<p>Welcome June! ☀️</p><p>📺 It's the 5/28-6/4 weekly <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>/ <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartycalendar/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyCalendar</a> screencaps (Thu-Thu) </p><p>⭐️NEW: <a href="/tags/remonsterdon/" rel="tag">#ReMonsterdon</a> (SUN)<br><a href="/tags/retroview/" rel="tag">#RetroView</a> 5/28 cancelled</p><p>📅Updates &🔗s at the live calendar <a href="http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties</a><br>⏰️All times US Eastern</p><p><a href="/tags/westerns/" rel="tag">#Westerns</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/mysteries/" rel="tag">#Mysteries</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#Action</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cinemastodon/" rel="tag">#CineMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/watchparty/" rel="tag">#WatchParty</a> </p><p>Thanks to the hosts! 🎉 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MatthewTitus88</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@MirrorAyako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MirrorAyako</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Taweret</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>analgesicsleep</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rsmon77" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rsmon77</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hyde</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpepper22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greenpepper22</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dmv.community/@kamikat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kamikat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lilymarswrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lilymarswrites</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LisaMarieBowman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LisaMarieBowman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@klu9" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>klu9</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> </p><p>I'll go first:</p>
<p>📢 Community Announcement: sfba.social has upgraded to Mastodon v4.6.0!<br>Hello SFBA family! 🌉</p><p>We just wrapped up some quick behind-the-scenes database maintenance and we are officially live on the brand new Mastodon 4.6.0 release! 🚀</p><p>A huge thank you for your patience during the brief downtime while the gears were turning. This is a major milestone release that brings a lot of highly requested polish to our daily experience.</p><p>Want to dive into the deep technical details? You can read the complete list of new features, bug fixes, and engineering changes directly on the official release page:</p><p>🔗 Full Feature List & Release Notes: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.6.0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.6.0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r</span><span class="invisible">eleases/tag/v4.6.0</span></a></p><p>As always, if you notice any strange bugs, broken layouts, or performance hitches, please drop a comment below or tag the admin team.</p><p>Happy tooting! 🐘✨</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonadmin/" rel="tag">#MastodonAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosted/" rel="tag">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="/tags/sfba/" rel="tag">#sfba</a> <a href="/tags/sfbasocial/" rel="tag">#SFBAsocial</a> <a href="/tags/update/" rel="tag">#Update</a> <a href="/tags/sysadmin/" rel="tag">#SysAdmin</a></p>
<p>Some of you have been asking why the <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> digital policy account isn't on the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>.. <br>Well, today they are! Go follow the official <a href="/tags/digitaleu/" rel="tag">#DigitalEU</a> account: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digitaleu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>digitaleu</span></a></span> for updates about <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a>, <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> and <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a>, and much more! <br>Today is a good day for the open source community. Stay tuned for more announcements.</p>
<p>The <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> just released a statement positioning open source as central to <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a>’s <a href="/tags/techsovereignty/" rel="tag">#TechSovereignty</a>.</p><p>We couldn’t agree more. <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> is critical to a robust and independent society.</p><p>Here’s our full statement: <a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/</span><span class="invisible">europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/openweb/" rel="tag">#OpenWeb</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a></p>
<p>In addition to platforms like Mastodon & PeerTube, we are exploring whether we can also use an <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> platform for newsletters. </p><p>We are looking for something privacy-friendly, self-hostable and sustainable over the long term. Right now, Keila and Listmonk are on our list.</p><p>Have you used (either of) them or other alternatives? We'd love to hear about your experience: what worked well, what didn't and which one you'd recommend? Thanks!</p><p><a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#FediVerse</a></p><p>*Update: PeerTube not Pixelfed</p>
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<p>⚠️ Word is from Admins and Mods, bot farm accounts are becoming a real problem so the advice I'm hearing is, carefully vet new accounts following you and any you might want to follow.</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p><p>edit: Look below this post--I will add a couple articles about how to spot a bot account</p>
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<p>The one thing I wish <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> and the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> understood about places like Facebook is the fact the social network itself isn't liked, nor popular, But people *love, love, love, love* private, and let me repeat this, private, groups like the below.</p><p>Disability Support and Self-advocacy in HUD, Section 8 & Low-Income Housing<br>Private group</p><p>Not everyone wants to talk to the whole internet. This is something the Fediverse needs to understand if they want to get folk away from big tech or help bring folks over here to the social web.</p><p>Discourse is modern forum infrastructure that I really wish would takeoff more. I can follow communities via RSS, but I can’t post or comment without an account.</p><p>ActivityPub is great for being open and more social. Don’t forget about forums though!</p><p>Where do you find your forums that are not reddit communities?</p>
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<p>Check out the blog post on PeerSeek - a fast, privacy-respecting place to browse the federated PeerTube network. There are some details on how personalization works and technical background.</p><p>Find it here: <a href="https://polykit.rocks/peerseek-federated-peertube-search/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="polykit.rocks/peerseek-federated-peertube-search/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">polykit.rocks/peerseek-federat</span><span class="invisible">ed-peertube-search/</span></a></p><p>PeerSeek is live at <a href="https://peerseek.video/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>peerseek.video/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#peertube</a> <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> <a href="/tags/index/" rel="tag">#index</a> <a href="/tags/visibility/" rel="tag">#visibility</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/peerseek/" rel="tag">#peerseek</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/golang/" rel="tag">#golang</a> <a href="/tags/postgres/" rel="tag">#postgres</a></p>
<p>This is slop, slopware, but there are no active forks of Pinafore and even though the original interface has improved greatly using keyboard navigation, I don’t think there will be anything like the clean and elegant and very accessible Pinafore I still have no clue if this maintains the accessibility of its predecessor but it appears to be an active fork of Enafore. Dome/Zocial: A beautifully refined fediverse client — built for the edges of the Mastodon ecosystem. - Zocial - Zeitfresser Gitea Server <a href="https://git.ztfr.eu/Dome/Zocial" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>git.ztfr.eu/Dome/Zocial</a> <a href="/tags/enafore/" rel="tag">#Enafore</a> <a href="/tags/pinafore/" rel="tag">#Pinafore</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
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<p>I love the Fediverse so much that <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pan.rent/@feline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>feline</span></a></span> tattooed it on my arm 👀😍 ⁂</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fediversesymbol/" rel="tag">#FediverseSymbol</a> <a href="/tags/tattoo/" rel="tag">#tattoo</a></p>
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<p>Following the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> Tech Sovereignty and Open Source Strategy (and Mastodon’s direct mention within it!) announced this week…</p><p>Our team is proud to have signed and contributed to the drafting of the European Social Stack Open Declaration alongside our peers in the <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> and <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anewsocial</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/eurosky.social', 'https://eurosky.social/', 'https://eurosky.tech/', 'http://mu.social/', 'http://move.eurosky.tech/', 'http://portal.eurosky.tech/', 'http://eurosky.tech/help', 'http://fund.eurosky.tech/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eurosky.social</span></a></span>, <a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/@newsmast" rel="nofollow">@newsmast</a>, Save Social, and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>swf</span></a></span>.</p><p>We are a movement, and stronger together.</p><p>Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: <a href="https://european.social/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>european.social/</a></p>
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<p>Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at <a href="https://peerseek.video" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>peerseek.video</a></p><p>Results are ranked how I think they should be and there is still a lot of work to be done. Please try it out and give me some feedback, or let me know if it's useful in any way.</p><p><a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#peertube</a> <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> <a href="/tags/index/" rel="tag">#index</a> <a href="/tags/visibility/" rel="tag">#visibility</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/peerseek/" rel="tag">#peerseek</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>
<p>Iris Wood Duck - Available Here: <a href="https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/iris-wood-duck-lisa-s-baker.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/iris-wood-duck-lisa-s-baker.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/iris-wood-duck-lisa-s-baker.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/woodduck/" rel="tag">#WoodDuck</a> <a href="/tags/duckart/" rel="tag">#DuckArt</a> <a href="/tags/birdart/" rel="tag">#BirdArt</a> <a href="/tags/natureart/" rel="tag">#NatureArt</a> <a href="/tags/floralart/" rel="tag">#FloralArt</a> <a href="/tags/woodlandart/" rel="tag">#WoodlandArt</a> <a href="/tags/whimsicalart/" rel="tag">#WhimsicalArt</a> <a href="/tags/botanicalart/" rel="tag">#BotanicalArt</a> <a href="/tags/irisflowers/" rel="tag">#IrisFlowers</a> <a href="/tags/colorfulart/" rel="tag">#ColorfulArt</a> <a href="/tags/gardeninspired/" rel="tag">#GardenInspired</a> <a href="/tags/animalart/" rel="tag">#AnimalArt</a> <a href="/tags/walldecor/" rel="tag">#WallDecor</a> <a href="/tags/homedecor/" rel="tag">#HomeDecor</a> <a href="/tags/lisasbaker/" rel="tag">#LisaSBaker</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#BuyIntoArt</a> <a href="/tags/duck/" rel="tag">#duck</a> <a href="/tags/bird/" rel="tag">#bird</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#birds</a> <a href="/tags/birdsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#birdsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#creativeToots</a></p>
<p>Country Garden Green Beans - Available Here: <a href="https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/country-garden-green-beans-lisa-s-baker.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/country-garden-green-beans-lisa-s-baker.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/country-garden-green-beans-lisa-s-baker.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/greenbeans/" rel="tag">#greenbeans</a> <a href="/tags/garden/" rel="tag">#garden</a> <a href="/tags/farm/" rel="tag">#farm</a> <a href="/tags/country/" rel="tag">#country</a> <a href="/tags/kitchenart/" rel="tag">#kitchenart</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/kitchendecor/" rel="tag">#kitchendecor</a> <a href="/tags/cannedfood/" rel="tag">#cannedfood</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#arte</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/wallart/" rel="tag">#wallart</a> <a href="/tags/homedecor/" rel="tag">#homedecor</a> <a href="/tags/artforhome/" rel="tag">#artforhome</a> <a href="/tags/artforsale/" rel="tag">#artforsale</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/artprints/" rel="tag">#artprints</a> <a href="/tags/canvasprints/" rel="tag">#canvasprints</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/collage/" rel="tag">#collage</a> <a href="/tags/mixedmedia/" rel="tag">#mixedmedia</a> <a href="/tags/wordart/" rel="tag">#wordart</a></p>
<p>Still a fave...</p><p>edits: alt text fixed</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a></p>
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<p>De <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>! Via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://procolix.social/@koen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>koen</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Yuy86jibGDo?is=u0Z1QnBMWqCQFjkz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtube.com/shorts/Yuy86jibGDo?is=u0Z1QnBMWqCQFjkz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/Yuy86jibGDo</span><span class="invisible">?is=u0Z1QnBMWqCQFjkz</span></a></p>
<a href="/tags/snac/" rel="tag">#snac</a> finally sends me push notifications!<br><br>Two things you can see here... It's pretty hot! That's why I stayed home and implemented a missing feature into snac. That's what you can also see - it finally sends push notifications to devices! In this case, we can see notifications coming from <a href="/tags/mastoblaster/" rel="tag">#MastoBlaster</a> App for iPhone.<br><br>What we can also see, it's still a bit faulty and not the expected content, but a first success here at least ;) I'll make some further adjustments when there's time and get in touch with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://comam.es/snac/grunfink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grunfink</span></a></span> to check if we can get this upstream. Thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> for testing with me :)<br><br><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#fedi</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/snac2/" rel="tag">#snac2</a> <a href="/tags/c/" rel="tag">#c</a> <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a> <a href="/tags/clang/" rel="tag">#clang</a> <a href="/tags/mastoblaster/" rel="tag">#MastoBlaster</a><br>
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<p>象吾已经将 Mastodon 升级到 4.6.0 啦 🦣🎉<br>这次的年度大版本更新带来了多项大家期待已久的新功能,以及焕然一新的界面交互。以下是本次更新的亮点:</p><p>1️⃣ 个人主页全面重构:个人主页迎来了全新设计的界面!不仅视觉效果更佳,现在你还可以直接在主页上更新个人资料,再也不用繁琐地跳转到偏好设置里去修改了。</p><p>2️⃣ 媒体与投票同框:终于来了!现在你可以在同一条嘟文里同时添加媒体附件(图片/视频/音频)和投票,让你的互动形式更加丰富。</p><p>3️⃣ 账户合集(Collections):新增了合集功能!你可以创建包含最多 25 个账户的合集,并将这个精选列表分享给其他人,方便大家互相安利宝藏博主。</p><p>4️⃣ 更灵活的外观设置:主题设置变得更加细致,原来的“深色/浅色/高对比度”主题被拆分为独立的“配色方案”和“对比度”选项,你可以更自由地搭配出舒适的浏览界面。</p><p>5️⃣ 全新年度总结(Wrapstodon):年度总结报告的生成和展示方式得到了全面优化!不仅设计更美观、更容易分享,而且在每年 12 月 10 日之后,活跃用户即可直接申请生成属于自己的长毛象年度报告。</p><p>还有更多细节优化等待你去发现,快来体验全新的 4.6.0 版本吧!🚀</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/更新/" rel="tag">#更新</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/象吾通知/" rel="tag">#象吾通知</a></p>
<p>FediCon 2026 website is now live, thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reiver</span></a></span> for organizing this!</p><p><a href="https://fedicon.ca" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedicon.ca</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fedicon/" rel="tag">#fedicon</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>
<p>I've made a couple of posters to promote the Fediverse, perhaps on community noticeboards, or at activist or tech events etc.</p><p>I've left part of the posters blank so you can customise them with sources of info about the Fediverse (for example useful websites, local user groups, local/national servers to join etc).</p><p>You can find the posters (and lots of questions answered) at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.tips/posters-for-promoting-the-fediverse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/posters-for-promoting-the-fediverse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/posters-for-promotin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-fediverse</span></a></p><p>Also, any feedback, translations or alternative posters very welcome!</p><p><a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
<p>On <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> there are now <br>420 verified accounts from <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> organizations in <br>21 languages and on <br>121 instances.</p><p>237 were active today.</p><p>Some accounts, that were active today are <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gpspmagazin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gpspmagazin</span></a></span> (GER)<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.apfelfunk.com/@apfelfunknews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>apfelfunknews</span></a></span> (GER)<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@watson_news" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>watson_news</span></a></span> (GER)<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://tkm.eus/@28kanala" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>28kanala</span></a></span> (BAQ)<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mongabay</span></a></span> (ENG)</p><p>Find the whole list on:<br>➡️ <a href="https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p>Built by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@mho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mho</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodonmigration/" rel="tag">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#Press</a> <a href="/tags/newspaper/" rel="tag">#Newspaper</a> <a href="/tags/twittermigration/" rel="tag">#TwitterMigration</a> <a href="/tags/newstodon/" rel="tag">#Newstodon</a></p>
<p>Almost 4 years ago Mastodon, and by extension the Fediverse, became and continues to be essentially my sole social media platform.</p><p>A significant factor in this was when I discovered Pinafore and immediately fell in love. You know when you use software that just *feels* right, like Corel Paradox or Turbo Pascal and so on?</p><p>I was using Paradox daily at a former employer sixteen years after Corel ceased active development, and it could very well still be in use there today. Pinafore quickly became as vital for me as Paradox was for the more than eight years I worked there.</p><p>Unfortunately Pinafore's creator archived the project, but it lives on in various forks, of which I hopped from one to the next as each one eventually became archived, or dormant, or disappeared altogether (Anyone remember Mahoot?).</p><p>It's almost like the project is cursed, because I know of at least half a dozen Pinafore variants that all started out with great intentions and noticeable activity but eventually fell silent.</p><p>At least.. a year ago maybe? a bug was introduced somewhere along the line that caused buffers to hang if any posts fall under a "hide with warning" filter were found. Watching the spinning circle of dots endlessly loading, refreshing because *sometimes* that fixed things, as it triggered a BPD meltdown in me countless times.</p><p>Other issues or lacking vital new features (translation, editing a post, etc.) caused me to very reluctantly try other front-ends but I just couldn't deal with it. I even tried consciously *forcing* myself to use the other ones and despite the aforementioned buffering problem, I found Pinafore and its successors *less* maddening than these other interfaces. (No offense to the other front-ends; they're all amazing projects and work great for some people, but for whatever reasons they just don't work well for me.)</p><p>As I mentioned before, the Pinafore-style interface just fit my needs perfectly. So I just continued to be frustrated because I didn't have the knowledge/experience.</p><p>Yesterday, however I discovered <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.ztfr.eu/@dome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dome</span></a></span> 's new Pinafore fork, Zocial. (Pinafore -> Semaphore -> Enafore -> Zocial). It's available at <a href="https://zocial.ztfr.eu" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>zocial.ztfr.eu</a>.</p><p>True, Zocial is generated using Claude, but this seems like the only practical opportunity for us to have to attain a fully-operational Pinafore-style interface. I honestly believe it's a matter of accessibility because no other front-end has given me the freedom to learn about the Fediverse more than Pinafore.</p><p>Maybe I'm being a selfish, neurotic, myopic Goldilocks. I have no rebuttal for those accusations and I apologize for disappointing anyone, but the Fedi is basically my makeshift warm line and I need to keep that as easy for me to use as possible because I can't function without it.</p><p>Yes, I know.. "just don't use it!" Yes, I realize if Nolan Lawson had never developed Pinafore, life would go on. Life would also continue if we'd never invented defibrillators, but they sure are handy sometimes.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.ztfr.eu/@dome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dome</span></a></span> fixed the above-mentioned bug, and a couple of others, in a matter of minutes today. It feels like finally being rid of a sore tooth. I hadn't realized just how infuriated I was becoming rather than coping.</p><p>Look, if someone wants to fork Enafore and repair the bugs that Claude already took care of, I'll almost certainly follow because with all due respect to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.ztfr.eu/@dome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dome</span></a></span>, I trust a human programmer more than I trust AI output.</p><p>However, that just doesn't seem to be possible. We're humans, and humans (understandably) have lives that aren't always congruent to dev plans.</p><p>But I personally *need* this interface to work. I love it. Surely I can't be the only one either, with so many people making forks of Pinafore.</p><p>So.. it's up to you dear reader (if you're even still awake) to decide if you want to try Zocial, but as for me I've already jumped head-first into it, slop or not.</p><p>/end_essay</p><p><a href="/tags/pinafore/" rel="tag">#Pinafore</a> <a href="/tags/semaphore/" rel="tag">#Semaphore</a> <a href="/tags/enafore/" rel="tag">#Enafore</a> <a href="/tags/zocial/" rel="tag">#Zocial</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
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<p>Sounds interesting<br>Good idea</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/berniesanders/" rel="tag">#bernieSanders</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a></p>

