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The archive of what I posted on Twitter, which I now self host due to a lack of trust in Twitter and some other reasons.

I'll soon begin refelcting all my Mastodon posts here too. I'm happier self-hosting or maintaining an archive of my content on URLs that I can own.

There are tools to help you do this too. Such as this one from the makers of Eleventy.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @peduarte
@peduarte @raycastapp Perfection
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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @bruised_blood
@bruised_blood Yeah, that's right.
I've done some testing and exploring now.

And if you @ somebody in a DM, they get added to the conversation from that message onwards. Which I think is useful to understand.
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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @thePeterAyeni
@thePeterAyeni LOL!
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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin šŸ‘

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin šŸæ

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin @whitep4nth3r ohhhh!

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin @whitep4nth3r

Initiating a DM is still not a confident thing for me. I can't create a new DM via the DM tab... seems that's just starting a message with and @.

Is that that you did, @karin ?

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022

@rom I see you. And I've done some tests now. Thanks all!

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin @whitep4nth3r

...which perhaps makes us all a little better :)

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @ask

@ask Thanks!

I've learned that by mentioning somebody with @, you'll add them to the DM thread from that point on. Which is an important detail to know, I think.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @whitep4nth3r

@whitep4nth3r @karin

OK, good to know!

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin @whitep4nth3r Ah. Yes. You do indeed.

Some hints are there, but this does need a little more awareness in order to not make a public gaff IMO.

Knowing that @-ing someone adds them to the thread is an important detail.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @ppk

@ppk I'm doing that right now. :)

And the fact you don't know about it is another good validation.

(Other guinea pigs were used in the conducting of this DM test.)

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @whitep4nth3r

@whitep4nth3r @karin

Do you see it all the way back to the initial "test test" message?

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin @whitep4nth3r

Is our secret whispering less secret now? Quick, hide the incriminating things!

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin Seems like that remains the case until we @ her in the conversation. At which point the person gets to see. I gather.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @ppk

@ppk Ooh this is VERY valuable information.

Not to self: Lucky I didn't use @ in all those DMs whispering about PPK behind his back.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @karin

@karin I appreciate it though. Pssst... whispering about Salma

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022
Are Direct Messages in #Mastodon actually private messages or just replies?

Asking due to some uncertainty I'm feeling from the UI
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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @Elliotclyde

@Elliotclyde Hmmm, nor me on my mobile app now you mention it. On the web I see it.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @robhawkes

@robhawkes Good to know.

Mostly I just want to be able to message someone here occasionally without shouting to the world.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @sturobson

@sturobson Yeah, that's what given me pause before sending my first DM. Some messages I thought were just replies to me appear in my DMs as I visit there for the first time.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022

Are Direct Messages in #Mastodon actually private messages or just replies?

Asking due to some uncertainty I'm feeling from the UI

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @jaffathecake

@jaffathecake Somehow that half face crop always seemed current and accurate. Which is a miracle in itself. I’m mostly just jealous of that fact. I welcome and enjoy the latest JakeFace.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth • November 18th 2022 replying to this from @jaffathecake

@jaffathecake #FirstAvatarUpdateSince2007WhoDis

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