Aww, look at our cute 'lil sun.🌞

(also reminds me a bit of a certain Doctor Who episode)

PROTIP -

If the Firehose is too much, you can unpin it.

If a hashtag, word or phrase is annoying you, filter it.

If a person is annoying you, block them.

If you don't want to block them, mute them.

If you only want your friends to see your posts in feeds, set that as your default post privacy setting in your settings/preferences.

The tools are available for you to combine in your own way and make COSO your unique experience.

👍

I created this smart speaker "skill" program to share my friend @mindfulheal
Kylie Riordan's wonderful loving ideas with more people. It's free on the Amazon Skills page and if you have an Alexa speaker you can enable it as Kylie's Kindness. #Alexa

PSA: CounterSocial is not Mastodon, and Mastodon is not CounterSocial.

It wasn't always this way, so what happened? Learn more here. #CoSoRocks

https://countersocial.documize.com/s/c30dhakp0nhtab60utag/countersocial-blog/d/c5piofvuaqg133k3is90/the-short-history-of-countersocial-and-mastodon

#CoSoTips Tips

I was reminded earlier tonight of the shortcut keys available on this app which I have yet to memorize.

To access these keys hit g + s simultaneously. This will launch what is called the "Get Started" column

the 1st pic is what you'll see. The location of the Link for the Shortcut Key is highlighted.
Clicking on the Keys Link displays the menu of shortcut keys found in pic 2 below.

Lunar eclipse on 11/8

Every. Thing. Is. Fine.

👀👀

This place is a #fashion desert. Let's fix that. Pretty #shoes! Yay! #mcqueen

To those deactivating your bird accounts, here are two posts detailing how to do that so as to protect your data and privacy:

1.Basic:

https://counter.social/@TheAbbotTrithemius/109289053844755178

2.Advanced (by @voltronic):

https://counter.social/@voltronic/109257543870020693

#CoSoTips
#Deactivate

BAD GATEWAY?

Don't worry.

CoSo will be back online soon.

Sometimes you may see this message and wonder what's going on. It's usually just J working on things. Nothing to fear.

#CosoTips

I took everything I just learned about resetting the far right column and put it into a graphic.

Every time I make one of these, I solidify what I've learned.

CounterSocial is 100% Community Powered.

If you appreciate having an ad-free, bot-free, troll-free social media oasis that is free from abuse of any kind and doesn't exploit you as a product to be sold, please consider going Pro. #CoSoTips

https://counter.social/supportcoso.html

#recipes Deflate dough, turn out on lightly floured surface. Divide into equal pieces to form loaves (two 9x5 loaves, three 8x4 loaves). Place in lightly greased loaf tins, cover, let rise til doubled, ~40 mins.

Preheat oven to 425*F. Put loaves in oven, immediately turn heat down to 375*F. Bake 30 minutes.

Place on rack to cool before packaging, 1 hour or more.

Store in ziplock in fridge up to 1 month. Shelf stable 3-5 days. Freezer stable up to 6 months. (2/2)

#recipes Traditional White Bread
1 Tbsp yeast (2, 0.25 oz packets)
3 Tbsp white sugar
2.5 Cups warm water
5 Tbsp salted butter
1 tsp salt
6.5 Cups all purpose flour

Proof yeast, stir in butter, salt, 2 cups flour. Mix. Stir in remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, beating well w/ea. addition. When dough pulls together, turn out on lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth & elastic, ~8 mins.

Grease large bowl, place dough in & turn to coat dough. Rise ~1 hour covered til doubled. (1/2)

Hey, @ckshowalter

The thing CoSo has about privacy & security? It means that CoSo also strips out the orientation data when it cleans out your EXIF/location info from the upload. Phones tend to include orientation data in the EXIF.

If you just make a simple edit before upload, like cropping or color shifting, maybe a single pixel dot somewhere, you can upload and see it oriented how you like.

#Caturday #CatsOfCoSo (🔍, 📌 those tags to enjoy!).

@CoSoTips #CoSoTips