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Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:47:09 +0100

Per Funke via Fediverse News

UserUser@mastodon.online

@atomicpoet @fediversenews

I hope the "Paste as unformatted text" alternative is in the same package?

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Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:47:47 +0100

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Per Funke You won't be able to write formatted text either way. This is a read-only feature that'll let you see bold type, italics etc. in posts coming in from outside Mastodon.

And even if you could write formatted text, it wouldn't be by formatting it in Word with point-and-click and then copy-pasting it into Mastodon with all formatting.

It'd be Markdown. Markdown means **bold**, __bold__, *italics*, _italics_ etc. You'd have to "program" the formatting into your toots by hand. This isn't Word-style WYSIWYG.

But again, you won't be able to do that. You'll only be able to see it from others.

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:55:24 +0100

Michael Gemar

michaelgemar@mstdn.ca

@jupiter_rowland I can't see this feature only being available to external posts for very long -- users will demand that they can do what they're seeing in others' posts.

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:02:26 +0100

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Michael Gemar Those who'll nag Eugen about it will mostly be those who still "know" that the Fediverse is only Mastodon, and who think that these pretty posts must come from some modified Mastodon instances.

Those who don't will migrate to elsewhere in the Fediverse where you can format your posts. Places where all those cool formatted posts come from.

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:20:52 +0100

Kat M. Moss

katmmoss@social.faebornnetworks.org

@jupiter_rowland Where do most of these posts come from? I'm cruiosu because there are lots of reasons why I don't much care for Mastodon, though I'm sort of stuck with it at the moment. I would love to try a different tack. Suggestions? #FediverseNews.

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:54:30 +0100

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Kat M. Moss I think size and growth don't matter. #MissKey is currently exploding, but from a huge influx of Japanese users.

Right now, the cool kids in town seem to be #Akkoma, #GoToSocial and good old #Friendica.

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:41:52 +0100

Per Funke

UserUser@mastodon.online

@jupiter_rowland

Thanks for the info. I'm slightly disappointed but will survive.