Updates and New Features

We've added some new sparkle to Tŵt - here's the short version. Trending Topics Look down in the lower right of your screen and you'll see up to three trending hashtags. Click on any of them to explore these topics on Tŵt and all our connected networks.   Profile Directory The Directory has gotten a big …

#didyouknow #hashtags are #important?

Toots are, by design, hard to find. Part of the underlying privacy features means there is no full text search. We err on the side of making it possible for you to restrict who can interact with you and your content. This is part of the larger effort to prevent people finding content they disagree …

Finding people to follow / Dod o hyd i bobl i ddilyn

Tŵt is part of the Mastodon network, a federation of small communities. As such, it can be tricky to find people to follow and interact with. Here are a few tips: In the Local / Lleol feed is everything happening on Tŵt - you can find people posting there about Wales, learning Welsh or sharing …

Hashnod Ymarfer / Practise Hashtag

Thanks to some great feedback from our friends at SaySomethingInWelsh we are adding the hashtag #ymarfer - if you see the tag please consider replying as this will likely be a Welsh learner somewhere in the world looking to practise their written Welsh online! Find #ymarfer toots here

Crossposting from Instagram

A simple way to get your content onto Tŵt is to automatically post to your Tŵt account when your Instagram feed updates. To do so you'll need to connect your Instagram account to your Tŵt account using a crossposting service. The easiest way to do this is to use a crossposter like Moa Moa Log in to …

Hashnodau Gwanwyn / Spring Hashtags

Spring is a busy time for the Cymry, here's some hashtags to keep you going: Dydd Miwsig Cymru #WelshLanguageMusicDay #DyddMiwsigCymru Rugby #6nations #rugby #rygbi Individual matches are tagged like this #WALvENG  #CYMvLLO  although our European cousins tend to do it #WALENG #CYMLLO St. David's Day #DyddGŵylDewi #StDavidsDay #DyddGwylDewi

Embedding Your Toots

You can embed your content on other sites in a number of ways. Embed Toot Every toot has an embed option that allows you to repost a Toot using an iframe, this allows you to embed a single toot on an external Web site. Embed Feed Every user account has its own RSS and Atom …

Dolen i / Link to Tŵt

Our primary address is https://toot.wales You may also link to http://twt.cymru (which will forward to the toot.wales domain)         Use these images to link directly to https://toot.wales

Some Newsbots Disabled

#BBCWales and #BBCCymru bots will be disabled until further notice while we work on limiting the amount of news filling up the Local Timeline #toomuchnews

Crossposting from Twitter

A simple way to get your content onto Tŵt is to automatically post to your Tŵt account when your Twitter feed updates. To do so you'll need to connect your Twitter account to your Tŵt account using a crossposting service. The easiest way to do this is to use a crossposter like Mastodon Twitter Crossposter or Moa Mastodon …