Mastodon v4.5.5, so it SHOULD support quotes already.
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@MishaVelthuis for what I can see:
- you didn't actually quote the first time either, but just linked it externally. There's different ways on Mastodon to quote. Copy-pasting the URL is one of them, but sometimes the preview doesn't load, then it'll become just an external link, once posted. Solution: try pasting again in the edit window.
- and yes, quoting a quote doesn't actually show the original post as a quote, but always only the last one in the "chain".
@sunnythesheep @adipoeserPursch @hikingdude
Ah ok, I tried to re-paste the url, and to move my comment "Another one!" to the top of the post, but it doesn't seem to make the preview reappear.
What are other ways to quote, apart from pasting the url in your post?
I kind of always thought that a quote is basically just that: a url to another post. And that just like with linking to websites, if you are lucky and the Mastodon stars align, a preview appears.
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@sunnythesheep @adipoeserPursch @hikingdude
Ah ok, I tried to re-paste the url, and to move my comment "Another one!" to the top of the post, but it doesn't seem to make the preview reappear.
What are other ways to quote, apart from pasting the url in your post?
I kind of always thought that a quote is basically just that: a url to another post. And that just like with linking to websites, if you are lucky and the Mastodon stars align, a preview appears.
@MishaVelthuis well, Mastodon (usually) shows previews for external links, but that's still not an actual quote. A quote also directly mentions the user handle (clickable, without leaving Mastodon) and some other Fediverse markers like if the quoted post is public and when it was posted, that won't show in the preview of an external link.
Let me show you the difference:
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@MishaVelthuis well, Mastodon (usually) shows previews for external links, but that's still not an actual quote. A quote also directly mentions the user handle (clickable, without leaving Mastodon) and some other Fediverse markers like if the quoted post is public and when it was posted, that won't show in the preview of an external link.
Let me show you the difference:
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@MishaVelthuis here's (see the attached screenshot) how it showed in my editor/post preview: if I clicked the "x" to close the quote preview, the quote would have disappeared from my post, again.
I'm using Mastodon in my mobile browser. Depending on whether and which app you use, things might work slightly different, I didn't try that. Never used an app for Mastodon.
Maybe try again a little with copy and pasting, until the preview (like in my screenshot) loads.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
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@MishaVelthuis here's (see the attached screenshot) how it showed in my editor/post preview: if I clicked the "x" to close the quote preview, the quote would have disappeared from my post, again.
I'm using Mastodon in my mobile browser. Depending on whether and which app you use, things might work slightly different, I didn't try that. Never used an app for Mastodon.
Maybe try again a little with copy and pasting, until the preview (like in my screenshot) loads.
@MishaVelthuis also make sure the URL doesn't contain empty spaces (at the end) in order for quote pasting to work. Also, you can't add a quote afterwards by editing a post, if that post didn't contain a quote already
And ofc also, some posts aren't allowed to be quoted due to privacy settings, but that's another topic.So, what's the other way/s to quote, if quote-pasting doesn't work? Generally: hit the share button and then choose quoting❞ instead of sharing
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@MishaVelthuis also make sure the URL doesn't contain empty spaces (at the end) in order for quote pasting to work. Also, you can't add a quote afterwards by editing a post, if that post didn't contain a quote already
And ofc also, some posts aren't allowed to be quoted due to privacy settings, but that's another topic.So, what's the other way/s to quote, if quote-pasting doesn't work? Generally: hit the share button and then choose quoting❞ instead of sharing
.@MishaVelthuis while this doesn't work for replies, cause it will create an independent, new post (containing the quote), there's a work-around (at least in the mobile browser, don't know if in the app/s):
1) normally reply where you want to reply
2) immediately leave the edit window, by going
in your bowser and search for the post you want to quote3) now choose the option "quote" (❞) via the share button
and, as a result, you'll have a reply with a quote
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@slothrop @elperronegro@shmg.online
Uh, just click on the profile or the video above and hit follow? Doesn't that work for you?
@elperronegro@loops.videoI'm using the Mastodon client and it really was that easy.
@hikingdude @elperronegro@shmg.online @elperronegro@loops.video Hah, that does work!
I went to the Loops page, and was looking for a Follow link there - which I couldn't find. Didn't think this through...
Thanks!
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@MishaVelthuis while this doesn't work for replies, cause it will create an independent, new post (containing the quote), there's a work-around (at least in the mobile browser, don't know if in the app/s):
1) normally reply where you want to reply
2) immediately leave the edit window, by going
in your bowser and search for the post you want to quote3) now choose the option "quote" (❞) via the share button
and, as a result, you'll have a reply with a quote
@MishaVelthuis and yes, Mastodon sometimes creates really nice previews for external links, that ALMOST look like a quote, like it did for your original post (which I screenshotted here). But:
- in this preview you can't click username handles and hashtags
- you can't start the video without leaving Mastodon
- Mastodon (or in this case: Loops) also doesn't "count" that as quotes (which you could see in the Loops post), plus the creator won't get noticed.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
@hikingdude but it was like this all the time: you can upload videos even to non-loops, non-peertube platforms, and still watch it here.
This is what Internet was intended to be.
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video."ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT Service. And I can seamlessly interact with it.
A new service just integrated seamlessly into my timeline. No "connect your account", no "extra app", no "extra login", no, it's just there
This is #fediverse
@hikingdude Yeah! This is one of the killer features for me!
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