If you had to sum up the purpose of #Mastodon in one sentence, what would it be?
mastodon
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Howdy! 📺 It's the weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar screencap for Feb. 5-12 (Thu-Thu)
⭐️ NEW: The monthly #ColumboTV 🕵🏻♂️ #WatchParty now on here!🐘 (2/7 at 5pm ET) w/ host @heavydishongry
📅Details &🔗s ➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern
#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Thabk you hosts! 🌼🌸@MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
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Neuromatch.social is a co-operatively governed Glitch Mastodon server for people interested in creating healthier academic, scientific and online ecosystems.
You can find out more at https://neuromatch.social/about or contact the admin account @admin
#FeaturedServer #GlitchMastodon #Glitch #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
TheBlower.au is a general Mastodon server based in Australia. Do you need to sort it out? Get on The Blower! You don’t have to be Australian to post here, but it helps.
This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.
You can find out more at https://theblower.au/about or contact the admin account @geton
#FeaturedServer #Australia #Australian #Aussie #DownUnder #Antipodes #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
I wrote about Meshtastic and Mastodon
https://tomcasavant.com/i-posted-to-mastodon-1-mile-away-from-an-internet-connection/
Mastodon.bd is finally up and running.
It’s the first Bangladesh-focused Mastodon instance on the fediverse. I’ve been wanting to see something like this exist for a long time, so it feels good to finally put it online.
Even though the focus is Bangladesh, the instance is open to everyone, regardless of where you’re from.
Bangla Version: https://social.mitexleo.one/@ml/116152570959339309
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ICYMI, @stux did a post highlighting how Mastodon can be used as a private intranet just for you and your friends.
This is thanks to Mastodon's optional "limited federation mode" which uses allowlists instead of blocklists. This mode blocks all servers by default and only federates with servers you list. If your allowlist is blank, then it doesn't federate at all.
If you're interested in using this mode, there's more info at:
🌱 https://fedi.tips/creating-an-isolated-server
Ferrocarril.net - Servidor de Mastodon, operado por aficionados al ferrocarril, para aficionados al ferrocarril.
https://social.ferrocarril.net/about
Acerca de: https://mast.lat/about
Administrado por: @garridinsi
#FeaturedServer #Ferrocarril #Railways #Trains #Español #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Urusai.social is a friendly and non-toxic English-first Mastodon server for anime, manga, and other otaku subjects. It includes extended posts, emoji reactions, hover-zoom for emoji etc.
This server has a post size of up to 800 characters and up to 8 poll options.
You can find out more at https://urusai.social/about or contact the admin account @neatchee
#FeaturedServer #Anime #Manga #Otaku #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
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#Mastodon 4.6 is here! It's been a long time in the works, but it's finally ready. In this release, we're introducing Collections—a way to share curated collections of profiles to help old and new users discover more of the #Fediverse. We're also updating the look of profiles, alongside many quality of life and accessibility improvements. Read more here:
Wow..
Two years ago yesterday, I signed up here in protest.
For months, I posted into the void, interacted and followed people and slowly I built, and continue to build, my online family. It's not easy.
I feel like the interactions here are a lot more real. I try my best to keep up and interact and not just have a follower count. That's also not easy.
But for all the difficulties the payoff for me is enormous. This is my online home and you are my online people.
Is there a mastodon client that works like RSS?
My current clients look more like old twitter with chronological posts hitting a cental wall.
What I would like is to read from a creator and just that creator. Have a backlog like I do with RSS. Some people posts hundreds of times a day and they drown out EVERYONE else. I have to temp mute them to read anyone elses posts.
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I joined #mastodon last week, on a whim, with no idea what to expect
Minutes later, I was welcomed by @dillyd which has never happened on any other platform and was a wonderful introduction. So I posted a couple pictures of my #cats, and found, to my surprise, people reacting and interacting
Maybe it's because I'm not fighting an algorithm, or maybe I just found a place where folks truly appreciate cats. Either way, I'm very happy to be here, and I hope you're prepared for more cat pictures
Sometimes I want to follow an interesting #fediverse discussion with dozens or even hundreds of toots. With the #mastodon clients I know, it is easy to loose track
- which toot is a reply to which other toot and
- which toots I have already seen and which ones are new.
So I have implemented a web app supporting this: http://hcschuetz.github.io/follow-toots/dist/
If you have such a use case and feel a bit adventurous: Try it and provide feedback.
More notes:
A shout out:
I don’t know about the rest of you, and perhaps it’s just the folks I follow, but Mastodon has become a damn good news feed—world-wide, comprehensive, varied, interesting, engaging. That is an addition to the steady stream* of wisdom, snark, perspective, humour, and commentary that you guys serve up every hour.
So thanks! Merci! ¡Gracias!
(* Pro tip: get your ‘following’ list up to several hundred quality Mastodonians and your feed will really percolate. )
#mastodon #fediverse
I can finally use the official #Mastodon app for iOS after the fix in the last TestFlight beta version 🥰
In the past I always got a rate limit after browsing one or two tabs but this was due to every tab being fully reloaded
The devs fixed this and now it works wonderfully
Am 6. Mai veranstalten wir gemeinsam mit @wikimediaDE und dem @bmuv den online-Workshop
📣 Das #Fediverse und seine sozialen Medien.
Mit @nic , @melaniebartos , @MoniKa , @digitalcourage , @cyber4EDU und @RoedigerRG wird das dezentrale Netzwerk 🕸️ vorgestellt und ganz praktisch in die Nutzung von #Mastodon, #PeerTube und #Pixelfed eingeführt.
Anmeldung hier
👉 https://www.bmuv.de/veranstaltung/teil-1-der-workshopreihe-sovereign-sustainable-digital-das-fediverse-und-seine-sozialen-medien
Alright, people of #Mastodon!
I just pushed the button — #ManfredApp is now live on the App Store for #iOS, #iPadOS, and #macOS!
Manfred is a lightweight, opinionated Mastodon client focused on simplicity.
It’s still missing a few features, so for now it’s completely free — grab it, try it, and let me know what you think!
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/manfred-mastodon-client/id1667817813
Feedback welcome here or via the app. Boosts appreciated! 
Mastodon has a built-in translation system for posts in other languages. For it to work, three things have to happen:
- Your server has to offer the service
- Your language settings have to be correct
- The person posting has to use the correct language settings
If all these are ok, you will see a "Translate" link below the post or in the post's ⋯ menu when you encounter a post in a foreign language.
Lots more info and questions answered at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-built-in-language-translation-system-on-mastodon
You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"!
There are 14 million total accounts on the fediverse that @fedidb measures; that’s a ~40% increase over the last two years!
…but there’s a lot more the fediverse can do to grow.
@evan is live now discussing this in the @fedicon track of FOSSY.
https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=90a26e9a-8dd4-439b-9941-b49d01781e51
We’re at FediCon to learn and share how the fediverse can use open source tools to help keep those 14 million accounts safe from the harms that affect every online service.
Noch auf der Suche nach #News und offiziellen Accounts von Medien hier auf #Mastodon und im #Fediverse?
Meine immer aktuelle Tabelle enthält jetzt nicht nur Accounts auf Mastodon und anderen Fediverse-Diensten, sondern auch welche auf #Flipboard, #Threads und #Bluesky – allesamt von hier abrufbar.
Insgesamt sind es jetzt 942.
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
(hinter dem "Custom Search Builder" links darüber gibt's eine mächtige Suche)