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#### How do I DM (Direct Message)?"
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Click on the **globe** beneath your toot for privacy options, including DM.
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<img src="screenshots/compose-globe.png" alt="Privacy Globe" height="400"/>
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#### I don’t get the local vs. federated timeline thing.
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“Local” toots are from the server you signed up at. “Federated” are the all the toots your server knows about. (It's complicated, but short version is: “toots from people that you and other locals follow.”)
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<img src="screenshots/toolbar-getting_started.png" alt="Getting Started Button" height="200"/>
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<img src="screenshots/getting_started-favourites.png" alt="Favourites" height="200"/>
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#### Can I quote a toot?
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Not currently. You must manually copy and paste the text to quote it.
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<img src="screenshots/preferences-data_export.png" alt="Data Export" height="400"/>
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#### I can’t see toots of a remote user under their bio!
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Click their avatar pic. This will take you directly to their instance, which displays all their public toots.
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In **Expanded View**, click their avatar. This will take you directly to their instance, which displays all their public toots.
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<img src="screenshots/profile-avatar_click.png" alt="Click their avatar" height="200"/>
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<img src="screenshots/profile-webpage_URL.png" alt="Native webpage view" height="200"/>
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#### How do I see threads?
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Click the toot body for **Expanded View**. This will show threads the toot’s connected to.
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#### How do I link to toots?
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Click the toot body for a **Expanded View**. Right-click on the **date beneath** the toot for a permalink.
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There are two permalinks for toots. With inline toots, **right-click** the timestamp. On expanded toots, **right-click** the date on the bottom.
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<img src="screenshots/inline_toot-timestamp_link.png" alt="Inline View Permalink" height="200"/>
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<img src="screenshots/expanded_view-permalink.png" alt="Expanded View Permalink" height="200"/>
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#### How do I link to my profile?
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In Firefox, **right-click** on your avatar picture. Select **Copy link location**.
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In Firefox, **right-click** on your avatar picture. Select **Copy Link Location**.
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<img src="screenshots/link_to_profile.png" alt="URL Bio" height="200"/>
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<img src="screenshots/link_to_profile.png" alt="URL for Profile" height="200"/>
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#### Does clicking a #hashtag show local results, or federated?
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Federated.
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#### Can I preview the people on an instance, and what they’re saying?
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Yes, try the excellent [instance preview tool](http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=mastodon.social&view=local).
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#### How do I hide the toots of languages I don’t understand?
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The developers are working on this and other filtering options, stay tuned!
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#### Is automatic translation supported?
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Not yet, but there is a [Firefox TamperMonkey script](https://github.com/tomouchuu/mastodon-translate) that might work for you.
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#### Do toots automatically broadcast federated, or stay local?
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By default, toots are federated (public), and will show on both timelines. You can change the default behavior through **Settings->Preferences->Post Privacy.**
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#### I found a bug or have a suggestion for Mastodon.
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You can file a bug or submit suggestions at [Mastodon’s Issue Tracker.](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues)
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You can file a bug or submit suggestions at [Mastodon’s Issue Tracker.](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues)
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#### Hey I love mastodon FAQs! Can I have more?
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Here’s more, from hardworking individuals trying to help, too.
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