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.
mastodon
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
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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 ❤️
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A great example of why #mastodon is better than Twitter ever was: #asstodon
On Twitter, I once posted a quote from Salome and tagged it with #wilde, which was, unfortunately (but in hindsight not surprisingly) for porn. This got me a lot of very unwelcome followers.
Because of this experience, I was hesitant to look at the hashtag #asstodon because I feared the worst. But mastodon is different! Go ahead, click it! I bet you will follow it!
While working on #Fedify, I noticed something about how #Misskey handles #ActivityPub object access. When a remote server requests a followers-only post or DM with a valid HTTP Signatures (draft-cavage) from an authorized actor, Misskey still returns 404 instead of the content. It seems Misskey only checks the visibility field (public/home) without verifying the signature at all.
#Mastodon takes a different approach—when #authorized_fetch is enabled, it validates the HTTP Signatures and returns the content if the requesting actor has permission. I think it would be beneficial if Misskey could adopt a similar mechanism, since it would better respect the access control semantics that ActivityPub intends. Has anyone else run into this, or are there specific reasons Misskey handles it this way?
The wait is over*—The #Mastodon stuffed toy is now available for purchase in the EU! Other regions to come later. Share your pictures with the #Plushtodon hashtag!
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!
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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!
🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩🚀
"My Year of Fediverse explorations"
https://blog.elenarossini.com/my-year-of-fediverse-explorations/
with shout-outs to @pixelfed @dansup @pfefferle @gotosocial @yunohost @phanpy
#tech #Fediverse #BigTech #socialmedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #GoToSocial #YunoHost #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Wordpress
Toot.Kiwi is a Mastodon server for anyone that has a connection to Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke / Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
You can find out more at https://toot.kiwi/about or contact the admin account @fancypants
#FeaturedServer #NewZealand #Aotearoa #NZ #Wellington #WhanganuiATara #Pōneke #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
I’m currently working on a manga,
and I’m also open for illustration commissions🎨🖌️
You can request via Skeb or Buy Me a Coffee ↓
◆Skeb: https://skeb.jp/@a_k_a_t_e_n
◆Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/akaten/commissions
※The car illustrations shown here are for style reference only.
For commissions, I do not depict or specify real car model names or brand names.
#skeb #commission #illustration #mastoart #art #creativetoots #mastodon #fedibird
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight mentions #Mastodon and #PixelFed as alternatives that are "not as desperate to fall in line with trump".
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@trunksapp My contribution to #GlobalSwitchDay? I've just finished the translation to Dutch of the magnificent #trunks for #Mastodon app 😇. So glad to reach the 100% mark this Sunday evening!
▶️ Become a #translator as well! Check out https://crowdin.com/project/trunkssocial. The #Crowdin interface is user-friendly and offers translation suggestions to speed up the process. I spread the translation over multiple weeks. You could also look for a partner in crime 😉.
Happy tooting!
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Oh cool. If you're on mastodon.social, you get to try Collections already.
🛑☢️Russian terrorists begin nuclear war striking Chornobyl NPP, other nuclear plants power lines, starting multiple meltdowns - IAEA (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4082281-chornobyl-npp-loses-power-supply-power-lines-of-other-nuclear-plants-damaged-iaea.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #IAEA #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Cyprus #SouthKorea #Press #News #Bulgaria #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Moldova
#Mastodon #Hague
Periodically, I see people upset that #Bluesky has become the default alternative to #Twitter instead of #Mastodon. So we need to understand why that happened:
Bluesky simply has a better UI/UX for Twitter users than Mastodon because it basically is Twitter whereas Mastodon is its own thing
When the Twitter migration happened in November 2022, those who managed to get a Mastodon account found that navigating Mastodon’s unwritten social norms was difficult
Mastodon already had a pre-existing community, one that clashed with mainstream Twitter – whereas there was no community on Bluesky when Twitter users migrated there
Certain marginalized groups, such as Black folk, found a hostile environment here, and many who have stayed remain here because they believe in the tech despite the community that exists around it
I cannot understate the role that social discovery had in this. On Bluesky it is easy to find people and topics that are relevant to users whereas on Mastodon this takes a lot of heavy lifting.
That said, there’s a silver lining to this. Should Bluesky fail to decentralize and the company alienates their userbase – which is inevitable – where will Bluesky users go?
Obviously, to Mastodon.
But when that happens, we need to prepare ourselves for the eventual migration and build a better environment for Bluesky users to come here.
大家好啊，又经过了好几个月的开发，#Fread 终于支持了 #Bluesky 平台🚀🚀🚀！
目前 Fread 已经支持了 #Mastodon ，#RSS 以及 Bluesky，大家可以更新到最新版 1.3.0 体验。
当然本次大升级除了对 Bluesky 的支持之外还有很多对 UI/UX 的优化。
未来一段时间会支持同实例多账号登录，同时将一条帖子发布到多个账号。
@board @board@2-5.cc @worldboard @worldboard@2-5.cc
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zhangke.fread
The weekly🐘 #Mastodon #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 (+Bluesky🦋) for THU-THU, 1/30-2/6 is here (despite CeCeCat)
Details & updates @ live site http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties ⌚️All times Eastern
NEW: #WhatPatHeard 🎶
#CrossTV💀 #SilentFlickSunday 🎞️
#scifi #Westerns #Comedy #Music #Mysteries #Action #SilentFilm #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Tx hosts♥️
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88 @FabULiz @noirdame @JohnnyDoesntCare @culturalgutter @MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @AnnOMalley @LisaMarieBowman
While other private services leave Mastodon, we simply ❤️ this community.
And getting close to reaching 30k followers! 🎉🤩
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⛔️⚠️Every Western Media Network aired some form of Russian invasion anniversary coverage. However, not one of these ‘Mainstream’ networks educated viewers on the Budapest Memorandum, and why the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. are supporting Ukraine to restore its borders outlined in the memorandum’s language. Are Ukraine experts so far down the Trump rabbit hole that they have forgotten what and why Russia is the aggressor and invader in this scenario? #Ukraine #Media #Press #News #Mastodon
⛔️🇺🇸Budapest Memorandum: U.S. Already Obligated To Help Ukraine From 1994 Deal To Reclaim Occupied Territories, Trump And GOP Betray U.N. brokered Deal (more) https://kyivindependent.com/reclaiming-occupied-territories-possible-but-not-easy-for-ukraine-trump-claims/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Mastodon #OSCE #UN #UnitedNations #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #BudapestMemorandum #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Has anyone put together a curated list of #fediverse servers (preferably open source or at least with a public API) that:
- want to be found by the general public (I’m looking for a source of recommendations for a server picker in a client app)
- meet at least some reasonable minimum moderation/reliability standards?
I know #mastodon has joinmastodon.org/servers and pixelfed also has their own curated server list, but is there anything that isn’t software-specific?
Niagara.social is a Mastodon Hometown server based in the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada.
This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.
You can find out more at https://niagara.social/about or contact the admin account @admin
#FeaturedServer #Niagara #Ontario #Canada #HometownMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse