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"_misskey_content": "[abstract=apub]Friendica tips&tricks. Watch out! It's over 9000 (characters)[/abstract]\n[h1]Friendica beginner help megathread[/h1]\n\nHello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:\n\n[h1]List of guides/presentations/quick start[/h1]\n[ul]\n[li]@[url=https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/anubis2814]anubis2814[/url]'s excelent guides for Friendica. Available as a playlist on YouTube:\n[youtube]-4wsAmXnaE0&list=PLzgsBSEiEgLhn4vA5YER6ds57Zu12VfwD[/youtube]\nor on Peertube:\n[url=https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1]https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1[/url]\n(6 videos)[/li]\n[li][url=https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/]The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)[/url] by @[url=https://mastodon.social/users/_elena]_elena[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://www.tiotrom.com/2020/11/the-beginners-guide-to-friendica/]The Beginner’s guide to Friendica[/url] by @[url=https://social.trom.tf/profile/tio]tio[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://homehack.nl/when-to-use-friendica-over-mastodon/]When to use Friendica over Mastodon (updated)[/url] by @[url=https://squeet.me/profile/ericbuijs1]ericbuijs1[/url][/li]\n[li]no less important, [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/]The Friendica Wiki[/url] also available under the help section of your instance (click on your pic and name on the top-right where you're logged in -> help)[/li]\n[li]The @[url=https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers]helpers[/url] group for any questions or issues (yes, I intended to post this here).[/li]\n[/ul]\n\nAll of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.\n\n[h1]Short Q&A with the most common problems[/h1]\n\n[b]How do I post stuff?[/b]\nEasy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:\n\n\n\nA pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.\n\n[b]How to format my text?[/b]\n\nUnlike Facebook, Friendica allows you to format your text, just like you'd do in a Word document. It uses BBCodes for text formatting like [b]bold text[/b], [i]italic text[/i], [u]underlined text[/u] and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bbcode]in the Wiki[/url] or under [code]https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode[/code]. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing [code][[/code] and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like [code][option]your-text-here[/option][/code].\n\nIf there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: [code][noparse][/noparse][/code].\n\n[b]How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it)[/b]\nJust drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.\n\nAlso, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.\n\nFinally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click \"copy image link\", then go to your post and type [code][/code] (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the [code]img[/code] tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.\n\nI personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used\n[ul]\n[li] [url=https://catbox.moe/]files.catbox.moe[/url]\n[li] [url=https://imgur.com/]imgur.com [/url]\n[/ul]\nMeta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.\n\nYou can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type [code][/code]. Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).\n\n[b]How to upload a video or other media[/b]\nJust like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the \"Files\" icon:\n\n\n\nSelect your file, and it will be posted with an [code][/code] tag.\n\nHowever, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.\n\nYou can use the tags [code][/code] and [code][/code] for that.\n\n[b]How do I make a poll/vote at polls[/b]\nPolls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).\n\nYou can again use an external service for creating polls, such as [url=https://www.poll-maker.com/]poll-maker[/url] or [url=https://strawpoll.com/create/]Strawpoll[/url].\n\n[b]Okay, but do I need to add a title?[/b]\n\nNo, you don't. I didn't add one either here. You can if you want your post to be more fancy and want to turn your profile into a more of a personal blog. Which would be cool, but it's not necessary. You do you!\n\n[b]How to post to a group[/b]\n\nGroups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the [code]![/code] or [code]@[/code] signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. You will see how you can find groups somewhere below.\n\n[b]How to find various people[/b]\n\nThere are multiple ways; One is to use any of the established lists:\n[ul]\n[li][url=https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts]Fedi.db's list[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/]Most followed Mastodon accounts by Stefan Hayden[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022]Fliboard federated accounts[/url] (for news organizations on Flipboard who enabled AP integration) [Google Sheet spreadsheet][/li]\n[li][url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cpUKkoT1MUn8_xM4usiERn-IdEuh0hXfBrwbbThwGiI/edit?gid=0#gid=0][Public] Popular/famous/notable Mastodon accounts[/url] ([url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSq6PqtEDpCX_HOrqnxhTlqCB4EddoiJZvhNM2L9PGBEfOhUFbkPuYYVJ4HACoYfHAhGERfpi0g3r0i/pubhtml]also available as a website[/url]) [Google Sheet spreadsheet][/li]\n[li][url=https://dir.friendica.social/]The Friendica directory[/url] (only for people on Friendica)[/li]\n[li]Follow @[url=https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediFollows]FediFollows[/url] for suggestion[/li]\n[/ul]\nYou can also go to Settings>Profile>Miscellaneous and scroll all the way down to add some tags to the profile. Then, you can also go to Contacts and choose \"similar interests\" in the left pane, get friend suggestions or a random profile.\n\nFinally, you can also follow hashtags to get posts from people that also share your interests directly in your feed, and then follow them from there.\n\n[b]I'm posting stuff here, but how can people discover me?[/b]\n\nJust like on Mastodon, you can enhance your posts with #[url=https://libranet.de/search?tag=hashtags]hashtags[/url]. Other people who follow the same hashtags can find you and connect with you if they want.\n\nBut that's not the only way. You can also add yourself into the aforementioned Friendica Directory or to your server's one by going to Settings>Account>Security and Privacy Settings and check any of these two options:\n\n\n\nThis way anyone can find you according to your interests.\n\nIf, however you would like more privacy, you can check the following box below:\n\n\n\nThis limits the visibility of your content to only instances that are made aware of it, and people that have access to it based on your privacy settings. Unlogged users will not be allowed to find your content. E.g., open my profile in a new tab to see how this feature works: [url=https://libranet.de/profile/petrescatraian]https://libranet.de/profile/petrescatraian[/url]\n\n[b]How do I find groups?[/b]\n\nSame as with regular people. There are multiple lists:\n[ul]\n[li] [url=https://dir.friendica.social/group]Friendica Directory[/url] (for groups that are on Friendica).\n[li] Check the list of @[url=https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips]FediTips[/url] available [url=https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/]here[/url].\n[li] [url=https://lemmyverse.net/]Lemmyverse[/url] (For [i]Communities[/i] on Lemmy - a decentralized Lemmy alternative - [url=https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112123530449596792]be wary of this though[/url])\n[li] Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like [url=https://joinmbin.org/servers]Mbin[/url] or [url=https://join.piefed.social/try/]Piefed[/url]. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing [code]your-server-address/friendica[/code], and/or contact your admin for clarification.\n[/ul]\n\n[b]How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?[/b]\n\nYes. [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/fulltext_search]Check the Wiki[/url] for more information.\n\n[b]Are there any mobile apps?[/b]\n\nYes there are. From my personal experience, [url=https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica/]Raccoon for Friendica[/url] gave me the best results. [url=https://gitlab.com/mysocialportal/relatica/-/blob/main/install.md]Relatica[/url] is also a great option, as well as [url=https://fedilab.app/projects/fedilab/]Fedilab[/url] (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are [url=https://friendi.ca/resources/mobile-clients/]other apps[/url] for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.\n\nI hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica\n\n[h1]Other types of resources[/h1]\n[ul]\n[li] Bookface ([url=https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookface]server version[/url], [url=https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/userstyles]Stylus version[/url]) by @[url=https://friendica.world/profile/kmh]kmh[/url] (also follow @[url=https://friendica.world/profile/randompenguin]randompenguin[/url] for updates)\n[/ul]\n\n[spoiler=Bonus: Text colors]One aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this [code][color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color][/code]. Hex values are accepted, however there are also some human readable names that can be used (based on [url=https://tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-2065-c137-8f1c-70f353623703]this thread[/url]):\n[b][color=Antiquewhite]Antiquewhite[/color]\n[color=Aqua]Aqua[/color]\n[color=Aquamarine]Aquamarine[/color]\n[color=Azure]Azure[/color]\n[color=Beige]Beige[/color]\n[color=Bisque]Bisque[/color]\n[color=Blanchedalmond]Blanchedalmond[/color]\n[color=Blue]Blue[/color]\n[color=Blueviolet]Blueviolet[/color]\n[color=Brown]Brown[/color]\n[color=Burlywood]Burlywood[/color]\n[color=Cadetblue]Cadetblue[/color]\n[color=Chartreuse]Chartreuse[/color]\n[color=Chocolate]Chocolate[/color]\n[color=Coral]Coral[/color]\n[color=Cornflowerblue]Cornflowerblue[/color]\n[color=Cornsilk]Cornsilk[/color]\n[color=Crimson]Crimson[/color]\n[color=Cyan]Cyan[/color]\n[color=Darkblue]Darkblue[/color]\n[color=Darkcyan]Darkcyan[/color]\n[color=Darkgoldenrod]Darkgoldenrod[/color]\n[color=Darkgray]Darkgray[/color]\n[color=Darkgreen]Darkgreen[/color]\n[color=Darkkhaki]Darkkhaki[/color]\n[color=Darkmagenta]Darkmagenta[/color]\n[color=Darkolivegreen]Darkolivegreen[/color]\n[color=Darkorange]Darkorange[/color]\n[color=Darkorchid]Darkorchid[/color]\n[color=Darkred]Darkred[/color]\n[color=Darksalmon]Darksalmon[/color]\n[color=Darkseagreen]Darkseagreen[/color]\n[color=Darkslateblue]Darkslateblue[/color]\n[color=Darkslategray]Darkslategray[/color]\n[color=Darkturquoise]Darkturquoise[/color]\n[color=Darkviolet]Darkviolet[/color]\n[color=Deeppink]Deeppink[/color]\n[color=Deepskyblue]Deepskyblue[/color]\n[color=Dimgray]Dimgray[/color]\n[color=Dodgerblue]Dodgerblue[/color]\n[color=Firebrick]Firebrick[/color]\n[color=Floralwhite]Floralwhite[/color]\n[color=Forestgreen]Forestgreen[/color]\n[color=Fuchsia]Fuchsia[/color]\n[color=Gainsboro]Gainsboro[/color]\n[color=Ghostwhite]Ghostwhite[/color]\n[color=Gold]Gold[/color]\n[color=Goldenrod]Goldenrod[/color]\n[color=Gray]Gray[/color]\n[color=Green]Green[/color]\n[color=Greenyellow]Greenyellow[/color]\n[color=Honeydew]Honeydew[/color]\n[color=Hotpink]Hotpink[/color]\n[color=Indianred]Indianred[/color]\n[color=Indigo]Indigo[/color]\n[color=Ivory]Ivory[/color]\n[color=Khaki]Khaki[/color]\n[color=Lavender]Lavender[/color]\n[color=Lavenderblush]Lavenderblush[/color]\n[color=Lawngreen]Lawngreen[/color]\n[color=Lemonchiffon]Lemonchiffon[/color]\n[color=Lightblue]Lightblue[/color]\n[color=Lightcoral]Lightcoral[/color]\n[color=Lightcyan]Lightcyan[/color]\n[color=Lightgoldenrodyellow]Lightgoldenrodyellow[/color]\n[color=Lightgreen]Lightgreen[/color]\n[color=Lightgrey]Lightgrey[/color]\n[color=Lightpink]Lightpink[/color]\n[color=Lightsalmon]Lightsalmon[/color]\n[color=Lightseagreen]Lightseagreen[/color]\n[color=Lightskyblue]Lightskyblue[/color]\n[color=Lightslategray]Lightslategray[/color]\n[color=Lightsteelblue]Lightsteelblue[/color]\n[color=Linen]Linen[/color]\n[color=Magenta]Magenta[/color]\n[color=]Maroon[/color]\n[color=Mediumaquamarine]Mediumaquamarine[/color]\n[color=Mediumblue]Mediumblue[/color]\n[color= 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While Friendica is quite flexible and allows for text to be customized and formatted in multiple ways, I think a website should also be nice (plus I just discovered Google Sites and I wanna play around) - TBD\n[/ul]",
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"content": "<h1>Friendica beginner help megathread</h1><p>Hello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:</p><h1>List of guides/presentations/quick start</h1><ul><li><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/anubis2814\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>anubis2814</span></a></span>'s excelent guides for Friendica. Available as a playlist on YouTube:<br><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wsAmXnaE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com/watch?v=-4wsAmXnaE…</a><br>or on Peertube:<br><a href=\"https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEY…</a><br>(6 videos)</li><li><a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)</a> by <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/_elena\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>_elena</span></a></span></li><li><a href=\"https://www.tiotrom.com/2020/11/the-beginners-guide-to-friendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Beginner’s guide to Friendica</a> by <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.trom.tf/profile/tio\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>tio</span></a></span></li><li><a href=\"https://homehack.nl/when-to-use-friendica-over-mastodon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When to use Friendica over Mastodon (updated)</a> by <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://squeet.me/profile/ericbuijs1\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ericbuijs1</span></a></span></li><li>no less important, <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Friendica Wiki</a> also available under the help section of your instance (click on your pic and name on the top-right where you're logged in -> help)</li><li>The <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>helpers</span></a></span> group for any questions or issues (yes, I intended to post this here).</li></ul><p><br>All of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.</p><h1>Short Q&A with the most common problems</h1><p><b>How do I post stuff?</b><br>Easy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:</p><p>A pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.</p><p><b>How to format my text?</b></p><p>Unlike Facebook, Friendica allows you to format your text, just like you'd do in a Word document. It uses BBCodes for text formatting like <b>bold text</b>, <i>italic text</i>, <u>underlined text</u> and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bbcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the Wiki</a> or under <code>https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode</code>. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing <code>[</code> and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like <code>[option]your-text-here[/option]</code>.</p><p>If there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: <code>[noparse][/noparse]</code>.</p><p><b>How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it)</b><br>Just drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.</p><p>Also, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.</p><p>Finally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click \"copy image link\", then go to your post and type (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the <code>img</code> tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.</p><p>I personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used</p><ul><li> <a href=\"https://catbox.moe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">files.catbox.moe</a></li><li> <a href=\"https://imgur.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">imgur.com </a></li></ul><p>Meta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.</p><p>You can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type . Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).</p><p><b>How to upload a video or other media</b><br>Just like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the \"Files\" icon:</p><p>Select your file, and it will be posted with an tag.</p><p>However, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.</p><p>You can use the tags and for that.</p><p><b>How do I make a poll/vote at polls</b><br>Polls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).</p><p>You can again use an external service for creating polls, such as <a href=\"https://www.poll-maker.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll-maker</a> or <a href=\"https://strawpoll.com/create/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strawpoll</a>.</p><p><b>Okay, but do I need to add a title?</b></p><p>No, you don't. I didn't add one either here. You can if you want your post to be more fancy and want to turn your profile into a more of a personal blog. Which would be cool, but it's not necessary. You do you!</p><p><b>How to post to a group</b></p><p>Groups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the <code>!</code> or <code>@</code> signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. You will see how you can find groups somewhere below.</p><p><b>How to find various people</b></p><p>There are multiple ways; One is to use any of the established lists:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fedi.db's list</a></li><li><a href=\"https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most followed Mastodon accounts by Stefan Hayden</a></li><li><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fliboard federated accounts</a> (for news organizations on Flipboard who enabled AP integration) [Google Sheet spreadsheet]</li><li><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cpUKkoT1MUn8_xM4usiERn-IdEuh0hXfBrwbbThwGiI/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Public] Popular/famous/notable Mastodon accounts</a> (<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSq6PqtEDpCX_HOrqnxhTlqCB4EddoiJZvhNM2L9PGBEfOhUFbkPuYYVJ4HACoYfHAhGERfpi0g3r0i/pubhtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also available as a website</a>) [Google Sheet spreadsheet]</li><li><a href=\"https://dir.friendica.social/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Friendica directory</a> (only for people on Friendica)</li><li>Follow <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediFollows\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>FediFollows</span></a></span> for suggestion</li></ul><p>You can also go to Settings>Profile>Miscellaneous and scroll all the way down to add some tags to the profile. Then, you can also go to Contacts and choose \"similar interests\" in the left pane, get friend suggestions or a random profile.</p><p>Finally, you can also follow hashtags to get posts from people that also share your interests directly in your feed, and then follow them from there.</p><p><b>I'm posting stuff here, but how can people discover me?</b></p><p>Just like on Mastodon, you can enhance your posts with <a href=\"https://libranet.de/search?tag=hashtags\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>hashtags</span></a>. Other people who follow the same hashtags can find you and connect with you if they want.</p><p>But that's not the only way. You can also add yourself into the aforementioned Friendica Directory or to your server's one by going to Settings>Account>Security and Privacy Settings and check any of these two options:</p><p>This way anyone can find you according to your interests.</p><p>If, however you would like more privacy, you can check the following box below:</p><p>This limits the visibility of your content to only instances that are made aware of it, and people that have access to it based on your privacy settings. Unlogged users will not be allowed to find your content. E.g., open my profile in a new tab to see how this feature works: <a href=\"https://libranet.de/profile/petrescatraian\">libranet.de/profile/petrescatr…</a></p><p><b>How do I find groups?</b></p><p>Same as with regular people. There are multiple lists:</p><ul><li> <a href=\"https://dir.friendica.social/group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friendica Directory</a> (for groups that are on Friendica).</li><li> Check the list of <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> available <a href=\"https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>.</li><li> <a href=\"https://lemmyverse.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemmyverse</a> (For <i>Communities</i> on Lemmy - a decentralized Lemmy alternative - <a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112123530449596792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">be wary of this though</a>)</li><li> Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like <a href=\"https://joinmbin.org/servers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mbin</a> or <a href=\"https://join.piefed.social/try/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piefed</a>. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing <code>your-server-address/friendica</code>, and/or contact your admin for clarification.</li></ul><p><br><b>How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?</b></p><p>Yes. <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/fulltext_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check the Wiki</a> for more information.</p><p><b>Are there any mobile apps?</b></p><p>Yes there are. From my personal experience, <a href=\"https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raccoon for Friendica</a> gave me the best results. <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/mysocialportal/relatica/-/blob/main/install.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relatica</a> is also a great option, as well as <a href=\"https://fedilab.app/projects/fedilab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fedilab</a> (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are <a href=\"https://friendi.ca/resources/mobile-clients/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other apps</a> for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.</p><p>I hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica</p><h1>Other types of resources</h1><ul><li> Bookface (<a href=\"https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">server version</a>, <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/userstyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stylus version</a>) by <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/kmh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>kmh</span></a></span> (also follow <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/randompenguin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>randompenguin</span></a></span> for updates)</li></ul><p><br></p><details class=\"spoiler\"><summary>Bonus: Text colors</summary>One aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this <code>[color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color]</code>. Hex values are accepted, however there are also some human readable names that can be used (based on <a href=\"https://tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-2065-c137-8f1c-70f353623703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this thread</a>):<br><b><span style=\"color:#FAEBD7;\">Antiquewhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FFFF;\">Aqua</span><br><span style=\"color:#7FFFD4;\">Aquamarine</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0FFFF;\">Azure</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5F5DC;\">Beige</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4C4;\">Bisque</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFEBCD;\">Blanchedalmond</span><br><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Blue</span><br><span style=\"color:#8A2BE2;\">Blueviolet</span><br><span style=\"color:#A52A2A;\">Brown</span><br><span style=\"color:#DEB887;\">Burlywood</span><br><span style=\"color:#5F9EA0;\">Cadetblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#7FFF00;\">Chartreuse</span><br><span style=\"color:#D2691E;\">Chocolate</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF7F50;\">Coral</span><br><span style=\"color:#6495ED;\">Cornflowerblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF8DC;\">Cornsilk</span><br><span style=\"color:#DC143C;\">Crimson</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FFFF;\">Cyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#00008B;\">Darkblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#008B8B;\">Darkcyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#B8860B;\">Darkgoldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9;\">Darkgray</span><br><span style=\"color:#006400;\">Darkgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#BDB76B;\">Darkkhaki</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B008B;\">Darkmagenta</span><br><span style=\"color:#556B2F;\">Darkolivegreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF8C00;\">Darkorange</span><br><span style=\"color:#9932CC;\">Darkorchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B0000;\">Darkred</span><br><span style=\"color:#E9967A;\">Darksalmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#8FBC8F;\">Darkseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#483D8B;\">Darkslateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#2F4F4F;\">Darkslategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#00CED1;\">Darkturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#9400D3;\">Darkviolet</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF1493;\">Deeppink</span><br><span style=\"color:#00BFFF;\">Deepskyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#696969;\">Dimgray</span><br><span style=\"color:#1E90FF;\">Dodgerblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#B22222;\">Firebrick</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFAF0;\">Floralwhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#228B22;\">Forestgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF00FF;\">Fuchsia</span><br><span style=\"color:#DCDCDC;\">Gainsboro</span><br><span style=\"color:#F8F8FF;\">Ghostwhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFD700;\">Gold</span><br><span style=\"color:#DAA520;\">Goldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#808080;\">Gray</span><br><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Green</span><br><span style=\"color:#ADFF2F;\">Greenyellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0FFF0;\">Honeydew</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF69B4;\">Hotpink</span><br><span style=\"color:#CD5C5C;\">Indianred</span><br><span style=\"color:#4B0082;\">Indigo</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFFF0;\">Ivory</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0E68C;\">Khaki</span><br><span style=\"color:#E6E6FA;\">Lavender</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF0F5;\">Lavenderblush</span><br><span style=\"color:#7CFC00;\">Lawngreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFACD;\">Lemonchiffon</span><br><span style=\"color:#ADD8E6;\">Lightblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#F08080;\">Lightcoral</span><br><span style=\"color:#E0FFFF;\">Lightcyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#FAFAD2;\">Lightgoldenrodyellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#90EE90;\">Lightgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#D3D3D3;\">Lightgrey</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFB6C1;\">Lightpink</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFA07A;\">Lightsalmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#20B2AA;\">Lightseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#87CEFA;\">Lightskyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#778899;\">Lightslategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#B0C4DE;\">Lightsteelblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#FAF0E6;\">Linen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF00FF;\">Magenta</span><br><span>Maroon</span><br><span style=\"color:#66CDAA;\">Mediumaquamarine</span><br><span style=\"color:#0000CD;\">Mediumblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#BA55D3;\">Mediumorchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#9370DB;\">Mediumpurple</span><br><span style=\"color:#3CB371;\">Mediumseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#7B68EE;\">Mediumslateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FA9A;\">Mediumspringgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#48D1CC;\">Mediumturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#C71585;\">Mediumvioletred</span><br><span style=\"color:#191970;\">Midnightblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5FFFA;\">Mintcream</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4E1;\">Mistyrose</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4B5;\">Moccasin</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFDEAD;\">Navajowhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Navy</span><br><span style=\"color:#FDF5E6;\">Oldlace</span><br><span style=\"color:#808000;\">Olive</span><br><span style=\"color:#6B8E23;\">Olivedrab</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFA500;\">Orange</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF4500;\">Orangered</span><br><span style=\"color:#DA70D6;\">Orchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#EEE8AA;\">Palegoldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#98FB98;\">Palegreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#AFEEEE;\">Paleturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#DB7093;\">Palevioletred</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFEFD5;\">Papayawhip</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFDAB9;\">Peachpuff</span><br><span style=\"color:#CD853F;\">Peru</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFC0CB;\">Pink</span><br><span style=\"color:#DDA0DD;\">Plum</span><br><span style=\"color:#B0E0E6;\">Powderblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#800080;\">Purple</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Red</span><br><span style=\"color:#BC8F8F;\">Rosybrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#4169E1;\">Royalblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B4513;\">Saddlebrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#FA8072;\">Salmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#F4A460;\">Sandybrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#2E8B57;\">Seagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF5EE;\">Seashell</span><br><span style=\"color:#A0522D;\">Sienna</span><br><span style=\"color:#C0C0C0;\">Silver</span><br><span style=\"color:#87CEEB;\">Skyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#6A5ACD;\">Slateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#708090;\">Slategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFAFA;\">Snow</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FF7F;\">Springgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#4682B4;\">Steelblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#D2B48C;\">Tan</span><br><span style=\"color:#008080;\">Teal</span><br><span style=\"color:#D8BFD8;\">Thistle</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF6347;\">Tomato</span><br><span style=\"color:#40E0D0;\">Turquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#EE82EE;\">Violet</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5DEB3;\">Wheat</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\">White</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5F5F5;\">Whitesmoke</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFF00;\">Yellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#9ACD32;\">Yellowgreen</span></b></details><p><br></p><h1>Other collections of resources about Friendica</h1><ul><li> This LinkTree by <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/sarahpeck\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>sarahpeck</span></a></span> (LinkTree is more popular on mainstream social networks, so consider sending that if this post of mine is too cumbersome</li><li> A webpage that I'm gonna create and link here. While Friendica is quite flexible and allows for text to be customized and formatted in multiple ways, I think a website should also be nice (plus I just discovered Google Sites and I wanna play around) - TBD</li></ul><p>RE: <a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/112123530449596792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social.growyourown.services/us…</a></p>",
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"en": "<h1>Friendica beginner help megathread</h1><p>Hello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:</p><h1>List of guides/presentations/quick start</h1><ul><li><bdi>@<a href=\"https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/anubis2814\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"anubis2814\">anubis2814</a></bdi>'s excelent guides for Friendica. Available as a playlist on YouTube:<br><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wsAmXnaE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com/watch?v=-4wsAmXnaE…</a><br>or on Peertube:<br><a href=\"https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEY…</a><br>(6 videos)</li><li><a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)</a> by <bdi>@<a href=\"https://mastodon.social/users/_elena\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"_elena\">_elena</a></bdi></li><li><a href=\"https://www.tiotrom.com/2020/11/the-beginners-guide-to-friendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Beginner’s guide to Friendica</a> by <bdi>@<a href=\"https://social.trom.tf/profile/tio\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"tio\">tio</a></bdi></li><li><a href=\"https://homehack.nl/when-to-use-friendica-over-mastodon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When to use Friendica over Mastodon (updated)</a> by <bdi>@<a href=\"https://squeet.me/profile/ericbuijs1\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"ericbuijs1\">ericbuijs1</a></bdi></li><li>no less important, <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Friendica Wiki</a> also available under the help section of your instance (click on your pic and name on the top-right where you're logged in -> help)</li><li>The <bdi>@<a href=\"https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"helpers\">helpers</a></bdi> group for any questions or issues (yes, I intended to post this here).</li></ul><p><br>All of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.</p><h1>Short Q&A with the most common problems</h1><p><b>How do I post stuff?</b><br>Easy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:</p><p><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/J0qK6tVt/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"empty-description\"></p><p>A pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.</p><p><b>How to format my text?</b></p><p>Unlike Facebook, Friendica allows you to format your text, just like you'd do in a Word document. It uses BBCodes for text formatting like <b>bold text</b>, <i>italic text</i>, <u>underlined text</u> and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bbcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the Wiki</a> or under <code>https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode</code>. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing <code>[</code> and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like <code>[option]your-text-here[/option]</code>.</p><p>If there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: <code>[noparse][/noparse]</code>.</p><p><b>How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it)</b><br>Just drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.</p><p>Also, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.</p><p>Finally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click \"copy image link\", then go to your post and type <code>[img]paste-your image-link-here[/img]</code> (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the <code>img</code> tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.</p><p>I personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used</p><ul><li> <a href=\"https://catbox.moe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">files.catbox.moe</a></li><li> <a href=\"https://imgur.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">imgur.com </a></li></ul><p>Meta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.</p><p>You can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type <code>[img=your_image_url]Your Alt-Text here[/img]</code>. Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).</p><p><b>How to upload a video or other media</b><br>Just like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the \"Files\" icon:</p><p><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/gk2f9bM1/Neintitulat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"empty-description\"></p><p>Select your file, and it will be posted with an tag.</p><p>However, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.</p><p>You can use the tags <code>[audio]your-link-to-the-audio[/audio]</code> and <code>[video]your-link-to-the-video[/video]</code> for that.</p><p><b>How do I make a poll/vote at polls</b><br>Polls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).</p><p>You can again use an external service for creating polls, such as <a href=\"https://www.poll-maker.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll-maker</a> or <a href=\"https://strawpoll.com/create/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strawpoll</a>.</p><p><b>Okay, but do I need to add a title?</b></p><p>No, you don't. I didn't add one either here. You can if you want your post to be more fancy and want to turn your profile into a more of a personal blog. Which would be cool, but it's not necessary. You do you!</p><p><b>How to post to a group</b></p><p>Groups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the <code>!</code> or <code>@</code> signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. You will see how you can find groups somewhere below.</p><p><b>How to find various people</b></p><p>There are multiple ways; One is to use any of the established lists:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fedi.db's list</a></li><li><a href=\"https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most followed Mastodon accounts by Stefan Hayden</a></li><li><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fliboard federated accounts</a> (for news organizations on Flipboard who enabled AP integration) [Google Sheet spreadsheet]</li><li><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cpUKkoT1MUn8_xM4usiERn-IdEuh0hXfBrwbbThwGiI/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Public] Popular/famous/notable Mastodon accounts</a> (<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSq6PqtEDpCX_HOrqnxhTlqCB4EddoiJZvhNM2L9PGBEfOhUFbkPuYYVJ4HACoYfHAhGERfpi0g3r0i/pubhtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also available as a website</a>) [Google Sheet spreadsheet]</li><li><a href=\"https://dir.friendica.social/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Friendica directory</a> (only for people on Friendica)</li><li>Follow <bdi>@<a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediFollows\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"FediFollows\">FediFollows</a></bdi> for suggestion</li></ul><p>You can also go to Settings>Profile>Miscellaneous and scroll all the way down to add some tags to the profile. Then, you can also go to Contacts and choose \"similar interests\" in the left pane, get friend suggestions or a random profile.</p><p>Finally, you can also follow hashtags to get posts from people that also share your interests directly in your feed, and then follow them from there.</p><p><b>I'm posting stuff here, but how can people discover me?</b></p><p>Just like on Mastodon, you can enhance your posts with #<a href=\"https://libranet.de/search?tag=hashtags\">hashtags</a>. Other people who follow the same hashtags can find you and connect with you if they want.</p><p>But that's not the only way. You can also add yourself into the aforementioned Friendica Directory or to your server's one by going to Settings>Account>Security and Privacy Settings and check any of these two options:</p><p><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/Dz6D02wr/image.png\" alt=\"They're the 1st two boxes\" title=\"They're the 1st two boxes\" class=\"has-alt-description\"></p><p>This way anyone can find you according to your interests.</p><p>If, however you would like more privacy, you can check the following box below:</p><p><img src=\"https://i.postimg.cc/vBkd8Q0P/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"empty-description\"></p><p>This limits the visibility of your content to only instances that are made aware of it, and people that have access to it based on your privacy settings. Unlogged users will not be allowed to find your content. E.g., open my profile in a new tab to see how this feature works: <a href=\"https://libranet.de/profile/petrescatraian\">libranet.de/profile/petrescatr…</a></p><p><b>How do I find groups?</b></p><p>Same as with regular people. There are multiple lists:</p><ul><li> <a href=\"https://dir.friendica.social/group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friendica Directory</a> (for groups that are on Friendica).</li><li> Check the list of <bdi>@<a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"FediTips\">FediTips</a></bdi> available <a href=\"https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>.</li><li> <a href=\"https://lemmyverse.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lemmyverse</a> (For <i>Communities</i> on Lemmy - a decentralized Lemmy alternative - <a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112123530449596792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">be wary of this though</a>)</li><li> Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like <a href=\"https://joinmbin.org/servers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mbin</a> or <a href=\"https://join.piefed.social/try/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piefed</a>. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing <code>your-server-address/friendica</code>, and/or contact your admin for clarification.</li></ul><p><br><b>How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?</b></p><p>Yes. <a href=\"https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/fulltext_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check the Wiki</a> for more information.</p><p><b>Are there any mobile apps?</b></p><p>Yes there are. From my personal experience, <a href=\"https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raccoon for Friendica</a> gave me the best results. <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/mysocialportal/relatica/-/blob/main/install.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relatica</a> is also a great option, as well as <a href=\"https://fedilab.app/projects/fedilab/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fedilab</a> (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are <a href=\"https://friendi.ca/resources/mobile-clients/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other apps</a> for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.</p><p>I hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica</p><h1>Other types of resources</h1><ul><li> Bookface (<a href=\"https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">server version</a>, <a href=\"https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/userstyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stylus version</a>) by <bdi>@<a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/kmh\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"kmh\">kmh</a></bdi> (also follow <bdi>@<a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/randompenguin\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"randompenguin\">randompenguin</a></bdi> for updates)</li></ul><p><br></p><details class=\"spoiler\"><summary>Bonus: Text colors</summary>One aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this <code>[color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color]</code>. Hex values are accepted, however there are also some human readable names that can be used (based on <a href=\"https://tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-2065-c137-8f1c-70f353623703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this thread</a>):<br><b><span style=\"color:#FAEBD7;\">Antiquewhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FFFF;\">Aqua</span><br><span style=\"color:#7FFFD4;\">Aquamarine</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0FFFF;\">Azure</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5F5DC;\">Beige</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4C4;\">Bisque</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFEBCD;\">Blanchedalmond</span><br><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Blue</span><br><span style=\"color:#8A2BE2;\">Blueviolet</span><br><span style=\"color:#A52A2A;\">Brown</span><br><span style=\"color:#DEB887;\">Burlywood</span><br><span style=\"color:#5F9EA0;\">Cadetblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#7FFF00;\">Chartreuse</span><br><span style=\"color:#D2691E;\">Chocolate</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF7F50;\">Coral</span><br><span style=\"color:#6495ED;\">Cornflowerblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF8DC;\">Cornsilk</span><br><span style=\"color:#DC143C;\">Crimson</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FFFF;\">Cyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#00008B;\">Darkblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#008B8B;\">Darkcyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#B8860B;\">Darkgoldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9;\">Darkgray</span><br><span style=\"color:#006400;\">Darkgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#BDB76B;\">Darkkhaki</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B008B;\">Darkmagenta</span><br><span style=\"color:#556B2F;\">Darkolivegreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF8C00;\">Darkorange</span><br><span style=\"color:#9932CC;\">Darkorchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B0000;\">Darkred</span><br><span style=\"color:#E9967A;\">Darksalmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#8FBC8F;\">Darkseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#483D8B;\">Darkslateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#2F4F4F;\">Darkslategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#00CED1;\">Darkturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#9400D3;\">Darkviolet</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF1493;\">Deeppink</span><br><span style=\"color:#00BFFF;\">Deepskyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#696969;\">Dimgray</span><br><span style=\"color:#1E90FF;\">Dodgerblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#B22222;\">Firebrick</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFAF0;\">Floralwhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#228B22;\">Forestgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF00FF;\">Fuchsia</span><br><span style=\"color:#DCDCDC;\">Gainsboro</span><br><span style=\"color:#F8F8FF;\">Ghostwhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFD700;\">Gold</span><br><span style=\"color:#DAA520;\">Goldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#808080;\">Gray</span><br><span style=\"color:#008000;\">Green</span><br><span style=\"color:#ADFF2F;\">Greenyellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0FFF0;\">Honeydew</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF69B4;\">Hotpink</span><br><span style=\"color:#CD5C5C;\">Indianred</span><br><span style=\"color:#4B0082;\">Indigo</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFFF0;\">Ivory</span><br><span style=\"color:#F0E68C;\">Khaki</span><br><span style=\"color:#E6E6FA;\">Lavender</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF0F5;\">Lavenderblush</span><br><span style=\"color:#7CFC00;\">Lawngreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFACD;\">Lemonchiffon</span><br><span style=\"color:#ADD8E6;\">Lightblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#F08080;\">Lightcoral</span><br><span style=\"color:#E0FFFF;\">Lightcyan</span><br><span style=\"color:#FAFAD2;\">Lightgoldenrodyellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#90EE90;\">Lightgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#D3D3D3;\">Lightgrey</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFB6C1;\">Lightpink</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFA07A;\">Lightsalmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#20B2AA;\">Lightseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#87CEFA;\">Lightskyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#778899;\">Lightslategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#B0C4DE;\">Lightsteelblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#FAF0E6;\">Linen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF00FF;\">Magenta</span><br><span>Maroon</span><br><span style=\"color:#66CDAA;\">Mediumaquamarine</span><br><span style=\"color:#0000CD;\">Mediumblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#BA55D3;\">Mediumorchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#9370DB;\">Mediumpurple</span><br><span style=\"color:#3CB371;\">Mediumseagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#7B68EE;\">Mediumslateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FA9A;\">Mediumspringgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#48D1CC;\">Mediumturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#C71585;\">Mediumvioletred</span><br><span style=\"color:#191970;\">Midnightblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5FFFA;\">Mintcream</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4E1;\">Mistyrose</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFE4B5;\">Moccasin</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFDEAD;\">Navajowhite</span><br><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Navy</span><br><span style=\"color:#FDF5E6;\">Oldlace</span><br><span style=\"color:#808000;\">Olive</span><br><span style=\"color:#6B8E23;\">Olivedrab</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFA500;\">Orange</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF4500;\">Orangered</span><br><span style=\"color:#DA70D6;\">Orchid</span><br><span style=\"color:#EEE8AA;\">Palegoldenrod</span><br><span style=\"color:#98FB98;\">Palegreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#AFEEEE;\">Paleturquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#DB7093;\">Palevioletred</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFEFD5;\">Papayawhip</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFDAB9;\">Peachpuff</span><br><span style=\"color:#CD853F;\">Peru</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFC0CB;\">Pink</span><br><span style=\"color:#DDA0DD;\">Plum</span><br><span style=\"color:#B0E0E6;\">Powderblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#800080;\">Purple</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Red</span><br><span style=\"color:#BC8F8F;\">Rosybrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#4169E1;\">Royalblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#8B4513;\">Saddlebrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#FA8072;\">Salmon</span><br><span style=\"color:#F4A460;\">Sandybrown</span><br><span style=\"color:#2E8B57;\">Seagreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFF5EE;\">Seashell</span><br><span style=\"color:#A0522D;\">Sienna</span><br><span style=\"color:#C0C0C0;\">Silver</span><br><span style=\"color:#87CEEB;\">Skyblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#6A5ACD;\">Slateblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#708090;\">Slategray</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFAFA;\">Snow</span><br><span style=\"color:#00FF7F;\">Springgreen</span><br><span style=\"color:#4682B4;\">Steelblue</span><br><span style=\"color:#D2B48C;\">Tan</span><br><span style=\"color:#008080;\">Teal</span><br><span style=\"color:#D8BFD8;\">Thistle</span><br><span style=\"color:#FF6347;\">Tomato</span><br><span style=\"color:#40E0D0;\">Turquoise</span><br><span style=\"color:#EE82EE;\">Violet</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5DEB3;\">Wheat</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\">White</span><br><span style=\"color:#F5F5F5;\">Whitesmoke</span><br><span style=\"color:#FFFF00;\">Yellow</span><br><span style=\"color:#9ACD32;\">Yellowgreen</span></b></details><p><br></p><h1>Other collections of resources about Friendica</h1><ul><li> This LinkTree by <bdi>@<a href=\"https://friendica.world/profile/sarahpeck\" class=\"userinfo mention\" title=\"sarahpeck\">sarahpeck</a></bdi> (LinkTree is more popular on mainstream social networks, so consider sending that if this post of mine is too cumbersome</li><li> A webpage that I'm gonna create and link here. While Friendica is quite flexible and allows for text to be customized and formatted in multiple ways, I think a website should also be nice (plus I just discovered Google Sites and I wanna play around) - TBD</li></ul><p>RE: <a href=\"https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/112123530449596792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social.growyourown.services/us…</a></p>"
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"content": "[abstract=apub]Friendica tips&tricks. Watch out! It's over 9000 (characters)[/abstract]\n[h1]Friendica beginner help megathread[/h1]\n\nHello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:\n\n[h1]List of guides/presentations/quick start[/h1]\n[ul]\n[li]@[url=https://friendica.myportal.social/profile/anubis2814]anubis2814[/url]'s excelent guides for Friendica. Available as a playlist on YouTube:\n[youtube]-4wsAmXnaE0&list=PLzgsBSEiEgLhn4vA5YER6ds57Zu12VfwD[/youtube]\nor on Peertube:\n[url=https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1]https://peertube.stream/w/p/4K4MWYXMEYUtVDqKjjq4Uu?playlistPosition=1[/url]\n(6 videos)[/li]\n[li][url=https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/]The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)[/url] by @[url=https://mastodon.social/users/_elena]Elena Rossini ⁂[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://www.tiotrom.com/2020/11/the-beginners-guide-to-friendica/]The Beginner’s guide to Friendica[/url] by @[url=https://social.trom.tf/profile/tio]Tio[/url][/li]\n[li][url=https://homehack.nl/when-to-use-friendica-over-mastodon/]When to use Friendica over Mastodon (updated)[/url] by @[url=https://squeet.me/profile/ericbuijs1]Greenpepper[/url][/li]\n[li]no less important, [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/]The Friendica Wiki[/url] also available under the help section of your instance (click on your pic and name on the top-right where you're logged in -> help)[/li]\n[li]The @[url=https://forum.friendi.ca/profile/helpers]Friendica Support[/url] group for any questions or issues (yes, I intended to post this here).[/li]\n[/ul]\n\nAll of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.\n\n[h1]Short Q&A with the most common problems[/h1]\n\n[b]How do I post stuff?[/b]\nEasy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:\n\n[img]https://i.postimg.cc/J0qK6tVt/image.png[/img]\n\nA pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.\n\n[b]How to format my text?[/b]\n\nUnlike Facebook, Friendica allows you to format your text, just like you'd do in a Word document. It uses BBCodes for text formatting like [b]bold text[/b], [i]italic text[/i], [u]underlined text[/u] and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/bbcode]in the Wiki[/url] or under [code]https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode[/code]. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing [code][[/code] and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like [code][option]your-text-here[/option][/code].\n\nIf there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: [code][noparse][/noparse][/code].\n\n[b]How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it)[/b]\nJust drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.\n\nAlso, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.\n\nFinally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click \"copy image link\", then go to your post and type [code][img]paste-your image-link-here[/img][/code] (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the [code]img[/code] tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.\n\nI personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used\n[ul]\n[li] [url=https://catbox.moe/]files.catbox.moe[/url]\n[li] [url=https://imgur.com/]imgur.com [/url]\n[/ul]\nMeta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.\n\nYou can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type [code][img=your_image_url]Your Alt-Text here[/img][/code]. Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).\n\n[b]How to upload a video or other media[/b]\nJust like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the \"Files\" icon:\n\n[img]https://i.postimg.cc/gk2f9bM1/Neintitulat.png[/img]\n\nSelect your file, and it will be posted with an [code][/code] tag.\n\nHowever, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.\n\nYou can use the tags [code][audio]your-link-to-the-audio[/audio][/code] and [code][video]your-link-to-the-video[/video][/code] for that.\n\n[b]How do I make a poll/vote at polls[/b]\nPolls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).\n\nYou can again use an external service for creating polls, such as [url=https://www.poll-maker.com/]poll-maker[/url] or [url=https://strawpoll.com/create/]Strawpoll[/url].\n\n[b]Okay, but do I need to add a title?[/b]\n\nNo, you don't. I didn't add one either here. You can if you want your post to be more fancy and want to turn your profile into a more of a personal blog. Which would be cool, but it's not necessary. You do you!\n\n[b]How to post to a group[/b]\n\nGroups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the [code]![/code] or [code]@[/code] signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. 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There are multiple lists:\n[ul]\n[li] [url=https://dir.friendica.social/group]Friendica Directory[/url] (for groups that are on Friendica).\n[li] Check the list of @[url=https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips]Fedi.Tips[/url] available [url=https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/]here[/url].\n[li] [url=https://lemmyverse.net/]Lemmyverse[/url] (For [i]Communities[/i] on Lemmy - a decentralized Lemmy alternative - [url=https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112123530449596792]be wary of this though[/url])\n[li] Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like [url=https://joinmbin.org/servers]Mbin[/url] or [url=https://join.piefed.social/try/]Piefed[/url]. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing [code]your-server-address/friendica[/code], and/or contact your admin for clarification.\n[/ul]\n\n[b]How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?[/b]\n\nYes. [url=https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/fulltext_search]Check the Wiki[/url] for more information.\n\n[b]Are there any mobile apps?[/b]\n\nYes there are. From my personal experience, [url=https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica/]Raccoon for Friendica[/url] gave me the best results. [url=https://gitlab.com/mysocialportal/relatica/-/blob/main/install.md]Relatica[/url] is also a great option, as well as [url=https://fedilab.app/projects/fedilab/]Fedilab[/url] (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are [url=https://friendi.ca/resources/mobile-clients/]other apps[/url] for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.\n\nI hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica\n\n[h1]Other types of resources[/h1]\n[ul]\n[li] Bookface ([url=https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookface]server version[/url], [url=https://gitlab.com/randompenguin/userstyles]Stylus version[/url]) by @[url=https://friendica.world/profile/kmh]Kristi H.[/url] (also follow @[url=https://friendica.world/profile/randompenguin]Pygoscelis Papua[/url] for updates)\n[/ul]\n\n[spoiler=Bonus: Text colors]One aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this [code][color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color][/code]. 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collections of resources about Friendica[/h1]\n[ul]\n[li] This LinkTree by @[url=https://friendica.world/profile/sarahpeck]Sarah Peck[/url] (LinkTree is more popular on mainstream social networks, so consider sending that if this post of mine is too cumbersome\n[li] A webpage that I'm gonna create and link here. While Friendica is quite flexible and allows for text to be customized and formatted in multiple ways, I think a website should also be nice (plus I just discovered Google Sites and I wanna play around) - TBD\n[/ul]\n[share author='Fedi.Tips' profile='https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips' avatar='' link='https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112123530449596792' posted='2024-03-19 17:28:20' guid='ec9baf4b-115fbd6af7b1cc10-60734aeb' message_id='https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/112123530449596792']Years ago I used to recommend a Fedi platform called Lemmy. However, in 2021 some very disturbing stuff about Lemmy's developers came out which totally changed my mind. 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