Do you reply to your last toot, or do you reply to the initial toot of the thread? Why? (Please reply to the thread.) Please boost for a bigger sample size..
@sfwrtr I use a hashtag with my initials and month/year. That way I find my posts, and replies, and can copy it all or in part into my project bible. The long threads are far too confusing for me.
@gahlearner Nice idea! I've started using (hashtag)RSstory and (hashtag) RSdiscussion to ensure uniqueness. Your (hashtag) GL (date) solution is so clean I never noticed it before. Thanks for confirming how useful that is for you.
@sfwrtr I reply to my last post so that it's one long string and I can copy/paste them into my project notes at the end of every month. Which reminds me! I have copy September.
" I reply to my last post so that it's one long string and I can copy/paste them into my project at the end of every month." [Emphasis mine.]
It seems like it ought be obvious, but how do you do your copy/paste? My web UI condenses the posts so I have to open them. Copying also copies non-post info. Pasting in Pages looks weird. What masto-client do you use? Do you filter somehow? Into what program do you paste? Any special options? Tips? This interests me a lot!
BTW, I write all my hashtag posts in Pages and copy them into the text entry box. I'd still love to copy threads. So useful for finding posts so I can make links.
I also export and download ActivePub archive backups twice monthly, which is why I've been searching for a tool that would allow me to format and output posts in an organized fashion, but other than Mastodon, I've failed. Maybe when I retire (I do some web programming amongst other things) I can write my own.
@sfwrtr I use a browser for mastodon. The best app I've found for it. I open the thread at the top, and run my mouse down to the bottom. Striping out the text I don't want doesn't take long, and It's an excuse to reread what I read and highlight anything I wanted to keep. I paste into #scrivener. I keep it simple when I can.
@sfwrtr Yeah, Scrivener is great. I am planning to move to Linux soon, though, so either their Linux version better not suck or I have to find something else to write on. It's pretty daunting, actually.
@sfwrtr There is a kludged together Scriv 1 for Linux, but I'm seeing more people say they have success with running it on Wine, so I'll probably do that. It looks like it takes some futzing to get it all setup, but once that's done, I'll have Scriv again, and I won't be on a corporate OS. Huzzah.
I use hashtags, but this is precisely why I am trying threading so I can keep track of related posts. I'm sure you are aware that your posts show up on your profile, but so do favorites and other things, and if you are active you may need to scroll. Scroll. Scroll more... I also use the search feature against my hashtag or gasp content, but sometimes I completely lose stories I want to link to someone. (I have link posts pinned to my profile.) Recently I had to search Pages files to find what month I wrote something, then know how much I had to scroll down.
@wendypalmer We learn things every day. It has a slightly different behavior; as best I can characterize it is that by-passes other user's replies and puts it at the end of your last reply when you view the initial post. But don't quote me; I may be wrong.
@sfwrtr that seems to happen whether I reply to my first OR last post - but my server only just updated to the latest version, so maybe the behaviour has changed
The hardest thing about threading this way is my remembering to reply to the last post in the thread! I goofed and had to delete a post. Whilst it's my hope people read my toots, I really apologize to any who'd started immediately this time. I've read posts that went 404 on me, but hope I didn't do it to someone else. This is a down side of threading, I guess.
@NaraMoore To organize responses to hashtags like WordWeavers, people will reply to their own previous post to the thread with the next response to the prompt. For example, look at my Writever thread here and scroll through the stories:(https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/111173835020993722) Makes it easy to see all my collected posts for the month.
The question is, should I reply to the first post of the thread, or my last post. The way Mastodon threads, other peoples replies will show up differently in the thread, and one might be preferred over the other.
@sfwrtr I link them all together in a big thread. I save my posts as well, to use later on whilst writing or for notes, so it makes it much easier for me. I can't imagine replying to the first toot. I'd rather have a much easier time reading through my posts, so I just thread them all together and reply to the previous post.
@sfwrtr I thread my work. I have to much chaos and clutter in my daily live, if I can make things nice and tidy from the get go, I try that also thanks to my app not collecting likes and responses but throwing every single interaction out as a single notification, I would go bonkers without some sort of order to react if necessary.
Also it helps me knowing what I allready answered otherwise my whole writing would be just one giant mess and I would completely loose my self searching through it.
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