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Seldomly asked questions. By real users. Not those clever developers.
- [How do I follow a user on a remote instance ?] (#remotesub)
- [Why isn't my post available on the Internet ?] (#invisible)
- [Can I include HTML markup in the WYSIWYG post editor ?] (#markup)
- [Is there a public timeline?] (#publictimeline)
How do I follow a user on a remote instance ?
OK - so you now have your new, shiny identi.ca account migrated to the wonderful Pump platform. Obviously, all your existing Friends/Followers subscriptions from identi.ca have been seamlessly migrated but sooner or later, you will make a new friend. Honest, you will. No, you will.
If your new mate is also on identi.ca, then it's easy enough, Very similar to identi.ca, in fact, just click 'Follow'. The 'Follow' button should magically transform to 'Following'.
Let's imagine you want to follow a user on a remote Pump instance. For example, you see an interesting note from 'david@fmrl.me'. Ensure you are logged in to your identi.ca account. Then visit David's Pump page at https://fmrl.me/david
Click 'Follow' as before but instead of entering your login credentials on the remote instance, click 'Account on another server ?' and type in your Webfinger identifier 'harry@identi.ca'.
Click 'Authorize' when asked 'Do you want to authorize fmrl.me to access your account ?' and then click 'Follow' when the users home page is displayed.
Again, this isn't too far removed for the process for subscribing to a remote StatusNet user, but the GUI may throw a few people at first.
Why isn't my post available on the Internet ?
If you have spent hours lovingly crafting a note on Pump and proudly posted the link to all your friends and family, there's nothing worse than people telling you 'That link you sent doesn't work'.
Pump has strict controls on privacy and publishing. By default, a note will only be posted (and visible) to your 'Followers'. If you want a note to be visible to everyone on the Internet, ensure you include 'Public' in the 'To:' or 'CC: list'.
There are enhancement requests (364) for Pump to set defaults for your preferred distribution list or, alternatively, to remember (431) the settings used on your last post.
Can I include HTML markup in the WYSIWYG post editor ?
No. However, some clients support Markdown.
Well, yes and no. The web interface does not show a public timeline. Pump.io servers post the public notes from their users to OFireHose and it is possible to obtain a feed from there, in ActivityStreams format (JSON). So clients may present a public timeline using that feed. At this moment, only Puma (client for Android) is showing the Firehose timeline. For more information, you can visit OFirehose.com, or track issue #656.