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<p>It&#x27;s time for our first Server Spotlight! </p><p>We want to help people find their communities across the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> so we&#x27;re featuring servers here on this account.</p><p>First up: The Mended Drum, a home for fans of all things Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>It is said that if you stay on The Mended Drum long enough, you&#x27;ll meet every hero on the server: <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/directory" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mendeddrum.org/directory</a></p><p>(keep an eye on your horse, though 😉)</p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/communityspotlight/" rel="tag">#CommunitySpotlight</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/gnuterrypratchett/" rel="tag">#GNUTerryPratchett</a></p>

<p>Invite links to the ATmosphere network should be restored but gamified.<br><br>It could be:<br>- Various levels of titles/achievements<br>- Some cool feature (unlock emoji reactions perhaps)<br>- Free 7 days pro to a user&#x27;s choice of Standard site platform<br>- 7 days access to <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:vc7f4oafdgxsihk4cry2xpze" rel="nofollow">@jcsalterego.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy</a> Premium</p>

<p>Bluesky PBC, or someone else with funds, should partner/sponsor a Korean celebrity and their fandom to produce ATmosphere exclusive content.<br><br>Watch how the ATmosphere network, and open Social Web in general, will grow.<br><br><a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#ATmosphere</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a></p>

<p>Here&#x27;s yet another way.<br><br>Bluesky PBC, or someone with funds, should buy PPL (Product Placement) spots in popular Kdramas.<br><br>Watch how the ATmosphere network, and the open Social Web in general, grows.<br><br><a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#ATmosphere</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a></p>

<p>The point is, the open <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> is not tapping the proper crowd. The largest SNS / Social Media crowd is in Pacific-Asia (CJKM, ASEAN).<br><br>You can only reach this crowd by sponsoring Kdramas, Jdramas, Cdramas, Pdramas / Teleresyes, Tdrama / ThaiDramas, and so on.<br><br>Talking about privacy, Meta,</p>

<p>Hey friends, it&#x27;s me again <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/hachyderm.io/blobfoxwave.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobfoxwave:" title=":blobfoxwave:"> </p><p>We have more news to share today, though I must admit, this news is a little less fun. </p><p>Recently, the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> team received a fair number of questions about our trade mark policy. We realised we could add some guidelines to help make the Policy more clear, so over the last few months, we did just that! I&#x27;ll post a &quot;plain English&quot; version of the guidelines as a comment. </p><p>You can read more background about the changes we made, and see the guidelines themselves, in this blog post: <br><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/</span><span class="invisible">sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/</span></a></p><p>And the trade mark policy page is updated too: <br><a href="https://joinmastodon.org/trademark" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>joinmastodon.org/trademark</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastodev/" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/116999079831534200" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/116999079831534200"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/1169</span><span class="invisible">99079831534200</span></a></p><p>Have you taken the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iftas</span></a></span> Social Web Operations Survey yet? 🧐 There&#x27;s only one day left! </p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#socialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a></p>

<p>What many people misunderstand about hosting your own content (like this social media instance) is thinking we somehow NEED a big audience or Big Tech involvement. </p><p>I&#x27;m perfectly fine if the world faded away and it was just the thousand of us here. It&#x27;s like the early days of the web when we had small forums, nobody missed Reddit back then. Federation is a big plus, not a requirement.</p><p>It&#x27;s the same with websites or IRC for me. I know people use Discord, but I still stick to IRC even if there are only about a hundred of us left. I know people use AI now and website visitors are dropping, but who cares? I still keep doing it for those who like to read.</p><p>I don&#x27;t need the whole world involved for this to feel worthwhile. It&#x27;s mine, I own it, and I host it for as long as I breathe. After that, it won&#x27;t matter to me anymore, but I hope other admins keep things running the way I did.</p><p><a href="/tags/selfhosted/" rel="tag">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/openweb/" rel="tag">#OpenWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>

<p>Here is a <a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> for 🌎 Earth, 🦎 Earthlings, and their ⚖️ Advocates...</p><p><a href="https://earth.law/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>earth.law/about</a></p><p>Earth.Law is for:<br>📜 Environmental lawyers &amp; policy-makers<br>🦋 Conservationists &amp; ecologists<br>🔬 Scientists in related fields<br>📚 Educators and students of environmental studies<br>🎤 Activists &amp; advocates</p><p>♻️ Hosted on a dedicated server in 🇫🇮 Helsinki and recognised by the Green Web Foundation for using renewable energy.</p><p> <a href="/tags/communityspotlight/" rel="tag">#CommunitySpotlight</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>

<p>I have exciting news to share!! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/hachyderm.io/mastodondance.gif" class="emoji" alt=":mastodondance:" title=":mastodondance:"> </p><p>It looks like we&#x27;re finally gearing up to start migrating people over into <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span>&#x27;s new <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@zulip" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zulip</span></a></span> instance for certain parts of our community next week (<a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/fedidev/" rel="tag">#FediDev</a> <a href="/tags/mod/" rel="tag">#Mod</a> etc.)! It has been a long time in the making and I&#x27;m sorry for the delay, but I&#x27;m so glad we&#x27;re finally going to start getting people in there &lt;3 We&#x27;ll start by beta testing with a few individuals next week to make sure everything is ready for a larger wave of people to join &lt;3 &lt;3 </p><p>More on <a href="/tags/defaultserverrecommendations/" rel="tag">#DefaultServerRecommendations</a> soon too — stay tuned! </p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>

<p>You heard it here first: Mastodon 5.0 (eta Oct-Dec 2026) will introduce major improvements to the core user experience. We&#x27;re making Mastodon the most human-centred software on the <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a>.</p><p>That’s where you come in.</p><p>Discovery Week 🗓️ 11-15 May 2026</p><p>Join our Head of Design <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@imanijoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>imanijoy</span></a></span> for a jam-packed 5 day sprint inviting stakeholders from within and beyond Mastodon to weigh in on the future of the product.</p><p>See how you can get involved and contribute: <a href="https://app.hi.events/events/6360/mastodon-design-team" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.hi.events/events/6360/mastodon-design-team"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.hi.events/events/6360/mast</span><span class="invisible">odon-design-team</span></a></p>

<p>Today we&#x27;re sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.</p><p>The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog: <br><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/</span><span class="invisible">sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fedidev/" rel="tag">#FediDev</a> <a href="/tags/mastodev/" rel="tag">#MastoDev</a> <a href="/tags/fediadmin/" rel="tag">#FediAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a></p>

<p>Decided to hop on <a href="https://fedihood.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedihood.social</a> and see what it&#x27;s like. Seems like a fun concept! Those of you who feel comfortable joining totally should (you can use a pseudonymous acct if you like). </p><p>It seems to be largely lacking in users still. I would love to see this thing take off in a real way!</p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activityPub</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#socialWeb</a></p>

<p>We&#x27;re excited to share the results from Mastodon&#x27;s first <a href="/tags/discoveryweek/" rel="tag">#DiscoveryWeek</a>!</p><p>In case you missed it, earlier this year our Head of Design <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@imanijoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>imanijoy</span></a></span> arranged a week of workshops and surveys to get to know you, learn about your needs and wants, and discover how you&#x27;re using (and want to use) Mastodon.</p><p>This week was tremendously helpful for us, and we&#x27;re grateful to everyone who participated.</p><p>Here&#x27;s what we learned: <br><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/discovery-week-2026-what-we-learned-and-what-were-doing-next/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/discovery-week-2026-what-we-learned-and-what-were-doing-next/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/</span><span class="invisible">discovery-week-2026-what-we-learned-and-what-were-doing-next/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a></p>