we now have some GoToSocial docs about importing your archived posts in general: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/importing_posts/

most of the specifics are in the slurp docs, but if you write your own importer and think it might be of general interest to GTS users, please let us know.

Hallo zusammen, ich habe eine kleine Zusammenfassung der GoToSocial Installation unter Docker bereitgestellt. Ihr findet Die zusammenfassung hier: https://info.jyrgi.de/services/gotosocial/index.html

Feditext beta users: today's version 1.7.2 build 130 adds support for push notifications from GoToSocial instances.

you will need to be running a development version of GTS 0.18 with this patch applied <https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/pull/3762>, or wait for the *next* release candidate (0.18.0rc1 doesn't have it) or the 0.18.0 release proper.

users of other instance servers don't need to update.

ok, here you go, updated GTS search patches for 0.18.0rc1. notice how they're on my repo? these are completely unofficial. do not bug anyone but me about them.

1. improved hashtag search. status: upstreamable, mostly.
   • doesn't require # prefix to search hashtags
   • searches for matches anywhere in a hashtag: Mac now matches VintageMac as well as MacOS
   • includes hashtags when not specifically searching for accounts or statuses, like most Mastodon-compatibles
   • doesn't change existing tag sorting. popularity and/or recency might be more useful
2. offset paging for searches. status: not upstreamable yet.
   • more compatible: many clients can't do ID paging
   • allows paging hashtag search results: Mastodon API has no concept of IDs for hashtags, so ID paging can't work for those anyway
   • possible performance issues: see comments on why main doesn't have it already. personally, i haven't noticed and i run this instance on a tiny VPS
3. remove search restrictions. status: heretical.
   • searches any post on your instance (except other accounts' private/direct posts, and accounts that have you blocked)
   • includes public, unlisted, your own private and DM posts, and private and DM posts that are replies to you
   • expanded search is default: revert to standard GTS behavior by adding scope:classic or in:library operator to search query
   • definite performance issues: this means searching more posts! GTS does not use either PG full-text indexes/operators or SQLite full-text virtual tables, and this patch doesn't change that.
   • doesn't include alt text of media attachments, or polls, because main doesn't

i may add more patches to this list in the medium future as i add more functionality to my own instance, for example, date range operators (before:date, after:date), post property operators (has:image,has:poll, has:cw, is:sensitive, visibility:public), threading operators (to:user@instance.tld, is:reply, -is:reply), sort operators (sort:oldest, sort:newest, sort:favs) and maybe PG full-text indexing if i have a really good day (i really don't wanna figure out SQLite's weird shit! someone else do it!)

randos don't debate me about Fedi search. my clients can't set per-post interaction controls yet so i'll just block you.

Feditext beta users: today's version 1.7.2 build 126 now supports editing posts on GotoSocial 0.18 (already supported for most other Fedi servers).

since GtS 0.18 is still in development, this release is recommended for advanced GtS users only: you need to explicitly set a version like 0.18.0-dev while building GtS for Feditext to detect and enable 0.18 features.

users of current GtS or other servers don't need to update to today's Feditext release.

Hey GoToSocial users, can someone help?

How does a user access GTS-specific features if there's no web interface? If users are on Mastodon API apps, presumably that hides the GTS-specific features?

EDIT: I am specifically wondering how to access/create interaction settings for individual posts?

EDIT 2: Okay, thank you to all the people helping , now I understand a lot better. It seems the interaction settings apply to all public posts rather than individual ones, and these are set through the web interface.

Feditext beta users: version 1.7.2 build 124 now supports exclusive lists on GotoSocial 0.17 (previously supported only on Mastodon 4.2 and forks such as Hometown, where the feature originated).

since GtS 0.17 is still in development, this release is recommended for advanced GtS users only: you need to explicitly set a GtS version like 0.17.0-dev during build for Feditext to enable 0.17 features. users of current GtS or other servers don't need to update.

coming soon to GotoSocial: Hometown-style exclusive lists (upstreamed to Mastodon in 4.2). followers you've added to one of these lists will have their posts show up only in lists, but not on your home timeline. great for news and high-volume posters that you want to follow but not see all the time.

https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/pull/3280

Feditext beta users: version 1.7.2 build 119 comes with slightly improved support for following hashtags.

- highlights followed tags on posts that would not otherwise be in your home timeline, so that you know why you're seeing the posts
- enables the feature for GotoSocial 0.17: https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/pull/3141