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Welcome to the QOTO instance
Welcome to the QOTO instance
QOTO: Question Others, Teach Others
QOTO: Question Others, Teach Others


No hate, No censorship. Just kind people who speak their mind. We federate with all servers: we don't block any servers.

"I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others." - Socrates

A Mastodon instance for scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and all yearning to learn.
A Mastodon instance for scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and all yearning to learn.


A free speech space. No censorship here.
A free speech space. No censorship here.
We do not silence or block any instances.
We do not silence or block any instances.


We will block for explicit hate-based racism, sexism, and other hateful speech, but generally unpopular opinions voiced respectfully will be fine.

Additional services:

NextCloud - https://cloud.qoto.org
GitLab - https://git.qoto.org
GitLab pages (including user hosted pages) - https://*.qoto.io
FunkWhale - https://audio.qoto.org
PeerTube - https://video.qoto.org
Discourse - https://discourse.qoto.org


Unique Features
Unique Features


Inline math Latex support - Use \ ( and \ ) for inline LaTeX, and \ [ and \ ] for display mode.
Inline math Latex support - Use \ ( and \ ) for inline LaTeX, and \ [ and \ ] for display mode.
65,535 character limit for toots (usually 500)
65,535 character limit for toots (usually 500)
65,535 character limit for profile bio (usually 160)
65,535 character limit for profile bio (usually 160)
Full text searches - usually you can only search hashtags and usernames
Full text searches - usually you can only search hashtags and usernames
Halcyon / Twitter clone front-end - Want the interface to look exactly like the Twitter interface? After you signed up just go here to login: https://halcyon.qoto.org.
PeerTube - We host our own PeerTube server with open registration for up to 100MB, but all of our active users get unlimited quotas. Sign up here: https://video.qoto.org.
Professionally hosted with nightly backups
Professionally hosted with nightly backups
light modern theme with full width columns (not fixed)
light modern theme with full width columns (not fixed)
Several extra themes - including mastodon default and mastodon default with full width columns (not fixed)
Several extra themes - including mastodon default and mastodon default with full width columns (not fixed)




Message to New Members
Message to New Members
Welcome to the Qoto Mastodon instance, its like twitter but better!
Welcome to the Qoto Mastodon instance, its like twitter but better!


Please don't hesitate to Direct Message me or tag me in Toots (what we call tweets here) if you have any questions or even if you just want to chat.
Please don't hesitate to Direct Message me ( @freemo@qoto.org ) or tag me in Toots (what we call tweets here) if you have any questions or even if you just want to chat.


If you are new to Mastodon you may want to check out this official getting started guide: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
If you are new to Mastodon you may want to check out this official getting started guide: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md


We are a free speech, no censorship zone. Feel free to talk about whatever you want, say whatever you want, as long as it is legal you wont ever get banned from the server. With that said we do have a few rules: No spam, and no using multiple accounts to circumvent personal bans.
We are a free speech, no censorship zone. Feel free to talk about whatever you want, say whatever you want, as long as it is legal and you engage respectfully you won't ever get banned from the server. With that said we do have a few rules: No spam, and no using multiple accounts to circumvent personal bans, and a few others.


This server isnt a typical mastodon server either. I have personally modified the code on this server to give it several unique features you wont find on other servers.
This server isnt a typical mastodon server either. I have personally modified the code on this server to give it several unique features you won't find on other servers.


If you are new to Mastodon here is some useful info.
If you are new to Mastodon here is some useful info.


First off, if your coming from Twitter and you'd prefer an interface that looks exactly like twitter, then just go here and login with your Qoto credential: https://halcyon.qoto.org/ No need to create an account there, your account on this server will work just fine. Just enter your username in the following format @[username]@qoto.org so for me it would be @freemo But personally I think our default skin here is way better.
Basically Mastodon is a decentralized service similar to twitter. That means anyone can run a server (like QOTO) that people can sign up with and use just like twitter. The unique part is how the servers talk to each other.

Basically Mastodon is a decentralized twitter. That means anyone can run a server (like Qoto) that people can sign up to and use just like twitter. The unique part is how the servers talk to each other.


If you want to tag someone on the same server as you then you can just do @user however if you want to specify someone on a different server you can do @user@server. If someone follows you or mentions you on any server on the internet you'll get notified right here. So my full tag is @freemo@qoto.org.
If you want to tag someone on the same server as you then you can just do @user however if you want to specify someone on a different server you can do @user@server. If someone follows you or mentions you on any server on the internet you'll get notified right here. So my full tag is @freemo@qoto.org.


So now a bit about the timelines, there are three (unlike twitter there is just one): Home, Local, Federated.
So now a bit about the timelines, there are three (unlike twitter there is just one): Home, Local, Federated.


The Home timeline is just like what you'd expect on twitter, that is, everyone you are following.
The Home timeline is just like what you'd expect on twitter, that is, everyone you are following.


The local timeline is any post made by anyone on your local server.
The local timeline is any post made by anyone on your local server.


The federated timeline is what is cool. It combines the timeline of everyone on the server into one. This way you can see the posts of everyone that is followed by anyone on the server (assuming the post is public). So this timeline is a close representation of everyone on the internet who has Mastadon (though not really). Moreover we have a bot here that goes around and federates with everyone it can find, so our Federated Feed is rather robust covering thousands of instances.
The federated timeline is what is cool. It combines the timeline of everyone on the server into one. This way you can see the posts of everyone that is followed by anyone on the server (assuming the post is public). So this timeline is a close representation of everyone on the internet who has Mastadon (though not really). Moreover we have a bot here that goes around and federates with everyone it can find, so our Federated Feed is rather robust covering thousands of instances.


Only other thing that is unique is listed vs unlisted posts. You have normal privacy settings like on twitter but you also can set a post to be listed or unlisted. If it is listed it acts just as i described. If it is unlisted then it acts just as a normal tweet would but it doesnt show up on local or federated timelines anywhere.
Only other thing that is unique is listed vs unlisted posts. You have normal privacy settings like on twitter but you also can set a post to be listed or unlisted. If it is listed it acts just as i described. If it is unlisted then it acts just as a normal tweet would but it doesn't show up on local or federated timelines anywhere.


Also this goes without saying, but don't be racist, sexist, hateful, and don't harass people. Its a pretty shitty thing to do, don't be shitty!
Also this goes without saying, but don't be racist, sexist, hateful, and don't harass people. It's a pretty shitty thing to do, don't be shitty!


The following is the list of QOTO administrators/moderators.
The following is the list of QOTO administrators/moderators.


@freemo@qoto.org
@freemo@qoto.org
@absolutus@qoto.org
@arteteco@qoto.org
@arteteco@qoto.org
@Surasanji@qoto.org
@Surasanji@qoto.org
@hashtaggrammar@qoto.org


Note: The account @QOTO@qoto.org listed as the administrator is NOT an actively monitored account. It was selected so as not to show favoritism among our moderator group, we are a democracy and even our administrators and moderators are held to the same high standards of decency as the rest of the community.
Note: The account @QOTO@qoto.org listed as the administrator is NOT an actively monitored account. It was selected so as not to show favoritism among our moderator group, we are a democracy and even our administrators and moderators are held to the same high standards of decency as the rest of the community.


***We will never advertise on QOTO or sell your information to third-parties***
***We will never advertise on QOTO or sell your information to third-parties***
Rules
What will get you banned:

Anything illegal.
Intentionally creating multiple accounts to circumvent people blocking you.
Explicit hate-based racism, sexism, and other hateful speech, but generally unpopular opinions voiced respectfully will be fine.
Being a bot (unless you post unlisted and do not auto-follow)
Any account setup solely to advertise a product or service
NSFW without a content warning
Spoilers without a content warning


What won't get you banned:

Hurting someone's feelings
Anything that can be solved by a personal block
Cursing
Lewd jokes
A bot where all posts are unlisted


We are all adults here, act like it. Despite our belief in freedom of expression (free speech) we want to create a space where people are respectful to each other. Don't disrespect people; if they disrespect you then block them and move on. If we get a report on one of our users then an administrator will reach out to the parties involved and try to mediate a peaceful resolution. We will talk it through like mature adults. Lets remember there is a person at the other end of the screen, if we can be mature in real life we can do it here too.