Can anyone recommend any mastodon supporting android apps with a focus on UX?
#android
#Fediverse

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@pj/115888532620954856

#TheForkiverse is not yet a week old and was intended for a maximum of 2000 users. Before the week is over, it will be at 6000. That's all very impressive, and I can't wait to see others following this experiment.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

I don’t avoid platforms because they’re popular.
I question them because defaults tend to outlive intentions.

What starts as convenience becomes dependency.
What starts as “temporary” becomes infrastructure.
And data, once collected, rarely forgets.

Choosing where your data lives is one of the few architectural decisions users still get to make.
Most people never realize they made it.

#Privacy #DigitalAutonomy #SelfHosting #DataOwnership #Fediverse #PrivacyByDesign #ByernNotes

Möchte mal eine Accountempfehlu g loswerden: @Sascha
Gehört nicht zu den Marktschreierkanälen, macht aber viel für das Fediverse, was immer etwas untergeht. Wenn Ihr ihm folgt, sind gute Informationen gesichert.

#Fediverse

1/3

Zur Begrüßung ein Abschiedsbrief. Aber Hallo.

Eines Morgens in aller Frühe… es muss vor dem trockenen Müsli gewesen sein, etwa um das Jahr 2026, als ich so dachte, vor mich her, ganz leise:

Das ist der Algorithmus, zu dem Jan nicht mehr mit muss. Auf der Meta‑Ebene konzertierte ich zu konzentrierte Konzern‑concerns.

#marshallmcluhan #mediumisthemassage #fediverse #metaverse #meta #media

Förderaufrufe NLNet FOSS Frist 01.02. max. 50.000 Fördersumme

Ich bin nicht sicher, inwiefern das schon bekannt ist, bin aber auf diese wirklich offene Fördermöglichkeit zu Projekten im #fediverse heute erst zufällig gestoßen, es gibt auch noch eine zu #commons soweit weitere zu GNU usw.
Frist 1.02., man muss keine juristische Person sein, wer Interesse an #foss #opensource #gemeinwohl. hat, vielleicht lohnt sich ein Blick.
https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/
https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/faq/index.html#whatkind
#di_day #didit #did

What operating systems do you use?

This includes on your PC/computer and mobile devices, or anywhere else for that matter. Select all that apply!

Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse

If your choice isn't listed, simply comment and let's discuss things!

#Poll #Polls #POTD #Question #Questions #QOTD #Windows #MacOS #Linux #Unix #ChromeOS #iOS #Android #Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech

@liaizon @CharlesArnold

Here are a few more Danish servers:

https://mstdn.dk
General interest

https://expressional.social
General interest

http://norrebro.space
Nørrebro

🇩🇰

#Denmark #Fediverse #Danmark

@CharlesArnold there are a lot of Danish people on the #fediverse, theres a good server with lots of Danish people you can follow (from your current forkiverse account) at https://radikal.social

Fediverse-Sprechstunde
📅 Termin: 26.01.2026
🕢️ Uhrzeit: 19:30 Uhr
🧭 Thema: Gemeinsam das Fediverse erkunden - Fediverse: mehr als Mastodon. Viel mehr!

Kurzbeschreibung:
Das Fediverse ist ein offenes, dezentrales soziales Netzwerk – oder besser gesagt: viele Netzwerke, die miteinander sprechen können.
Dienste wie Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, Pixelfed, PeerTube (und viele weitere) bilden gemeinsam diese „große Welt“.

Alle sind über Föderationsprotokolle wie ActivityPub miteinander verbunden.
Das bedeutet: Unterschiedliche Plattformen, unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte – aber ein gemeinsamer sozialer Raum.
Posten auf Mastodon, diskutieren auf Friendica, Fotos auf Pixelfed, Videos auf PeerTube – alles kann miteinander vernetzt sein.

Was ist die Fediverse-Sprechstunde?
Die Fediverse-Sprechstunde ist ein offener Treffpunkt für Austausch, Fragen und gemeinsames Lernen – egal ob neugieriger Einsteiger oder erfahrener Instanzbetreiber.

Wissensaustausch 🤝
Dein Wissen über das Fediverse kann für andere enorm hilfreich sein – besonders für Menschen, die neu in der föderierten Welt unterwegs sind.

Networking 🌐
Lerne andere engagierte Mitglieder kennen, knüpfe neue Kontakte und stärke die Vernetzung zwischen Nutzern, Moderatoren und Betreibern.

Ideen & Inspiration 💡
Erfahrene Nutzer und Administratoren bringen Perspektiven ein, die helfen können, neue Ideen zu entwickeln und das Fediverse aktiv mitzugestalten.

Themen & Ablauf
• Tipps und Hinweise für Anfänger und Einsteiger
• Austausch für Instanzbetreiber und Moderatoren
• Diskussion über Technik, Kultur, Moderation und Miteinander

Dieser Austausch ist wichtig – für Verständnis, Zusammenarbeit und eine gesunde Föderation.

Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander.
Je mehr Menschen sich beteiligen, desto lebendiger, vielfältiger und stärker wird das Fediverse. 🌱

Mitmachen ausdrücklich erwünscht!

Link zur Veranstaltung:
https://campus.ws-12.de/rooms/8p9-mvy-srr-ynb/join
Hinweis: Der Online-Raum wird 10 Minuten vor Beginn geöffnet!

#FediverseSpechstunde
#MastodonBeginner
#MastodonSprechstunde
#Fediverse
#socialmedia

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Fediverse Sprechstunde Gemeinsam entdecken, vernetzen, gestalten! Montag, 26.01.2026 - 19:30 Uhr - online In der Mitte steht der Schriftzug „Fediverse Sprechstunde“, umgeben von vernetzten Symbolen verschiedener Fediverse-Dienste. Leuchtende Verbindungslinien und ein digitaler Globus im Hintergrund visualisieren das dezentrale, miteinander verbundene soziale Netzwerk. Der Fokus liegt auf Austausch, Vernetzung und gemeinsamer Gestaltung des Fediverse.

Das Ding ist, dass wir technisch nicht limitiert sind, aber die Frage, ob wir am Fediverse teilnehmen, durch die Hashtags bestimmt wird. Würdet Ihr zustimmen? Würdet Ihr das auch so formulieren?

#Fediverse #Teilhabe

There is a petition on the UK Parliament website to legally recognise nonbinary as a gender – which would include an X marker on UK passports for nonbinary people.

The deadline to sign is March 2026 and at the time of writing only 213 people have signed.

Let's show them the power of Mastodon. At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be debated in Parliament.

Sign 👇

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738780

#NonBinary #Enby #Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQ #LGBT #UK #UKMastodon #Fediverse

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Für meine Studierenden am #KITKarlsruhe habe ich einen #Studienbrief verfasst, der meine Gedanken zu #Mimesis , #Menschenwürde & #Medienethik auf wenigen Seiten & 1 #Schaubild bündelt.

Ausdrücklich spreche ich mich (auch) darin für #BeGood aus, also die solidarische Erinnerung an die von einem von #Trump eingesetzten ICE-Agenten erschossene #ReneeGood !

Hier das Werk gerne auch für das #Fediverse samt Einladung zum #Dialog. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/be-good-unsere-wachsende-verantwortung-fuer-medien-mimesis-zum-kit-seminar-2026/

mastodon.sdf.org is using Mastodon 4.1.25 which was end of life April 2025. They are nearly a full year out of support. 4.2.x ended support this month, which means mastodon.sdf.org is even older.

The current branch of Mastodon is 4.5.4. The current branch of Misskey is 2025.12.2.

Please update your site before you and your nearly 2,000 users get hacked. @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org

#FediAdmin #Mastodon #Security #Fediverse

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A screenshot of a direct message I sent a week ago that reads: @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org You may want to update your copy of Mastodon, which was released almost a year ago and has a few exploits. The 4.2.x branch is also getting discontinued next month (no more updates). Your copy is from the 4.1.x branch, and it is already discontinued. That will also make upgrading harder afterward https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.1.25 The current branch is 4.5.4

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A screenshot of Mastodon's Repo from April 2025 which reads: Caution The 4.1.x branch will not receive any update—including security fixes—after 2025/04/08. Caution One of our dependencies has a known security vulnerability which Mastodon may be exposed to when using SAML for external authentication. If you are using SAML, we urge you to update to Mastodon 4.2 or 4.3.

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A screenshot which confirms that the site mastodon.sdf.org is using Mastodon 4.1.25 from April 2025. It is nearly 1 whole year past end of life.

Are there any good alternative mastodon-clients to mona and tweesecake, which are both screen-reader accessible and work on mac?
I know enafore is a thing, but I don't like that one very much, due to it being browser-based and very limited in its features.
#accessible #accessibility #blind #fediverse #mastodon #macos

Just a small reminder how significant an impact of personal kindness brings.
People of #Fediverse me again 👋🫂 A small favor i'll ask to everyone who can see this. Kindly boost my pinnedthread please, If you are in feels of supporting a little, I am truly grateful 4 your kindness & helping me.
Please Stay Safe and Take Care everyone🥺 Thank you for noticing me.. 💕

Yureii ~

#Mastodon #Mutualaid #Community #Support #Kindnessmatters #Health #pneumonia #help #quotes

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image with an illustration of four daisy-like flowers at the bottom. The text in the image reads: 'The world feels heavy lately, so please don't forget how much your kindness actually matters. Your smile, your words, your small good actions... they hit way deeper than you think.' Below the quote is '@fullspiritquotes / tinybuddha.com

There are reports of 12,500 dead in Iran.

But the Fediverse has barely a murmur.

Same when Syria fell.

It was never about care for the people of the Middle East.

#disguested #Antisemitism #Fediverse

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/zjE1-jSDj6HbZhvuXSig0euQ

( Transparenz: Ich arbeite nicht in der IT, dies ist ein kleines HobbyProjekt, wo Ich versuche Menschen ein paar nützlich Computer Tipps zu geben. )

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID / #DUD
#unblugtrump

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Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

"Warum machen wir nicht einfach das am besten designte Social Network" - Das blieb mir vom Vortrag von @rstockm auf dem #Fediverse Day direkt haengen & genau deshalb habe ich mich auch so gefreut, dass ich mich mit ihm fuer den #Neuland Podcast unterhalten konnte!

"Das Fediverse hat ein Design-Problem" das triggert natuerlich, aber ich denke da steckt viel Wahres drin.

Hier 👉 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4c84b994 findet ihr die neue Ausgabe & ich wuerde mich freuen, wenn ihr diese boosten koenntet.

Danke 🙏

Mastoart.social is a friendly international creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)

https://mastoart.social

You can find out more at https://mastoart.social/about or contact the admin account @artmin

#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creatives #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

RE: https://gruene.social/@MichaelChrist/115894461760754655

Herzlichen Dank, @MichaelChrist 🙏🌞

Jeden Tag verstehen mehr Menschen die Zusammenhänge zu erneuerbaren #Friedensenergien, zu volkswirtschaftlichen #Wohlstandsenergien statt fossiler #Gewaltenergien, zum #Solarpunk ! 🌞

In antisozialen #Konzernmedien wird dieses Wissen noch runtergeregelt, aber im #Fediverse setzt es sich durch!

Das bedeutet mir viel, sehr viel! Danke! 🙏 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/wird-wissenschaft-beachtet-rentierstaatstheorie-und-russlandkrise/

@zotheca @joemcl@theforkiverse.com

Now I can't tell if *you're* being sarcastic. :-).

Dude, #theforkiverse *is* part of the #fediverse , like mementomori.social . It's a Mastodon instance.

@joemcl@mastodon.social @joemcl@theforkiverse.com

> Dude, theforkiverse *is* part of the #fediverse , like mementomori.social . It's a Mastodon instance.

Yes, we know this. Instead of explaining that to me, you should reflect on your original post, to which I responded, then you will understand my criticism and request.

@zotheca #theforkiverse is part of the #fediverse

@zotheca

I am being sarcastic.

#theforkiverse is a project of @Casey , @kevin and @pj who are all serious journalists but do not take anything too seriously.

Please listen to this podcast episode - https://pca.st/episode/e099edae-aa41-4777-b1df-7024c6998e28 .

And yes, the European Commission, European Parliament, etc should have their own #fediverse instance(s), long past overdue.

Oh das ist ja toll! Ich sehe gerade, wenn wir noch 8 Follower hier bekommen, kann ich unserem Chef ENDLICH sagen, dass wir hier mehr erreichen als bei Instagram :-) und das, wo ich für meine Liebe zum #Fediverse hier immer eher belächelt wurde 😍 habt den Tag schön 🍀
Edit: Ne, den Insta-Account betreue ich nicht ... das ist nicht mehr meins ... nur ehe jemand fragt ;-)

🐭 Real question:

Sometimes I read negative comments about #Lemmy or even calls to defederate...

Why do some people on the #Fediverse feel so strongly about Lemmy?

Isn't an #opensource alternative to #Reddit a good thing?

Best #Fediverse idea I’ve heard in ages!

https://mastodon.social/@fiend_unpleasant/115882714403724795

Our website has joined the fediverse. We are automatically pushing content updates to @site

#fediverse #activitypub #wordpress

Found 13 new servers and 20 servers died off since 5 hours ago

28,609 servers checked today. 992,116 Monthly Active Users as of today

Check out the #fediverse stats

History of servers found and deleted

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer

#fediverse #statistics

Hello le #Fediverse.

Je lance une petite enquête afin de savoir combien il y a d'agriculteur.trices, d'éleveur.euses ou d'âniers et d'ânières ici.
Pour que cela reste confidentiel je lance un sondage (international).
N'hésitez pas à me dire si vous pensez que je peux améliorer la qualité de mon enquête.

Merci par avance.

#lesânes #donkeys #esel #burros #donkey #asstodon #donkeydrivers #agriculteur #paysans #agricultrice #eleveur #eleveuse #paysanne #anier #aniere

I'm getting more #fediverse pilled the more I learn. Since I've already joined #forkiverse, do I need to make an account on other Mastodon networks as well? Or will I be able to see other servers' posts here?

Einige meiner Kundinnen sind Tattoo-Artistinnen, deren Hauptmarketingkanäle aus Gründen Instagram und Tiktok sind. Was meint ihr, könnten sie auch im #fediverse ihre Arbeit zeigen und Kund:innen finden? Sie sind nämlich echt unglücklich mit dem Algorithmusgame und den techbros. #followerpower

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/ has been switched over to new datasources for the social networks, coming from my own #fediverse crawler and #atprotocol observer. Improvements include better heuristics for fediverse user counts and real monthly active user stats for #bluesky/#atproto . I'm also making more raw data available, both for the most recent counts and historical data at https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/data/

Overall, doesn't change the conclusions much, but I'm very happy with these new datasources.

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A screenshot of "Are We Decentralized Yet?", showing statistics for The Fediverse and The Atmosphere. There is a banner at the top announcing that it is now using new datasources

Ein bisschen fühlt es sich hier an wie bei der Bahn. Man hat in einer fremden Stadt den Anschluss verpasst, steht auf dem leeren Bahnsteig, weiß nicht wie die Reise weitergeht und führt leise Selbstgespräche. #neuhier #fediverse

Liebe NeuHier und auch alle die schon länger dabei sind und doch immer wieder Fragen haben, was es mit dem Fediverse auf sich hat und was man wo wie machen kann, um Konten zu finden, sich zu verknüpfen und und und.

die liebe @doris@friendica-deutschland.de und Freunde des Fediverse bieten in der FediverseSorechstunde regelmäßig Onlintreffen an, wo wir uns alle gegenseitig Helfen und Fragen beantworten.

Dazu kommt noch eine spezielle Sprechstunde für den Zugang mittels Friendica, dier ja wie viele Wissen, die EierlegendeWollMilchSau im Fediverse ist (wie noch zwei andere ;) ), der der @feb@loma.ml anbietet.

Wenn ihr Fragen habt, Probleme oder Sachen, die bei euch nicht funktionieren - es gibt Menschen die euch helfen. Ihr müsst nur vorbeikommen udn sei es nur auf einen netten Plausch und ihr nehmt trotzdem noch Informationen mit, die euch helfen werden.

Schaut in die genannten Profile, wenn die nächste Helferstunde ist und kommt vorbei ​​

#Fediverse #NeuHier #FediverseSorechstunde #FriendicaPlausch #Friendica #Hilfe

Euch noch einen schönen Tag

#fediverse #sharkey #instanz #fediverse

Es gab kürzlich einen Artikel, der sinngemäß schrieb „Kaum ging das Forkiverse an den Start, fingen die Identiätsdiskussionen im Fediverse an.“ Das verzerrt ein bisschen die Kritik, die auch ich geäußert habe. Es geht nicht darum, das Fediverse als eine abgeschottete Identität zu begreifen, die gegen etwas Neues (was übrigens nichts neues ist, sondern unspektakulär gewöhnliches) verteidigt werden muss.

Das Fediverse ist offen, es wächst mit jeder Instanz, mit jedem Projekt, mit jeder Nutzer*in. Bei der Kritik am Forkiverse geht es um das Gegenteil. Denn die sich als „Forkizens“ begreifenden Nutzer*innen sind Teil des Fediverse, sagt ihnen nur kein Podcaster, sondern es wird mit dem Forkiverse eine Identität geschaffen, die vom Fediverse abgrenzt.

Die Kritik ist also genau die: Es wird die Infrastruktur des Fediverse genutzt, aber die Nutzer*innen in einem Bild belassen, dass diese Infrastruktur das sog. Forkiverse wäre. Es ist ein bisschen wie diese Leute in Deutschland, die ein Grundstück gekauft haben und nun denken, sie hätten ein Königreich, das mit Deutschland bestenfalls kooperative Beziehungen hat.

Wenn es etwas zu verteidigen gibt, ist es das Fediverse als offenes Netz, und zwar nicht gegen Menschen, die neu hinzukommen, sondern gegen den bewusst geschaffenen Irrtum, diese Menschen wären nicht im Fediverse. Es gibt kein Forkiverse, die Neuankömmlinge sind gleichberechtigte Teile des Fediverse.

#Forkiverse #Fediverse

People may suggest that you use hashtags as a universal "tool" for getting things into your timeline.

This might give the impression that once you start following tags you will get ALL the content for this tag, across the entire federated entirety of instances.

That is NOT the case.

The instance you are on only knows what it knows, ie. it can only tell you about toots that it has seen.

What this means is that in order for a server to know about toots you, or someone else on the instance, has to be following someone so that there is a mechanism for toots to be sent to your instance.

There is also this thing called Relays, which is pretty much what it sounds like. A relay, once you are connected to one will forward all toots it has seen to your instance. (This is an admin/instance feature and cannot be configured by a regular user!)

Long story short. Hashtags are not magical wands that will make all the toots appear in your timeline. It will simply pull toots your instance knows about into your timeline.

There are pros and cons to this, but it is the essence of federation and an important topic to understand.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Dear everyone.

If you post in more than one language, please remember to set the language of your post correctly. It's the only way the language translator works properly.

Many thanks.

Please consider boosting to raise awareness of this issue.

#fediverse #mastodon #language #posting #settings #translation

#Cascading #Wisteria 2 #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://buff.ly/ZnyKJNy

#wisteria #floral #flowers #mauve #purple #mauve #nature #garden #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

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**ACHIEVED TIED 2ND PLACE IN FAA CONTEST - "Wisteria" - October 2021 Beautiful cascading Wisteria over a white picket fence in Springtime in a local garden in the northern suburbs of Sydney. Wisteria (also spelled Wistaria or Wysteria) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the Eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan. Some species are popular ornamental plants, especially in China and Japan. [from Wikipedia] THE FINE ART AMERICA LOGO WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED PRINTS OR PRODUCTS.

I found out about my neurodivergence only a year ago. A massive reality check.

I'm realizing I have almost zero social skills - just manual protocols.
Email is my asynchronous heaven.
Pure data, no pressure.

But 1-1/group meetings... Sensory torture. Calculating facial expressions and body language feels like a manual social engineering project that drains my "inner battery".
While others "sync up", my brain overloads just to look functional.

This is why Mastodon is my safe space - I can be myself here. I'm like at home here.

Have you noticed anything similar?

You're not alone.
You're normal! It's just harder, and you pay a much higher price for it.

#Neurodivergent #WorkLife #Mastodon #SensoryOverload #Accessibility #Autism #Neurodiversity #Email #Fediverse #Life #Work #Blog #Thoughts

@creativegamingname @ai6yr Have you considered #shitposting, screeching ineffectually about #politics, or posting about the #fediverse itself?

it's genuinely shameful how relatively little news & updates about protests in Iran against Islamist regime have been posted in Fediverse, and meanwhile the number of protesters killed is already at least 2,000 – some report it's already exceeding 12,000 and live munition is used against protesters end masse.

even worse when posts in support attract tankies & other clueless leftists saying it's CIA/Mossad staged.

freedom to Iran, down with this terrorist regime.

#Iran #FreeIran #Fediverse

The Forkiverse making a real difference in further decentralizing the fediverse.

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/

#forkiverse #fediverse

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Accounts On Decentralized Social Networks The Fediverse Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc. Shannon Index: 4.8913 One-week trend: 0.0825 (+1.69%) Decentralizing Servers 19,024 Biggest 292,183 (26.14%) Rest 825,670 (73.86%) The Atmosphere Bluesky, WhiteWind, etc. Shannon Index: 0.055 One-week trend: -0.0007 (1.27%) Centralizing PDSes 1,598 Biggest 16,851,992 (99.37%) Rest 106712 (0.63%) Data: Fedllist (01-13-2026), Data: Bluesky (01-13-2026)

On #Mastodon there are now
413 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

237 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@lupa (CZE)
@MelaNews (ITA)
@derStandard (GER)
@euobserver (ENG)
@untergrundblaettle (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Asking for BAME citizens of the fediverse to prove there is racism is like asking an unemployed them to prove their prospective employers are racist.

In the UK the govt question what's the ethnicity make up of a company. If you see it's all white then you know there's a problem. The fediverse is clearly mostly white, so there is clearly a problem.

Let me put another example. Would you ask your mother to be hit by your father in front of you, so you can believe her ? WOULD YOU?

Asking for proof the fedi is racist is PURE and SIMPLE white privilege. And that's why BAME ppl get angry when you do.

#racism #fediverse

While I think it's good that more mainstream publications do more on the #fediverse the Search Engine/Hard Fork episode on the #forkiverse is a bit ... well it could have done with a bit more research. And "oh look how yanky it all is but we didn't read the manual to run this service but has an LLM Agent just do something" is cringe at best: You're not reading the manual but you want to run a platform for a few thousand people? That's not cute but shows a lack of care and willingness to take responsibility.

If you mention a group account (lemmy, piefed, guppy, etc.) in your post, fediverse clients should either remove options other than public for visibility of the post (unlisted, direct, followers only), or at least warn the user that their post's audience may not match their expectations.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

A quick #fediverse refresher:

🔄 Boos = Like
⭐ Favourite = Silent nod from a far

I've had requests for accounts to follow on here for specific countries/regions. There are many listed at:

➡️ https://fedi.directory/local-and-regional

This has accounts from most European countries, all US states, all Canadian provinces etc. (Some have fewer accounts than others though.)

To follow an account listed on the site, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon, then click follow.

To find out more about an account on the site, click its Fediverse address.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05 February 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @rileytestut@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @rileytestut@mastodon.social Riley Testut - Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io 05 February 2026 AT 14:00 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

Big deals, omg

• Mods can move a post, with replies and votes, to another community. The change federates to other instances (except Lemmy, for now. I’ve been in discussion with devs from NodeBB and Lemmy about how this will work, they are on board).
• Upload video files while creating a video post - no external host needed. Admin setting to limit who can do this (to save space).
• Realtime chat - conversation immediately updates on screen when a new PM arrives.

More good stuff

• Author-deleted posts are still visible to them and anyone with the url. No more loss of high-value comments with the OP deletes.
• Search filters - nsfw and minimum post score
• Improve speed of cross-posting form on mobile
• Emoji tokens like :blush: can be used in post or comment body. No GUI support yet.
• Admin setting to disable local copies of remote images - good for single-user instances
• Replying to a comment marks associated inbox item as read
• Updated HPT-Fruits theme
• 196 no longer excluded from default community import
• Remove unused community rating feature
• Remove unused instance vote weight feature
• Remove ineffective þ to ‘th’ replacement
• Improved accessibility - better contrast, fixed many incorrectly-used aria-labels
• Updated translations - Basque, Chinese, Japanese

API:

• Admins can ban/unban users through the API. piefed.world was maintaining custom code for this, hopefully it’ll make their version upgrades faster.

Bugs fixed

• PMs
• Markdown parsing
• Speed up loading of profile pages for admin users
• Friendica post parsing
• Passkeys login UX tweak

To upgrade

To upgrade from 1.4.x:

git pull  
git checkout v1.5.x  
./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh  

@evanprodromou

"...have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that's "Fork" + "Fediverse")."

A new Fediverse "service"?

It's a Mastodon instance, currently running the current version, v4.5.4

Here: https://theforkiverse.com/about

#Forkiverse #Fediverse #Mastodon

I just discovered that @palaisdetokyo joined the fediverse at the end of last year with little fan fare. I see they still haven't added a social link to the bottom of their website either but they did verify their URL here which is more then many institutions.

I added their account to @wikidata so maybe they will now automatically show up now on various #fediverse account viewing websites that source from there.
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q25395733

I ❤️ the fediverse

A few of my contributions:
- Started GNU/Social AP support
- Started Pixelfed
- Inspired gargron to write the "How to implement a basic ActivityPub server"
- Tried to organize the first ActivityPub Conference (https://mastodon.social/@dansup/100286631732546033)
- Started the SocialHub forum (originally socialhub.network)
- Started https://fedidb.org
- Started https://fediverse.info

5 years on, I still feel so lucky to be a part of this.

Long live the #fediverse

Also, shout out to the notable mentions that made waves across the #fediverse in 2025 🚀

https://fedidb.com/year-in-review/2025#notable-mentions

Welcome, everyone joining the #forkiverse!

The #fediverse is like any social media in that the "algorithm" gets better the more you "train" it. And by "algorithm" I mean cool people & hashtags you can follow (yes, you can follow hashtags, it's awesome!), and by "train" it I mean boost any post you enjoy.

The more you boost and others boost, the more good stuff bubbles to the top and even goes viral. (Yes, stuff on Mastodon etc. can go viral! It's possible!)

Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! 😊🎉

“I feel like we're rebooting to the last version of the Internet that I felt uncomplicated joy about.”

@Casey, @kevin and @pj on why they set up their Forkiverse fediverse server.

https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/

#Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Forkiverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Internet #Technology #Tech

Week in Fediverse 2026-01-09

Servers

- Wafrn v2026.01.02
- snac v2.86
- Ktistec v3.2.7
- Mitra v4.16.1
- Mastodon v4.5.4
- Bookwyrm v0.8.3
- PieFed v1.4.5
- shops v0.2.0
- Cross-posting is coming to NodeBB!
- Lemmy Development Update December 2025

Clients

- IceCubesApp v2.12.2
- tooi v0.17.0
- Thunder v0.8.4
- NeoDB You v1.0.6
- Phanpy changelog

Tools and Plugins

- Poduptime v6.1.0

Articles

- Mandy: ActivityPub on Goblins

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019b800a-060c-a6fc-6a7a-4c9bef0d6ea9

Exquisite.social is a general Glitch Mastodon server with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere.

This server has a post size of up to 2500 characters.

https://exquisite.social

You can find out more at https://exquisite.social/about or contact the admin account @exquisite

#FeaturedServer #Technology #Privacy #BSD #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

The EU, as well as every country in the world, should be taking seriously the importance of sovereign systems for communicating and disseminating information.

The ActivityPub protocol is proven and makes many platforms compatible and accessible to each other, allowing for effective information sharing and communication.

The only reason many people do not leave X is that many important services and public figures remain on that platform. Therefore, if countries truly care about digital sovereignty and resilience, they should adopt and promote the use of open source platforms and networks based on the ActivityPub protocol, whether it is Mastodon, Pleroma, Vebinet, or another platform.

#fediverse #ActivityPub #Vebinet #Mastodon #Pleroma #socialmedia #X #Twitter #DigitalSovereignty #EU #Europe #EUpol #OpenSource #technology

If @loops supported some kind of crowd-content moderation, with configurable rules, like

Show me all the videos with the #cat tag where at least 3 pepple confirmed is of cats. Then I can configure an account and feed for my kid to spend some screen time. This would be much more advanced moderation/customization than what Instagram and TikTok would be willing to implement.

Is something like that possible?

#fediverse #askfedi #loops

A new @iftas report brings insights from fediverse moderators, administrators, and community managers: worsening mod-to-user ratio, spam, burnout, lack of tools.

"Moderators are the backbone of a safer social web – but most are unpaid, under-supported, and under constant strain. If we want a future for decentralised platforms that respects user agency, civil speech, and community autonomy, we need to support the infrastructure that keeps it safe."

https://about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/the-2025-social-web-trust-safety-report-is-here/

#fediverse #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #SocialMedia #IFTAS

#Longevity science is doing progress, despite being criminally underfunded. So by 2099 you may be not only brain, but also the rest and well functioning 🫡 Follow @statto for in-depth info, although quite sporadic on #Fediverse... and @elivilongviveco for frequent info in the language #Esperanto.

Also, to help fund longevity research, the simplest thing you can do is to sign the #DublinLongevityDeclaration 👇
https://dublinlongevitydeclaration.org

Hey everyone,

Gaza Verified is now open again for verification calls in 2026.

The new process for signing up for verification calls uses sign in with Mastodon and should remove the last remaining technical hurdle that was giving some of our friends in Gaza a hard time (adding the verification link to your Mastodon account is not intuitive in the current Mastodon interface). With this new flow, you won’t have to, we do it for you.

https://gaza-verified.org

Also, please remember that Israel, USA, and Germany are continuing their genocide of the Palestinian people with the complicity of the UK and almost the entire rest of the EU.

And we can help, if only a little. And even if it’s just a drop in the ocean it’s still a meaningful drop for those it helps:

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

💕

#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #fediverse #mastodon #israel #USA #Germany #UK #EU #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #mutualAid #fediAid #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

My #fediverse 2025 "Year in Posts" view from @phanpy looking real slick

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screenshot of all 12 months of my mastodon posts displayed as little pie charts in Phanpy

The beauty of #ActivityPub

Yes, Loops federates, and admins can enable any remote instance video posts to appear in local follower feeds AND you can even include them in the For You page ✨

https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

#Loops #Fediverse #interoperability

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loops app for you feed with a video from mastodon.social

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loops app for you feed with a video from mastodon.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time. mastodon.social: 2017-2022

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 29 January 2026 at US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @scottjenson@social.coop. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @scottjenson@social.coop Scott Jenson - Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time. mastodon.social: 2017-2022 29 January 2026 AT US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

Neuromatch.social is a co-operatively governed Glitch Mastodon server for people interested in creating healthier academic, scientific and online ecosystems.

https://neuromatch.social

You can find out more at https://neuromatch.social/about or contact the admin account @admin

#FeaturedServer #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

Just a little bit frustrating to read people saying "the Fediverse should have starter packs" when I've spent the last four+ years hand-curating recommended accounts to follow on @FediFollows and https://fedi.directory

I'm not the only person doing this kind of initiative, the Trunk directory (https://communitywiki.org/trunk) was the first, and the Fediverse.info directory by @dansup (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) is an automated way for people to add themselves to suggested lists.

We already have these things on the Fedi, people just need to ask around and discover them, and let their friends know about them.

#Fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/