{"id":5263,"date":"2020-07-02T05:16:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/?page_id=5263"},"modified":"2020-07-02T05:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:16:13","slug":"what-are-the-key-mastodon-actions-and-concepts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/what-are-the-key-mastodon-actions-and-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the key Mastodon actions and concepts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Boost\n<\/dt>\n<dd>An action to share a toot with your followers (called a &#8220;Retweet&#8221; in Twitter).\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Hashtag\n<\/dt>\n<dd>A user generated keyword prefixed with the hash or pound sign (\u201c#\u201d) without any spaces, for example \u201c#LiDA101\u201d. Hashtags help with searching for toots that contain the keyword tag. It OERu we recommend that you tag toots using the course code.\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Instance\n<\/dt>\n<dd>Instance is the location of the Mastodon community you join. Mastodon is a <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tootsuite\/documentation\/blob\/master\/Using-Mastodon\/User-guide.md#decentralization-and-federation\">federated technology<\/a> with the ability to connect with multiple instances. You will find the OERu instance at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\/\">mastodon.oeru.org<\/a>.\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Favourite\n<\/dt>\n<dd>An action to &#8220;like&#8221; another user&#8217;s toot by clicking the star icon underneath. It signifies that you are &#8220;listening&#8217;, agreeing or offering support to the ideas expressed in the original post.\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Follow\n<\/dt>\n<dd>An action to follow toots from a user on Mastodon\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Home\n<\/dt>\n<dd>The home column lists toots from people you are following\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Notifications\n<\/dt>\n<dd>The notifications column lists boosts, favourites, mentions and who has followed you.\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Reply\n<\/dt>\n<dd>An action to reply to a user&#8217;s post which includes the <i>@username<\/i> of the original poster and displays the reply as a &#8220;thread&#8221; in the context of the original post.\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Toot\n<\/dt>\n<dd>Refers to a message posted on Mastodon (in Twitter, messages are called a &#8220;tweets&#8221;).\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Labelled-Screenshot-Mastodon.oeru.org.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Labelled-Screenshot-Mastodon.oeru.org.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/c\/c9\/Labelled-Screenshot-Mastodon.oeru.org.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"346\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.009 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.010 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 4\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 18\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 26\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:183418-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20200702034015 and revision id 1046466\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-do-i-search-the-bookmarks-site\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/faqs\/frequently-asked-questions\/how-do-i-create-a-mastodon-account-at-oeru\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boost An action to share a toot with your followers (called a &#8220;Retweet&#8221; in Twitter). Hashtag A user generated keyword prefixed with the hash or pound sign (\u201c#\u201d) without any spaces, for example \u201c#LiDA101\u201d. Hashtags help with searching for toots that contain the keyword tag. 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