@smallcircles @nathan @davidrevoy @dansup @index @Affekt @ploum

I think it makes sense for Pixelfed to only display images, but I do think it should be a (per-account-followed) setting and also mentioned in the onboarding that the user is only getting photo posts, rather than the entire "picture" of the fediverse, if you'll forgive the awkward diction/pun.

As someone who uses #Pixelfed, #Mastodon, #GoToSocial, and #snac, I appreciate the slightly different takes on the fediverse that these different applications provide.

@friedi "Sonstige Platformen" steht bei mir aber in der Einzahl. Ich nutze noch #instagram (und als Messenger #whatsapp - das wäre aber keine Platform im Sinne der Frage)
Auf #Mastodon bin ich aber am liebsten unterwegs... 🙂

CupOfTea.social is a general Glitch Mastodon server for casual chit-chat and good wholesome content, based in the UK.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.

https://cupoftea.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Mastodon #GlitchMastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Weiter sagen : Es gibt eine Alternative, die heisst #Fediverse*

"Für viele Menschen ist ein Verzicht auf Plattformen wie #Instagram keine Alternative, weil sie ansonsten auf gesellschaftliche Teilhabe verzichten müssten" https://netzpolitik.org/2024/abonnieren-oder-akzeptieren-eu-datenschuetzerinnen-watschen-abo-modelle-ab

* "...hat die Instagram-Alternative Pixelfed starken Zulauf erhalten" https://www.heise.de/news/Anbindung-an-Mastodon-Co-Forensoftware-NodeBB-ans-Fediverse-angeschlossen-10251690.html

#Mastodon #PeerTube #Pixelfed #Friendica #Mobilizon #ActivityPub #SocialMedia

I think I have identified a fairly significant flaw in how the #Fediverse currently operates. Hear me out.

The Fediverse currently consists of all sorts of different systems - #Mastodon, #Friendica , #Pixelfed , #PeerTube, #BookWyrm , and so forth. And while they are all connected via the #ActivityPub protocol, they all have different functionalities and different ways of presenting themselves. Which is as it should be, because Diversity Is Our Strength(TM).

However, it is here that the ActivityPub-based interactivity hits its limits - for usually, you can either experience the relevant system as it was intended, or you can interact with it, but not both - _unless_ you have an account on the same system (though not necessarily on the same instance).

Let's say that you are a Mastodon user who looks at another person's BookWyrm page. You scroll through their books, posts, and comments. Then you see some comment you want to comment on yourself, but can you do so?

Not directly. You need to figure out the URL of their comment, and then copy and paste that comment into the search bar of your Mastodon instance. Then it will show up in the same format as a Mastodon post, and you can interact with it - boost it, like it, comment on it.

Sure, it works, but it's a whole lot of tedious effort.

Or you can search for the user account in Mastodon and scroll through all their posts and comments as if they were a Mastodon user - and thus, you will miss out on all the unique user interface features of BookWyrm.

So what is missing?

Well, Mastodon already has an "Open original page" feature when looking at someone's post. What we need is an "Open original page AND AUTHENTICATE" feature. This way, the target instance (whatever software they are using) could acknowledge the viewer as an external user who could nevertheless fully interact with the local user interface, including the ability to boost, like, and make comments.

This is something that should be theoretically possible to implement, right? #FediHelp

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A Mastodon menu that pops up when clicking on another user's post, showing the options: "Expand this post Open original page Copy link to post"

Huh. Just chatted in person with someone who's been on #mastodon for a while, now, who honestly thought that all the Mastodon domains were run by Mastodon. And having a different domain was, like, just a vanity thing to look cool. It only came up because they were complaining about an issue they were having, and they were on a smaller server (not naming it for anonymity), so I suggested contacting their server admin about the problem. I was surprised when they answered "Dude nobody at big companies reads those reports. It just all goes to AI or whatever." It took some actual convincing to get them to believe that the server they're on does, in fact, have a living breathing human admin who can be talked to.

Anyway, folks, support your #fediverse server admins and moderators. With money, where you can. They're almost certainly getting messages from users who think that reporting things to an admin here is exactly like reporting stuff to Facebook or Google. IE: screaming at a giant faceless entity who's never going to care or do anything about whatever your problem is.

Alaskan.Social is an independent Mastodon server created, moderated and owned by Alaskans.

https://alaskan.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Alaska #Alaskan #Anchorage #Juneau #USA #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Arabi.gay is a Glitch Mastodon server for Arabs, people from the SWANA region or Arabic speakers (including all dialects) who are LGBTQIA+. Anyone over 18 is welcome to join.

https://arabi.gay

You can find out more at https://arabi.gay/about or contact the admin account @ishraaf

#FeaturedServer #Arabic #Arab #LGBTQIA #Gay #SWANA #SouthWestAsia #NorthAfrica #العربية #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

really, really impressed with posty: a mastodon archive -> html static site generator

it ingests your mastodon archive (post history) as a zip, and barfs out an entire static html site with indices and tags. all servable with any standard web server.

this is super helpful because when i shut down the dialup.cafe instance, there was no easy way to get access to my old posts and images.

it can either be run online here:
https://posty.1sland.social

or instructions here for running it locally:
https://codeberg.org/oliphant/posty

#mastoAdmin #mastodon

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a user profile page for @vga256@dialup.cafe. it shows the user's profile pic (a fox) and a background banner (a beyond hypercard screenshot, drawn by robin miller)

Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse

https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-creator-shares-what-went-wrong-with-threads-and-ponders-the-future-of-the-fediverse/

#fediverse #mastodon #activitypub

TurtleIsland.social is an Indigenous owned and operated Mastodon server for Indigenous people. TurtleIsland.social is ad-free, corporate-free, bigotry-free, and culture respectful.

https://turtleisland.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Indigenous #FirstNation #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse