I’m not sure I’ve mentioned it, but one of my favorite “hidden” Mastodon features in the user interface is simply typing the character “?”. It opens up a list of keyboard shortcuts that make a lot of the features I always wish I’d had available.

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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  1. @chrisaldrich That actually is a convention in a lot of web interfaces, like Gmail, Google Calendar (probably other google things), Feedbin and several others.It's one of those things that once I found out about, I try lots of places, but hadn't thought to try on Mastodon, thanks!

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