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title: Basics
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description: Overview of Mastodon's basic functionality
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menu:
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parent: usage
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weight: 1
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## Sign up
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You have to choose a server to sign up on, like you would choose an e-mail provider, or a World of Warcraft realm for your new character. The server will be hosting your account and your home feed.
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You can [browse a list of servers by categories and languages on joinmastodon.org](https://joinmastodon.org/#getting-started).
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## Edit profile
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### Picture, name and bio
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- You can upload a profile picture
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- You can upload a header image for your profile
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- You can set a display name different to your username
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- You can write about yourself in the bio
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- You can mention people and use hashtags and custom emoji in your bio
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### Profile metadata
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Profile metadata is a way to add extra information to your profile that is easy to skim. You have 4 rows where you can define the label and the value. For example:
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|Label|Content|
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|-----|-------|
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|Age|25|
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|Country|Germany|
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|Pronouns|he/him|
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It's completely up to you what you put there. The content can contain mentions, hashtags, custom emojis and links.
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### Link verification
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If you put a link in your profile metadata, Mastodon checks if the linked page links back to your Mastodon profile. If so, you get a verification checkmark next to that link, since you are confirmed as the owner.
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Behind the scenes, Mastodon checks for the `rel="me"` attribute on the link back. Likewise, Mastodon puts `rel="me"` on the links within profile metadata.
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## Posting
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### Text
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- You can use up to 500 characters
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- You can mention other people like `@alice` or `@alice@example.com`
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- When mentioning other people, the domain part of their username is not counted
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- If you post links, they must begin with `http://` or `https://`
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- When posting links, all links are counted as 23 characters, no matter how long
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- You can use hashtags like `#example` so others can find your post by that tag
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- You can add a content warning to your post
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- The content warning is plain text. It does not support mentions, hashtags or links
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### Media
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- You can upload PNG and JPG images
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- Uploaded GIFs are converted to soundless MP4s like on Imgur/Gfycat (GIFV)
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- You can also directly upload soundless MP4s and WebMs (GIFV)
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- You can upload videos in the MP4, WebM or MOV format
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- Upload limit for images is 8 MB
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- Upload limit for videos is 40 MB
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- Images with a surface area larger than 1280² pixels are downsized
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- All media in a post can be hidden behind a spoiler
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### Custom emoji
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- Each server offers a set of custom emoji you can use, like on Discord
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- You can use an emoji using its shortcode like `:thounking:`
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