#Mastodon

The Social Media Tool #SocialHubIO added support for #Mastodon! <3

https://socialhub.io/en/ @Mastodon

We’re really excited (and proud) to announce that we’ve launched Newsmast Version III - which supports Mastodon login!

With simple sign-up, you can sign into any Mastodon account on Newsmast and see your home server alongside Newsmast’s communities! Simply flick between Communities to see what you want, when you want.

Thank you again to our dev team for all the hard work and hours put in to get this live.

Follow the links to see it in action 👇

#newsmast #socialmedia #fediverse #mastodon

Since it seems to be the #mastodon tradition ...

#introduction

I live in #Vancouver , #canada (on unceded territory; https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/land-acknowledgement.aspx).

I am a core developer on the #python programming language (19 years and counting).

Spare time is:

- #opensource (https://github.com/brettcannon/ , https://snarky.ca/)
- #movies (https://letterboxd.com/nothingbutsnark/)
- #tv shows (https://trakt.tv/users/brettcannon)
- #gaming (mostly Destiny 2 and Marvel Snap ATM)

The new byline feature from #mastodon is cool, but once again the mastodon team is only interested in a mastodon-compatible fediverse and steamrolls over criticism.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30398

Hello. This is an #introduction post. I'm Jay. https://cuthrell.com is my self-hosted #mastodon instance and the vanity domain name I'm using has had many purposes over the years. I write a weekly #newsletter on https://fudge.org and that vanity domain name has had many purposes over the years too. If you want to learn more about me you can visit https://jaycuthrell.com which is yet another vanity domain name that has had many purposes over the years as well.

#art #streetart #mastodon #winter Easter Island snow sculptures by Matt Morris at Waterloo, Canada.

If you’re seeing this for the first time, hi! I’m a #Mastodon utility for iOS and macOS. You can enter any Mastodon server and see things like registration requirements, rules, custom emoji (even grab them for your own use) and which other instances they’ve blocked. The blocked domains are handy because you can export them in the exact format that Mastodon accepts for import, so you can bootstrap your list of blocked domains if you’re starting out. https://apple.co/3VUPytt

Adorable @mastowatch shirt - and finally a fedi related long sleeve option!

https://cottonbureau.com/p/PGY3XQ/shirt/purple-mastowatch-icon#/19565250/long-sleeve-tee-unisex-standard-long-sleeve-tee-athletic-heather-poly-cotton-s

#FediMerch #Fediverse #Mastodon

We need more beer geeks on Mastodon.

#Mastodon #beer

I'm doing my part...to spread the word about Mastodon on BeerAdvocate and beyond!

* Link in the footer of every page (millions)

* Recent posts embedded in the sidebar of nearly every page

* “Follow me into the fediverse on Mastodon!” appears in my signature (13,500+ posts)

* Callout on my profile

* Highlighted on: https://www.toddalstrom.com (linked in my signature + all social profiles)

* I'm constantly recommending it to other beer geeks

…are you?

#Mastodon #BeerAdvocate #fediverse #beer

Neue Community auf feddit.org: FOSS - Deutschsprachige Community zum Austausch über Freie Software 💻

#neuHier #Vorstellung

Da wohl wirklich nur noch wenig Hoffnung besteht für einen problemlosen Weiterbetrieb von feddit.de, gibt es für deutschsprachige Diskussionen und Nachrichten zu #FOSS -Themen nun diese neue Community auf feddit.org:
👉 feddit.org/c/foss_de

Inhaltlich kann es um Alles rund um #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreieSoftware gehen, was Euch interessiert - seien es bestimmte Anwendungen, neue Releases, Fragen, Tipps und Empfehlungen oder auch gesellschaftliche Initiativen wie #PublicMoneyPublicCode und vieles mehr.

Es ist eine Lemmy -Community auf #fedditOrg. Ihr könnt die Community auch von #Mastodon , #Friendica #Akkoma etc. aus abonnieren. Und ihr könnt damit auch ohne Lemmy-Account Beiträge darin erstellen, indem Ihr den Community-Account [ät][email protected] taggt. Ausführlicher hier.

Wenn Ihr auf Lemmy aktiv seid, könnt ihr Euch gerne auch noch als Co-Mods melden.

Es gibt schon lange eine sehr große und aktive englischsprachige Opensource-Community [email protected] , aber um sich zu deutschsprachigen News auszutauschen oder Fragen auf deutsch zu stellen und zu diskutieren, soll diese Community als Ergänzung dienen.

Die bisherigen Beiträge der Feddit.de-Community sind u.a. hier zu sehen.

Damit aber erst einmal: 🧡lich willkommen in der neuen Community @foss_de ! Ich bin gespannt auf Eure Beiträge.

I want like a #mastodon "boost" button, which just crossposts the post to a #lemmy community.

Hello, and welcome to https://poweredbygay.social. We are a #Mastodon #Instance for #LGBTQIA individuals who's interests include things like sports, camping, hiking, all around adventuring.
I hope we can create a fun community here on our corner of the #fediverse
If this sounds like your kind of place, feel free to sign up, or even transfer to here. All LGBTQIA and Ally's are welcome.
#LGBT #Sports #Soccer #football #baseball #basketball #hockey #camping #hiking

Following #lemmy communities from #mastodon has gotten much better

Version 19.4 introduced automatic hashtag-ing (see https://lemmy.ml/post/16585416)

Posts get federated with a hashtag matching the community name.

The important bit is that comments to posts *don't* get the tags.

Which means you can follow the corresponding tag on mastodon and get a feed only of posts.

EG: #asklemmy

If you're starting a community, giving it a unique enough name could help prevent overlap too.

@fediverse

1/

Like the desktop computing experience. That’s what #socialmedia should aim for.

Choice of platform/OS doesn’t matter too much.
Plenty of apps to choose from and mix and match.
Plenty of user control but also convenience.
General functions and paradigms have settled.
Data is transferable over time and between computers.
Pick performance specs for your needs.
Connect to whichever networks/protocols you like, or just work offline mostly.

Your computer belongs to you.

#fediverse #mastodon

Appreciation post for how #mastodon has never tried to sell me anything.

Thank you :emoji_wink:

Earlier today, I posted a brief update on my #LeadersFromLaw fundraising effort. Then, it stood at about $2400 toward a $5000 goal.

Well, something amazing has happened: we have surpassed the goal, with a current total of $7,517.81, all raised through the #Mastodon community. The people I work with at #AmericanConstitutionSociety are impressed and inspired. Me too. With immense and heartfelt gratitude, I offer some reflections in the rest of this thread. https://www.leadersfromlaw.com/ 1/

I have a small bit of good news, especially for #Mastodon folks who helped with my first fundraising ask for #LeadersFromLaw. Last week, I posted this, https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112685610831584961, explaining Leaders From Law, a small nonprofit I founded in 2017, to train progressive law students and lawyers to run for office. I now have the honor and pleasure of reporting that we have raised $1917 of the $5000 I am aiming for. 1/ https://www.leadersfromlaw.com/home

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to migrate from one account to another; you want to find a place that isnt in Germany….or Iran or other nations that might begin with I. There is a lot of things going on at Mastodon.Social regarding account banning that, they assure you, has absolutely NOTHING to do with current issues of the day, you were just rude…and full disclosure citizens, I was. But the thing was, I swore, I insulted people, things, places and concepts I found to be evil and Mastodon.Social did nothing; not a blip not a warning, not a peep. I am not pressing the boundaries of moderation here, but I will tell you that when I said, “Show me the specific post” they sent a whole bunch about exactly more than half of which dealt with the kind of issue that will get you banned in Germany. This profile is about economic and political justice; and the sore need for it in the world and (for me) especially in the United States of America. I’m not porting my account to abide by the new rules, but make no mistake….My account WAS BANNED at the behest of political authorities for political reasons for oppression.

Full stop, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

#Mastodon #Censorship #Mastodon.Social

Friends, strangers, haters: I have... made hay. Let no one say I haven't committed to the bit.

(Wrote a paper about Asstodon, everyone be kind)

https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13367/11436

#STS #Mastodon #Commodon #autoethnography #DareIUseTheHashtag #Donkeygate #FirstMonday

@Flipboard @Mastodon Added a comment about it: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30398#issuecomment-2204184781

It’s sad to not see more cooperation between #Mastodon / #Fediverse and #IndieWeb

The latter is focused on social semantics for the web and the former for social semantics for ActivityPub – when the two overlap they should coordinate – and articles are very much web pages and something the #IndieWeb knows best practices around

@cy
I was tagged to a bunch of HUGE zionist sites for posting artwork by Palestinians.

It was a dirty war on Twitter, I was sharing live chats from people on the ground, moving tents, donating money. Helping, you know. Most real help goes down in shitholes.

I had a huge following, so I was tagged and immediately received death and rape threats from the worst of the worst. The ones spreading murder porn.

I was suspended within 3 days, and then the attacks started on my other sites. Especially .Social, i had almost 5k followers.

I've had to move 4 or 5 times since. All for zionist related reasons, super twisted reasoning, I think the admin would rather not deal with all the reports they get, so suspention after suspention.

Because I'm not antisemitic, I just hate killers. I grew up in arab countries so am not an Islamaphobe.

They mostly report where I make fun of the bible or capitalism.

"Drop an insult on the ground and the correct owner will pick it up."

So from 17k to 5k to now 700.

#blacklisted on #mastodon

I have all the complaints, excuses, shunning and excommunications screenshotted.

I did make one honest mistake regarding ww2 history, confusing the words Kristalnacht with Reichstag.

Bad blunder. But I never studied the Nazis, and the context was obvious. Anyone could have corrected me. But they hung on to it for dear life and the admin (man) made a huge deal of it.

Even tweeting about it to his gazillion followers (without context, my explanation, or sincere apology). So some people think im an actual nazi. Sigh.

View at Home 0.1

View at Home is a simple Tampermonkey script to make interacting with Mastodon (and probably other Fediverse services) easier. When you open a Mastodon post, it’s not possible to comment or favourite it unless it’s on your own home instance. The usual way of dealing with this is by copying the link into the search box of your own instance and clicking the resulting link.

https://odd.blog/2024/01/12/view-at-home-0-1/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Tampermonkey

Support your local admin. They volunteer their time running these instances, kick them a few bucks a month if you can afford it.
#mastodon #newusers #mastoadmin

Then I started using #Mastodon on a daily basis. It was (and still is) slower, and the lack of algorithm does mean I have to proactively follow more people and search a bit for content.

I migrated to #Mastodon some months ago, and I deleted my #Twitter account. Actually, I deactivated it, then waited the mandatory 30 days, then went back and re-registered it, then froze it (no avatar, changed my display name to my #Mastodon account, locked it, followed nobody) - just so that someone doesn't steal it, as I had some thousands of followers and didn't wanna risk to get them swindled by haters or something. I did have plenty of those and who's to stop them from impersonating me?

I feel #Mastodon merits a vocabulary shift, given its design's contraposition to Twitter...

How about:

Accounts/Users = #People
Content = #Conversation
Engagement = #Connection
Consumption = #Communication

#Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/02/twitter-x-alternative-mastodon-appeals-to-journalists-with-latest-byline-feature/

Today we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/

#introductions (Version2)
#retired after working for 35 years in #Telecomunications

Lives in #Drogheda, Married to a #Ukrainian, a father of two adults. An enthusiastic #eBike rider, and #MUFC Supporter

Will be mostly Tooting on:- #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #UKPolitics #RejoinEU #MUFC

Interests #Dnipro eBike #Podcasts #Wordpress #Mastodon #Jazz #TubaSkinny #BixBeiderbecke #EV

Products/Brands #ESKUTE #OnePlus #Revolut #N26 #C4Catus #WalterPresents

It has been announced that a major security fix release for #Mastodon has been scheduled for this coming July 4. While I appreciate that the U.S. is but one country on this planet, it does represent a large proportion of Mastodon instances, and July 4 is major holiday here when many system administrators may not be available to do a timely update as information about the associated security issues becomes known.

I urge the @MastodonEngineering team not to release on July 4.

Thanks. -L

ICYMI: Last week saw a new episode of Dot Social, the fediverse podcast hosted by Flipboard CEO
@mike, in which he interviewed @ghost's @johnonolan. Here's a taste of their conversation; you can listen to the whole episode here or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37.

“We’re at a very grassroots stage of a mix of hackers and enthusiasts collaborating to make the thing they want, not the thing that has the most funding, and I love that. That speaks to my heart.”

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #Publishing #Podcast #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia #SpreadMastodon #Ghost

Currently, #Mastodon only renders a few harmless tags like <strong> and <em> in the HTML of content received from other ActivityPub softwares like Misskey. In addition to these, I believe that tags related to ruby characters, which are often used in East Asian texts such as so-called #CJK, should also be allowed, as they don't just add to the presentation of the text, but actually represent how the characters are read, which also improves accessibility. I also wrote about this in an issue on Mastodon GitHub:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8474#issuecomment-1647334955

#RubyCharacters

I'm still finding verified #accounts from #news sites and #media organizations on #Mastodon for my list:

Now it contains more than 270 accounts in 16 languages. #German is still far in front, but #english is growing fast. And there are accounts in #italian, #spanish, #swedish, #dutch, #french, #catalan, #basque, #welsh, #turkish, #slovakian, #portuguese, #finnish, #danish & #czech.

The majority is very active.

Have a look:
⏩ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse

Darauf habe ich lange gewartet 😉 :
Auf die Artikel von heise online der vergangenen Woche kamen jeden Tag mehr Zugriffe über #Mastodon als über #X bzw. #Twitter!

Da sind ein paar Effekte drin (das nochmalige Teilen am Wochenende bringt erneut Zugriffe, am Freitag ging der Twitter-Bot nicht), aber die Tendenz ist deutlich: Während Mastodon/ das #Fediverse stabil bleiben, geht es bei X abwärts.

#TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #heise

(Thread 🧵 1/3)

Ich habe jetzt drei stets aktuelle Tabellen mit Accounts auf #Mastodon. Da kann man bspw. auf einen Blick sehen, welche davon (noch) aktiv sind.

Da gibt's über 1000 Journalist*innen aus aller Welt:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit#gid=876665327

Da gibt's mehr als 200 offizielle und verifizierte Accounts von Medien:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Und es gibt staatliche Accounts aus 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇪🇺:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17__HLo0Bobcx4IgvEm4_LTdYD3JxQCJjotWDNjIHNdw/edit#gid=1251927096

Vorschläge sind überall willkommen!

#SocialMedia #MastodonMigration #Fediverse

There are now three always up-to-date tables with accounts on #Mastodon. They show for example, which ones are still active.

One has more than 1000 journalists from all over the world:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit#gid=876665327

One has more than 300 official, verified accounts from media organizations:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

And one has accounts by authorities in 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇪🇺:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17__HLo0Bobcx4IgvEm4_LTdYD3JxQCJjotWDNjIHNdw/edit#gid=1251927096

Suggestions are welcome for all of them!

#SocialMedia #MastodonMigration #Fediverse

This was my very first #Mastodon post.

I thought these things would expire out eventually, but I suppose not.

Looks like I posted 8 times in 2017, then a whole lot in 2022.

https://mastodon.xyz/@todb/55286

I think it's time for me to review all accounts and hashtags I am following on #mastodon/#fediverse. The "we're all gonna die" vibes and not helping

#bluesky #X #mastodon #fediverse

#fediverse #mastodon #X #bluesky

Foreign Trolls and Bots are a problem on social media and the Fediverse is not immune so here are two links to help you identify them:

On of the links is interactive so you can test your skill.

#SocialMedia #Election #Fediverse #Mastodon #Bot #Troll

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-do-i-spot-fake-social-media-accounts-bots-and-trolls/a-60313035

This one is interactive:

https://spotthetroll.org/start

Celebrating the launch of Newsmast on Mastodon with One Chord Wonders by The Adverts.

Play loud!

#introduction #newsmast #mastodon #punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaT9QDw4YNo&t=50s

👋 #Willkommen sind alle neuen User hier auf #Mastodon / #Fediverse / #ActivityPub. Ich wünsche euch spannende so wie friedlichen Verlauf von Unterhaltungen hier!

Durchsucht die User und ihre Posts so wie Inhalte und folgt diese bei euer Interesse an ihren Themen & Hashtags ☺️

Ein herzliches Willkommen an alle #neuhier :3

Mein Hauptaccount ist @necrosis

Nebenbei betreue ich noch das Projekt @fex_service

#TwitterTakeover #FEX #mastodon #musk #help #twittermigration #twitter #introductions #intro

I just saw a post that made me realise the importance of something I should’ve realised months ago:

Unlike on the birdsite, or #Facebook, you don’t have to make your posts performative in order to trick an algorithm into showing them to your _own followers_.

That’ll happen every time, since it’s just chronological. You don’t have to write for _advertisers_ or _engagement optimisation_ or gods know what else just to have your toots be shown to your _own friends_.

You can just write whatever the hell you want and that will happen every time.

It’s not just the ads or the owner’s political agenda that’s different.

It’s that you don’t have to _perform_ for the _machine_.

#twitter #TwitterMigration #Facebook #Mastodon #MastodonMigration

Hey, #Mastodon users and #MastoAdmin thinking about Threads!

1: Users:

A: You can limit who can send you DMs/PMs! You can also limit notifications!

B: You can also block a site entirely for yourself.

See attached pics for how.

2: Instance administrators:

If you don't want to block threads.net entirely, consider these options for your userbase's safety:

A: Between "Full federation" and "Suspend" there is LIMIT, which hides content from an instance unless a user either follows the user posting it, or searches for it.

B: There is also "Reject media," which means you never cache a remote site's attachments. This de facto makes all such content sensitive ("unavailable"), requiring an additional click to view.

#FediAdmin #Fediverse

Seit über drei Monaten wächst dieser Account, für das große Interesse, die rege Beteiligung und all die vielen Hinweise schon einmal vielen Dank.
Jetzt stehen hier ein paar größere Änderungen an. Mehr dazu gibt es dann morgen hier beziehungsweise vor allem an anderer Stelle.
Vorab nur so viel: Die Umzugslaster sind bestellt. 😎

#Mastodon #Instanz #SocialMedia #heiseonline #TwitterTakeover

Are there any (open?) Mastodon / fediverse artwork pieces? I’m looking for something along the line of a nice ad-style graphic with the elephant. The community surly created work like that. But where can I find it? Or are there even any official sources?

#mastohelp #mastoart #mastodon #artwork #merch #sticker #fediverse

Okay, okay, at @nova's behest, an #introduction post:

Hi 👋🏻 I'm Emelia, from #berlin, #germany, I'm trans queer and kinky.

I'm a #tech princess 👸🏻 currently working most with #typescript, currently working on Fediverse Trust & Safety tooling

I'm most known for my work on #nodejs, and contribute to #mastodon & other fediverse software

In 2020, I became the #founder of Unobvious Technology, aiming to improve the safety, #security and profitability of #sexworkers and advance the #adultindustry

:skull360: We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.4+mementomods-2024-06-30+pr30850. The server has Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc38 installed.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date and 238 commits ahead from the last version 2024-06-01.

This version contains some fixes to both Mastodon and Mastodon Bird UI. Most notably the new experimental hover cards feature is available for our instance.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

Friends of #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, good morning and happy Sunday!

I've made some changes to our setup. Last week, there were some slowdowns in the services at BSD Cafe, especially in the #Mastodon instance. After investigating, I discovered that the issue was with the DNS resolution (it was the DNS! 😆 ).

I’ve now installed two jails with unbound on the two BSD Cafe VPSs. This allows us to perform all DNS resolutions locally with caching, so we don’t have to rely on external services.

This way, services like Mastodon or Matrix, which make extensive use of name resolution, can benefit from local caching and resolve domains autonomously.

#BSD #FreeBSD #DNS #Decentralization #SelfHosting

🌟 Introducing BSD.cafe 🌟

Excited to present the first building block of the BSD Cafe project! When I registered this domain months ago, I envisioned a themed bar where we can casually chat about *BSD systems, Linux, and Open-Source technology among friends, acquaintances, and patrons. But like any bar, discussions can cover a wide range of topics while respecting everyone.

BSD.cafe will be a hub for various tools and services, powered by *BSD.

The first brick is a new Mastodon instance, a gateway to the Fediverse. Registration is open, and the server will be moderated under clear guidelines promoting good behavior and zero tolerance for hate towards anyone. Inclusivity, respect, and constructive dialogue are the key values of this new instance.

The main server is currently hosted in Finland on a small VM, based on #FreeBSD. Services are divided into VNET jails, connected in a LAN via a local bridge. A VPN system is also present and have been able to move individual jails to different, more powerful, machines.

Multimedia data and cache are hosted on another physical server (FreeBSD, within a jail), with Cloudflare in front. The aim is to cache and geodistribute data, reducing network traffic on the main VPS.

Reverse proxy (frontend), mail server, media server, and the instance itself are reachable via #ipv6.

The instance started empty. No unnecessary content was pre-loaded; I want it to grow organically based on users' interests and following. There won't be any preemptive blocks at this stage. Users are encouraged to promptly report anything they find worth flagging.

Join us at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe to build a constructive and inclusive community—a safe and relaxing space for everyone.

Our wiki, located at https://wiki.bsd.cafe, features essential links and articles related to the BSD world. It provides an overview of the tools, services, rules, uptime, and more information about the BSD Cafe Services.

A Matrix server, a Miniflux RSS Reader, the Wiki itself, and the BlendIT Lemmy instance are all part of the BSD Cafe services, with more to come.

#BSD #OpenSource #Fediverse #Community #Tech #Networking #Mastodon #Inclusivity #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #OSS #SysAdmin #Miniflux #RSS #Matrix

15 million users in the Fediverse, now.

No ad-blocker needed.
Zero ads.
My data stays on my server.
Interactions are genuine, driven by people's desire, not an algorithm pushing for conflict to boost engagement (and ad sales).
Nobody's here just because it's trendy. If you're here, you want to be here.
The best social media experience I've had in years.

Thank you to all of you, among these 15 million accounts, who have helped make this a wonderful place to be.

#Fediverse #Privacy #NoAds #GenuineInteractions #Decentralized #ThankYou #Mastodon

كيف يُمكِنُك استخدام تطبيق ماستدون الرسمي لنظام الأندرويد قصد ربط حسابك؟

- قم بتنزيل Mastodon for Android مِن متجر جوجل للتطبيقات.
- بعد تنصيب التطبيق على هاتفك أو لوحتك قم بتشغيل التطبيق.
- إن كان لديك حساب على ماستدون، قم بالضغط على تسجيل الدخول.
#العربية #ماستدون #Mastodon

تابع …

Inscriptions sur Mastodon :

Beaucoup d’entre vous ont un compte sur Mastodon mais savez que lors de la création d’un nouveau compte depuis la version 4.2.0, les nouveaux arrivants voient la progression suivante :

1- Lire et accepter les règles de l’instance

Ensuite …

#Mastodon #Inscription #Nouveau #OnBoarding

Was die #Ampelkoalition zu #Gemeinnützigkeit vereinbart hat: https://www.zivilgesellschaft-ist-gemeinnuetzig.de/ampel-koalitionsvertrag-2021-gemeinnuetzigkeit-zivilgesellschaft/
Was unsere Allianz fordert: https://www.zivilgesellschaft-ist-gemeinnuetzig.de/forderungen/
Newsletter bestellen: https://www.zivilgesellschaft-ist-gemeinnuetzig.de/newsletter/
Wir bei #Mastodon: https://bewegung.social/@Allianz_Polit_Willensbildung
#Gemeinnützigkeitsrecht #Zivilgesellschaft

#mastodon #fediverse

Why are so many photos in posts blurred out in Mastodon?

While I maintain a presence on multiple social media sites - mastodon is the only one where I'm actually present.
#Mastodon #SocialMedia

Bon ben j’ai décidé de ne plus partager les pouets qui utilisent des raccourcisseurs d’URLs.

Sur #mastodon une URL à un coût de 23 caractères quelque soit sa taille.

Il n’y a donc aucune raison de cacher des #URLs.

Bon, si le contenu est vraiment trop d’la balle et que ça utilise
https://frama.link/ alors j’y penserais peut-être à deux fois.

Merci, bisous, merci.

How to quickly find and follow your #twitter friends on #mastodon?

Use:

@debirdify
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/

or
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/

Download the CSV file and import into /settings/import

Done.

Folks asked for a How To detailing how I created my own #selfhosted #Mastodon server.

Ask and you shall receive. 😊
I hope it is useful to those who might need it.
Happy to take any suggestions or corrections.

https://chrisalemany.ca/2023/01/26/how-to-creating-my-own-selfhosted-mastodon-server-with-debian-on-an-old-imac/

#selfhost #fediverse #homeinstall

#Introduction #Introductions Good morning! I'm Alberniweather - My name is Chris. This is the #Mastodon account for the Alberniweather.ca website. I've created this analog to the @alberniweather twitter account where I have been sharing posts from the blog and sharing timely comment and information about weather and other natural phenomena in and around Port Alberni BC, and Vancouver Island for many years.

I often touch on #ClimateChange as well. Happy to be here.

Wow, my colleague just federated my @Flipboard profile. Now you can follow what I'm curating into #magazines the #fediverse. How cool is that! 🤩

@mia

Really excited where all this is going!

#content #curation #culture #mastodon

In the words of Fatboy Slim, "we've come a long long way together." Here, @miaq breaks down Flipboard's federation journey so far.

"We could [federate Flipboard] with a quick flip of the switch but we’ve chosen to act more intentionally," she writes. "We’re taking measured steps to test, learn, and ensure that everything we’re doing stays true to our values and those of the fediverse. Maintaining quality is top of the list."

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/federation-timeline/

#Federation #Fediverse #Flipboard #FediCurious #ActivityPub #Publishing #Media #Technology #MastodonMigration #Mastodon

@ghost founder and CEO @johnonolan wants to build a tech company that thinks differently. Learn how ActivityPub is enabling a new kind of publishing platform, with integrity at its core. It’s a new episode of the Dot Social podcast highlighting leaders in the fediverse, hosted by @mike

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37

Catch up on past episodes of the podcast in Mike’s Storyboard collection:

https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965

To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the fediverse, sign up here:

http://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia #SpreadMastodon #Ghost

Many years ago, when I was still working, I had an active Facebook account with over 5000 followers. That didn’t really make me a big deal there, of course, but I was proud of having at least some influence on a few people.

I left Facebook behind when I retired in 2012 and relocated to Europe. I needed a little time off then to recharge my batteries, rediscover my identity, and relax before jumping back into the fray.

After a year or so of chilling out, I started a Twitter account, calling it Bread and Circuses. My focus initially was on the appalling state of traditional party politics, especially in the USA. But as time went on, I felt increasingly compelled to comment on the worsening climate and environmental crises.

Upon my return to the USA in 2018, I tried to make my Twitter presence more meaningful, but it never took off. I couldn’t find traction there. And we all know what happened soon after that…

Space Karen arrived and quickly made Twitter toxic, so I jumped over to Mastodon in November 2022. That’s a choice I will never regret. It’s been such a joy to connect with so many smart, caring, and sincere people here. I feel incredibly lucky and very very happy. 🤗

Thanks, everyone, for all your support and for the great contributions you make in commenting on my posts. We are indeed stronger together!

#Mastodon #Anniversary

#Introduction

Pour les nouveaux et nouvelles venu.e.s sur #Mastodon et le #fediverse bienvenue !
Je m'appelle Marie-Gaëlle, je suis #Artiste indépendante, aquarelliste et dessinatrice à #strasbourg

Mes armes : Aquarelle, pinceaux et papier.

J'illustre des femmes issues de la #Fantasy et de la #Mythologie : déesses, nymphes, sorcières, fées…

Mon contenu peut parfois être soft érotique, toujours avec CW.

Originaux, tirages d'art et cartes postales : https://www.aemarielle.com/boutique

#Illustrations #MastoArt #IntroductionFr #FediArt #Féerie #IllustrationsFantasy

📢 (1/3) A quick announcement 😊 !

I decided to move servers with this #diningcar account from the big instance "mastodon.social" to "rail.chat".

I did this because, I think the re-centralization is bad. As people join #Mastodon, there’s a natural tendency to join over-sized servers that don’t fit well with the original design of Mastodon and can lead to problems.

This account is a railway-enthusiastic account. I share pictures from trips with dining cars (mainly from Europe, where I live!)

This is how we should advertise #Mastodon on other #SocialMedia

#Threads #Twitter #Instagram #Meta #Facebook #TownSquare
#Fediverse

Wait, Threads is now blocking mastodon.social?

https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers

#mastodon #threads

EDIT: mastodon.social has been removed from the list after about 30 minutes. It will be interesting to hear what happened, and how this affected folks who follow each other.

Trump said "finish the problem" about Gaza in March. He would greenlight #Netanyahu for #Israel to max out #genocide on #Palestinians

So you're asserting your single-issue concern as more important than other issues and you're even wrong on that one issue

Biden sucks, but Trump and Biden are the only two who have a chance of winning. Again: #strategy, not #emotion

#Emotional #manipulation is how #geopolitical #trollfarm moves to topple #American #democracy, those #trolls are here on #Mastodon

I’ve written up some tips on How to Switch to Mastodon from Twitter:

How to leave Twitter: https://bit.ly/howtoscrubtwitter

How to find your Twitter people on Mastodon: https://bit.ly/howtofindtwitterpeopleonmastodon

How to cross-post #Mastodon to #Twitter: https://bit.ly/posttweetstomastodon
#TwitterMigration #social #xodus

In honor of my move away from mastodon.social, here's the very first post I made on mastodon 5 years ago

#mastodon

Modifying the mastodon source code to append ^{[citation needed]} to the end of anything I post

Wrote a blog post about my modifications to my mastodon server to clean up hashtags
https://tomcasavant.com/the-problem-with-hashtags/

Time for a little self-promotion.

I've finally gotten a #Wordpress blog spun up at https://blog.beaware.live

It's empty and barebones right now, but I hope to get writing there soon.

If you enjoy long-form content and the ramblings of an #ADHD #stoner that's in love with #AIart and #Videogames, you can #follow my blog @[email protected]

Thanks to all the wonderful people who already follow me here on #Mastodon and interact with my content. I hope to bring some unorganized, not very thought out content to the #Fediverse very soon!

Want metalhead.club patches?

Order information: https://blog.650thz.de/posts/metalheadclub-patches-2024/

Are we the first Mastodon instance that has patches? :D

#mastodon #metalheadclub #patches

If you fancy getting a part in :mastodon: #Mastodon’s development without being a regular contributor, the new account @ThumbsUp offers a selection of interesting and non-technical feature requests and bug reports, ready for you to vote for or comment on.

Si ça vous dit de participer un peu à l’évolution de :mastodon: #Mastodon sans pour autant être contributeur⋅ice régulier⋅e, un nouveau compte, @ThumbsUp, se propose de sélectionner les plus intéressantes suggestions de fonctionnalités et rapports de bugs en cours, avec les liens qui vont bien pour aller voter ou commenter.

Okay, this is possibly going to be controversial in some quarters, but it has to be said for the good of the Fediverse:

Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you're already on mastodon.social, you might want to move your account to another server. I've done an article about this topic at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

If you want to move your account, there's a complete step-by-step guide to how to do it here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

#FediTips #Mastodon #MastodonSocial

Are we ever going to get quote toots? I know they said yes, but that was well over a year ago. #mastodon #fosstodon

Wasn't #mastodon supposed to get quote posting? What's up with that?

Nice quality of life improvement added to the latest #Mastodon code: account cards on hover!

A perfect companion to the upcoming grouped notifications 😃

We need to tune the behaviour a bit, but I am already missing them when using another instance.

All of this will be in 4.3, which we plan to release soon!

#mastodev #mastoadmin

Hello #Mastodon！

Apparently I'm not following enough, looking for more users to follow, didn't get much feeds into my timeline. Any recommendations?

(Try to avoid tagging with @ without user's consent)

#mastodon #fediverse

I wonder what's the limit for "featured hashtags" on Mastodon? 🤔 How many can you add?

#Fediverse #Mastodon

another cool looking #Mastodon instance

In 2017, I founded a small nonprofit that trains progressive law students and lawyers to run for office, especially at the state and local level. I have run workshops every year since then, using the first $5000 I raised. Now, I need to do another round of fundraising so the work can continue. I’m a little nervous about doing this on #Mastodon. But I won’t go back to the bird site, so I’m going to see how it goes. 1/ https://www.leadersfromlaw.com/home

I wrote a little Python script that downloads domain blocks from a specified Mastodon server and saves it as a CSV file that can be imported to your own server. In case this is something you need.

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

#mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastoAdmins #DomainBlocks #fediblock

⚠️Warning to all Fediverse Admins: the data scraper @[email protected] is back!🤬

Not sure how many times we have to teach them this lesson!!

I am once again calling for #Fediblock for this data scraper. This is the 4TH TIME they've created a new instance because of our blocks.

So I am making this the 4th time they'll be blocked. Don't let folks sell your data without consent!!! Block them ASAP!

Urgent Edit: They are now using fake names that don't include Awakari but the profile is the exact same. The new domain is Indy.rest and the profile is @[email protected] 😒🤬

#Mastodon #Fediblock #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Fediverse #Fedi #FediScraper #DataPrivacy #Privacy #DataProtection

@moshidon is definitely the most beautiful #Mastodon app out there 😎

One thing I don't see on #Mastodon that I am bombarded with on threads #Threads are responses by people I'm pretty sure either heavily huffed paint or ate lead-chip cereal as a child

@fcktheworld587 fake news/misinformation is only not a thing because we can call people out on that bullshit.

However, #Mastodon is adding "limit replies" soon so that people can spread misinfo without being checked! Doesn't that sound fun?!?🤦‍♂️🙄

Not only can #Mastodon say a post has been edited but have no edits, it may also say there are 3 edits but the last 2 are identical to the first for both the edited date and content. This is … sub-optimal.

I wish #Mastodon / #ActivityPub had like, native, seamless, keep-the-old-timestamp post migration between instances tbh. I do miss my .ART backlog.

Even though #Bluesky is only allowing self-hosted PDS instances (right NOW*), you can take your backlog and social graph with you when moving within #ATProto

Is it that #Mastodon is very unpredictable in terms of the responses one gets to toots (likes, responses, reposts). Mine vary with each toot, so either we're all on a variable reinforcement schedule or I don't know how to Mastodon properly🤔

#Ask #AskFedi #fediverse

People of the #fediverse, I am going to setup a new personal instance server for just myself and a small group of folks. Are we still happy with #mastodon or is #pleroma best suited? I have experience with Mastodon and know what that is like, not sure of Pleroma.

It's kinda gross to see these corporate walled gardens intentionally misrepresent their Fedi integrations and just start using Fediverse in their PRs like their a genuine Fedi participant.

Looking at you, BlueSky and Threads. BlueSky lied about being decentralized and uses Brdigy Fed, a third party bridge to Fedi made by one man, to say they're decentralized. Threads keeps adding fake Fediverse interactions and promoting them as legit Fediverse interactions. They "added" replies from Fediverse without mentioning that they're private and can only mention 1 person or it won't be federated...🤦‍♂️

If you intentionally misrepresent your integrations for clout, you're doing nothing but harboring mistrust here on Fedi.

#Fediverse #Fedi #Bluesky #Threads #Meta #ActivityPub #Mastodon #SocialMedia

@BlazedCloud There's pretty much no information anywhere about your pricing tiers apart from a single post on #mastodon showing that the 1 TB tier dropped down to $7.99US/MO last week. Is there anywhere to get this information that doesn't require signing up for your service? This is basic salesmanship...

Spread the word! #DemocratsAbroad is now part of the #Fediverse !

We're having a great time here. We're enjoying connecting with everyone.

2024 is a crucial election year, and overseas votes will determine the outcome. Visit VoteFromAbroad.org to register TODAY!

We follow back!

#Biden #BidenHarris2024 #politics #USPolitics
#MastodonMigration #Democrats @politicalscience @politics @uspolitics @DemocracyMattersALot @GottaLaff #Mastodon

What is the best activity pub platform for uploading short-ish personal videos? #activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #pixelfed

TIL that #Mastodon will indicate a post has been edited, but when you look at the edits it says it was edited 0 times. Bug or design intent?

And....my hype for Threads replies has immediately been killed.

Replies are only shown to the OP. It's *something* but all this fake integration crap is starting to piss me off now...🤬

Edit: Confirmed. Replies are only shown to 1 person. You can't mention multiple Threads users and have them see it publicly. This is ridiculous at this point...🙄

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Mastodon #Meta #ActivityPub

As with most things, my opinion of Threads integration to the Fediverse is very nuanced.

On one hand, I enjoy the idea of being able to engage and interact with the wider social web. On the other hand, the sheer amount of Threads users makes me worry that Fediverse will soon be just like corporate social media sites.

I don't want to be lost in the mix of millions of posts, with hardly any engagement.

Also, Mastodon will be adding "limit replies" soon enough and that's bad for a number of reasons, the biggest being misinformation...😬

I am still VERY cautiously optimistic. However, if I start noticing my engagement fall off a cliff, I'll be immensely sad.😔

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Meta #Mastodon #ActvityPub

You folks on larger instances probably don't see this, but often when somebody boosts a reply I can see the boosted reply but not the OP. (Original Post starting the conversation thread.)

This is because I am on a very small instance (mostly me) and not everything flows here. Understandable. Not a bug.

But I just discovered #Mastodon gives you a workaround: You can copy the link to the page of a post (hamburger menu, 'Open Original Page') with a right click.

Then paste it in the search box!

Is it just me or is posting on #mastodon increasing again? I have upwards of a 1000 toots to read every day now, just like whwn I joined. Cool!

Man, we are so fucked

"Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with #AI"

#Mastodon is feeling less like a refreshing bastion free of #plutocrat manipulation, and more like the last refuge of the free, sane...

and real

I know mastodon.social updated their terms that all AI has to be labeled as such

I propose an update:

No AI allowed on the #fediverse *at all*

Fuck this soul destroying shit

https://www.techspot.com/news/103535-company-fires-entire-60-strong-writing-team-favor.html

Are there any unofficial #Mastodon clients that can add or remove featured tags on the profile page?

The Future is Federated: here are my top 10 reasons why #Mastodon is the best social media platform there is: https://blog.elenarossini.com/top-10-reasons-mastodon-best-social-media-platform/

Basically, a guide for "normies" attempting to convince them to join Mastodon and the #Fediverse

... with shout-outs to @ivory @IceCubesApp @phanpy @cheeaun @dansup

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog

“Announcing Ditto”

> Ditto is a Nostr community server. It has a built-in Nostr relay, a web UI, and it implements Mastodon's REST API.

> Since Ditto implements the Mastodon API, it can work with any Mastodon app!

> Users of Mastodon and Pleroma will be happy to see search functionality that actually works. 😂

> Ditto is built in Deno with TypeScript. It's basically a REST API with a built-in Nostr relay. This is the same design as Mastodon and Pleroma, replacing ActivityPub with Nostr.

https://soapbox.pub/blog/announcing-ditto/

Tags: #Nostr #Ditto #Deeno #Mastodon #Pleroma #ActivityPub #Fediverse #SocialWeb #MycelialWeb #MyceliumNetwork #Nostrich #SNS #SocialMedia #Soapbox

A quanto pare nell'ultimo anno il #fediverso ha perso ben 3500 istanze per sempre, sono circa 300 al mese, e continuano a diminuire al ritmo di una decina al giorno.

Non mi stupisce, per anni si è stati convinti che i #social siano gratis e molti lo hanno creduto. Però i social hanno bisogno di server costosi e serve molto tempo per gestirli.

Alla fine tutte le difficoltà sono venute a galle e il colpo di grazia lo hanno dato i recenti attacchi hacker che hanno colpito duramente #mastodon.

Um... what is going on on Mastodon? A bunch of ads from some user I don't follow just showed up on my home feed.

#Mastodon

Who can reply?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/who-can-reply/

Vague thoughts as they enter my brainbox.

The BlueSky social network has introduced "Reply Gating" - it looks like this:

You can write your hot take on Taylor Swift and not be inundated by weirdos replying to you. Nifty!

This is nothing new. Twitter has it. Facebook has the concept of "audiences" to restrict who your post is visible to.

And, of course, blogging has this! There is a comment form at the bottom of this page - and I moderate it. If you post something stupid, I don't have to subject my audience to your inanities. I can (and do) block users from commenting.

ActivityPub doesn't have this (yet). It's much more like a public mailing list. I can block or mute you - which stops me from seeing your abuse - but doesn't stop anyone else from seeing it.

Should ActivityPub have something similar? Yeah, I reckon so. I'd like to be able to say "Anyone I know want to go to the pub tonight" and only have mutuals reply. I want to prune away spam or repetitive replies. It would be helpful to have a conversation in public that other people can't interrupt.

The UI would be complex. And the social model needs a bit of work. And there are some technical challenges around syndicating which replies should be included.

But, ultimately, social media should respond to the needs of its users.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/06/who-can-reply/

#ActivityPub #mastodon #SocialMedia

New to Mastodon and confused about why you don't see anything on your home feed and nobody interacts with your posts?

1. Follow people. Fedi has no algorithm beyond the "explore" tab. It works completely by follow relationships. The more people you follow with similar interests, the more likely they'll follow you back. Not to mention your home feed will be filled by their toots.

2. Hashtags. Full indexed search is EXTREMELY new and some instances haven't upgraded yet. Even then, some users don't want EVERY toot of theirs to be discoverable so they turn that feature off. However, Hashtags are always searchable for public toots. Litter your posts with relevant hashtags so people can find your toots!

#MastoTips #Mastodon #Fediverse #Welcome

Well hello #mastodon. I deactivated my #bluesky account b/c of reply guy sea lioning and antagonism toward Black women experts there. Very bummed about it b/c I invested a lot in growing my followers there, made some great connections, and believe it’s exponentially better than the site formally known as #Twitter. I might go back, I don’t know but the #moderation tools weren’t addressing my needs. Guess I’ll try again to learn this place 👋🏽

#socialmedia #migration #BlackFedi #blackmastodon

Introducing #Hollo. Hollo is an #ActivityPub-enabled single-user microblogging software. Although it's for a single user, it also supports creating and running multiple accounts for different topics.

It's headless, meaning you can use existing #Mastodon client apps instead, with its Mastodon-compatible APIs. It has most feature parity with Mastodon. One big difference with Mastodon is that you can use #Markdown in the content of your posts.

Oh, and Hollo is built using #Bun and #Fedify.

https://github.com/dahlia/hollo

#fedidev

Have you ever wondered about quoting posts on Mastodon? Is it possible? If not, why not? Will it ever be possible? How come some people seem to be able to quote posts already?

Hopefully your questions are answered in this article:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-cant-i-quote-other-posts-in-mastodon

#FediTips #Mastodon

We are very close to reaching 100k followers on @Mastodon.

Can you help us get there?

#mastodon #fediverse #memory #Auschwitz

Hey Mastodon,

I'm looking for a well put together written case for institutions (academic, professional) to set up their own Mastodon instance.

Something that not only highlights the obvious benefits, but also that the technical costs are within the capacity of most places that have a decent IT department.

Please do not make the case here, I'm looking for links. 😜

Boost for visibility, plz?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #

I updated my Mastodon Tools browser plugin to include expanded quote post previews, based on the work I've done here: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112643848931362289

Go give it a try! Available for Firefox and Chrome: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/mastodon-tools-browser-extension/

#mastodon #BrowserExtension #BrowserPlugin #firefox #chrome #quotes #QuoteBoosts #QuotePosts

#TheFutureIsFederated post no.2: https://blog.elenarossini.com/seeds-of-federation-pledge-first-action/

"I see the #Fediverse as the future of the web and #Mastodon as the future of text-based social networking: a vital social utility that should be adopted by governments, educational and cultural institutions, non-profits, media organizations…"

If you read the post and are wondering how things are going with my first action: I have yet to hear back from the EC (sent emails to two different teams so far). Will try again tomorrow!

#tech

Federated single user microblogging software through activitypub that is also compatible with mitra

Interact with users on Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, etc

Github repo here: https://github.com/dahlia/hollo

#hollo #microblogging #federated #activitypub #opensource #foss #mastodon #fediverse #mitra #mastodon #pixelfed #misskey

On the topic of reply gating.

Since Mastodon doesn't support it out of the box, I had added these settings under 'User Safety' a while back.

There are far too many people who think they're entitled to be able to reply to anything posted on the Internet, and there's far too much harassment that hides in the folds of federation.

Hopefully these types of User Safety settings will be adopted upstream sooner than later, allowing communities to grow.

#trunks #trunksapp #mastodon

As part of our mission to bring more high-quality journalism to the fediverse, we’re federating today the profiles of nine U.S. media sites, bringing their content to Mastodon and other platforms. We think this is especially important now as the world faces serious crises like Ukraine, Gaza and climate change — not to mention pivotal elections coming up this year in several countries.

We’re delighted to welcome this next wave of trusted publishers:
Bloomberg: @bloomberg
Bloomberg Law: @BloombergLaw
Bloomberg CityLab: @citylab
The Kyiv Independent: @KyivIndependent
Politico: @politico
Quartz: @quartz
Salon: @Salon
Time: @time
Vox: @Vox

Here are just a few of the amazing Magazines you’ll be able to follow:
Business News by Quartz, @business-news-quartz
Congress by Politico, @congress-politico
Markets by Bloomberg, @markets-bloomberg
News & Politics by Salon, @news-politics-Salon
Supreme Court by Vox, @supreme-court-Vox
Urban Planning by Bloomberg City Lab, @urban-planning-citylab
World News by Time, @world-time

More details on today's announcement: https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-brings-more-news-to-the-fediverse/

#Journalism #News #Media #Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Flipboard #Federation

Today, @Curia is back on the fediverse with their new Mastodon instance.

This is part of a broader @fediversity effort funded by @EUCommission and @EC_NGI initiative for an open and decentralised internet, bringing easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom to everyone.

It takes a village to build a community

We are up to the challenge.

#fediverse #mastodon #EUFunded

ICYMI: this is my #Mastodon "origin story" – the reason why I'm going all in on the #Fediverse this year, starting with this platform: https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-is-federated/

I'm hoping to recruit more friends and professional contacts over here.

The post includes mentions of some of my favorite accounts including @bookgaga @molly0xfff @triketora @film_girl @fj (if you have advice about how to get more people on Mastodon, I'm all ears)

#fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech

Second/repeat random toot from a weird rando account. Report or just block? #mastodon #muting #blocking #fediverse

🌈 Happy Monday everyone! 🌞

Two #Fediverse news items that make me hopeful about the future of the open web – especially for creators:

✨ #Mastodon is testing a new OpenGraph tag to highlight writers & creators on Mastodon -> https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30398

✨ publishing platform @ghost just announced they will use #Fedify to implement #ActivityPub -> https://activitypub.ghost.org/day-4/ (their ActivityPub newsletter is brilliant and hilarious and I could not recommend it more)

#GhostIO #tech #thefutureisfederated

TIL when you upload a video file to Mastodon, it generates a preview thumbnail. The thumbnail isn't passed through to other servers in the ActivityPub payload (similar to preview cards).

Each receiving platform handles this situation differently. Some regenerate a thumbnail (processing again). Some ignore it and don't show one. Others create blank thumbnails to appease the Mastodon API.

A blurhash is passed, tho, and could be used as a placeholder.

#FediDev #Mastodon

#Mastodon sends Create(Question) for the poll, even though the Question itself is an Activity. Does it see Question as a regular Object rather than an Activity?

#Mastodon #fedidev #ActivityPub

Bluesky e Mastodon sono ora connessi grazie a Bridgy Fed

https://www.punto-informatico.it/bluesky-mastodon-connessi-grazie-bridgy-fed/

Per chi lo desidera è ora possibile superare le barriere tra #Mastodon e #Bluesky grazie a #BridgyFed attivabile dal proprio account per essere seguiti e poter seguire gli account su entrambe le piattaforme.

Nonostante il loro successo, le reti social decentralizzate si trovano ad affrontare una sfida cruciale per guadagnare terreno rispetto a rivali come X, per questo si stanno creando ponti per connetterle.

Hello #mastodon #developers! Suppose I have an app that should be able to post some sort of public service announcement from individual users' phones to a common account (something like "charge point 17 on the south parking lot is out of service").

Can anyone think of a way to secure this scenario so that it's not possible to just pull the credentials or certificate from the app and use it for spam? Because someone will definitely do that otherwise 😑

The great #MastodonMigration after the #TwitterTakeover was accompanied by many helpful tools to find followers worth following.

With #Threads federating (partially) and #Bluesky bridged, I think we need new ones now. Are there any?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #BridgyFed #SocialMedia

"Moving between servers" has been a #UX issue for years now. Is anyone looking at fixing this? I'm certainly happy to help with any UX design. I expect there are deep API issues that make this hard so I have no illusions this is "a simple fix" but it does feel like a core problem that should be solved.
#mastodev #mastodon @sharoz
https://mastodon.social/@sharoz/112591619057491125

I have noticed that some academics have moved from #X to #Bluesky. Do you think Bluesky will be beneficial for #academics and #scholars in the long run? Just in case, I have signed up:

🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/clausatz.bsky.social

Let's see how it goes… Personally, I find #Mastodon to be the best choice at the moment for many reasons.

Did you know? #Fedify offers the markdown-it plugins for parsing #Mastodon-style mentions and hashtags syntax.

• @fedify/markdown-it-mention: https://github.com/dahlia/markdown-it-mention
• @fedify/markdown-it-hashtag: https://github.com/dahlia/markdown-it-hashtag

Check it out!

Tried updating my little single user mastodon droplet tonight to the latest version and had my first failure.

Had a backup so all is good. Now to figure out what went sideways…. 🤔

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon

I login to a LOT of different Mastodon apps. Because of that, I had over 600 "authorized applications" on my account! 🤯

In certain apps, the SSO process creates a new "authorized app" every time you login instead of re-using the same one.

Anyway, I built a web browser dev tool script that iterates through them all and revokes access. I'm not sure if I should release it but it sure was useful for me.

Sounds like this issue will be going away in a future release! 🎉

#Mastodon

I'm rebuilding #Hollo from scratch, and I've implemented some #Mastodon-compatible APIs to let me do the following actions with #Phanpy and #Elk now:

• Logging in
• Composing a post
• Writing a reply
• View posts
• Public timeline
• Home timeline

✌️

#fedidev