Comments on: How to Automatically Post your Tweets to Mastodon https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon A running commentary of occasionally interesting things — from Mike Davidson. Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:10:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Kirsten https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1161144 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:10:38 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1161144 ‘New Tweet by a specific user’ is the end of the line for me: it’s a PRO option on IFTTT, you have to get a subscription in order to be able to use it. :(
No workaround or other site/app available?

]]> By: Chad McCoy https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1151454 Mon, 29 May 2023 15:42:36 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1151454 No longer free, must have paid account to do this at all with Twitter

]]> By: david koff https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1128480 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:52:37 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1128480 This only partially works for me. For some reason, on Medium’s mastodon instance (me.dm) my tweets are re-posted, but they are all cut off after about half a sentence. I’d show pics, but, can’t do that here.

So it seems like the fundamental stuff is working with the connections, but the issue of grabbing the ENTIRE tweet is broken. Curious if others have a solution.

]]> By: Ttown https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1117665 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:16:39 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1117665 @AI — Each one of the Mastodon servers is separately maintained. If aus.social is rejecting your posts, you might contact that admin and see what’s up. It may be intentional that the api is disabled, or maybe the server software needs an update.

@Les Orchard — I’m on mstdn.social and you hit the bulls-eye. Lot’s of folks here are pretty skeptical of twitter cross-posters.

]]> By: Al https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1109400 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:37:27 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1109400 :( aus.social seems to reject the IFTTT posts. Can’t use mastodon.social as the server isn’t available in Australia. Might try it again later, if I can find another suitable server.

]]> By: Jonathan Green https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1107243 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 13:04:15 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1107243 Ah. Well, if I had actually FOLLOWED your instructions(!) I might have had more luck. I missed out the “Authorization: ” bit. Works.

Thanks

]]> By: Jonathan Green https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1107235 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:38:02 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1107235 Thanks. Followed your instructions carefully and created activity OK but sadly when it fires I get…

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…at the Webhooks writing stage.

Any tips?

]]> By: Mike D. https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1098162 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:11:35 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1098162 Good to know! Probably varies on a server-by-server basis as well as how you’re using this functionality (high volume/low volume etc) but a good thing to keep an eye on. My own view — which may not be shared by everyone — is that compelling content is what’s most needed right now. You don’t want people giving Mastodon a shot and immediately thinking “where is everybody?”

]]> By: Les Orchard https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2022/12/how-to-automatically-post-your-tweets-to-mastodon#comment-1098113 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:33:04 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=29628#comment-1098113 “If you want to move all of your activity over wholesale, go to town. If, however, you want to keep publishing Tweets on Twitter and have them automatically publish to your Mastodon account as well, this short guide is for you.”

For what it’s worth, a few Mastodon instances are starting to regard cross-posting from Twitter as a potential abuse vector and a sign of spammy bot behavior. Your mileage will vary, but you may find yourself muted or limited in some cases. Especially if you cross-post and then ignore interactions over on Mastodon.

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