Question for my fellow #Fediverse #Tech enthusiasts:
Imagine your friend is on the fence about joining #Mastodon, and they ask:
"What is an instance, anyways?"
What is your go-to answer?
The email provider comparison is common, but maybe over-used, or too technical?
What other metaphors/explanations do you have up your sleeves?
#Mastodon desperately needs end-to-end encryption on Direct Messages. Period.
The #US has "Truth Social" (build on Mastodon code) kinda as it's "official social media"
And #Europe has it's own #Mastodon instance in the #Fediverse
I know what I'd prefer!
Sind sie reif für das #Fediverse ?
Sie probieren doch sonst jeden Scheiß aus, ob Youtube, Facebook oder WhatsApp.
Dann probieren sie doch einfach auch mal #pixelFed oder #peerTube oder #Mastodon oder #Friendica oder ...
#Mastodon pease keep my #disabled family off the street!!
Because of a smear campaign that a white man started on Monday I have barely gotten help this whole week, it's been slow all month
PLEASE HELP!!!
$212 Past Due Hotel less than 30 mins to get at least $112!!!
$700 Hotel Due 12/24 less than 2 days!!!
$94 Registration & DL × 2
$610 Gas & Food & etc
https://ko-fi.com/sabilewsounds/goal
If you want to know what happened Monday here is a summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfXBFT1HCDw
🛑☢️Nuclear War! Russia terrorists planning for strikes on Ukrainian nuclear power plants electrical power, causing meltdowns – HUR (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4081389-russia-considers-options-to-strike-substations-of-ukrainian-nuclear-power-plants-hur.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #IAEA #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Cyprus #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #UN #Romania
The theme of 2025 seems to be #cybertruck with something awful happening in the photo:
I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would significantly improve everyone's experience, and make this place a lot more inviting.
⛔️🇦🇿Putin never held accountable for MH17 by Hague downs another civilian airliner: Azerbaijani plane crashes in Kazakhstan due to Russian missile - Euronews (PHOTOS and more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-emergencies/3942161-azerbaijani-plane-crashes-in-kazakhstan-due-to-russian-missile-euronews.html #Ukraine #OSCE #UN #Mastodon #UnitedNations #PACE #Hague #ICC #ICJ #PACE #CoE #Azerbaijan #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Kazakhstan #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #Russia #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on #Mastodon where they post new books they add!
Go follow them: @gutenberg_new
Are you following an account that does good posts, but you don't want to see their boosts of other people's posts?
You can mute just an account's boosts without muting its own posts by doing the following:
1. Go to the profile of the account whose boosts you want to hide
2. Click on the ⋯ button on their profile
3. Select "Hide boosts"
(New people: "Boosts" are the name for shared posts on here. They mean the same as re-tweets or re-blogs.)
Good morning everyone. I hope you all are doing well. Please im really sorry for asking you all for help.. I dont have anyone else to turn to. I dont have relatives and Im living just with my cats.
Please I really need some help just for some basicneeds like catfoood,Drinking water etc. Please anything would be a big help. Thank you so much🥺💖 Please kindlt boost & support if you can 😢🙏🏻
#Fediverse #Mastodon #MutualAid #kindnessmatters #silentsunday #today
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There are various badges available for display on Retro Gaiden profiles.
“Automated” - this is an automated account (self-explanatory)
“Founding Member” - Joined RG in 2024
“Supporter” - Become a Patreon, YouTube or Odysee member (monthly subscription)
“Donor” - Make a one-time donation of $10 or more
CUSTOM - Make a one-time donation of $50 or more
“Indie Developer” - If you’ve developed or are currently developing a game
#Mastodon #IndieDev #SocialMedia
A lot of new folks coming to the #fediverse and I need to update, so here's a new #introduction.
I work as a #video guy. An aspiring novelist looking to connect more with the #writingcommunity. My debut novel is with beta readers.
I'm a rare sports fan on #mastodon, cheering the #Packers, #DCU, #USMNT and #USWNT.
Other stuff you can expect: urbanism (#train and #bicycle in particular), #fitness (mostly weightlifting), #newmusic and #gaming (#tabletop and video).
I tend to follow back.
Quick Update: Hello Everyone here in #Mastodon & the #Fediverse👋
Been diagnosed w/ PNEUMONIA and Home Recovery + Breathing Monitoring is the doctor’s advice. I thought it's just flu + Asthma acting up. My lungs disagreed & escalated the situation.
Just a reminder to listen to our body more better & Taking Care of it🫂
Prayers, Kindness & boosts help more than you know🤍
If you’re able to help in other ways Im deeply grateful and Thank you very much.
Howdy! 📺 It's the weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for Jan. 15-22 (Thu-Thu)
⭐️New:
#SPNwatchparty - SUPERNATURAL weekdays 5pm ET
#CultShelf now also here
📅Details, 🔗& updates ➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern
#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Thanks hosts! @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@lilymarswrites
@GrillChill @greenpepper22 @kamikat @LisaMarieBowman
Starting to feel like this 2025 Influx of users is much larger than 2022 Influx of users. New users come in huge waves. Many of them also seem to genuinely like Mastodon according to the feedback. In 2022 many tried, soon gave up and left to Bluesky or back to X. Today, many have even deleted their commercial accounts and settled here.
I like this new development of things. Seeing new faces and more cat photos bring me so much joy. Thanks for being here. Remember that you matter. 
#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Meta
The redesigned profile fields are now on mastodon.social.
I wasn't too sure when I first saw the mockups, but I'm starting to like this.
He hecho un vídeo sencillito y comprensible (espero) sobre la importancia de salir de #Twitter y también cómo abrirse un #Mastodon intentando eliminar los prejuicios de que "es muy difícil".
Para que lo podáis compartir con vuestros círculos que aún necesiten un empujón.
https://fediverse.tv/videos/watch/884fd2c1-7a5b-4dac-b8b2-13dda9145153
¡Mi cuenta de PeerTube! @ivangj ❤️
HIVE MIND! URGENT PLEA!
Till a day or two ago I accessed Masto on my phone using Feditext. It has now disappeared. (Literally. Apparently it was still in beta and the developer nuked it.)
Can any of you (i) tell me where I can find a working copy of FT (without downloading code from github and doing, ehh, something with it -- not a dev meself) or (ii) recommend a good alternative app?
And even if you can do neither, do please boost!
Global Switch Day. February 1st 2025.
Spread the word.
From what I’m seeing if you mute someone for a few hours or days on mastodon, the mute doesn’t work if you’re viewing a list. Right?
When I opened up Lemmy this morning I could not believe my eyes. The top story was a headline from Forbes stating:
« ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media ».
The article mostly focused on #Pixelfed and did a fairly good job explaining how #ActivityPub works. But they spelled #Mastodon « Mastadon » over and over again with no links to it. Yikes.
B for the effort, but please editors do better!
