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If you want to create a thread on Mastodon or other Fediverse platforms:

1. Publish the first part of the thread as a post
2. Reply to your post with the second part
3. Reply to your previous reply with the third part etc.

More info and questions answered at:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-post-a-thre

Some mark their threads with a 🧵 symbol and/or number the thread "1/5" or "1/X" so people can keep track of which page they are on.

To see the thread that a post comes from, just click on the post.

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@FediTips

When I create a thread, I always reply to the first post with every reply.

So I (and especially the readers) have the entire thread together in one view.

When I reply to the following post, the post and one answer are displayed. To read the thread you have to click again and again.

@csickendieck

I don't think so?

That would make threads difficult to view for most people?

If you're replying directly to the first post with each reply, anyone clicking on a reply will have most of the thread hidden.

"When I reply to the following post, the post and one answer are displayed. "

What are you using to view Mastodon?

Fedi.Tips

@csickendieck

For example I created this thread by chaining together a series of replies:

social.growyourown.services/@F

It displays in full for me, does it not display in full for you?

@FediTips

You're absolutly right. Never realized it. :D

Just a moment.

Need to test it. :D

@FediTips

I'm speechless.

It works.

Thank you. 🙂

I'm pretty sure, I saw it wrong once and adopted it.

@csickendieck

You're not the first person to suggest this!

I am wondering if there is (or was?) a bug on some app somewhere which causes/caused problems on threads, and replying to the first post was a workaround for that bug?

@FediTips Yes, maybe.I'm pretty sure, I once saw, when I clicked on a reply, in the middle of a thread, only seeing that post and a reply.

Thank you for the clarification.

Good night (in Germany it is 10 pm). ⭐