Namasté und Hallo ihr Lieben 🙏

Alle meine Systeme sind betriebsbereit und laufen, wie sie sollen! Ich kann die digitale Welt also erst einmal wieder verlassen. 😉

Also bitte nicht wundern, wenn ihr sehr wenig, vielleicht ab und zu ein Foto, seltener einen Kommentar oder Antworten, oder gar nichts von mir lest.

Ich wünsche euch ebenfalls eine friedvolle Zeit. 😀

#Mastodon #Diaspora #Bluesky #Nostr #Server

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Bildbeschreibung: Die “Daumen hoch” Geste vor einer stilisierten Tafel mit dem Schriftzug “Alle Systeme sind betriebsbereit und laufen, wie sie sollen!”.

Ich bin nicht mehr ganz #Neuhier .
Bei #Mastodon schon länger unterwegs. Siehe Profil.
#introduction

Möchte gerne den #DialektDesTages einführen.
Pro Tag (fast) ein Dialekt und die hochdeutsche Übersetzung dazu. Ich liebe Dialekte
#Dialekte #Dialekt #Mundart

good morning

#capybara #capybaras #capyverse #CapybarasOfVebinet #fediverse #Mastodon #photography

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photo of capybara

A Crowdsourced Photo Gallery from the Fediverse – the Open Social Web in action

Here are some nice photos from around the fediverse: https://home.scoobysnack.net/gallery/. That page updates automatically as new photos are posted.

How did they get there? Well…

People from all over Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy and more posted photos into these communities:

https://piefed.social/c/photography

https://lemmy.world/c/photography

https://lemmy.world/c/japanpics

… and a few others. Moderators curate those communities to filter out anything obnoxious and people upvote the best ones.

Jerry used his PieFed account to create a “Feed” of 6 photography communities at https://feddit.online/f/photos. In PieFed a Feed is a bundle of communities with all their content shown together in a list. Those communities can be on any Lemmy, PieFed or Mbin instance. In the sidebar you can see all the communities in the Feed. That feed can be Followed, just like an account on Mastodon can be.

Someone on https://piefed.social followed ~photos@feddit.online (the ~ distinguishes it from a person, which uses @ at the start) which created this: https://piefed.social/f/photos@feddit.online. (Following a feed automatically subscribes one to all the communities within and if Jerry adds a new community to the feed all the subscribers auto-follow the new community. But I digress).

The author of home.scoobysnack.net looked up PieFed’s API spec and wrote some JavaScript which uses PieFed’s API to retrieve all the photos in the feed on piefed.social:

GET https://piefed.social/api/alpha/post/list?feed_id=47&limit=40&page=1&nsfw=Exclude&minimum_upvotes=0

… and finally their JavaScript displays the images.

So the journey these photos took went through 6 steps:

Mastodon / PixelFed / author -> Lemmy / PieFed / Mbin communities -> Feddit.online feed -> PieFed.social feed -> PieFed.social API -> home.scoobysnack.net

I think that’s pretty cool.

@frebelt

Diese Karte behauptet überhaupt nichts. Es wird vielmehr über die Karte etwas behauptet.

Vornehmlich fühlten sich Mastodon Nutzer durch die Karte angegriffen, weil sie darin ihre Relevanz angegriffen fühlten, ohne dass dies ausgesagt wurde. Daraufhin wurde https://w-social.eu/ von diesen Nutzern veröffentlicht. Peinliche Realität: Nur Mastodon darauf zu sehen, als wären sie die einzigen Player im Fediverse.

Die Erregung wurde zum Eigentor und zur Offenbarung der eigenen Befindlichkeiten:
Während wsocial keinerlei Aussage darüber getroffen hat, was die eigene Karte aussagen soll, machten Mastodon User die Aussage, dass so eine Karte alle Dienste in Europa anzeigen soll - um danach selbst nur Mastodon reinzusetzen.

Die Peinlichkeit lag hier also weniger bei wsocial, die hier lediglich eine Karte mit zentralisierten Netzwerken postete, als vielmehr bei Mastodon Nutzerinnen, die ihre eigene Hybris zur Schau stellten.

@larswienand @tonline

#wosocial #fediverse #dezentralität #mastodon #hybris #socialmedia

Is it expensive to operate your own single-user #Mastodon instance? What’s the average cost?

I hardly check #Mastodon anymore, as it seems to be dying out. I still check #X the most, and then it’s a tie between #Bluesky and #Threads, but I lean more in favour of Bluesky, where I find better discussions, versus Threads, where it’s more of a spillover of influencers from #Instagram.

In nur 24 Stunden von 0 auf über 2.200 Follower. Dazu hunderte, die mich herzlich auf #mastodon willkommen geheißen haben. Vielen Dank für das große Interesse. #neuhier Ich freue mich auf faire und wertschätzende Diskussionen im #Fediverse

An account with 1000+ followers and not a single post?

Hm.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Is there a "social web" (=#fediverse, #dweb, #mastodon, etc.) meetup in #fosdem?

If not, how about organizing one in Friday evening? Nothing formal or fancy. We can just pick up one of the nice old pubs in the old town and meet there.

@Mastodon

Stop describing the fediverse is Mastodon!

The social platform Fediverse is a collection of volunteer driven knots connected with open source protocols. Protocols are mostly free open source software. Developed by volunteers. Mastodon is one collection of software.

You should promote other software for fediverse also. To keep the idea and the stability of the federated Fediverse.

#Fediverse #mastodon #friendica #hubzilla #peertube #pixelfed #ActivityPub #zot

In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
613 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@reisereporter
@OVicio
@TheHillTimes
@PatagoniaRT
@NatGeoFrance

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

Built by @mho

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

@rufustheduck If there's a better description of Mastodon than "You're a real likeable bunch of weirdos" then I'm yet to hear it 😄

#Mastodon #Fediverse

End of my 3rd week on #Mastodon

I've not experienced social media like this before. People seeing my posts? And replying? Madness! And no robot deciding that my #cats won’t infuriate anyone and so hiding them?

The people here have been super nice too. Sharing their own cats, giving me helpful tips, and replying with positivity. You're a real likeable bunch of weirdos

So I'll probably stick around, if that's okay….?

Here's another picture of Max sleeping... OR IS HE?

#CatsOfMastodon #pets

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A close-up of a black cat's face. He is lying on a cushion with his head tilted so his chin is slightly raised. His eye is half open and looking at the camera, because the person taking the shot is rudely interrupting his sleep

People from Forkiverse, please hold in mind to export your lists, followers, muted, blocked, etc. if you need to move.

#Forkiverse #Export #Mastodon

Over the past few days, the @leavex account has gained almost 500 new followers. Until recently, the Bluesky account (@leavex.eu) had nearly 1000 followers and was ahead of the Fediverse version. That situation has now reversed.

This shift seems closely tied to the recent revamp of the #LeaveX campaign, which now includes statistics on how many politicians are still using X. Increased visibility also played an important role: the project was shared widely by @randahl, an account with a large following, which likely contributed significantly to the surge in followers.

What’s particularly interesting is that the Mastodon account consistently receives more attention and interaction than the Bluesky account. This suggests that, at least for political topics, engagement currently can run deep on the Fediverse.

1/2

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Bluesky #Politics #LeaveX #SocialMedia

Also mastodon.social. Was ist bei Euch los?
Und wer mir was dazu mitteilen will muss auf meine Posts antworten oder mir ne DM schicken - weil Boosts und Favorisierungen kann ich nicht mehr sehen…..

#mastodon #Gaza #hamas #holocaust

Finally!

A browser with a default sidebar that does NOT contain any AI bullshit but rather a #Mastodon tab!

Keep it up @Vivaldi

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Vivaldi Mastodon isntance in the sidebar!

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No AI LLM bullshit!

#getfedihired one of my contacts in Canada is looking for a mid career sysadmin for a tier 2 role in Toronto (must be able to commute downtown 3 days a week), not suited for entry level or junior peeps, in this role you would be supporting a conglomerate of companies and helping through the merger and acquisition projects on top of support. Full time salaried role, benefits include dental and vision. Salary might be starting in the mid 70s but the posting hasn't been finalized yet.

If you are interested please let me know and I can share the contact details. Please share, boost and help me reach out to the Toronto tech community on #mastodon

#FediHire #fedijobs #toronto

#Linux und Open Source Treff am Mittwoch, 4. Februar 18:00 bis 20:00 bei ReCreaZZZ im 1. Obergeschoss, Neue Hard 12, 8005 #Zürich

Bitte melde dich an wenn Du kommen willst, es hat nur Platz für bis zu 10 Personen!

Details auf https://openki.net/course/iCSJJJ8ZhTkJshJ6a/linux-und-open-source-treff

Auf #Mastodon: @ReCreaZZZ

#Linuxtreff #opensource #endof10 #did #diday #didit #dutgemacht #DigitalindependenceDay #linux

Any cool gaming / gaming industry / funny Masto accounts that you follow and can recommend? 🤔

#mastodon #fediverse #videogames #gaming #funny

Noticing an increase in accounts from mastodon.social that have no posts, only replies.

No details about the user, and only commenting on popular news content with opposing views and arguing.

This is the kind of things scammers and conflict entrepreneurs do.

These accounts are not here for fedi.

Keep an eye out!

#Mastodon #News

Example in first reply

Another good reason to move to fediverse. Unlike Threads, the feed will remain clean and without annoyances.

Ad-free is a good feature nowadays.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/threads-rolls-out-ads-to-all-users-worldwide/

#fediverse #Vebinet #Mastodon #Threads #socialmedia

Vebinet is and will be ad-free and respecting you.

ok, now you can continue scrolling to look at kittens and capybaras.

#Vebinet #fediverse #Mastodon #socialmedia

Freue mich gerade RIESIG, dass auch der meinerseits sehr geschätzte Ruprecht Polenz als @rpolenz nun auf #Mastodon präsent ist! 😌🙌

Herzliche #Folgeempfehlung ans #Fediverse für einen Christen & Demokraten, den ich schon ab 2000 nach seiner leider allzu kurzen Zeit als #Generalsekretär der Bundes - #CDU als inhaltlich und charakterlich integres Vorbild gegen #HassundHetze betrachtete & dessen Texte & Bücher mich in ihrer dialogischen Tiefe beeindruckt haben. 📚🤓🇩🇪🇪🇺🙌 #Polenz #RuprechtPolenz

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Ruprecht Polenz links & Dr. Michael Blume rechts im Gespräch in Stuttgart.

Last few times over last few days I've tried to log on to our #fediverse it's been slow or unresponsive.

Glad it appears to be back.

No real update though, just #coffee going out as normal as it constantly rains in the UK.

To change that and add a bit of light, I've knocked a fiver off our Multi-pack for the next few hours*. Perfect chance to try our coffee's if you've ever been on the fence or waiting for these rare moments we do have a flash #sale

Not advertising this anywhere else, so see it as a reward for being on #Mastodon

https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/coffee-multi-pack-4-x-250g/

*yet to be defined but definetly will still be up at midday, after that it's anyone's guess because it depends how busy we become this morning.

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Screenshot of Roasting House multi-pack that includes an image of coffee beans on a white background. Text accompanying reads as follows: Coffee multi-pack Sale! Price range: £30.00 through £60.00 Not sure which coffee to get or like a bit of variety in your cup? With this multi-pack you’ll get 4 bags of coffee from our current range. If this is a gift please let us know in the notes at checkout if you’d like to include a message to the recipient.

I’ve been learning HTML and CSS and started building small things on my own.
Once it’s more complete, I’m thinking of buying a domain and turning it into my personal website.
If you’ve done this before, I’d love to hear any tips or lessons learned 🙂

#fediverse #opensource #mastodon #html #css #javascript #infosec #webdev #foss #security #software #frontend #cyberSecurity #privacy

Small progress, but progress nonetheless 🙂

I just started learning HTML and CSS, and while it may only be 1% of the way there, it feels good to finally get started.

Focusing on the basics, trying things out, and slowly building confidence.

Everyone starts somewhere.

#infosec #webDev #html #learning #malware #mastodon

I'm *this* close to adding G... support for my SSR. But let's do it the smart way ;-)

Which one do you use regularly?

#mastodon

Toot.Kiwi is a Mastodon server for anyone that has a connection to Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke / Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

https://toot.kiwi

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

UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota

The UAW stands in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, including hundreds of UAW members, who are standing up and fighting back against the federal government’s abuses and attacks on the working class.

The UAW stands for freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and human dignity no matter where you were born, what language you speak, or the color of your skin. We will not tolerate a government that attacks working class people’s constitutional and human rights.

It is the working class that makes society run, and it is the working class that can shut it down if need be. On January 23rd, working class people will demonstrate that power in Minnesota, and the UAW has their back.

https://uaw.org/uaw-statement-in-solidarity-with-the-fight-for-justice-in-minnesota/

#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tikrok @povertyandinequality @democracydocket @blackvoices #antifa #labor #labour #unions @UnicornRiot

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UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota The UAW stands in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, including hundreds of UAW members, who are standing up and fighting back against the federal government’s abuses and attacks on the working class. The UAW stands for freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and human dignity no matter where you were born, what language you speak, or the color of your skin. We will not tolerate a government that attacks working class people’s constitutional and human rights. It is the working class that makes society run, and it is the working class that can shut it down if need be. On January 23rd, working class people will demonstrate that power in Minnesota, and the UAW has their back. https://uaw.org/uaw-statement-in-solidarity-with-the-fight-for-justice-in-minnesota/

Just an occasional reminder that disabling replies is the #1 requested feature from Mastodon.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc

(EDIT: Direct link, in case the above doesn't work for you: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565)

Limiting who can reply is also worth giving a thumbs-up to, currently at #10.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762

#mastodon #fediverse #ReplyControls #SocialMedia #TrustAndSafety

I've submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.89 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30876

Two of three GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running with a third queued.

Hopefully they'll complete without issues?

If so, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it!

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces

Welcome to the ultra-late Thu-Thu #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for Jan. 22-29

(what can I say? life happened)

⭐️New: #CultShelf 🎞️
and #SPNwatchparty - SUPERNATURAL weekdays 5pm ET

📅Details, 🔗& updates ➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern

#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

Thx hosts! @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@lilymarswrites
@GrillChill @greenpepper22 @kamikat

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watch party events for THU-SAT, Jan. 22-24

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watch party events for SUN-TUE, Jan. 25-27

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watch party events for WED-THU, Jan. 28-29

I don't think that the team behind WSocial can be trusted if the main page already misleads people by skipping the fact that there are European social media platforms such as Mastodon.

Starting a platform that, according to its team, wants to fight against disinformation, yet misleading people is not making it trusted or credible.

#fediverse #Mastodon #WSocial #misinformation #socialmedia #Europe #EU

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Picture shows homepage of WSocial.

#introduction

Hello. I'm Rufus. I joined #Mastodon a couple weeks ago. You may have seen pictures of my #cats

I co-wrote a pretty fun book called The Complete History (and Fistory) of Underspace - about a girl who finds the doorway to a magical world on the roof of her school. You can buy the ebook or audiobook everywhere, or hit me up and I’ll send you it free because screw capitalism

But mostly I’m here for cat pictures. So here’s Molly, looking unimpressed with literally everything I do

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A black & white cat, turning her head to the camera, with her eyes half closed. Her expression says she's sick of your stupidity, and isn't it about time you sorted your life out?

For the last decade, the #EU has been funding #Mastodon #KDE #Phosh #Nextcloud #OnlyOffice #PixelFed, #Libreoffice, #CryptPad, #Kdenlive, #Lemmy and many other Open Source projects you know and love through its #NextGenerationInternet programme.

But now that programme is ending and they are thinking about its successor.

They want to hear from you on what it should look like: Share your feedback to make sure the Commission keep funding amazing Open Source projects!
[JM]

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

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The NGI logo

Einführung von Starterpacks: X kopiert Bluesky

Die US-Plattform X führt Starterpacks ein. Damit kopiert der Kurznachrichtendienst eine beliebte Funktion von Bluesky.

https://www.heise.de/news/Einfuehrung-von-Starterpacks-X-kopiert-Bluesky-11150953.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Bluesky #ElonMusk #Entertainment #Mastodon #Mobiles #SocialMedia #X #news

Hey, my instance is on @fedidb!

It is still placed in Finland, though, although I moved it to Ukraine a week ago.

#FediDB #Fediverse #Mastodon

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A screenshot of the instance page from the FediDB website.

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 !!

Check out this image of rock formation near Ballintoy Harbour, Northern Ireland photograph available to purchase as a print or on a variety of products that I uploaded to https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com!

#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #print

https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/ballintoy-rock-formation-john-hughes.html

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Check out this image of rock formation near Ballintoy Harbour, Northern Ireland photograph available to purchase as a print or on a variety of products that I uploaded to https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com! #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PhotographicArtwork #photograph #Artwork #Mastodon #MastodonSocial #Mastoart #followers #print https://john-hughes-photographic.pixels.com/featured/ballintoy-rock-formation-john-hughes.html

what real usable alternatives to #facebook do exist?

i want to move our villagers away from fb as the official channel, but i need to give them a userfriendly #foss alternative. best even hosted in #finland #Suomi by real humans.

now is the best moment to explain how we can support democracy and freedom of speech.
#ActivityPub #Mastodon #pixelfed #digitalindependenceday #lapland

You wouldn't host your community in a casino.

Addictive algorithms, amplified hateful content, doomscrolling. It's time to call social media what it is: dangerous.

As a society, we need to work harder to detangle ourselves from these places and the behaviour they encourage.

How are you creating distance between yourself and harmful social media?

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Addictive #AntiBigTech #Algorithms #Tech #Fediverse #Mastodon

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A blurred image of casino counters. Over the image is the copy: "Harmful. Addictive. Dangerous."

"'Boring': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to President Trump's speech at World Economic Forum" -KCRA 3

BREAKING: Under pressure from the White House and State Department, USA House (a church acting as the official US pavilion) is now denying entry to Gavin Newsom to speak with media after Fortune — the official media partner — invited him to speak.

[A Little Noticed Act Of Malice:
Taco keeps chipping away from that old concept of 'Freedom of Speech']

#Mastodon #Thursday #news #uspol #Trump #Taco

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Gavin Newsom Warns Trump Is Weakness Masquerading as Strength

So if you're here on #Mastodon (or any other part of the #Fediverse) from #Twitter or #Bluesky, first of all, #welcome.

Now that you're here, though, we're gonna need you to stop acting like this is Twitter. 'Cause it ain't.

CW posts about politics, grim posts about mental health or abuse, or #NSFW. This is just basic courtesy. Your posts are going to reach beyond your followers. Saying "hurr-hurr all my posts are political" isn't good enough.

Use #hashtags. If you weren't on Bluesky, you were skeeting wrong, but it's even more important here. There's no algorithm. Hashtags are powerful tools that let people find the stuff they're interested in. It helps your posts find the audience you're looking for.

Use #AltText for all of your images and gifs. All of them. A brief description is sufficient. Not using alt text doesn't preserve artistic integrity. It just means you're lazy, a jerk, or both.

Check @FediTips for more tips.

Please boost this for visibility if you agree.

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?

#Mastodon @FediTips

Any of you fine folks go full Fedi?

I hear ...#Mastodon for Twitter, #Friendica for Facebook, #Matrix for Discord, #Pixelfed for Instagram, #Peertube for YouTube, #Owncast for Twitch, and #Lemmy/#mbin for Reddit.

Am I missing anything? I'd like to take a look at what is out there.

So I renamed my send button at snac... 🙂

#Snac2 #Mastodon

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Screenshot of snac instance, the "send message" button isnt labeled but has a Mastodon emoji with a wind emoji at the back instead.

I'd say: no ..

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 #ProfileFields #fediverse #design #UXUI

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A screenshot of a Mastodon profile with the usual elements, including profile image, header image, description, etc. The profile fields which include links to various websites and were previously shown in a table layout with each field on a new line, are now displayed as sort of mini cards, two next to each other on one line and a "+2" card that would, upon clicking, show all profile fields shown in a table layout (not visible in the screenshot).

Mastodon.Radio is a Mastodon server for radio enthusiasts including the Amateur (Ham) Radio community, anyone interested in Shortwave Listening (SWL), etc. Come join us and talk radio, technology, and more!

https://mastodon.radio

You can find out more at https://mastodon.radio/about or contact the admin account @M0YNG

#FeaturedServer #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Radio #SWL #Shortwave #ShortwaveRadio #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

I've been wondering about Bluesky's decentralization again. I can't think of any reason why I'd want to self-host Bluesky in its current form. I cannot 100% self host "my own Bluesky".

Their main selling points for building their own protocol were easier migration and better discoverability, but right now there's no simple way to migrate my Bluesky account to my own instance. And hosting the centralized parts yourself isn't really possible, or if it were, not affordable, they haven't made that feasible, by design, it seems.

Even if you self-host a PDS, Bluesky's Relay only indexes up to 10 accounts from it. You can run more, but they won't federate, the central infrastructure decides what gets seen. They control this (source: https://docs.bsky.app/blog/self-host-federation#:~:text=For%20a%20smooth%20transition%20into,for%20everyone%20in%20the%20ecosystem.). You can self-host a PDS (Personal Data Server), but you still depend on Bluesky's centralized Relay and AppView. There's no production-ready alternative infrastructure from what I gather.

It feels like I'd be renting a room in a hotel that someone else is running anyway, when I want my own hotel.

If Mastodon gGmbH vanishes tomorrow, my instance keeps running and federating with everyone else. If Bluesky PBC vanishes, the ecosystem would need to scramble to stand up replacement infrastructure that doesn't really exist yet.

ATProto keeps getting evaluated on its promises while other systems get evaluated on their merits. The "portability" selling point depends on infrastructure that isn't mature enough to actually catch you if Bluesky falls.

I trust W3C, the builders and fathers of the World Wide Web, ActivityPub and the Fediverse.

#Decentralization #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Mastodon #Fediverse #Bluesky #Servers

But if I switch, I want to keep the cool address like @SOMEONE@uninformation.org and not change to something like @SOMEONE@nano.uninformation.org. Adventurous!

• Feed gerado pelo @podtest@snac.daltux.net é apenas texto.
• Feed do @podtest@organica.social entrega o áudio, que e conseguem tocar, mas, aparentemente, o formato ainda não é totalmente conforme: Podcast Index sequer reconhece o conteúdo.
• Podcast Feed do canal @podtest@fediverse.tv é devidamente reconhecido em todos os testes. Inclusive, perfeitamente incluído no Podcast Index. O problema é que, embora o episódio tenha sido criado com base no envio de um arquivo áudio (Ogg/Opus), o PeerTube fez, obrigatoriamente, sua conversão para vídeo. Torna-se videocast, então. É possível usá-lo assim mesmo, porém não fica exatamente como alguém esperaria um podcast de áudio.
• Feed da comunidade @podtest@forum.ayom.media é reconhecido por agregadores. O grande porém é que o Lemmy não permite envio de arquivo de áudio, apenas imagem. Fiz o teste simplesmente inserindo a URL do áudio que eu já tinha enviado para outro servidor, com o discurso completo da Promulgação da Constituição por Ulysses Guimarães. Funcionou assim, mas fica inviável.

De imediato, ainda pode ser menos frustrante hospedar podcast em um sistema já preparado para isso, como 🐳 Funkwhale ou CastoPod.

⚠️ Só pra não perder o costume de avisar: não façam isso em plataformas privativas de liberdade e/ou candidatas a Big Tech, por favor. 🫸

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Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.

I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:

- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.

I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md

I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!

❤️ 🦣

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource

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Screenshot showing the service status of several Mastodon services on FreeBSD

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