I know everyone is worried about enshitification of the Internet, but I watched a concert from NC in CA tonight and talked about it with a friend from TX in Brazil. Lots of you Fedinerds watched a movie together (again) tonight. Let’s not forget the wins.
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Just wanted to point out, with the ongoing #spam attack on #fediverse / #misskey / #mastodon, this kind of happens on every social network. The only reason you are hearing about it is because #moderation #staff is normal users who use the normal channels to talk about it, and we actually take it way more seriously than the corporate social networks do.
Like, this represents most of the traffic on #Twitter, and they don't seem to care, so it speaks volumes about the fact that you can see us talking about how we don't want that here.
#Firefish #Misskey #Fediverse #UI #Вопрос: котятки, кто в миске сидит, подскажите: почему, когда я тыкаю на эту кнопочку, у меня происходит классическое «я что-то нажал и всё исчезло» ? Т.е. окно куда-то девается. @ru @rf @tech
P.S. Лечится переключением с «пульта» в одноколоночный режим, переходом взад в изначальный вид колонки, и обратным включением «пульта» ЕВПОЧЯ.
#Fediverse #Pleroma #лытдыбр
Посмотрел я на эту вашу #Pleroma, которую @erua постоянно пиарит... Двух (много-) колоночного режима нед, языкового фильтра нед, (воды нед, растительности нед, населена роботами 🤖).
И окно постов/ответов — модальное, причем, хотя бы как в #Misskey сделано, — не сохраняет написанное при закрытии. Т.е. отвечать, например, с цитированием — биг факин проблем.
Скажем дружно: «На...м не нужно!»
For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step to making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse.
With the federation of @science you can now follow niche Flipboard Magazines here on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming this flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in Science." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest.
Here are just four great new Flipboard Magazines to follow:
Space news: @space-news-science
Archeology: @archeology-today-science
Deep dives in science: @deep-dives-in-science-science
General science news: @general-science-news-science
For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step to making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse.
With the federation of @tech you can now follow niche Flipboard Magazines here on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming this flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in Tech." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest.
Here are just four great new Flipboard Tech Magazines to follow:
Fediverse news: @the-fediverse-tech
AI news: @the-age-of-ai-tech
How-To Tech: @how-to-tech-tech
Reviews: @reviews-tech
For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step to making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse.
With the federation of @thenewsdesk and @ElectionCentral you can now follow niche Flipboard Magazines here on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming this flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in News." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest in news.
Here are just four great new Flipboard Magazines to follow:
U.S. and world news: @news-thenewsdesk
Trending news: @trending-thenewsdesk
Business news: @business-thenewsdesk
Politics fact checks: @fact-check-ElectionCentral
I feel like there aren't enough screenshots from Super Mario Bros 3 referencing tooting on the warp whistle on my Mastodon timeline.
#Mastodon #Memes #Meme #SuperMarioBros3 #SuperMarioMeme #Fediverse #Silly
Looks like Tumblr is having issues and Fedi is getting another wave of new folks.
Welcome to the Fediverse, new folks!
A couple tips:
Boost freely
Try to put up for yourself an introduction post with the hashtag #introduction or #introductions or both listing stuff you're interested in
Use hashtags freely, they help folks find you and what you're posting!
Use Alt-Text in your pictures. It helps a lot!
#Welcome #Fediverse #Mastodon #Tumblr #Hashtags #Hashtag #FediTips #MastoTips
Apparently, Tumblr's CEO stepped on his crank and outed himself as a TERF. We does not abide the TERF. No we doesn't.
If you're fleeing #Tumblr and checking out the #fediverse, welcome! I hope you find a home here. You have quite a few options with #Mastodon, #Miskey, #Firefish #Sharkey (I'm posting this from sharkey.world), and the practically thousands of instances within those. Each have their own flavor and features, so don't feel you have to settle on one off the bat. It's not unusual to see new users sign up on one instance, then eventually move to another, then another before they find the community that fits them best.
Here are some guides to help get you started:
Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/
Sharkey
https://thefedi.wiki/sharkey/home
Firefish
https://thefedi.wiki/firefish/user/home
Miskey
https://thefedi.wiki/misskey/home
Looking for something more "bloggy"? Bear Blog and Pika are two services offering simple blogging tools with an emphasis on "small blogging". They are unassociated with the major blogging platforms and offer a fresh alternative to them.
Bear Blog
https://bearblog.dev
Pika
https://pika.page
Again, #welcome, and I hope you find your home here in the #fediverse!
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
Please welcome Flipboard U.K. to the Fediverse! 🇬🇧 You can follow the main account, @FlipboardUK, to see all the stories the team is flipping, or these Magazines for specific topics that interest you. Everything is curated by human editors and updated multiple times a day.
News — @news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
Israel-Hamas War — @israel-hamas-war-FlipboardUK
Ukraine War — @ukraine-war-FlipboardUK
U.K. Government — @rishi-sunak-s-government-FlipboardUK
Business News — @business-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
Technology — @technology-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
Sport — @news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
Celebrity — @celebrity-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
Royal Family — @royal-family-news-FlipboardUK
#Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #UnitedKingdom #News #Technology #Business #Celebrity #Sports
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 👇
A part of me wants to apologize to #mastodon and the #fediverse for dragging that TERF platformer across the coals. I will not, however.
97.3% of the time, I mind my business. We talk about music, dabble in politics, you laugh at my corny jokes about struggling with python (and then send help), and post fun times from the Recording Academy parties.
However. Do not get it confused. When any person oppressed by hegemonic institutions is being attacked, I will speak, and it will be LOUD.
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 200 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!
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!
Wow, a lot of new people have appeared on here! Welcome! 👋 Do you want some help using this place?
If you have any questions about using Mastodon and the Fediverse, feel free to reply to this post or @ me or DM me!
This account also has a website full of easy-to-understand beginners' guides here:
The whole of Meta/Threads/IG down? 🤷
Well, I'm not saying that's what you get with a centralized service but uh...
...that's what you can get with a centralized service
The #Fediverse exists of thousands of servers spread over the whole planet, all managed and hosted by mostly different people
There's a very slim chance all of that will go down at the same time
The server mastodon.social is currently down due to technical problems at their hosting provider. However, other servers on Mastodon and the Fediverse are working fine because they are totally independent.
This is one of the many advantages of a decentralised network, one server going down doesn't affect the others. There are also other even more important reasons why this place is spread out on lots of servers:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
PEOPLE! Maybe this is old news to you, but if you’ve been trying to find a way to explain the Fediverse, Mastodon, or whatnot to your friends, I finally found *the* article that explains it best!
David Pierce at The Verge did an amazing job of distilling down what the Fediverse is all about, in a truly accessible article from last month.
Lay your eyes on this: https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol
… and please boost!
Hey #Fediverse #Mastodon
Get ready for a new #Twitter exodus
"Musk says X is considering removing likes, reposts from content"
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/musk-says-x-is-considering-removing-likes-reposts-from-content
The investigative newsroom I work for, @ProPublica, is raising money right now. We report on abuses of power in the public interest - stories like corruption on the Supreme Court. It was the first outlet to win a Pulitzer for web-first journalism. And if you donate through this link, you'll let our team know that Mastodon is an audience to pay attention to. https://give.propublica.org/give/346528/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=mstdn #journalism #fediverse #mastodon
Had a quick thought, did a quick mock. Feels like using the word "address" seems better as it implies that there's a "place" where the account handle is located. Just like "email address", this could be "social address" maybe?
Side context: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/02/mastodon-for-android-update/
Next week is FediForum week and I’m excited. There’s a lot on tap in the coming months so I’m sure there will be no shortage of interesting demos and discussions.
To get warmed up here’s a helpful conversation with @J12t , co-founder of FediForum, on the latest episode of Dot Social. We discuss the hot topics that are likely to come up and Johannes goes deep on some of the most important things needed to help the #Fediverse “cross the chasm”.
Enjoy and hope to see you at #FediForum on the 19th!
What fresh hell is this?