Alright, let's give this a go - here's a t-shirt celebrating some popular #fediverse platforms, available to purchase from @forgeandcraft #fedigiftshop #maker https://shop.forgeandcraft.co.uk/product/fedi-ampersand-t-shirt
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A fun chart.
For the numbers that are used for this graph, I grabbed the post count and known instances count from this endpoint on my #GoToSocial instance via a daily cron job. I have been doing this since I brought up https://mookiesplace.com -- I did this for my previous instances too, but never posted about it.
It's fun to see how my instance federates over time and to see how much I post over time. There are a few significant bumps in known instances, those happened when I posted something that got boosted / liked a bunch over a short period of time (ie. after I catch the eye of @lisamelton).
My instance is knows about 60% of the #Fediverse.
I wrote about how Patreon needs to join the #Fediverse:
"Why would a creator send their audience to a third-party platform when Instagram and Threads can be a one-stop-shop with their existing followers while having access to new paid subscribers across the social web?
Patreon can no longer just be the place where creators are paid, it needs to be a place where creators can be discovered. And it cannot do that as a social silo."
Your move, Patreon 🚨
A so-called "AI-powered social network start-up" has started cloning posts from across the Fediverse without asking permission. You can find out more in this discussion thread:
https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/112603447990005434
You might want to defederate from Maven, the domains to suspend are:
maven.ly
heymaven.com
This defederation will be much more effective if you have "authorized fetch" switched on, more info about it at https://fedi.tips/authorized-fetch
(via @liaizon)
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Discovered this morning that Maven https://heymaven.com (a social media startup who's CEO is ex OpenAI "Ken Stanley: leading the Open-Endedness Team at OpenAI") is mass importing public posts from the #fediverse with no links back to the original and no way to delete them. It seems there is no Opt-out or Opt-in mechanism at all. It also has posts from #Bluesky pulled in via @bsky.brid.gy that are also not linked back to the original.
Here's an example: https://app.heymaven.com/profile/66927
Heads-up: The CTO of an "AI-powered social network" startup Maven, Jimmy Secretan, confirming that his app has "ingested about 1,120,000 posts from Mastodon".
https://app.heymaven.com/discover/1190
Contact: jimmy@heymaven.com
Via @liaizon, @djsundog, and others https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/112603447990005434
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Today is #WWDC24, Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. To mark this, and to add even more tech to the fediverse, we've federated the Flipboard accounts of 10 tech publishers.
Follow their profiles for everything they publish, and specific Magazines (topical feeds of content) if you're interested only in particular types of story (we're big fans of We Distribute's Across the Fediverse Magazine, @across-the-fediverse-WeDistribute).
@9to5mac
@cnet
@DigitalTrends
@inversedotcom
@Techcrunch
@thenextweb
@PCMag
@WeDistribute
@WIRED
@ZDNet
#Tech #Technology #Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #FlipboardMagazines
To discover more federated Flipboard Magazines, follow the Flipboard Magazine Community account, @FlipboardMagazines.
I'd like to see the fediverse celebrate this year's #juneteenth by lifting up Black voices, and making Black people feel more welcome here.
To people who feel really strongly about quote boosts, putting content warnings on people's lived experience, and denying all the evidence of racism being prevalent here, maybe take a break for just one day.
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The last time I asked for donations here, the fediverse delivered. So many more people care about investigating abuses of trust in the public interest on Mastodon than on any other social network. If you have the ability, please consider donating to ProPublica today: https://give.propublica.org/give/346423/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=ben-mastodon
A good read: "Want to build your audience? Consider the #fediverse https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2024/06/11/want-to-build-your-audience-consider-the-fediverse/
I should be able to follow #Cara users from my Mastodon account. You can't convince me to make yet another account in a yet another silo, but I'd love to see and share more art in my home feed. Anyone have a connection to their team? Would love to chat about the #fediverse.
Some people say navigating the #Fediverse is challenging, but there are often clear signs.
"An important step toward a more interoperable “fediverse” — the broader network of decentralized social media apps like Mastodon, Bluesky and others — has been achieved." Ryan's come to the rescue with Bridgy once again. #Fediverse https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-can-now-talk-to-each-other
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)
Es ist wieder soweit! 
Die Mastodon Sprechstunde gibt es hier nicht mehr! Jetzt kommt die Fediverse Sprechstunde!
🗓️ am Donnerstag 20.06.2024, 19:30 Uhr!
Nachdem immer mehr Menschen aus verschiedenen Programmen der Fediverse-Welt an unseren Mastodon-Sprechstunden teilgenommen haben, haben wir beschlossen, die Sprechstunde umzubenennen.
Bist du #neu oder #neuhier in der Welt des Fediverse? Kein Problem! Wir helfen dir bei den ersten Schritten: Profil einrichten, Sicherheitstipps, Posten und Vernetzung. Sei dabei!
Eingeladen sind auch alle, die bereits Erfahrungen mit Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed oder anderen Anwendungen haben und ihr Wissen gerne weitergeben möchten.
➡️ Wissensaustausch: Deine Kenntnisse im Fediverse könnten anderen Teilnehmern sehr nützlich sein, besonders denjenigen, die noch neu in der Community sind.
➡️ Networking: Dies ist eine hervorragende Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen engagierten Mitgliedern der Gemeinschaft zu vernetzen und neue Kontakte zu knüpfen.
➡️ Ideen und Inspiration: Deine Perspektive als erfahrener Benutzer oder Betreiber einer Instanz kann dazu beitragen, innovative Ideen zu fördern und die Zukunft des Fediverse mitzugestalten.
Der Link zur Veranstaltung wird einen Tag vor Beginn hier und in meinem Profil gepostet. Der Raum wird 10 Minuten vor Beginn geöffnet.
Das Online-Treffen findet auf unserem BigBlueButton-Server statt. Du benötigst keine zusätzliche Software, sondern nur einen Browser – vorzugsweise Firefox oder Chrome – ein Mikrofon (es handelt sich schließlich um eine Sprechstunde) und, wenn du möchtest, eine Webcam. Wir freuen uns auf einen lebhaften Austausch! 🎙️ 🙋♀️
Der Ablauf der Sprechstunde sieht folgendermaßen aus: Zu Beginn geben wir Tipps und Hinweise für Anfänger und Einsteiger. Anschließend geht es um Ratschläge für Instanzbetreiber und Moderatoren. Ein solcher Austausch ist wichtig und notwendig für eine gute Vernetzung untereinander. Es wird nicht ausschließlich um Mastodon gehen, denn die Welt des Fediverse ist weitaus größer. Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander.
Je mehr mitmachen, desto besser!
#FediverseSpechstunde
#MastodonBeginner
#Mastodon
#MastodonSprechstunde
#Fediverse
#socialmedia
Are you a Mastodonian? Do you like finding things with search engines? If so, please read my guide on Mastodon’s search, complete with visuals.
It will help you find your stuff. Find other people’s stuff. Find other people.
Search with intention. Search like a boss. I got you.
https://markwyner.medium.com/guide-for-using-mastodon-search-2594cd0e21e2
#Mastodon #Fediverse #FediTips #MastodonHelp #MastodonTips #Search #Help #Guide #Documentation
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?
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Yup. I did it. Inspired by Kevin Rose's big engagement bait post on Threads, me and my big mouth said "if I get 200 likes yada yada, poof Twitter account". And y'all in the #fediverse ended up doing over 350. ;)
In all seriousness though, I was already considering doing this. Feels like a bit of a cleansing.
BTW, one cannot "delete" a Twitter account. One can only deactivate it. Then you have to wait 30 days for it to be fully, completely deleted. I've got a calendar mark set for my own 30 days, to follow through on that.
My latest #FediverseExploration is a tribute to @lisamelton, the fediverse’s own algorithm.
And a reminder that fediverse is made up of people.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/lisa-melton-the-fediverses-own-algorithm/
#fediverse #FediverseExplorations #SocialMedia #data #dataviz
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
I've had an email from Greg S who says:
I'm an electrical safety inspector by trade, working for a NICEIC certified firm, but I also work in a camera shop in whitechapel to make ends meet. The shop makes a small fortune renting out cameras, so I've listed my family's cameras and my own FLIR thermal camera (that I'm still paying off the finance for!) on Rentoodle, to help top up my salary.
https://www.rentoodle.com/product/6639fffdd9a767df5394d7d6
Do your thing #Fediverse ...
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
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The #Fediverse tried to be complicated and hard to use and #Nostr was like "hold my beer"
Have you ever had a post boosted/reposted by Lisa Melton?
#fediverse #SocialMedia #poll #boost #LisaMelton