If you had to choose only one to use exclusively which one would you pick ?

Mastodon or Bluesky ?

Give specific reasons to back up your claim.
#mastodon #bluesky

I'm going to have to apologize a bit for the BlueSky slander I've been spreading. I did not realize it's actually open source and federated too. It just has its own protocol instead of ActivityPub.

I'm sticking with Mastodon, but I'm a little less upset now about BlueSky's recent prominence

#blueSky #mastodon #socialMedia

Updated #BlueSky my handle!

https://bsky.app/profile/fortyseven.network47.org

Aww yiss. No worries, though. #Mastodon is my primary home. But it's good to diversify. Let's not put our eggs in one basket ever again. :P

(I'm not putting much effort into #Threads though. Already has that corporate stink about it. 🤢)

After using #Mastodon for a little bit now, I decided to actually press the mysterious "Bookmark" button to see what it did. I was nervous, hovering the pointer over it for a moment, feeling my heart beating faster, and then.. "click". I did it! ... Suddenly... a portal opened up in front of me. These weird alien chicken like creatures came out of it, which then jumped out of the window, and the portal disappeared. Everything was silent again. I still don't know what that button is actually for.

What, if so, makes #Mastodon superior to #Bluesky? I’m truly interested.

@soaproot @eliotlash.com It's actually been really refreshing getting a first-hand experience of #bluesky. They have some nice QoL features lacking in #Mastodon like quote posts (with opt-out), reply controls, portable data, thread composition, and community-generated feeds you can subscribe to. But more importantly I am reconnecting with a lot of people I knew from birdsite/IRL that never made their way over here (or I never found them here at least.)

Heads up Canadian Fedi! There are rumblings that the Gov of Canada, or at least large numbers of politicians/politicos are soon ending their presence on #Twitter to move to #Bluesky.

Now is the time to push for them to consider the #Fediverse including #Mastodon. Whether they choose an existing server, or do (imo) the right thing and create their own presence, now is when you need to be talking to your political contacts about why they should choose this space!

#TwitterMigration

Recently came across @vmstan's bot @mergebot, which is great if you want to stay on top of Mastodon's development.

Pairs well with @mastodon_mobile_apps, which keeps track of latest updates to Mastodon's official mobile apps.

I also made @mastodonroadmap, which is a bit less useful these days as the Mastodon roadmap hasn't been getting updated much lately, and the no longer active @mastodonmilestoneprogress, as the team has moved away from using GitHub milestones.

#mastodon #fediverse

Introducing Streamiverse… a simple Mastodon-compatible streaming API of curated posts from the fediverse.

https://streamiverse.small-web.org

Consume the public API curated/hosted by Small Technology Foundation (for non-commercial and educational use) or host your own.

Mastodon had a public streaming API but it was locked down this year. This gives you back that useful feature (for demos, teaching, etc.) plus you know exactly what you’re getting.

#streamiverse #mastodon #fediverse #API #SmallWeb #Kitten

Since people asked, here's how to make a Lemmy/threadiverse post from a microblog. Note that this might not always work, depending on your instance.

#Lemmy #Fediverse #Mastodon #Threadiverse

On Mastodon, a newly introduced feature allows you to link your blog articles to your Fediverse account. I recently added this feature to my Hugo Blog and wrote down the necessary steps: https://kotthoff.dev/posts/2024/mastodon-tag/

#mastodon #hugo #opensource #blog #blogging #journalism

This blog post by @rolle about how he found his way into the #Fediverse and created IMO the best #Mastodon #theme #BirdUI is well worth a read!

https://rolle.design/the-day-i-decided-to-build-my-own-twitter

One of the worst misfeatures of #Mastodon from a safety angle: If you get an abusive reply to your post, you can't remove it even by blocking the person. Even after blocking, your server still shows the abusive reply to everyone else.

There has been a patch ready to fix this for 2 years, 6 months, and 1 day. @Gargron has not approved it, and has provided *zero* explanation for why he will not allow it to be merged.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/18468

I don't really like BlueSky. There are weird things that don't work. If I post a GIF it isn't animated. Labels/tags don't seem to work well. I can't even figure out how to copy my BlueSky profile link.

I wish I liked Mastodon more because it's probably the most independent of all of the social networks. It's a bit clunky in places though. I wonder why people fleeing from billionaires didn't rush here though, and help improve it?

#mastodon

Purely anecdotally again, but for the #Slush event I think #X-#Twitter is still the number one place for posts. Followed by either #Threads or #BlueSky (difficult to tell as the search on Threads is rubbish).

#Mastodon sadly is a very distant fourth. Most of the traffic being from yours truly.

#bluesky is not decentralized like #email. that's the federated model of #ActivityPub.

the mediated model of #ATproto for email would be "all emails going thru gmail servers, while you could store your inbox/outbox elsewhere with a domain name you choose, but if gmail servers go down, absolutely no one would be able to send an email".

exactly what we saw with the bluesky outages. this doesn't happen to actually decentralized email or #mastodon servers. #SocialWeb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-EvA95Eqw

Hi folks! Would you benefit from image and video editing built into Fediverse Web apps like Mastodon, GoToSocial and Pixelfed?

I'm a Web developer working on media editing tools with funding from @NGIZero, and I'm looking for feedback.

#OpenSource #NGI0 #ActivityPub #Mastodon #GoToSocial #Pixelfed

Friendly reminder, if a cable is cut somewhere in the world, #mastodon will not go down.

Why? Because it is truly decentralized.

The #bluesky marketing doesn't hold up when compared to the facts.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24296537/bluesky-acting-up-outage-down

"Decentralised social media is more than just a technical shift; it's a step toward restoring autonomy and trust in our digital lives, empowering individuals and communities to connect without compromising their values or privacy."

A study by the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford finds that decentralised social media leads to citizen empowerment.

https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/decentralised-social-media-increases-citizen-empowerment

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Decentralised #Decentralized #Mastodon #Bluesky #Threads #X #Empowerment

📊 New insights from our #research on #AcademicMastodon

Uptake across disciplines
→45.5% #STEM
→17.2% #SocialSciences
→10.8% #Humanities
→9.6% #Health sciences
→5.4% other

Real-life colleague connectivity on #Mastodon
→32.9% 1-3 colleagues
→8.5% 4-10 colleagues
→5.4% 10+ 〃
→30.5% 0 〃

51% of responding social scientists have immediate colleagues on Mastodon, significantly more than other disciplines

💜 Spreading Mastodon love in your department?
📢 Share your pitch here!

#OpenScience

Is there a view of followed accounts on #mastodon which shows everyone's last post? Ideally, last non-boost post. Else I may have to add more people to my "noisy" list 🙁

Hi @_elena, I came across your interesting account yesterday! I'm really impressed by your #fediverse ideas and "powers". I read your post yesterday about system federation, and it got me wondering: is it possible to use a #mastodon account to join other social networks? Or am I misunderstanding something?

#Mistral kann nun auch chatten, Bilder erstellen und im Web suchen:

https://chat.mistral.ai/

Das Bild zeigt eine typische Nutzerin von #Mastodon nach Vorstellung von Mistral … 😅

#AI #KI #Chatbot

adding support in #Fedicat for #Mastodon 4.3 moderator warning notifications

Now that I've attempted implementing Notifications for Report Notes I don't know if they're really a good idea or not.

Maybe just the emails?

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/33005

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Also did up a PR to generate Emails & Notifications for Report Notes, but uhhh 😵‍💫😵‍💫

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Tonights new Mastodon PR: A WIP Implementation of APIs for Moderation Notes for Reports and Accounts (and eventually Instances)

I'm not 100% sure if this approach is ideal yet, but interested in feedback from people wanting this API (it's been requested since 2019)

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32999

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Leider ist #RobertHabeck noch nicht mit einem eigenen Account hier auf #Mastodon, sondern es gibt nur @roberthabeck, der seinen Account auf X hierher spiegelt. Aktuell folgen diesem Account 210 Menschen - die meisten natürlich von der Instanz gruene.social - wo wir ihn natürlich sehr gerne mit einem aktiven Account sehen würden! #Netzbegrünung

Niin, oispa tällainen palvelu päätetty perustaa 🤭

#Mastodon #MastodonFi #Some #SomeFi #SosiaalinenMedia #FediverseFi #Fediverse #MementoMoriSocialFi

Mastodon’s weaknesses and how to fix them
https://2ality.com/2024/11/mastodon-weaknesses.html

#2ality #Mastodon

Aujourd'hui, ça fait donc 2 ans que je me suis installée sur le #fediverse ! 🎉

J'y ai rencontré des gens formidables, dont certains sont devenus des amis IRL.
Même si les réseaux sont avant tout un outil de travail pour moi, je viens ici avec joie pour discuter de tout et de rien.
Merci à Piaille.fr de m'avoir accueillie et à vous tous.tes pour nos discussions ❤️

C'est reparti pour une nouvelle année !

#fediversaire #Mastodon

If #mastodon had plugins I would have one give random profile images to new accounts.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/30936

#Mastodon sees a boost from the ‘#X exodus,’ too, founder says

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/mastodon-sees-a-boost-from-the-x-exodus-too-founder-says/

#Twitter #privacy #FOSS #decentralization #fediverse

Heya @jerry, a good friend of mine is asking about what it'd take to host a Mastodon instance for ~1000 users. Since you've been through it all do you have any advice/resources/etc... I could pass along to help set him up for success out of the gate?

#mastodon #selfhosting

What is Channel.org?

Channel.org is our new membership service designed to help organisations join New Social - open networks of interconnected platforms where orgs can own their space.

We know that this space aligns with many for-good orgs morally, now we need to show them that the people here can support their mission just as well as on any Big Tech platform.

If you want to know more, please check out the website or get in touch!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia

ちょっと追記、
この観点でいうと、自分から見ると #BlueSky は結局「#BlueSky へおいでよ」にしか見えないんだよな…

その点、 #Mastodon は 「 においでよ」とは言ってない。
あ、いや、言ってるかもしれないけど、それだけじゃない。
別に じゃなくてもいい、#Misskey でも #Pixelfed でも #Threads が #ActivityPub に完全対応すれば #Threads だっていい。

「#X から #BlueSky に大移動！これからは #BlueSky の時代！」とか「いまこそ #Threads でインフルエンサーになっておくべき！」みたいな「どこの #SocialMedia にいくべき」みたいな語り口をみると、たとえるなら「いつまでメールのプロバイダーはどこがいい、みたいな話するつもりなのか。全部メールなんだからメールでいいじゃん。」みたいな気持ちになる…

この「メール」という上位の言葉にあたるのが #Fediverse なのであって、いまは便宜上それに対応しているサービスとしてないサービスがあるから #Fediverse って呼んでるだけで、つまりは汎用的な相互に連携できる #SocialMedia のことだし、しかもその仕様は ちゃんと #W3C で #ActivityPub という形で標準化もされてるわけで、さらに実際にそれで連携したいろんなサービスやソフトウェアが存在している（#BlueSky の #ATProtocol とはちがって）んだから、これからはそういう「標準化されたソーシャルメディア」の時代にしようぜ！という気持ちのほうが強い。

全然追記がちょっとじゃなかった…

On Mastodon, you never see all replies, especially if you host a small instance.

GoToSocial and IceShrimp.NET do a fetch all replies when you open the detail of a post.

This feature may finally be on its way to Mastodon!

Hoping it gets a UI indicator showing the reply retrieval progress. Right now, that is lacking in other software, you have to refresh the screen after a bit of time has passed and then see them, not ideal.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615

#Mastodon #GoToSocial #IceShrimpNET

Choose Your Fighter: Microblogging Edition

#Threads
❌ Algorithm-first, making it more difficult to be discovered
❌ AI-powered moderation with little transparency or accountability

#Bluesky
❌ Owned by VCs and crypto bros with no clear revenue plan
❌ One investor away from becoming Twitter 2.0

#Mastodon
✅ Community-owned and billionaire-proof
✅ No ads, no tracking, no algorithms

#SocialMedia can actually be yours again. Choose freedom and #privacy. Choose the #Fediverse 🌍✨

#xodus #bsky #deso

There is also a tonne of work that goes into trying to improve the moderation tools and make them clearer and more usable. Like, it can easily be hours of making small tweaks in one direction or another, sharing work, discussing it with people, implementing feedback, etc.

You can see a bit of that in the original post's linked pull request, where you can see my initial work, and then work after I've had someone reviewing it (they did so privately)

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Okay, really starting to get happy with where my idea for redesigning the Instance Details page in the #Mastodon Moderation tools is going: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32948#issuecomment-2484509344 (there's screenshots!)

I think this makes a lot more sense as far as how information is organised on these pages.

#MastoAdmin

Opened two new Mastodon issues with ideas that could improve moderation processes, would be interested in hearing what people think:

- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/32962
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/32963

I've also been working more on other admin/moderation pages more too, and work is hopefully able to move forwards and land soon-ish.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

If the top 10% posting on #Threads and #Bluesky federate/bridge, you can basically get all the content on #Mastodon & #Fediverse.

Maybe with a certain follower number you could get bridged auomatically, @snarfed.org? Could be a middle ground between all opt-in vs. all opt-out?

On the #Vergecast @imdavidpierce said something like: On every #SocialNetwork 90% of the users read, 9% post a bit and 1% post almost everything.

This does sound right, and for #Mastodon, #Threads and #Bluesky it would mean, that they don't need to be connected fully. 👇🏼

Ein Aktionsbündnis fordert, das Social-Media-Netzwerk #Mastodon zur Basis der deutschen #Wissenschaft zu machen. Warum sie X vorwerfen, von #Verleumdung, #Cybermobbing & Wahleinmischung geprägt zu sein, erklärt Mario Birkholz vom Bündnis im Interview. @christianschwaegerl https://www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellschaft/aktionsbuendnis-mastodon-wissenschaft-hochschulen-x-twitter-abkehr

#TIL, through @thisismissem (thank you for your dev contributions to Mastodon, to our moderation and trust & safety tooling!! 🙏
Edit: if you’d like to support her work,
link at bottom) about this dashboard:

https://fedidb.org/

“Fediverse Network Statistics”

PS
@pixelfed is the 5th most-used Fediverse software, rock on @dansup thank you as well!

Support Em:
https://support.thisismissem.social/

#fediverse #Mastodon #pixelfed

#Mastodon に CW があってほんと良かった。
ものすごく単純な機能だし、 始めた当初は「ネタバレとかを防止できるんだなー素朴な機能だな〜 」くらいにしか思ってなかったけど、いまとなっては画期的な機能だなとすら思ってる

#SocialMedia #SNS

@mekkaokereke @stooovie @Remittancegirl

While #Mastodon is the giant of the #Fediverse , I am curious if any of the other projects have made better strides with onboarding, moderation, UX and so forth.

How is #Friendica on these issues? Or #Misskey ? Ideally we should have a number of _different_ #ActivityPub -based systems which all compete to make their user experiences better. I mean, isn't tying ourselves too closely to any single platform how we got ourselves into this mess in the first place?

It's time #Mastodon supported multiple domain names per instance, allowing the users to use their own domain name for identity.

The issue has been open for 7+ years now: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

I'm still against quote posts on the Fediverse.

I have never seen a quote post that would not have been better as a reply, where original author can be included in the discussion.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Quote #Quotes

Sigh. I'm happy to mark #spam as such and tell everybody who is also affected, but if it takes 10+ clicks in two different dialogues I guess I'll soon stop.

Does anyone know if somebody submitted a RFE to improve this #mastodon behaviour or if some improvements in that area are in the works already?

A warm welcome to some of our newest members!

@katerina @fotland @AlnaVenstre @hussainalnowais24 @Seileren

🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

Ready to jump in? Upload a profile picture, update your bio and write a new post introducing yourselves! Don't forget to include the hashtag #introduction.

Hashtags are a great way to find new content or help people find your content on #Mastodon.

Also, get the Mastodon app and sign in using your new oslo.town account! https://joinmastodon.org/apps

I’m curious about a couple of things and answers to this question will surely provide insights. What is decentralisation as defined by a social protocol and social network(s)? #fediverse #ActivityPub #Socialweb #Mastodon #Askfedi

if you want to understand what's wrong with #mastodon, listen to some black people. listen to some women. listen to some queer people. I'll post some links in a bit for those who don't know, but I'm not here to convince mastodon apologists. I'm interested in joining the conversation on how (if?) #ActivityPub can be used in a way that overcomes mastodon's problems.

What does a safe, inclusive microposting protocol on top of #ActivityPub look like? #mastodon is very clearly not it; there are flaws baked in, and the questionably-BDFL is not interested in feedback from marginalized people.

Which just means that we'll have to build it ourselves, without him.

This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.

I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.

So, I want to thank all the friends of BSD Cafe, whether local or not, for being here and making this place what it is. And I thank all my friends in the Fediverse, who make my timeline lively, interesting, intelligent, fun, and thought-provoking - every day, at any time.

#BSDCafe #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia #Community #Trust #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #JoinTheFediverse

I was featured in the latest issue of Ctrl-ZINE! I wrote a piece about the fediverse and why I believe it can be a sustainable model for the future of social media.

Check it out here: https://ctrl-c.club/~/loghead/zine/Ctrl-ZINE.issue.17.pdf

#writing #writingcommunity #fediverse #mastodon #zine #zines #ctrlzine #socialmedia

We’re getting it wrong when we tell folks that #Mastodon is just like “Old #Twitter”. If you want that, that’s #Bluesky. Mastodon is a different kind of place.

This is a more intimate community that discourages “influencing” because there’s no profit motive for eyeballs. The microblogging approach may look similar to Twitter but the way the communities form and conversations evolve is fundamentally different.

It’s no uptopia; we’ve got a shitload of work to do to make it safer.

#Fediverse

Mark Hamill joined Bluesky.
Stephen King joined Threads.
The Fediverse has Linus Torvalds and Tim Berners-Lee.

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Bluesky #Threads #Mastodon

#Twitter マジで人減ってるな。タイムラインが全然更新されなくなった。 #Bluesky に移住したのかな？ #Mastodon においで〜🐱

お寄せいただいた Android‐環境の例では、Mastodon のアプリアイコンとして設定した画像の一辺の長さを基準として、両方とも中央の 88% ぐらいが切り抜かれてる（図の円が近似）。maskable icon の safe area と定義されているのは中央の 80% なので、ギリギリではなく少し余裕を持たせてるみたい（目盛りを見よ）。図のカド丸は iPhone の切り抜き範囲。

#Mastodon

We need to lead which sometimes results in needing to slow down feature development to ensure all aspects are considered.

Yes, sometimes big regressions make it in, but they're usually something to be avoided at all costs, and we prioritise fixing a bunch of bugs & performance issues.

And yes, there's our own internal issues with how we work that slows us down, but there's a lot of work going into improving that situation too.

#Mastodon

Being responsible and careful is a necessity when you carry 70% of installed software by user count.

If we roughly implement things or release stuff without properly testing it and finding rough edges, we risk breaking or making worse, the Fediverse experience for 70% of all its users — that's a huge responsibility.

Trust and safety *must* be considered, protocol design and interoperability with other software is a must, not a nice to have.

#Mastodon

When you consider relative install sizes of various Fediverse software, it becomes clear why #Mastodon often needs to move in ways that ensure we don't break things and do right by all to ensure interoperability and trust & safety in the new things we put out — move fast and break things isn't an option.

I find it utterly unfair that Bluesky is now booming, the press is talking about it a lot, while Mastodon _is_ decentralized, older, provides more features, and is based on standards. Why people keep rejecting these techs? Why the choice is rarely made in favor of simple, standard-based, open, community-driven solutions?

This isn’t my project but I think it is an interesting question. What makes these solutions appealing or not?

#mastodon #bluesky

Sending this out to #Bluesky from #Mastodon.

I hope this of you on Bluesky would consider following https://bsky.app/profile/ap.brid.gy over there so that your posts are bridged over to the #Fediverse so we can interact with each other without changing platforms.

People here are all bemoaning what #Mastodon is doing wrong to not be gaining all these millions of new users. We're not doing anything wrong. We're being Mastodon. We aren't Walmart, we're those little shops in the sidestreets owned by all kinds of people doing interesting, wonderful stuff. We're doing exactly the right thing by just carrying on being ourselves.

#Bluesky are like Walmart. Maybe some people think it's Waitrose, but let's settle on Tesco.

Just a reminder: everything you do on social media is public. Even if you delete a post on your instance, it can still exist on other instances, in the cache of search engines or private databases.

#Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse #decentralisation

笑った

> 「#Mastodon でインフルエンサーになれません」それはバグではなく仕様です。

https://opinuendo.com/@matthew/113488003041738944

How I instruct people to join Mastodon. First I don’t mention instance anything ! Secondly i provide them a link. Either Mstdn.social or my instance if they like gaming … tell them to follow the prompts to sign up. Give them a few suggestions to follow. And boom they are generally hooked ! Once they are familiar I mention instances I mention federated vs local. Once they’re comfortable they seem to grasp it way better.
#mastodon #fediverse #howto

Anyone have tips or a guide on how to handle targeted harassment here on #Mastodon? Asking for a friend

Do you use your domain registrar's DNS hosting or do you use a separate DNS hosting provider?

#mastoadmin #mastodon #dns

#Bluesky is getting 1M+ new users a day. Meanwhile, #Mastodon: 🚧 🥲 🚧

Is there a #Mastodon #API endpoint for importing accounts to follow? And does it accept data other than in a CSV?

Wondering if a Starter Pack-like "Follow All" button could be created here.

#Mastodon bookmarklet (new version): Show the current profile or post on your server.
https://gist.github.com/rauschma/677544618b73dc4e3d11611e298cbe3a

#Mastodon アカウントもあった。
というか､いわゆるソーシャルメディアのアカウントは だけか

https://fosstodon.org/@enhance_dev

In the early days of the Web, research institutions and Universities were some of the first to join.

Has your research institute or University joined the Fediverse as yet? How about suggesting to do so? Maybe set up a server yourself, with their permission? We can all contribute to building the Fediverse. This is the best way to build a true social web.

#fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #Facebook #BlueSky #Threads #university #Research

@sublimer あ、やっぱり #Mastodon 独自の機能なんですね〜 💦
おっしゃる通り、より汎用的な仕様として、例えば #Fediverse #ActivityPub 側で同様の機能を取りこんでもらうとか、そもそも使う人が増えてくれると良いですよね

@sublimer #Mastodon のドメインの所有をプロフィールに表記できるやつが、現状それに一番良さそうな気はしました

https://joinmastodon.org/ja/verification

#Mastodon だったら、ドメイン認証、公式アカウントの証明としては十分なのではと思ってるんだけどそんなことないんだろうか

https://joinmastodon.org/ja/verification

#VivaldiSocial からほかの #Mastodon サーバーに引っ越しする予定は今のところないけど、 の ポストデータの引っ越しのやり方は（可否含めて）気になってる。

（出来ないのかな？サーバーにとっては結構な負荷がかかる可能性もあるしなあ

I have been operating very well with BlueSky from Mastodon. I even have 11 followers! I'm not saying this will be easy, but it's not hard either.

Tell your friends to follow @ap.brid.gy on #BlueSky to build a bridge, or conversely, you can follow @bsky.brid.gy from #Mastodon or another Fediverse.

You can chat, like, and I think even send DMs across platforms.

Tell your friends—the more, the merrier.

というか、自分にとっては #Fediverse が眩しすぎて、#BlueSky とか霞んでよく見えない、みたいな感じかもなー

#BlueSky の界隈の盛り上がりはよく知らないけど、#Fediverse は #ActivityPub がすでに標準技術としてあって複数のソフトウェアとそれを使ったサーバーが建っている（実際に分散運用されている）というだけじゃなく、最近は

* いろんなクライアントがある（#PhanpySocial 推し
* #Flipboard みたいなメディアも #Fediverse に積極的にコミットしてる
* 企業がサーバー立てる例もふえつつある（一方で #Mozilla とかは閉じちゃったりもしてるけど）
* テック系のアカウント（特に英語圏）は結構いる
* 推しの #Vivaldi もサーバー建ててる

みたいに、#Mastodon の中の人だけじゃなく、いろんな人や企業が参加・コミットし始めてて、そこに広告的メリット以上の何か（そもそも #Fediverse は広告的なメリットは既存の SocialMedia に比べれば大きくない）意義を見出して関わっている感じがあって、そこに自分の理想みたいなものを重ねて応援している部分もあるので、あんまり他の場所に興味を持ててない。

そういう意味では全然フラットじゃなくて#Fediverse 贔屓な意見だし、そういう自覚もある。
それくらいには を応援していますという宣言を、ここに置いておこう…（そっ

For the #Newhere and Welcome in the #Fediverse!

The best #Mastodon Apps for #iOS
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/05/here-are-the-best-mastodon-apps-for-iphone-ipad-and-mac/

The best Mastodon Apps for #Android
https://www.androidpolice.com/best-mastodon-apps/

I'm new to #mastodon so forgive me, but why do I sometimes need to go out of my phone app or into another browser tab to see more replies or the full count of boosts or likes? It's a bit of a pain, especially since I have to go BACK to the original post on my server to interact with it at all.

"I can't be an influencer on Mastodon" is a feature, not a bug.

#socialMedia #Mastodon

This is a powerful statement from UK journalists and we agree.

X is no longer neutral and no longer a home for journalists.

We are ready to support any and all journalists who make the move to open social networks, now and in the New Social future.

Please, feel free to send journalists or publications our way if they have any questions. Or, if you're a journalist yourself, feel free to reach out.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dFfEZ8xl8GZChTl17FAoOghAQs-PFEaAyGH1y_vGk6E/edit?tab=t.0

#SocialMedia #X #Journalism #News #OpenSocial #Mastodon #Fediverse

今日は Vivaldi Social は誕生日！ 🎉
私たちが Mastodon を始めて、もう丸２年が経ちました。

私たちはいつも、みんなのウェブ体験をもっと楽しくするために色々取り組んでいます。Vivaldi Social はその一部として、とってもいい感じに役立っていると信じています！

２周年を迎えて、私たちが望むのはたった一つ。もっと多くの人に Fediverse の魅力を知ってもらうこと！賢くて、面白くて、心温まる場である Vivaldi Social、ぜひお友達にも 紹介してみてくださいね！

これからもたくさんの楽しい時間を一緒に作っていきましょう

チーム Vivaldi

#vivaldi #VivaldiSocial #Birthday #Mastodon #fediverse

Proud to have been doing my small part to keep this service running for 2 years now!

https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/113486908261181451

#Mastodon

Microblogging social media before:

- Twitter

Microblogging social media today:

- Threads
- Bluesky
- Mastodon
- Nostr

The SOCIAL WEB in the future (I want to believe):

- It doesn't matter, they all connect to each other, use whatever service you prefer.

#Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #ActivityPub #Bluesky #Nostr #Mastodon #Threads

Ahora que está sucediendo la enésima migración masiva desde #twitter hay una cosilla que me viene a la mente.

¿Por qué los organismos gubernamentales de #espana no están todos en #mastodon ? y no digo que se creen una cuenta, digo que por qué no tiene una instancia oficial.

¿Por qué el gobierno de #España no crea una instancia oficial donde tenga las cuentas de todo lo relacionado con el gobierno y autonomías?

Solo para ellos, sin posibilidad de crear cuentas de usuarios.
Sería una forma fiable de tener información oficial real, actualizada y que puede ser consumida y distribuida a cualquier otra red que se quiera.

#pensamientos_rarunos_para_un_viernes

How much do you wanna bet that the #Twitter / #X exodus to #Bluesky / #Threads / #Mastodon will be short-lived and they will all be back on the site they left before Christmas?

L'instance #Mastodon de Vivaldi.net fête 🥳 aujourd'hui ses deux ans de service !

https://social.vivaldi.net 2️⃣ 🎂

Elle fait partie des 15 #instances les plus utilisées (sur plus de 10 000 recensées) avec près de 58 000 #utilisateurs inscrits et 7 000 actifs par mois (source : https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon ).

Parmi les spécificités de cette instance :
- 1337 caractères par message
- plein d'émoji sympa
- une fonction de traduction intégrée

Si vous souhaitez vous exprimer ailleurs ou autrement, #Vivaldi offre aussi, et depuis plus de dix ans, un service de #mail, de #blogs personnels et des #forums de discussions tout à fait fiables et sympathiques !

Un grand Merci aux admins de l'équipe qui gèrent tout cela 🙏
https://vivaldi.com/fr/team/

I've just shared my story on why I've left other social media for the Fediverse at the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/tell-us-have-you-migrated-between-social-media-platforms-recently

Perhaps more people could tell them about this place? Maybe some of it will be published allowing more people to discover the Fediverse.

#TheGuardian #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSource #Tech #TechPolicy #Internet #Media #Journalism

Obviously, being on #Mastodon chimes with a lot of the impulses of the #radio activists to build an #infrastructure over which people, not corporations, have control

But also, there are tensions between a roll-your-own-tech answer to problems of democratic control over communication, & the fact that a lot of everyday people, myself included actually, may want to participate on equal footing without having to know enough technically to spin up our own servers or build our own transmitters 6/?

For anyone who wants less US politics in their timeline these next four years, here's a list of accounts you might want to mute or block. (I blocked a few of them.) Of course, filtering keywords is another approach that may work better for you — or you could do a bit of both.

The problem is that many of the accounts listed cover more than just politics — and 404 Media (which is great) is more about tech than politics. But some are pure politics!

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/113484315899596534

#uspol #Mastodon

ここは #VivaldiSocial であり #Mastodon であり #Fediverse だということがとても居心地よい。
ありがとう #Vivaldi

¡Bienvenida a la gente nueva que estáis probando esto de #Mastodon!

Aquí os dejo una pequeña guía de protocolo que espero que os pueda servir:
- Rellenad vuestro perfil, poned vuestra bio y fijad un mensaje de introducción para presentaros. Si seguís a alguien con un perfil vacío, no se despierta mucha confianza.
- Poned ALT en todas las fotos. Para describir lo que hay, hacedlo como si se lo estuvierais contando a alguien por teléfono.
- ¡Usad hashtags! Así es más fácil conectar por un tema.

On #Mastodon there are now
330 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
110 instances.

203 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@paris_luttes (FRA)
@linuxnews (GER)
@macstories (ENG)
@universalhub (ENG)
@technews24h (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

#Facts that #Mastodon users always refuse to accept, yet these are true:

#Brave is the best browser and a search engine. No else #browser is better then it. No else search engine. Not even #Firefox or #Chrome .

#iPhone are the best phones with their iOS to exist. And no, Android devices aren't better.

#Bluesky is the best alternative to #Twitter /#X , the one true, DECENTRALIZED (yes, it has its own #ATProtocol ) alternative that we all need.

#ZCash is a better #privacy focused #cryptocurrency then #Monero .

From my interactions with Mastodon users, all of these facts aren't accepted by them at all, they really start to strongly defend their beliefs, starting to talking about either reputation or behavement of a person/company, or either their past actions. Guess what? I don't care about anything of that; I just need a good product that worth to use.

I'll add more to that list, if I'll think of any.

Set your domain name as your handle for a BlueSky bot which is bridged from the Fediverse

If you've found this page, it's because you are me in the future and want to remember these instructions!

0. Create an account on the Fediverse using a domain you control
   • For example @[email protected]
1. Follow the Fediverse-ATProto bridge @[email protected]
   • Your account will need to be over 2 weeks old and have a name, profile picture, etc.
2. You now have an account on BSky! Its name will be something like user.bots.example.com.ap.brid.gy
3. Get the DID of your account
   • https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=user.bots.example.com.ap.brid.gy
   • Or https://fed.brid.gy/ap/@[email protected]
4. Add the DID to your domain
   • I think the easiest way is sticking it in a plain text file at bots.example.com/.well-known/atproto-did
5. Use the BSky Debugger to make sure it was successful.
6. Send a Direct Message from the Fediverse to @[email protected]. The message must only contain username bots.example.com.
   • That's literally the word username. It isn't your account's username.
7. Wait a few moments.
8. Your bot will now be on BSky as https://bsky.app/profile/bots.example.com!

You can see that https://bot.viii.fi/bot is also available at https://bsky.app/profile/bot.viii.fi

#BlueSky #bot #fediverse #mastodon

We're helping important organisations move away from Big Tech platforms and towards open New Social platforms - like Mastodon!

But, we can't do it alone. We'd love to hear which organisations you think should make the move and why, so we can show them that there is a community waiting here for them.

Better yet, if you have a connection to an important organisation, we'd love to be introduced!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Help #SocialMedia #Tech #X #Twitter #Charity #Government #News #Academia

Hi, #AcademicMastodon

📊First results from our #research project on the role of #Mastodon in #academia are in. n=346

1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform

2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon

3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon

Stay tuned for more results.

#OpenScience #AcademicChatter #SocialMedia

You want to promote #Mastodon / the #Fediverse? The Guardian searches opinions for a feature: "have you migrated between social media platforms recently? We would like to hear from people who have recently switched social media platforms about their reasons why." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/tell-us-have-you-migrated-between-social-media-platforms-recently (*everything* is explained in the link, also the possibility to use SecureDrop).

#SocialMedia #Newcomers

So, when #Bluesky get's its first big problem and subsequent exodus, will #Mastodon be ready and have #StarterPacks by then? Because, they are really a gamechanger in #onboarding and when migrating en masse.

@Gargron @renchap

#SocialMedia #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #Threads #Fediverse

Apropos «Starter Packs»:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10456

#Mastodon #Bluesky

Just a reminder if you need a timeout from various things to keep from doom scrolling, etc, you can mute/hide based on keyboards in #Mastodon for a set or indefinite period of time.

supporting relationship severance notifications in #Mastodon 4.3

If you're looking for a simplified guide to turbo-charge people to move away from Twitter/X and join #Mastodon, this is a really good one from @steveroyle : https://quantixed.org/2024/08/14/exodus-moving-to-mastodon/

#Mastodon is not an alternative to Twitter!

It is not and should not be. Because Twitter is a social network that makes money with the data of its users, promotes hate speech, violence, aggressiveness, selfishness, individualism, competition for likes, rt and followers.
#Twitter does not generate social relationships based on empathy, solidarity or collective effort.

For all these reasons, Mastodon should not be another twitter. It is another social network for better social relationships

#X

@simondassow The folk over at @SocialCoop run their Mastodon instance as a cooperative and they conveniently have a wiki that describes exactly how they operate.

https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Main_Page

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Cooperative #SocialCoop

#Mastodon har fått en "Hvem du kan følge" funksjon? Så det er faktisk mulig å få til selv med en desentralisert struktur? (Mest Snabelen-folk riktignok, men ikke utelukkende.) #Norsktut

Estoy muy bien camuflado.

#art #photography
#mastodon #friends #MastoPhotography #love
#CreativeToots #mastoart #streetphotography #streetart
#catsofmastodon #cats #artwork #FediArt #animals #animal #humor #coffee #breakfast #tea #nature #books #fedicats #MastoCats
#Photograph #cute #books #foods #follow

オーブンから出しても良い音してますねえ…

#mastodon
#fedibird

Survey by Japanese News Site Nlab asks users where they are moving to from Twitter/X - Misskey wins with 41% (n=5119)

Voting Results

The final ranking is as follows.

1. Misskey (41.3%)

2. Bluesky (19.9%)

3. Taittsu/タイッツー (13.4%)

4. Mastodon (10.7%)

5. Discord (5.5%)

@[email protected]

#Fediverse #MissKey #Bluesky #Mastodon #Discord

Do even academics not understand the network effect?

Lately, I’m seeing lots of follow-worthy people posting that it’s much nicer over at #BlueSky than it’s here at #Mastodon, persuading us to move to BlueSky too. Sure, I believe that.

But BlueSky is just another (VC-funded) platform owned by capitalists.

If people stayed at Mastodon, we could avoid the forming of the network effect that made it so hard to escape Twitter/X.

A strange notion to escape X just to hop into BlueSky‘s lap instead.

@Orca @arvindv @tintvrtkovic @danilo @thisismissem I haven’t purchased any stupid landfill-bound #Mastodon merch, but I *am* personally funding @thisismissem because she is the *only* #Fedi developer I have encountered who actually cares about building good software that works for real people. What little I have heard from this Gargron character hasn’t been very good. He doesn’t seem to be much concerned with anything that actually matters to the folks trying to build community here.

Murmel doesn’t rely on ads or hidden fees, and we aim to keep it that way. By requiring a credit card at signup, we’re building a sustainable, user-funded service that values you, not ad revenue. Cancel anytime, no hassle! #mastodon #murmel https://murmel.social

Is it really the case that just one person decides of what modifications go into the main Mastodon code? Is that how open source projects generally work? That doesn't seem great. But it would explain why Mastodon is so slow to improve.

Is the decision structure the same for Mastodon forks like glitch-soc? If so it seems maybe we should all use that instead? Works pretty well on our server. :)

PS: I am ignorant of how all these things work but always happy to learn.
@thisismissem thank you for speaking out in such a polite manner and thank you for your contributions to #Mastodon!

https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem/113465976846264162

If you leave X or Twitter (or however you choose to refer to it), what should you do with your account? Is it enough to simply delete it? @Gizmodo has tips. #X #Twitter #Bluesky #Mastodon #Threads #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology #ElonMusk https://flip.it/GrBbNC

This user account now shows up as rolle.social on Bluesky thanks to BridgyFed. Instructions here: https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-enhanced

Hello Bluesky here from Mastodon 👋

#BridgyFed #Bluesky #Mastodon

If you run a Mastodon server you probably already know about some of the existing tools for collectively managed domain blocks.

As an alternative, I created a simple Python script that lets you copy public domain blocks from servers you trust for an easy import.

https://stefanbohacek.com/project/mastodon-domain-block-exporter-script/

Keeping your community safe should be a number one priority!

#fediverse #FediAdmin #mastodon #MastoAdmin #DomainBlocks #safety #community #python #opensource

#Mastodon から #Threads アカウントのアドレスを検索してもアカウントが検索結果の候補に出てこないけど \@[email protected] とかユーザー ID 形式で検索するとでてきたりするの is 何

#fediverse #mastodon #activitypub #threads

Wow-whee. Today is the day we celebrate FIVE YEARS of https://oslo.town being a thing. 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has stuck with us over the years, especially to those who post regularly or have donated to the running costs for the site. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Here's to FIVE MORE YEARS. 🥂 🍾

https://oslo.town/public/local
https://ko-fi.com/oslotown
https://patreon.com/oslotown

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #Oslo #Oslove #Norge #Allheimen #Norway #Fediverse #MastoHost #Anniversary

まあ #Threads が #Fediverse 完全対応したら、 #Threads でいいんじゃない？という気持ちはある。
#BigTech とか #Meta イヤ！みたいな意見はとくに #Fediverse #mastodon に長くいる人とかにはあるのかもしれないし、そういう考え方もわからなくはないけど。
「まあ、細かいことはいいから、とりあえず #Fediverse おいでよ 」みたいな気持ちのほうが勝っている

mstdn.jp は、ここ #VivaldiSocial でもそうだけど、結構海外のサーバーからメディアブロックされてるようで、アバター含め投稿の画像もみえない。という状況があるので、人数は大きいサーバーだけど個人的にはあまりオススメできないんだよなぁ〜
（昔は Local Timeline の雰囲気も結構カオスだったと聞いたことがあるけど、結局登録はしていないので自分はよく知らない。

というか、日本語の #Mastodon サーバー探しているなら、ここ #VivaldiSocial でよいんじゃない？とすら思っている（日本サーバーじゃないのに、やたら日本語話者ユーザー多いし…サーバーの管理もしっかりしてるし

mstdn.jp ちゃんと更新管理されてないのかな。
#Mastodon 最新が 4.3 だから 4.1 はマイナーバージョンとしては 2 つ前なんだけど #Mastodon 4.1 ってまだサポートは続いてるんだっけ？（その辺の情報疎い

I note some accounts have a huge amount of followers, but barely follow anyone back. Can I just give my perhaps unpopular take that these people don’t fundamentally understand how the fediverse works?

The way ActivityPub works is you follow people and have followers. This strengthens the federation communication, making the wider community more accessible for everyone.

If you come across an account that remotely posts interesting content, follow them.

If you follow a lot of people and have an overwhelming timeline: use lists. Put people on lists that you can index in whatever way you like. I organise mine based on subjects people post mostly on.

That’s all. Carry on ☺️

#Mastodon

Check out @steve on #SocialHub with a proposal to work on #ActivityPub #C2S, the client-to-server Social API part of the #W3C Recommendation.

The Social API didn't get much uptake on the #Fediverse where generally the #Mastodon API is used (and abused) for client/server communication.

It is not because the Social API isn't good, just that no one ever did the legwork to mature this part of the spec.

Are you interested in C2S and help push the #SocialWeb?

More info:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/nextgen-activitypub-social-api/4733

え、 mstdn.jp ってまだ #Mastodon v4.1 系なの！？

こうやって自分が書いた記事に自分のMastodonのプロフィールが表示される新機能がバージョン4.3で加わりました。

ネット上で執筆活動をしている私のような人にはこの上ない新機能。

開発者の方々、サーバー管理人の方々にはもはや感謝しかない！🙏
#mastodon

@thisismissem @Gargron This public callout is brave and not baseless, thank you Emelia for bringing up the issue and especially for your hard work... This is actually something that I've seen and last time when @renchap was wondering about why I'm hesitant writing some UI work or sending SVG stuff ideas to your way in a form of a PR, this is one of the reasons. If the huge time invested goes unnoticed or even exploited, its better to put your efforts to a fork or a mod instead.

The Mastodon core team should have a serious internal conversation about this. Doesn't really welcome anyone to contribute.

#OpenSource #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Got a .mp4 file sent to my #mastodon instance that caused very high CPU load and prevented all further processing. The file was 6MB. I couldn't get the file out of the container before it was eventually killed by kubernetes.

It seems like everybody on #Threads is currently very disappointed with the algorithmic feed. And they are leaving en masse.

Where are they going, you ask? To #Bluesky. #Mastodon is rarely ever mentioned.

Why is that? What do you think?

(If you "don't want them here", no need to tell me)

Here's a good question and I have the answer: #Traffic per Follower for different social networks (here for the last 4 weeks).

#Mastodon is now behind #Bluesky, #Flipboard still far ahead. #X and #Threads are really far behind.

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#ElonMusk
#Fediverse
#MastodonMigration

Over the past few days a series of miscommunications between @Gargron, the @MastodonEngineering team, and myself occurred. These did push me to a point of outrage, leading to the original version of this post.

I'm happy to continue spending the time, money, and effort contributing to #Mastodon, and wish to work with the team and Eugen to find better ways to work together.

The team is super busy, need more funding & staff to achieve the full potential.

Let's work on working better together.

I guess it is not a surprise. Most of you think that social media platforms that utilize algorithmic feeds are inherently anti-free-speech. So do I.

You have made the choice to join Mastodon, where the content you see is chronological and not decided by algorithms. IMHO, you have made the right choice.

I remember a time when we all viewed the Web with optimism. The more people we could get to join, the better for the world. Now it is a bit more mixed, but IMHO social media companies that utilize algorithmic feeds are to blame. We can move towards a better Web together by getting more people to join us.

#Facebook #Twitter #Mastodon #fediverse

Hola #mastodon y a todas las personas que como yo, solo buscan un lugar tranquilo en donde escribir libremente sin ser ofendidos. Me gusta la #fotografia sin ser un profesional, el #codigo_abierto sin saber escribir una linea de código y abrazar a mis padres antes de dormir. #presentacion

If you add all the #TwitterAlternative s, they have been in the lead for a while now.

If you add @Flipboard and sum it up wit #Mastodon (because #Fediverse 😉), then #Facebook ist not far.

But, if you have a look on the numbers since the beginning of 2022, then it's clear, that this is mainly a story about the decline of #Twitter.

(🧵 2/3)

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#ElonMusk
#Bluesky
#Threads
#MastodonMigration

The week is over, here are some charts:
For two weeks in a row, #Mastodon brought more #traffic than #X / #Twitter to heise.de.
But I forgot, that's not just via @heiseonline, but also @heisec, @ct_Magazin, @heiseautos, @iX_Magazin etc. (but for Twitter its the same).

#Bluesky is way behind, #Threads even more. Only Twitter is clearly falling.

(🧵 1/3)

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#TwitterMigration
#MastodonMigration
#Fediverse

People don't seem to realize if anyone can purchase Twitter, they can purchase other platforms too. Except this one! Over my dead body.

#Mastodon #Twitter #X

So to all others in the #Fediverse desperately trying to get people to understand the benefits of a non-corporate infrastructure without improving the very infrastructure, you will fail. Case and point, email. People still don't understand why someone would prefer email and forums to, say, Facebook, for example, so use your energy to make this place better. This means working on making things better for marginalized people exclusively, trust me. I mean, look at the alt text culture here. Average non-fedi people whined about using it for years but suddenly figured out it helps them, too! Apply this to *every* other marginalized user asking for a feature. Then, eventually, when another rich person takes over #Bluesky and people will be looking for alternatives, we have something better. #Mastodon

Why Mookie does what he does.

#mastodon

Just rediscovered:

https://followgraph.vercel.app

If you're looking for more people to follow, this tool scans who you follow and has suggestions. Neat!

#fediverse #mastodon

Are social media platforms that utilize algorithmic feeds inherently anti-free-speech?

In normal discourse, we all have a voice and we all have the choice whether to listen. In the algorithmic space, formulas are used to decide which voices to amplify and also which voices to de-amplify.

Here on Vivaldi Social (Mastodon), I see posts that people I follow post, including posts they choose to boost. No formulas needed. This is, IMHO, the closest to free-speech you can find, although there are some hate speech rules, which is IMHO a good thing. Basically the same as in normal, social discourse.

On Facebook I see posts Facebook thinks I want to see (and boy do they get it wrong), as well as a lot of AI generated nonsense. There are some posts in there that I am interested in, but most are not.

Twitter has turned into amplification of what Elon wants to amplify, mostly hate speech and misinformation. There are still interesting voices in there, but they are harder and harder to find.

What do you think?

#Facebook #Twitter #Mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia

#SocialNetworking: How we interact.

#SocialWeb: How we support human interaction online.

#Fediverse: How we support the social web using decentralized social networking technologies.

#ActivityPub: How we support the fediverse with an open standard communication protocol.

#ATProto: Another fediverse communication protocol.

#Mastodon: How we support activitypub for our microblogging app.

#Bluesky: An atproto app.

さっそく書きました!!

はてなブログに投稿しました
はてなブログの記事の著者としてMastodonアカウントを設定する方法 - await wakeUp(); https://sublimer.hatenablog.com/entry/2024/11/10/170413

#はてなブログ #Mastodon #OGP設定 #fediverse

@DaLe
Yes. #Mastodon should adopt the kind of "starter packs" developed by #Bluesky.
https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/112706803915059829

Wie ich jetzt sehe, bei Zugänglichkeit und Nutzerfreundlichkeit, könnten paar Dinge anders gemacht werden. Im Beispiel, neuer Nutzer Dieter kommt auf Mastodon, und interessiert sich hauptsächlich für Sport, egal von welchem News-Outlet. Und nun kann er zwar hashtags folgen, bzw. Sportsektionen der News-Bots folgen - aber diese muss sich erstmal raussuchen. Und schneller wäre für Dieter, wenn er innerhalb von Klick einer Sammlung an Sport-Accounts folgen kann.

#mastodon

I have for the last 11 years talked about the problem with user profiling and algorithmic content. Creation of echo chambers and the ability to easily manipulate what people see for marketing purposes and worse. Even made a cat video to try to make the point. I wish more would see this.

The point is not for political parties to see the potential here, but rather to see the risk. The only way to fix this is to ban user profiling.

You have made a good choice to move the the Fediverse. It would help for more of your friends to join us.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/09/social-media-traditional-news-elections-00188548

#Politics #fediverse #Mastodon @EUCommission #Privacy #Twitter #Facebook #USPol #USPolitics

Each party that is building the "new era of social media" have their own agendas.

Bluesky states literally "Bluesky is an open network. With one account, you can access both an easy-to-use social network and a shared identity across the entire social internet."

Nostr states: "Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media."

Threads says: "Threads is part of the fediverse, also known as the federated universe. The fediverse is a global, open, social network of independent servers operated by third parties around the world."

But they are still more or less separate and not "easy". It's this fantasy of having interoperability, but years go by and everyone are still developing their own protocols and apps. Bluesky and Threads can be partly connected to the Fediverse, but limited to one-way or opt-in setting. It's not "across the entire social internet", nowhere near.

As of right now I can reach most platforms via ActivityPub and I can fully have the control to myself with my own server on the Fediverse. That can't be achieved with Bluesky or Threads, with them you are always dependent on someone else's servers. I hope some day we'll get the bigger players fully connected too, somehow, better and easier.

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Bluesky #Nostr #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

As more people are abandoning X, again, perhaps my short introduction to Mastodon might be of use, if you'd like to share it with your friends?

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-join-mastodon/

#mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia #X #twitter

Two years ago today, I wrote my first post on #Mastodon after lurking for months. I was welcomed in torrent of kindness, and am pleased to report my initial impression has held true.

I've found community among people who love #Running, #Cycling, #Ottawa, #Horror, and #FilmMaking here (among others).

We still have so much work to do to make this a better, safer place for all.

I have learned so much from so many.

Support your server! Thank you all.
https://mastodon.social/@WTL/109317218691202344

Exactly two years ago, we started to post links on #Mastodon via our account @heiseonline 👇

https://mastodon.social/@heiseonline/109314036284496776

It took longer, than I expected, but here we are: it seems like this account now brings continuously more #traffic to heise.de than #X (#Twitter) in its entirety, although it only has ¼ of the follower number (and many of them don't seem to be active anymore).
I'll prepare some graphs after the weekend.

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#MastodonMigration
#TwitterMigration
#Fediverse

Vor genau zwei Jahren haben wir für @heiseonline unseren Account auf #Mastodon in Betrieb genommen 👇

https://mastodon.social/@heiseonline/109314036284496776

Es hat länger gedauert, als ich gedacht hätte, aber es sieht danach aus, dass der jetzt tatsächlich kontinuierlich mehr #Traffic auf heise.de bringt, als #X (#Twitter) insgesamt. Und das mit nur ¼ der Follower (von denen viele längst wieder inaktiv sind).
Diagramme kommen nach dem Wochenende.

#SocialMedia #TwitterExodus #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #Fediverse

What I love about Mastodon is that how open it is. I am a very open person, too. As long as I remember I have loved transparecy in things I do. Back in the early 2000s I wrote a diary online (still do!) and some older Internet user sent me an email: "I wonder why you are openly telling about these things, isn't it dangerous?". I didn't tell my secrets. It was an ordinary day of a school boy nerd. Yes, sometimes I do worry about my data online. The things I expose, in a sense. However, I think I have the IQ for not telling something that I wouldn't write on a billboard. Openness has more pros than cons. With great power comes great responsibility.

I believe openness and open source brings safety and increases trust. To be clear, transparency and openness does NOT reduce privacy or data protection. On the contrary.

Mastodon's code is out in the open, its users are scattered on their own servers and the mentality generally is open and sincere. It makes me feel most at home.

#Mastodon #OpenSource

@rolle I only seem to get these large scrollbars that won't go away when my computer is connected to some large, high resolution displays. Is there any way to make them go away, like they do on ordinary displays?

#mastodon #birdui

was finally asleep when the smell of burning wood hit me. woke up, ran to the kitchen, checked my heated blanket, checked all the rooms.

apparently there are fires in some New Jersey forests and the wind is blowing so hard we are getting hit by the smoke.

a 2025 #fediverse #Mastodon priority should be to rebuild the PSA megaphone we lost with #Xitter. not just for USA but the world over. look at happened in Valencia. we need country channels.

ok, back to sleep.

STAY SAFE NEW JERSEY!

@phocks this would be a good time for #Mastodon instances and the rest of the #Fediverse to reconsider their ill-advised #defederation with #Threads

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

A very interesting podcast, IMHO. Have a listen and share with people for them to join us here.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/better-web/evan-prodromou-social-web-foundation-for-a-better-web/

#Vivaldi #fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #X #Facebook #Threads

В Mastodon можно создать свой инстанс со своими правилами: длина постов, сжатие медиа, форматирование - всё настраивается. Да, это дорого и не всегда эффективно (особенно часть с видео), но возможно.

Bluesky же полагается на централизованный реестр AT Protocol, что делает создание своих инстансов (и своих правил) невозможным (ваши PDS значат не так много в данном случае). В плане устойчивости #Mastodon выигрывает, плюс #Bluesky еще предстоит решить вопрос монетизации в рамках протокола.

Hi, I'm an anarchist software developer, AI developer thing.

I care deeply about sustainability and the environment, rights for LGBTQ people, women, minorities, and workers, and generally not living in a society that used Blade Runner and Neuromancer as guides.

Feeling particularly tired this week for some reason.

Hoping this Mastodon instance is full of like minded people and not shitheads like a lot of others?

#anarchist #vegan #lgbtq #sustainability #climate #mastodon #intro #cyberpunk

Die Vögelchen zwitschern von den Dächern, dass die @MPDL ihren Mastodon-Server nächstes Jahr nicht weiter betreiben wird. Der Server hat 68 Accounts die registriert sind. Bruzzelt jetzt nicht gerade, wird aber genutzt: https://social.mpdl.mpg.de/public/local

Ein 🧵 zu #wisskomm #mastodon #socialmedia usw. 1/n

👆 #Bluesky has starter packs to help people find interesting accounts. I built one with accounts from #Mastodon, that can be followed from there (thx @bsky.brid.gy).

But it was challenging to find more, that aren't already also active there. Any suggestions, whom I could add?

Because let's build more bridges!

#SocialMedia #TwitterExodus #Fediverse #Bridgy

I wish that Mastodon had the "Starter Pack" functionality that Bluesky has built. It's a really smooth way to build communities without relying on algorithmic feeds.

#Mastodon #Bluesky

With this latest deal, Flipboard looks to build a news ecosystem beyond X #News #Mastodon https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/07/with-this-latest-deal-flipboard-looks-to-build-a-news-ecosystem-beyond-x/

Mastodon is notoriously a difficult place for new users to establish themselves and learn their way around. Now, of all times, it is important for us to throw our doors open and welcome newcomers. Bashing them about transgressions of rules they don't yet understand isn't helpful. Friendly reminders to help them understand may be. And most of all help them find their People. Finding some folks have a very incorrect impression of #Mastodon.

Hi #Mastodon I'm still in danger as I have been for months

My #disabled #Latina #indigenous family is still in need of ongoing #MutualAid support

I can't bring you art and music since I was evicted but that doesn't lessen my value as a living human being

If you do expect #transactional community I do sell art and music and there's a world of old creations to consume from me

But if you just care about #harmReduction contribute pls

https://ko-fi.com/sabilewsounds/goal

@mutualaid @disabledvoices

#Mastodon, we have a troll problem.

Increasingly I discover Russian sympathisers and trolls who reply to my posts with content I cannot see. I only discover these replies because other users react to them.

Attached is an example where @Gurre replies to a troll (pic 1), but I cannot scroll upwards and see the troll's post.

This seems to allow an attacker to attach content to my posts, without me being able to see it and block him.

I have seen this exploit a number of times.

@Gargron.

Using billionaires' platforms
will not save us anymore.

They have full control to silence your voices there. Using it only means more power to them. Leave their control and join The Resistance.

To build powerful communities
that will be able to resist the oppression and injustice coming up soon, we need to fully move towards independent platforms.

The Resistance will be federated ✊

Organize events 👉 https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

Diffuse news and guides 👉 https://peertube.tv/

What else? 👀

#Federation #Mobilizon #PeerTube #Mastodon > #Twitter #Facebook #YouTube #Reddit #Instagram #USpol

I joined Twitter in 2008, making 7,500 posts through the years. I deactivated my X account today.

I greatly curtailed my usage of the platform since November 2023, when my employer @Flipboard pulled back from engagement. And I haven't posted since April but kept it open for work reasons (to monitor news, etc.).

Why today? The U.S. election made clear how many of my fellow Americans live entirely in "alternative facts" ecosystems. I no longer wish to participate in such a platform — so rife with unchecked misinformation and disinformation ... basically an outrage machine where the algorithm rewards lies and conspiracy theories.

If you're still on X, why?

I screenshot my profile for posterity. And here's also Flipboard's 2023 announcement.

#Goodbye #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Misinformation #Facts

Like many, we are devastated after the result of the US election.

We will be taking some time as a team to regroup, process, and understand how we can better support diverse and marginalised communities as we head into a new period.

As a charity, we have always believed in supporting these communities. Our thoughts are with them and the many people who worked hard in their attempt to prevent this result.

Our mission is more urgent than ever. Onwards, always.

#fediverse #mastodon #USPol #US

#TangerineUI Blocked Domain のページ開くと、ドメイン名の文字が白地に白文字で見えなくなっちゃうな…

#Mastodon

I think it's going to be more important than ever that #Mastodon and the #fediverse are not centrally operated out of the US unlike almost every other social media platform out there.

mastodon.sitejp.synology.me をドメインブロックした
#PhanpySocial からだとドメインブロックできないから存在を忘れていた💦 #Mastodon の Web UI からサクッと Done

#スパム

The only thing that holds #Mastodon back is it's awful web UI:

- vertical nav bar in mobile version that takes a lot of screen space and overall ugly
- navigation on the right side on desktop + "write post" *always* visible on the left
- overall interface looks heavy and overloaded

#Elk 🫎 とても素晴らしいんだけど、 #Mastodon v4.3 から Web UI 大分よくなったのと、 #TangerineUI 🍊 が使える #VivaldiSocial にいると、自分のなかで積極的に使う理由がより薄れてしまった感がある

A faux "Eternal September" turns into flatness

https://privacy.thenexus.today/flatness/

The next installment of Mastodon, two years later

Contents:

• It's not "just like email"
• Usability and gatekeeping weren't the only challenges newcomers faced
• The first complicated high-stakes decision is even before you sign up
• Why not help people choose an instance that's a good fit?
• But no

#mastodon #fediverse

Mastodon didn't handle that video federation all that well, so here's the full @pokemon journey video on my blog for anyone that wasn't able to see it.

@fediplayspokemon

https://tomcasavant.com/10-201-frames-fediverse-plays-pokemon-2nd-update/

The #FediJam, a game jam exclusively for users of the Fediverse, will soon enter its second round! During December, team up with others or go in alone, and... CREATE – A – GAME! Analog or digital, using whatever (non-AI) tools you feel comfortable with. The jam's page just went live, so what are you waiting for?!? ➡️ JOIN NOW: https://itch.io/jam/fedi-jam-2 🙂

Boosts VERY appreciated! ❤️ Spread the word!!!

#GameDev #GameDesign #IndieGames #BoardGames #GameJam #Fediverse #Mastodon #Introduction

It's a long road to write a book, but I got word that, assuming the production goes as planned, Move Slowly and Build Bridges, my book about Mastodon and the ActivityPub-based fediverse, will be out from Oxford UP around August of next year!

Still a lot of work to do behind the scenes: editing, proofing, indexing. But I'm already giving book talks and would be happy to do so if you want me to visit your class/university to talk about the fediverse!

@bookstodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #books

#VivaldiSocial …と言うか #Mastodon 4.3.1、まだこの絵文字「🏃‍♂️‍➡️」対応してないみたい。Mona だとちゃんと右向きに走る人の絵文字だけど。Web版だと左向き走る人「🏃‍♂️」+「➡️」になる。茶色キノコもそうだった。「🍄‍🟫」が「🍄」+「🟫」に。

#Emoji

Jeg har en tilståelse å komme med. Jeg skjønner fortsatt ikke dette med føderasjon og instanser helt. Jeg har ryddet litt i følgelistene mine og ser at noen brukere har skiftet instanser opptil flere ganger, og jeg lurer på hvilke erfaringer de har. Hvis man allikevel (gjerne via serverinstillinger på instansen) fødererer inn poster fra andre servere, hva er det som endrer seg bortsett fra tidslinjer>på denne serveren?
Hva søkte dere, og fant dere det?
#allheimen #mastodon #norsktut

遅いお昼兼おやつは、美味しいペリカンのパンを使ったワンパントースト🍳ベーコンに半熟とろりの玉子とチーズで幸せの味…

#mastodon
#fedibird
#マストドン料理部

いいもの作ってる

#mastodon
#fedibird

The #Fediverse is #Enshittification proof by @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

#Mastodon @Mastodon

@Fassbender reached out to work with the IFTAS Connect community on a blog post and supporting infographic that explains how the #Mastodon "People" tab picks which accounts to recommend, check it out!

And thanks Eric for putting this together, fact-checking the explanations, and making this available!

➡️ https://connect.iftas.org/news/connect/mastodon-discovery/

🎉 Big News: Threads are now in Openvibe! 🐙 Your most requested feature has arrived – cross post directly to Threads.

More amazing features are on the way as the Threads API evolves.

Openvibe - #Mastodon #Threads #Bluesky #Nostr in one iOS and Android app 🐙

After a good question another chart:

This one shows the #traffic to heise.de via #X/#Twitter (as a whole), (only!!) our account @heiseonline on #Mastodon (so also from the #Fediverse), our account on #Bluesky and #Threads (as a whole again) – weekly since the beginning of 2022..

#SocialMedia #TwitterExodus #TwitterMigration #ElonMusk

Last night I added a setting to my glitch-mastodon instance that lets you save your atproto did:plc value alongside your account since I didn't want to have to go through and add an individual TXT record everytime I make a new bot account. Then, I added an endpoint to my instance at username.domain/.well-known/atproto-did which retrieves that DID value. And since @snarfed.org recently updated BridgyFed to let you set custom domain handles on bridged accounts, I can set the DID:PLC in the account settings and then dm the bridgy account and get the handle updated on the bluesky side.

A tale of two prototypes

https://privacy.thenexus.today/a-tale-of-two-prototypes-2/

The next installment of Mastodon, two years later

Contents:

• Mastodon 2017 and Glitch 2017
• A BDFL gets to do what he wants
• Flash forward seven years ...
• Seven years later, is Mastodon significantly closer to being a good Twitter alternative?

#fediverse #mastodon #GlitchSoc

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🔗 Apply now: https://totalcyber.io/jobs/aviva/senior-risk-governance-manager-cio

#cyber #cybersecurity #job #mastodon #fediverse #fedihire #fedijobs #getfedhired #infosec #hiring #gethired #joboffer #flossjobs #jobhunt

Zeroes.ca is a COVID-aware Mastodon server hosted in Canada, open to people from anywhere in the world. It's a safe, good faith space for any and all COVID-related topics. Misinfo/disinfo is not permitted.

https://zeroes.ca

Zeroes.ca has a 5000 character limit, up to 8 poll options, and extra themes on the web interface.

You can find out more at https://zeroes.ca/about or contact the admin @zeroes

#FeaturedServer #COVID #COVID19 #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

It's been a busy year at Newsmast for The Newsmast Foundation team, but we've done a lot!

We've actually done too much to fit it into one post 👀

So, we broke out the video editing skills... hope you like it!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb #FediDev #SocialMedia #BuildInPublic

"The thing with building in a decentralised space is that it's constantly changing. That can be hard to keep up with but, personally, I love it.

Instead of one omnipotent platform, multiple projects build, launch, grow, fail, side-by-side. It's kind of romantic."

Looking back at a year of Newsmast and decentralised social media

https://forbetter.ghost.io/hope-the-power-of-a-year/

#SocialMedia #Decentralised #Open #Fediverse #Mastodon #Blog #X #Threads #Bluesky #SocialWeb

Hello everyone!

I write my bachelor's thesis about Mastodon as an alternative social network and how its users perceive the platform.

I would be gratful if you would participate in my survey:
(The link is deactivated now)

It only takes 10-15 minutes and would help me a lot.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

In case you want to support me, you can repost the access link, which would also help me.

Thank you!

#MediaStudies #AlternativeMedia #Mastodon #Survey

Eli siis hirveä määrä esim. seuraamiani media-, kuva- ja hassuttelubotteja häviää Mastodonista.

#botsinspace #Mastodon #botti #botit #some

https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/

RIP botsin.space (a #mastodon instance where bots were allowed) https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/

流れ龍

#tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部
#mastodon #マストドン

自分という意味では `in:library vivaldi` だと自分の投稿の他、自分がリアクションした投稿もフィルター範囲になる

#Mastodon の検索便利になったよな…

Another week, another increase for @heiseonline

#Mastodon keeps growing (the last time, we got this much #traffic, was at the beginning of the year), #Bluesky, too. No big jumps, but we'll see, where it leads.
#Threads still brings very little, #Twitter stays weak.

As always, this is the traffic to heise.de via the different social media platforms.

Edit: In the graph, Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads are stacked together (as they are they biggest Twitter-alternatives).

2nd Edit: Graph added.

@lume this type of add-on for #mastodon is frankly all I ever wanted in a fedi-comments integration. I already have an account on here and I’d like to keep using it to solicit commentary the same way I have been for years already.

cc @johnonolan

Uff. Während das Anpassen der erlaubten Zeichenzahl mittlerweile äußert simpel ist, nein, noch nicht so simpel, dass man das einfach in der Administrationsoberfläche machen kann, ist das Aktualisieren auf Mastodon 4.3.0 bzw. 4.3.1 von einer unter 4.3.0 liegenden Version nicht ganz so trivial. Insbesondere wenn man nebenbei auch Node.js, ruby etc. auf eine höhere Version bringen will.

Auf unserem Server, Illyachan, läuft Debian 11, Bullseye.

Ich halte die Pakete dabei mit den Bordeigenen Mitteln möglichst aktuell.

Trotzdem war Node.js und Ruby schon recht alt.

Die folgenden Schritte habe ich ausgeführt um am Ende bei Mastodon 4.3.1, Ruby 3.3.5p100, Yarn 4.5.1, Node.js 20.18.0 und npm 10.4.0 zu erhalten.
(Ich möchte nicht garantieren, dass die untenstehenden Befehle wirklich so bei jedem das Gleiche ergeben werden. Wenn es so einfach wäre, hätte ich inkl. Deinstallationen, Nachlesen und Fehler beseitigen nicht alles in allem 4 h gebraucht. Immerhin hat hier jemand im System herumgestochert, der eigentlich von nix ne Ahnung hat.)

Das "git stash" war notwendig, weil ich wegen der Zeichenbegrenzung Änderungen am Code vorgenommen hatte.

```
sudo npm install n -g
sudo n stable
sudo npm install -g [email protected]

sudo su mastodon
cd /home/mastodon/live
which ruby-build
ls "$(rbenv root)"/plugins git -C "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build pull
RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--with-jemalloc rbenv install 3.3.5
rbenv local 3.3.5
yarn init -2
yarn set version 4.5.1

exit

sudo reboot

sudo su mastodon

git fetch --tags
git stash rm .yarnrc.yml
git checkout v4.3.0
yarn install --frozen-lockfile
bundle install
yarn install --immutable
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:encryption:init
```

Die drei ausgegebenen Variablen mit den Werten in die .env.production kopieren.

```
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true
SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrate
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec
rails db:migrate

exit

sudo systemctl restart mastodon-sidekiq
sudo systemctl reload mastodon-web
sudo systemctl restart mastodon-streaming

sudo reboot
```

Die Installation war ein "voller Erfolg": Mastodon quittierte jeden Aufruf mit dem sicherlich jedem bekannten Fehlerbild. Ich hab das einfach ignoriert und mit der Installation von 4.3.1 weitergemacht.

```
sudo su mastodon cd /home/mastodon/live
git fetch --tags
git checkout v4.3.1
bundle install
yarn install --frozen-lockfile
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile

exit sudo

systemctl restart mastodon-sidekiq
sudo systemctl reload mastodon-web
sudo systemctl restart mastodon-streaming
```

Ein kurzer Test: Huch? Läuft. Dann ging es nur noch an die Aufhebung der Zeichenbegrenzung. Die hat übrigens Johannes Mirus sehr schön auf seiner Seite dokumentiert: https://1ppm.de/2024/07/zeichenlimit-bei-mastodon-erhoehen/

```
su - mastodon
cd /home/mastodon/live/app/validators/
nano -w status_length_validator.rb
```

--> 3. Zeile: aus 500 mach 50000 (oder halt was anderes)

```
exit
sudo systemctl restart mastodon-sidekiq
sudo systemctl reload mastodon-web
sudo systemctl restart mastodon-streaming
```

So. läuft wieder.

#mastodon #update #improvisieren #probieren #verzweifeln #schreien

Twitter’s decline has sparked interest in alternatives like #Bluesky, #Threads, and #Mastodon. In my latest video, I dive into what these platforms offer and how they stack up after a year away from Twitter. Watch here: https://youtu.be/lKnMtZTI_9E?si=C4-UaBI1IQBM7VG6 #Youtube #Fediverse #opensource

Still getting used to the little ALT button moving from the lower left to the lower right on the Mastodon web interface with the move to V4.3.1. (That's not a problem at all — just something my brain isn't quite used to yet.)

But I really like that you can now click on the ALT button to see the alt text!

@Gargron
#Mastodon

On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.13 👩‍🚀

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-fediverse-has-empowered-me-to-take-back-control-from-big-tech-now-i-want-to-help-others-do-the-same/

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS #FLOSS #Matrix #TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism #BigTech #socialmedia #education

#tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部
#mastodon #マストドン

Good morning 🌞

This feels like a special week for The Newsmast Foundation...

Keep an eye on our socials because there's a lot on the way! 👀

#Fediverse #Newsmast #Mastodon #Monday

Poll: how would you describe Mastodon and the migration from Twitter that started in late 2022 after the acquisition?

(You can check more than one reponse. Or, if you've got other descriptions, please leave them in the comments)

For my take, see Mastodon could have leaned into what it's good at

@fediversenews

#mastodon #fediverse

Mastodon, two years later

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-two-years-later/

A continuation of Mastodon: a partial history

#mastodon #fediverse

Noterade nyss att jag kan följa (åtminstone en del) konton på Threads.net – men visst är det så att det inte går att interagera med dem?
Så om @barackobama mot förmodan skulle vilja svara mig, så går inte det nu eftersom han inte ens ser min tagg? #Threads #Mastodon #bridgesofmastodon

One year after X: Embracing open science on Mastodon. #mastodon

https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/one-year-after-x-embracing-open-science-on-mastodon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom

Freeradical.zone is a Mastodon server for people interested in infosec, privacy, technology, leftward politics, cats, dogs etc.

https://freeradical.zone

You can find out more at https://freeradical.zone or contact the admin @tek

#FeaturedServer #Infosec #Privacy #Tech #Technology #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

List of 'Toots instances that have federated with or blocked Meta's Threads, along with those that have joined the anti-Meta Fedipact.

Pleased to report aus.social is Fedipact.

https://fedipact.veganism.social/

#fedipact #mastodon #threads

Fediverse quo vadis?
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Die Idee des #Fediverse’ ist gut.

Die Idee von #Mastodon ist gut.

Die Idee der #ActivityPub ist gut.
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Dennoch fliegt die Kiste noch immer nicht.

Kulturschaffende, Politiker usw. ziehen sich zurück, sind Cross-Pister, bridgen.

Die inhaltliche Vielfalt nimmt ab.
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Stattdessen werden commercielle Datenschnüffler (Threads u.a.) angeflanscht u Plüschtiere (Merch) verkauft.

Die Strategie ist gescheitert. Kein quantitatives o qualitatives Wachstum.
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Was fehlt?

Growing tired of comments like "but Mastodon is so difficult and only nerds are there" and "it has no future or numbers" and other meaningless nonsense 😩

For me it sounds like "Internet is difficult, only nerds are there" or "I can't see myself bookmarking a website" or "I prefer the commercial, social and paid services instead the free ones".

People also still dislike "the rules" without realizing the endless Terms of Service exist literally in every single thing you use.

I mean, it's not hard, but if is, nobody forces you to use it, right? Why twist the narrative to something it does not fit?

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Firstly, I want to say thank you so much! --

Everyone's been SO wonderful to speak with, generously sharing opinions and tips about Mastodon, and kindly helping me feel welcomed in this community so far! Since I’m still new, I wanted to again share that I’m an Art and design student from he University of Michigan, using Mastodon as my social media platform to study for my UI/UX class.

If I can gather some feedback from whomever would like to share, I am curious to find out if you feel more free to share your opinions with the Mastodon community vs other social media platforms? And why you think that might be?
#socialmedia #art #MastoArt #mastodon #introduction

"Your platform can do all the right things for users, and I think Mastodon does a lot right. But none of the good things will stick if you can't show them where the people are. People, not platforms. People."

In this issue of Human-Generated Content, I discuss the waves of migrations to Bluesky from X & Threads, Bluesky's latest funding round, and why #Mastodon isn't seeing a similar uptick of users.

Read here: https://www.augment.ink/human-generated-content-8/

Threads proposes to opt out from Fediverse sharing every 30 days (in addition to a one-sided, pessimized implementation of Fediverse features).

#Threads #Fediverse #Mastodon

Mastodon.me.uk is a general Mastodon server based in the UK, user-supported and corporation-free, online since 2017.

https://mastodon.me.uk

You can find out more at https://mastodon.me.uk/about or contact the admin @Floppy

#FeaturedServer #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #British #GB #GreatBritain #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🌟Hello #AcademicMastodon🌟

I'm Hannah and currently working on the research project to understand the role of #Mastodon in #academia during my internship here.

If you haven’t done so already, please consider participating in the project. I would love to hear from you:

🔗https://rug.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9M1VEyMQ8k4xv94

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated in the survey! It is really insightful to read your opinions and experiences.

#AcademicChatter #OpenScience #Plushtodon #SocialMedia

in the age of news #enshittification, i HATE to go all #ReplyGuy with:

[ CITATION NEEDED ]
https://mastodon.social/@COVID19_DISEASE/113363180271225370

1. no searches for NHS or UKHSA plus COVID19 give me anything the article claims

2. the only hit i got was this at the GOV.UK website:

"Our current surveillance shows that around 13% of sequenced COVID-19 cases are the ‘XEC’ lineage however current information doesn’t suggest we should be more concerned…"
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-report-published

#MASTODON IS GETTING HIT BY #NEWS GARBAGE

鞍馬の火祭り

#tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部
#mastodon #マストドン

❓ invasion

What exactly does this right-left graphic mean and claim?

#mastodon #xitter #socialmedia #medien #politik #x

入り江の煌めき

#tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部
#mastodon #マストドン

Mitra, honestly, isn't a bad social network.....the problem is, as well as with Friendica, that Mastodon killed Fediverse.

Which means small amount of users for other social networks that use Activity Pub protocol.

#mastodon #mitra #friendica #fediverse #activitypub

Small update for DuckDuckSocial
Added the ability to customize date (either absolute date or relative to current date)
Added ability to automatically filter out words before performing search (probably only useful to me but someone else might have a purpose for it). And I probably posted about this before but I couldn't find it so just so you're aware you don't need an API key for the web version (still required for Android extension)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckducksocial/

Damn I probably have about 2-3 more hours of editing for this video talking about #Bluesky #Mastodon and #Threads! This whole video is gonna be close to an hour and I will have it on #YouTube. So if you haven’t already please subscribe https://youtube.com/@chiefgyk3d?si=isOiodpMm8i8fHLM
#Linux #Infosec #Cybersecurity

Am I the only person left on the planet who doesn't want their #browser in #fullscreen mode?

Thanks @stefano for upgrading the instance obviously without any issues! But a little boo to #mastodon for the new appearance that needlessly consumes even *more* horizontal space than before (using the "advanced" UI), which now prompted me to show it scaled to 90% in chromium 🙄

といっても、 #Vivaldi の新 UI アイコンと #Mastodon の #TangerineUI の新しいバージョンのアイコンが 2 トーンデザインだなあ、っていうだけなんだけど

🚀1 year since we left #X / #Twitter

Our move to #Mastodon wasn't just a platform switch. It was a leap into #OpenScience in action.

We found a chance to align our communication w/ our values: transparent, meaningful, dialogue-driven.

Read about our journey, impact, challenges, and lessons:

🔗https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/one-year-after-x-embracing-open-science-on-mastodon

💜Thanks, 🦣-community, for this wonderful experience. We learn a lot here.

👋We hope to encourage other academic institutions to join.

#AcademicMastodon #SciComm #DigitalMigration

Decline of X is an opportunity to do social media differently – but combining ‘safe’ and ‘profitable’ will still be a challenge. #mastodon #bluesky

https://thenextweb.com/news/decline-of-x-opportunity-social-media-safe-profitable-challenge?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom

Trying to help @thisismissem close an issue I opened a year ago.

Do people still accidentally block servers when they only mean to block a specific account?

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/24853

#mastodon #fediverse #block #DomainBlock

New #blog post: Building a Scheduled Toots System

Over the weekend, I wrote a script to allow me to schedule toots into #mastodon

I can write a toot to be published later using my phone or laptop (or anything which can create a text file).

This toot, in fact, was sent with it

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/software-development/sending-toots-on-a-schedule-using-nfs-and-nextcloud.html

I felt like I had to write something about it
https://oscarmlage.com/posts/mastodon-bluesky-and-the-blue-bird/

#blog #post #mastodon #twitter #bluesky

#Facebook eli #Meta sensuroi suoran linkin oheiseen suomalaiseen tieteelliseen artikkeliin ”#laitaoikeisto'n” (oik. #äärioikeisto'n) koulutuspoliittisesta #ideologia'sta. #DOI-osoitteen kautta linkkaaminen toimii yhä, mutta koska #Mastodon sallinee myös suoran osoitteen, käytän sitä. #disinformaatio #sensuuri #some #politiikka #trollit
https://journal.fi/politiikka/article/view/142306

The Oslo Police has been posting on Twitter for 13 years, but now it has come to an end. They join a long list of institutions that have had it with the X platform. They had more than 500k followers.

#Twitter #X #Mastodon

. @kde KF6 #tokodon #mastodon client running on @jolla #SailfishOS

The most recent #update for #Mastodon has reached three fourth of the followers from @heiseonline, patching the #preview-bug for them. So we should see most of the traffic coming from here again. Yet, the number of visits from the #Fediverse to heise.de hasn't really grown that much.

At least, the three #Twitter-alternatives are again bigger than #X, which keeps declining.

In sum, the four networks deliver half as much traffic than #Twitter alone in the beginning of 2022.

#Threads #Bluesky

Trotzdem sind wir damit wohl eine riesige Ausnahme, bei @mediapart bspw. liefert #X/ #Twitter noch etwa 100 Mal so viel Traffic wie #Mastodon. Obwohl deren Account hier in etwa genauso groß ist, wie @heiseonline.

Und noch etwas anders: Zusammen liefern die vier sozialen Netze heise.de etwa halb so viel Traffic, wie Twitter noch Anfang 2022 ganz alleine.

Das jüngste Update von #Mastodon hat etwa drei Viertel der Follower von @heiseonline erreicht und damit auch der Patch für den #Preview-Bug. Wir sollten also wieder so ziemlich alle Klicks sehen, die aus dem #Fediverse zu heise.de führen.
Aber so richtig zugenommen hat die Zahl der Zugriffe trotzdem nicht wirklich.

Wenigstens lagen die #Twitter-Alternativen in Summe vergangene Woche wieder mal vorn (was sie immer öfter tun). Das liegt auch am Sinkflug von #X.

#Threads #Bluesky #SocialMedia

We're at an important time in history.

As a UK charity, built on the back of miscommunication and misinformation through conflict, we know how important the upcoming US elections are.

Thanks to the @KamalaHarrisWin Group we've been able to help, but it doesn't stop there. It's time to #FederateTheVote

Please follow the group, share the posts, and encourage your US peers to vote.

#USElection #USPolitics #KamalaHarris #2024Election #Democracy #MastodonForHarris #Mastodon #TimWalz

❓ What are good tool to schedule posts on a Fediverse account?

More info:

Scenario: I write a post (possibly including pictures) and instead of publishing immediately it should be stored and published at a later point in time.

Interactive/GUI-based tools are good, but scripts and automatable CLI-programs are also appreciated.

Let's assume an instance that implements Mastodon's API.

#askmastodon #askmasto #askfediverse #askfedi #mastodon

👋Hi, #academic community, tell us, why are you on #Mastodon and how are you using it?

📣 Please share and fill out our quick survey (max 10 min):

🔗https://rug.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9M1VEyMQ8k4xv94

Help us study #decentralized #SocialMedia in academia.

➡️ Why Mastodon (or why not)?
➡️ How often do you toot?
➡️ Benefits over other platforms?
➡️ Challenges faced?

More info:
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/library/research-project-academic-staff-engagement-mastodon

#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #OpenScience

New Mastodon Release

v4.3.1

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.1

#Mastodon #Mastoadmin

I made an English version of this diagram! Please consider bridging your account! (This post was made from a Misskey instance too)
英語版を作ってみました！
Original/オリジナル: @[email protected]
#fediverse #bluesky #mastodon #misskey

RE: https://misskey.io/notes/9zhyg23newcz0cy5

My mind has been whirling all night so therefore I'm tired. I wrote this when I gave up trying to sleep.

#mastodon #Fediverse

Good morning. Bore da.
Buenos dias.Guten morgen. Buongiorno.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #LindaSgoluppiArt

Hometown (Mastodon)
Mastodon 포크고요. 조금 더 폐쇄적인 구성으로 트윅했어요. 로컬 서버 내 공개 기능이 있거든요. 한국식으로 얘기하면 휘핑 에디션인데, 메뉴 기능으로 들어 있습니다.
어떤 분들은 Hometown이 공화주의자들이 혐오에 쓰는 물건이라며 십중팔구 차단 대상이라고도 하는데, 실상은 관계없이 널리 쓰입니다.

#Hometown #Mastodon

Recently, I've noticed - and I know others have as well - fewer people posting on #Mastodon. It's also possible they are hard to find when they do post. And some of the more prolific #cybersecurity folks have also stopped posting here. So the question is why?

Some have suggested the search engine doesn't work for them. This might not be the only answer, but let's start here:

Does Mastodon's search function work for you?

My new home: https://bsky.app/profile/jasdemi.com

#mastodon #fediverse #meme #memes #toystory #bluesky

Probably doesn't matter to anyone but me..today marks 6 months on my own Mastodon server. Wouldn't trade it.

#Mastodon

I created an app that allows you to find people from other Mastodon instances based on hashtags you both like.

https://bitbra.in/tootpal

#mastodon #fediverse #tool

My #Feditip for folks getting started on #mastodon :

1. Subscribe to hashtags often
2. Block & mute swiftly without remorse or quarter

Mastodon is most fun when you cast a broad net and toss out any soggy boots you catch.

Welcome to #Groningen (NL), dear #plushtodon!

We can't wait to show you around our #library on Monday. #Mastodon

BREAKING: Elon Musk-backed PAC is micro-targeting muslim areas with ads saying Harris stands with Israel and targeting jewish areas saying the opposite.

Proof that Musk is willing to further divide #America if he thinks it will help his candidate win.

Informed by @jsrailton & article by @jasonkoebler: https://www.404media.co/this-is-exactly-how-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/

@404mediaco #elonmusk #disinformation #misinformation #psyops #fediverse #mastodon #kamalaharris #DonaldTrump @MisinformationVillage #twitter #x #isreal #palestine #gaza

Why can I not read #mastodon like #whatsapp? #twitter was just as bad, why not read top down? Why?

Big congratulations to @jay.bsky.team and the whole @bsky.app team 🎉

With over half a million new users in the last day, Bluesky is demonstrating the power of open social networking and micro-blogging.

Thanks to @snarfed.org you can join in and post to Bluesky by following @bsky.brid.gy

We love to see new social grow, hopefully more to come!

#Bluesky #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia Technology #News #Fedi

I recently realized I used X only for the visibility, it was mostly self promotion within my community. On the same template of many if not almost all in my circle. Here I just say whatever for the fun of joining in in the conversation. Good I’m back on here. #mastodon #x #Community #academia

So Mastodoners, I have been here for about two years and generally like the quality of conversation here much more than the other place. However, I am curious to know your opinions on which #instances to join. Do you prefer a large instance with many users or a much smaller one?

Quality is better than quantity, but silence isn't always golden.

Anyway my thanks to my instance moderators @ourhcicommunity and @kindly

#mastodon #instance #users #socialmedia #maly.io #mastodon.social

I wrote an open letter to artists and other creatives who are thinking about giving the fediverse a chance:

"There’s a better way!"

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-fediverse-invitation-for-artists/

Feel free to share, and be sure to add your signature!

#fediverse #mastodon #creatives #artists #musicians #twitter #x

Hey #mastodon I’m new here 👋🏼 Anyone know how to connect my threads and this to #fediverse ?

so #peertube works strangely, at least in comparison to #mastodon , or i am doing something wrong.
if i have a mastodon page open, lets say @[email protected] and go to favorite a post or follow the user, itll prompt me to pick my instance (and subsequently to log in, if I am not already).
but when i have a video for peertube (like this super cool music coding one https://vid.pretok.tv/w/4e899b56-20ec-405b-8dfd-39e1bcc6fcc1 by @luka ) and i want to give it a thumbs up, or better yet, to follow the channel i cant seem to figure out how to login since my account is on a different instance. it takes me to a login page, but when i put in my full handle, with instance and everything, it doesnt go through as if it expects a login on that particular server.
so are peertube instances simply unfederated?

One thing #Mastodon (and other Fediverse server software) could do to combat spam from abandoned instances is improve the invite system. Currently it's all or nothing. Users can either create infinite invites that never expire or none at all.

Why not implement more granular invites? Eg each user can invite x users after x time? Moderators can issue more invites on request or bar certain users from creating invites.

Invites should also bypass the moderation when sign ups are moderated.

From @pluralistic: "You should be using an #RSS reader."
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/#read-receipts-are-you-kidding-me-seriously-fuck-that-noise

One of the best arguments for RSS you'll ever find.

I was a heavy user of #GoogleReader until G pulled the plug. I haven't found an adequate replacement since then. And I've tried many.

I'm excited by the possibilities of #Mastodon as an RSS reader. If you want to follow a site with an RSS feed, you can follow it on Mastodon with @birb.

I follow dozens of RSS feeds on Mastodon & add new ones almost every day.

I know that follower count doesn't really matter on the #Fediverse, but still, I am so grateful that 1,000 people have found my shenanigans entertaining enough to follow me. Thank you all!

#gotosocial #mastodon #socialnetwork #followers

People of Mastodon!

I am leaving Twitter. Forever.

There's one problem. I would like to re-follow all of Twitter accounts that had joined Fediverse.

Do you know any third-party services that would let me do so? Any browser extensions? Help welcome.

#feditips @FediTips #mastodon #twitter #twittermigration

If you missed it, our co-founder @michael posted an update on The Newsmast Foundation yesterday.

Give it a read to see more about what we're doing and where we're going 🚵

https://www.blog-pat.ch/a-different-web/

#fediverse #mastodon #socialweb #socialmedia #charity #blog #news

My recent podcasting adventures, including an appearance on @FLOSS_Weekly this week discussing the #Mastodon 4.3 release.

https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/10/17/podcasting-updates/

If you'd like to share a concise, beginner-friendly introduction to #Mastodon with your friends considering to leave X, give this a try!

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-join-mastodon/

Hey everyone!

If you’re looking for a community of gamers which is also dedicated to the Fediverse, then look no further than #TheGamersTavern!

We welcome everyone to our community, and love to talk about gaming, tech, and everything inbetween.

We currently self-host instances of these services:
#Mastodon
#PeerTube
#Owncast
#Matrix - (bridged with #Discord)

You can find all the links here! - https://linktr.ee/thegamerstavern

We’d love to see you there. 💜

#Fediverse #Gaming

Version 4.0 of my #introduction toot, as time flies and things change, a lot.

Hey everyone! I'm Alex, an italian 39 years old IT Architect (see personal account: @ItsMeAlex), deeply in love with #Videogames

I'm the innkeeper of The Gamer's Tavern, a cozy #gaming #community fully committed to the #Fediverse, but most of all, safe and full of amazing people.

We're self-hosting these services:
- #Mastodon
- #Peertube
- #Owncast
- #Matrix

Find more @ https://linktr.ee/thegamerstavern

#TheGamersTavern

I really wish #Mastodon had the selection of react/like emojis #Sharkey has. That little star seems insufficient at times.

#Twitter: "Gonna be pwning n00bz on my Twitch channel in 20 minutes! Follow or die!"

#Mastodon: "I am a nuclear biologist, gardener, writer, and developer. I recently rewrote the code to the entire web, baked a lovely shepherd's pie, forged a Damascus steel sword for my wife, and wrote an entire book of prayers in Old English for my children."

I hope everyone's enjoying the new features and improvements of Mastodon v4.3 that we deployed yesterday on Vivaldi Social.

A huge thank you to @Gargron and his small, but hard-working team who I know have spent a lot of time on this one!

Personally I'm particularly enjoying the grouped notifications, along with the totally revamped and redesigned compose form.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin

So... is Mastodon inherently anti-accessible? I feel like there's some weird sorta "undiscoverable by design" sentiment on here sometimes. Is there a way to find out, for instance, if a specific real life person is on mastodon using their given name, without already knowing what instance they're on? Some sort of tool to search like, all the top public instances at once? I don't want to stalk people but it'd be cool to like... look up a band or an artist and see what they're up to.

#mastodon #fediverse #search #accessibility

you know what mastodon desperately needs? LISTS. there should be a system where you can make lists of people and then follow/block a whole list at a time.

right now there's a problem where I want to be in a bunch of cool local feeds but I don't want to make a ton of duplicate accounts. if those worked like lists instead this would be a non-issue.

#mastodon #fediverse #discoverability

Hello #Mastodon!

Found out some friends I want to keep in touch with but aren't on Facebook are here, so I'm trying it out.

well, I've actually had to block @press.coop because the server is spamming Home feeds with repeated articles from media accounts

getting a social media system that isn't a fuck up should not be rocket science (pun intended)

get your act together @Mastodon #Mastodon

Hello #Mastodon! This is my 2nd attempt here because I've heard good things and I want to get rid of Twitter tbh

Hooray, Elon! #Mastodon or #Fediverse as a whole really needs to copy this revolutionary blocking feature from #Twitter.

Does a link become trending on #Mastodon if only *one* account posts it, but hundreds of others boost it?

@mackuba @Sarahp

You also cannot base your data only on the Mastodon app user count. There are multiple apps to access #Mastodon and the #Fediverse, including #Tusky #Moshidon #Megalodon and #Tooot. Not everyone accesses Mastodon through the same doors.

@Sarahp

FYI...
At last count, #Bluesky has around 5 Million users and #Mastodon has around 15.5 Million users. Unlike #Xitter, none of the Mastodon accounts are bots created merely to build the follower counts of celebrities, manipulate voters, and bring in ad dollars.

Almost all of the accounts here are real people engaging in positive, uplifting feed. Trolls have no algorithm to help them build a following. Ads are not allowed.

There is no "competition" for that.

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/113270983367781353

Why #mastodon, why? A mastodon.social reply to a comment in one of my #lemmy posts federated only to its originating instance but not to the main instance. This means that only people in one lemmy instance can see it, but no other instance can! Including me, the person who created the main post and the damn community moderators! This means that someone on mastodon can post something bannable and we can't see it to react to it!

The mastodon - lemmy interaction really needs to be fixed

Been fiddling with this (mock) for a while. Would this be easier to understand and make sense?

Context: this is for publishing posts.

#MastoDev #Mastodon #Design

Mastodon currently doesn't support alt text for profile avatars and headers, if you've some rails experience, and you'd like to work on this, this is a good first issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10313

(See Renchap's comment)

#GoodFirstIssue #mastodon

I’ve been using #Mastodon and #Bluesky for a while now and I gotta say, the mobile app experience in Bluesky is superior!

I took a look under the hood and Bluesky is built using React Native while Mastodon has native applications, although native experiences can be great, Mastodon’s isn’t.

I’m guessing that being able to write once run everywhere is a big factor here and probably the main reason why Bluesky feels so consistent.

#X とか #Threads とか #BlueSky がどうなるとかもうよくわからんけど、いきなり #Mastodon とか #Fediverse に人が流れる必要もないなとも思う

#Mastodon 4.3 に対応した最新の #TangerineUI めっちゃ良いな〜
あくまでスタイルの改変だから、機能面で#PhanpySocial 使ってはいるけど、あの UI 眺める目的で #VivaldiSocial の Web UI をたまに開いてニコニコしている

@taylorlorenz

Can someone give me a valid reason why #mastodon federates with #threads?

I understand the #ethos of mastodon

I understand what #meta is

Why does anyone think this will ever work?

🔒 On #mastodon YOU retain copyright ownership of your uploaded media, unlike on Facebook, where your content can be used more freely. Own your creativity and control how it's shared. Make the switch! #Mastodon #CopyrightFreedom 📸🖼️

Just to clarify: when I boost a post, it doesn’t necessarily mean I agree with it.
Often, I do it just to give visibility (and, consequently, to see the comments) on the topic being discussed - especially if it’s a post from a BSD Cafe user.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Discussion #SocialMedia #Engagement