This is a thread of all my posts made in October 2022, starting 2022-10-04.
September 2022: https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/108923183029787820
August 2022: https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/108877589456734650
Today I found some of the earliest posts on #Mastodon by the creator, @Gargron. I've made a list below of those posts:
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron?min_id=1
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/1
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/3
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/30
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/676
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/679
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/713
And some replies I made:
https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/109191926230009126
https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/109191942439513671
And some newer posts for context:
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/109191633286921498
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/109191935444284728
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/109167080531958827
https://mastodon.social/web/@Gargron/109155591165522248
#TIL if you want to view the oldest posts from a #Mastodon profile, all you have to add is ?min_id=1 to the profile URL (at least for now) and you can view the first page of the oldest posts.
I used this on my profile:
https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james?min_id=1
Update: Now even user profile pages on #Mastodon don't display the old version. That means using ?min_id=1 doesn't work anymore. You are now limited to specialized Mastodon clients to collect older posts, or you can view my post below where I collected some of those posts:
https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/109192175423348143
With this change, any URL that started with /web/ after the domain has now removed the /web/ prefix. Settings and other options have still remained the same.
Now, user profile pages and posts are using their original URLs when logged out. However, remote follows and replies suggest copying the URL into the search bar of your instance, instead of a popout to enter your instance.
P.S. If you view a remote post or profile on an instance, refreshing (or sharing the link) will redirect to the other instance's post, as used in these examples below:
https://mastodon.social/@james@mstdn.starnix.network
https://mastodon.social/@james@mstdn.starnix.network/109192535270895057
