CLOSED: [2017-12-17 Sun 17:07] :PROPERTIES: :ID: 2017-12-17-Mastodon-Twitter-Xposter :CREATED: [2017-12-17 Sun 16:57] :END: :LOGBOOK: - State "DONE" from "DONE" [2023-01-02 Mon 23:11] - State "DONE" from "NEXT" [2017-12-17 Sun 17:07] :END: - Silent Update 2022-12-16: I disabled the crossposter which has served me well as [[id:2022-12-16-leaving-twitter][I quit Twitter for good]]. - Update 2023-01-02: [[https://write.as/renatolond/timeline-for-the-shutdown-of-the-mastodon-twitter-crossposter-instance-at][Because Twitter changing the rules, this crossposter service had to be discontinued with end of 2023-01.]] A couple of days ago, I [[id:2017-11-26-Mastodon][blogged that I'm going to test Mastodon]] as a replacement for Twitter. Currently, I am using [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.twitter_l&hl=en][Talon for Twitter]] as Twitter mobile app and [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keylesspalace.tusky&hl=en][Tusky for Mastodon]] as Mastodon mobile app. Both are fine for my use-cases. Using Twitter and Mastodon in parallel results in a split brain issue: do I post something on Twitter or on Mastodon or on both? I could solve this issue using [[https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/][the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter]] which is also [[https://github.com/renatolond/mastodon-twitter-poster][hosted on GitHub]]. This way, I can on either platform and the content gets cross-posted on the other side as well. I can now be on both networks without neglecting the other. The setup even worked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication][2FA]] using [[https://freeotp.github.io/][FreeOTP]] I have set-up on Mastodon. (No, Twitter, you won't get my personal phone numer.) Starting with cross-posting yesterday, I could double my toots within less than 24 hours. I can even use Mastodon as my main status tool, moving away from Twitter more and more. The only important thing to me what it missing on Mastodon is a proper export functionality. I created [[https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/6044][a feature request on GitHub]] for it.