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Alternative Link

This is opt-in service.

Subscribe

  1. Follow Alternative Link (AL).
  • Some trigger-happy instances such as mastodon.social are blocking altlink.
  1. AL will accept your follow request and follow back you.
  • If you're locking your account, please accept AL's follow request otherwise AL can't read your toots.
  • If you're marking your account as Bot, AL will reject your request and send you a message.
    • Try to follow again within 24 hours. (opt-in by human)
  1. When you post Cloudflared link, AL will send direct message to you with information.
  • Boosts will be ignored.
  • Direct messages older than 7 days will be deleted.
    • There is no good reason to keep old toots online.

Unsubscribe

  1. Just block or mute AL's account on your side.
  • AL do not attempt to re-follow you.
  • If you've changed your mind and want to subscribe(opt-in) again, unblock, unfollow AL and follow again.

Settings

You can configure AL via direct message.

  • 1: Do not message me same domain again for a day.
    • Default is off.
    • By default AL will notify you each time when you post cf-example.com. Turning this settings on will silence second post for 24 hours.
  • 2: Message me onionsite if available.
    • Default is off.
    • If you turn on this settings AL will notify you with onionsite link. Note that AL will also notify you for non-cloudflare sites when onion is available.
  • 3: Count my links and send me report monthly.
    • Default is off.
    • If you turn on this settings AL will simply count how many links you shared publicly. Note that this count will have duplicates because we never save what you shared.
    • If you change this settings counter will reset to 0.
  • 4: Set my preferred language to "??".
    • Default is unset.
      • AL will use language based on your toot.
    • If you tell AL your language, AL will speak your language.
    • Available languages are below.
      • de el en eo es fr hi ja kk ko ky ru zh
  • 5: Show my current preferences.
    • No settings option.
set N V
  • N is above numbers.
  • V is value.
    • for number 1 to 3:
      • one of: y n yes no true false 1 0 on off
    • for number 4:
      • one of: available languages (see above)
    • for number 5:
      • none (see below example)
  • You can mix uppercase if you want.
    • sEt 1 TRuE is same as set 1 true

Here's an example.

  • Speak Russian. Enable onion. Report please.
@AL
set 4 ru
set 2 1
set 3 on
  • What is my current settings?
@AL
set 5
  • Turn 1 on and show settings.
@AL set 1 yes
set 5

  • Mastodon servers are controlled by third party.
    • Let us know if above account is censored by aggressive Cloudflare supporters.
  • AL don't read direct messages. e.g. @AL hey read me
    • It will reply to basic questions in case you did not read this documentation.
    • If you have something to say, you are welcome to create new Issue for public discussion.
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