oh look

mastodon-social censoring again.

@staff

before it was #gaza now #iran

we have the receipts

#censorship #mastodon

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censored iran hashtag

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

RE: https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/@ben/116158450779496866

Has anybody tested this? I assume some of the #Mastodon hosting services must have looked at this sort of thing to pool media between instances.

@mastohost ?

#mastoadmin

@whitehotaru @Teh_Doc_Inan @kddk

Danke Euch! 🙏

Der starke Effekt des dialogischen Bloggens (der Blog-Wagenheber-Effekt, aramäisch Chawruta) lässt sich gerade auch am Verständnis des Fossilismus & Antisemitismus empirisch belegen. Eine Mastodon - Umfrage bis gestern verlief sehr eindrucksvoll! 🤓📚👍 #Bloggen gegen #Fossilismus & #Antisemitismus #Dialog #Chawruta #Mastodon #Lernen #Fediversum #Medien https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/fossilismus-versus-demokratie-auch-im-iran-folgen-auf-den-tod-von-ali-chamenei-nun-frieden-freiheit/

don't think i ever posted this on #Mastodon bc it was too large. bsky was up to 100mb. but i'm getting a little better at compressing

the male #pigeon in one hand putting the moves on a female in the other 😍

https://loops.video/v/e9Zc1XBnLv

#pigeons #pidgydon #pigeonsky #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #birdsofmastodon #birdsoffediverse #animals

Build 141 of #FediReader is available now!

What’s New
- Nothing: No New Features!

Bug Fixes
- Too Many to List

Check it out at: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4

#Developer #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Flipboard #IndieApps #iOS #Apple #Technology

some of the people i follow on #Mastodon and the last time they posted😅

i'd like to get them re-engaged. some have gone to #threads. they need to quit that & come back here

I've always wanted to be able to filter my #mastodon feeds by people I'm following or hashtags, instead of one huge noisy feed of both.

I've got enough working now I'd love for others to give it a shot, everything is stored in your browser, no tracking or servers collecting data.

if you have a few minutes I'd love others try it out or reshare

You can find it here: https://elefeed.app/

#client #foss #fediverse #mastodonapp #mastodonclient #webapp #indiedev #webapp #openweb #apps #app

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Screenshot of Elefeeds ability to filter by profiles or hashtags.

THREAD II

AFTER THAT SCENARIO, EVERYTHING HAPPENS SO FAST.. Eduard has a motorcycle & decided 2 go in the nearest vet which is idk how or what but I was just sobbing while Jury is wrapped in Blankets, Im partially drenched of the rain & just let fate decides. Later on I found out that Freya called the nearest ER Clinic that had a Vet ready that time which is still very early.. Eduard took us there driving the right speed 2 keep us safe while the time is very crucial. 💔
#Mastodon #Fediverse

Does this accurately describe the user experience on social networks?

BigTech social networks are like a shopping centre:
At first, you stand around alone – but then everyone comes up to you and wants to sell you something.

The Fediverse is like a party:
At first, you stand around alone, but when you start to look around openly and interact with the other guests, you find wonderful people and have fun!

#SocialNetwork #SocialNetworks #Fediverse #Mastodon #BigTech #Hasley #ShoppingCentre #DID

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Party room with disco lights and an empty dance floor.

#DIDit

I never had an X/Twitter or Bluesky account.
I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts last year.
I've been active on the Fediverse since 2018 (self-hosting Mastodon, Peertube and Pixelfed).

#DID #DUT #SelfHosting #BigTech #UnplugBigTech #UnplugTrump #X #Twitter #Bluesky #Threads #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Insta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Peertube

@chris Zutaten: #Olsberger, und alle, die eine Beziehung zu #Olsberg haben, nehmen als Server/Instanz natürlich olsberg.social! 😉

#OlsbergSocial #Mastodon #DID #DUT

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@DigitalCameraW
@RivistaUndici
@OKMagazine
@Patch
@ForeignAffairs

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

Built by @mho

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

Undernet cumple hoy 11 años... send love ❤️ #undernet #uruguay #mastodon #aniversario #felizcumpleundernet

Die #SpendeDesMonats geht diesmal an #Mastodon

Nach einigem Grübeln, welches Lieblingsprojekt ich diesen Monat
unterstützen könnte, fiel es mir plötzlich beim alltäglichen
Blättern in der Timeline wie Blätter von den Augen... Mastodon! 😊 👍

Unterstützt auch eure lieb gewonnenen Software-Projekte! Nur weil der Download nichts
kostet, heißt es nicht, dass kein Aufwand hinter den Projekten steckt. 👍
#DonationOfTheMonth
#Linux #EuropeanAlternatives #DigitalIndependenceDay

It's okay. Clearly they died doing what they loved, which was shitposting on #Mastodon.

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Meme that shows what might be two grave sites, with two crosses in the ground with two circular white funeral wreaths in between them. Against a dark background of trees, the setup looks like it spells "toot." Caption reads "Feel bad for laughing, feel worse for taking a photo, but here we are and there it goes."

@aphandersen vi har jo #mastodon, så hvis nogen vil os noget, lsd dem komme hertil, hvor vi er.

@Crisper Jeg mener, at hvis de ikke vil være, hvor jeg er dvs #mastodon, så er der jo garanti for et #kryds færre end ellers. Mao, det er politikernes problem.

Was tue ich?

Was tue ich für eine bessere Welt? 🌍

Ich stelle mir diese Frage tatsächlich selbst sehr oft. Ich stelle sie mir, weil ich finde, dass wir sie uns alle öfter stellen sollten, ehrlich, ohne schönreden, ohne wegzuschauen.

Und... Ich mache das nicht perfekt. Ich scheitere auch. Ich bestelle auch mal etwas online. Ich bin kein moralisches Vorbild, ich versuche nur bewusst zu leben.

Technologie & digitale Selbstbestimmung

Ich nutze seit 1998 ausschließlich Linux. Privat und beruflich. Kein Windows, kein macOS. Nicht aus Trotz, sondern weil freie, offene Software für mich eine politische Haltung ist. Wer seine Daten, seine Werkzeuge und seine digitale Infrastruktur vollständig in den Händen von Konzernen lässt, die damit Milliarden verdienen, gibt ein Stück Souveränität ab. Das will ich nicht. Ich verwalte privat und beruflich dutzende Linux-Server, und ich tue das mit Überzeugung, nicht nur mit Kompetenz.

Kein Facebook (mehr). Kein Twitter/X (mehr). Kein Instagram. So wenig Amazon wie möglich. Ich weiß, das klingt für manche radikal. Für mich ist es konsequent. Diese Konzerne verdienen an unserer Aufmerksamkeit, an unseren Daten, an unserer Wut. Ich verweigere dieses Geschäftsmodell.

Stattdessen bin ich hier, im Fediverse. Dezentral, offen, menschlich. Ich betreibe mit lsbt.me eine eigene Mastodon-Instanz: ein sicherer, queerer Raum für LGBTQ+ Menschen. Ohne Algorithmus, der Hass belohnt. Ohne Konzern, der entscheidet, welche Stimmen sichtbar sind. Bei uns entscheidet die Community.

Ökologie & bewusstes Leben

Meine Frau Michelle und ich leben in unserem eigenen Haus und versuchen jeden Tag, unseren ökologischen Fußabdruck so klein wie möglich zu halten. Auf unserem Dach arbeitet eine 11-kWp-Photovoltaikanlage, gespeichert in einem 11-kWh-Heimspeicher. Wir produzieren unseren Strom weitgehend selbst. Die Sonne schickt keine Rechnung.

Wir fahren wenig, kaum 5.000 bis 7.000 Kilometer im Jahr. Bald steigen wir auf ein Elektroauto um, den Skoda Epiq, und laden es dann mit unserem eigenen Sonnenstrom. Mit einer PV-optimierten Wallbox schließt sich der Kreis.

Hinter unserem Haus liegt ein großer Garten, der uns echte Selbstversorgung ermöglicht. Bohnen, Kohlrabi, Salate, Kartoffeln, Zwiebeln, Knoblauch, Erdbeeren, Brombeeren. Mehrere große Kirschbäume, ein alter Walnussbaum, viele Apfelbäume. Was wir nicht selbst ernten, kaufen wir regional und saisonal. Essen hat für uns wieder einen Weg, und eine Herkunft.

Und ja, ich bin mir sehr bewusst, dass ich das Privileg habe, mir diese Infrastruktur (Haus/PV/E-Auto) leisten zu können, und sehe es gerade deshalb als Verantwortung, es auch genau so zu tun.

Politik & Haltung

Ich bin politisch. Sehr. Manche nennen mich linksextrem, ich finde das ehrlich gesagt eher bezeichnend für den Zustand unserer Debattenkultur als für meine tatsächliche Haltung. Ich bin weder gewalttätig noch verfassungsfeindlich. Ich bin schlicht der Meinung, dass Menschenwürde, soziale Gerechtigkeit und Klimaschutz keine Verhandlungssache sind. Ich bin Mitglied bei DIE LINKE, weil ich an eine Gesellschaft glaube, die niemanden zurücklässt.

Ich bin Feministin. Antifaschistin. Und ich stehe laut dazu, auch wenn es unbequem ist.

Aktivismus für trans* & LGBTQ+ Menschen

Ich bin eine Frau mit transgeschlechtlicher Vergangenheit. Und ich sage das nicht als Disclaimer, sondern als Erklärung, warum ich tue, was ich tue. Ich habe am eigenen Leib erfahren, wie es sich anfühlt, wenn niemand für einen kämpft. Wie es sich anfühlt, unsichtbar zu sein, diskriminiert zu werden, nicht zu wissen, ob es überhaupt einen Ausweg gibt.

Deshalb kämpfe ich. Ich habe jahrelang Selbsthilfegruppen für trans*, inter* und nicht-binäre Menschen geleitet, in Radolfzell, Ravensburg, Villingen, Sulz am Neckar und darüber hinaus. Ich habe als Peerberaterin hunderte Menschen auf ihrem Weg begleitet, bei Fragen zu Hormonen, Operationen, Ärzten, Behörden, Arbeitgebern, Familie. Ich habe Vorträge und Seminare an Schulen, Universitäten und Kliniken gehalten, um Transphobie zu bekämpfen, bevor sie entsteht.

Ich habe das nicht gemacht, weil ich musste. Ich habe es gemacht, weil niemand das durchmachen soll, was ich durchgemacht habe.

Tue ich genug? Nein. Niemand tut je „genug". Aber ich tue, was ich kann, mit dem, was ich habe, jeden Tag ein bisschen bewusster. Und ich glaube, das ist der einzig realistische Anspruch, den wir an uns selbst stellen sollten.

Was tust du für eine bessere Welt? Ich frage das nicht rhetorisch. Ich bin wirklich neugierig. 🌱

#Linux #FreieSoftware #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon #lsbtme #Nachhaltigkeit #Photovoltaik #Selbstversorgung #Klimaschutz #TransRechte #LGBTQ #Feminismus #Aktivismus #DieLinke #QueereRechte #Peerberatung #Solidarität

Build 105 of #FediReader is out now!

What’s New
- Author Attribution Improvements
- Retention of feed position when navigating from posts/articles

Bug Fixes
- Quote Post Linking actually happens
- Swiping between feeds more reliable
- Explore links open in app browser
- Double tap to jump to top of feed works again

Check it out at: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4

#Developer #IndieApps #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #TestFlight #iPhone #BuildInPublic #Technology

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.

#bangladesh #fediverse #mastodon #asia #dhaka

Ich bin nun bewusst vollständig zu #Mastodon gewechselt.

Für mich war ausschlaggebend, dass digitale Räume nicht nur Werkzeuge sind, sondern Kultur prägen.

#Dezentralität, #Subsidiarität und #Transparenz sind für mich wichtige Prinzipien – auch im Netz.

Deshalb hierher. Und hier bleibe ich.

Welcome to MastodonBD!

While our primary focus is Bangladesh - its people, culture, technology, and public discourse - the instance is open to everyone, regardless of location. We encourage respectful dialogue, diverse perspectives, and meaningful connections across borders.

If you believe in open social networks and constructive conversation, you are welcome here.

Let’s build this space thoughtfully, together.

#fediverse #mastodon #mastoadmin #bangladesh #dhaka #asia

A few facts and thoughts about #BlueSky being decentralized or not:

1. #ATProto (the protocol behind bluesky) is decentralized and open-source, but is controlled by a for-profit (albeit fiscally a public benefit) organization, "Bluesky Social PBC".

2. "Bluesky" refers to a sum of ATProto concepts, notably the AppView (bsky.app), the main Personal Data Servers (PDS, bsky.social), and the Relays (or firehose, bsky.network). There are others, but they're the 3 important ones.

3. Anyone can run their own AppView, PDS or Relay AND consume the content from/get their content consumed by the Bluesky infrastructure. HOWEVER, not everything is trivial or cheap to run.

3.0 A PDS, which contains your data (account details but also posts, likes, follows, etc), is trivial and cheap to self-host. Cheaper than hosting a mastodon instance, even, because it does way less stuff and receives way less requests. See https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds

3.1 An AppView (the presentation layer, where users interact with ATProto content) can be created by anyone, but the bsky.app backend is NOT open-source, so there are not a ton of options right now.
EDIT: seems like I was wrong and that the bsky.app AppView is open-source: https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/tree/main/packages/bsky

3.2 Running a relay is trivial but expensive to self-host. This is because its purpose is to act as an aggregator for all the PDS so that AppViews can consume the data in a way that scales better. The Bluesky relay implementation (bigsky) is open-source: https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/cmd/bigsky/README.md
About 2.5 months ago, 4.5TB of storage was needed and an OVH server costing 150$/month worked to host a full-atmosphere relay (more on that later).

4.0 To make a comparison with #ActivityPub (the protocol behind #mastodon ), the AppView and PDS is the same thing in ActivityPub, and the concept of relay doesn't exist. There are advantages and drawbacks to both architectures, I might do a future post highlighting those.

5.0 With those definitions out of the way, some observations:

5.1 A lot of users self-host their PDS, but the vast majority of users chose the simpler option.

5.2 There are some alternative AppViews built on ATProto, but the vast majority of users visit bsky.app.

5.3 There are very little non-bluesky self-hosting of relays, mostly because of their prohibitive cost. Running the bigsky relay is expensive partly because of design decisions for ATProto and partly because it takes ALL content from ALL accounts for ALL the network on the atmosphere (in this case atmosphere == fediverse but for ATProto). This is like if your Mastodon instance queried ALL servers for ALL accounts querying ALL posts. In the future, there might exist relays that don't scrape ALL data but only a subset of it, which would bring down costs, but it's not yet the case.

6.0 So "is Bluesky decentralized?"

6.1 In theory, yes, everything that bluesky does on ATProto can be.

6.2 In practice, however, the most decentralized part of Bluesky is the PDS, where the user data is stored, and even that is not that decentralized.

6.3 Will it stay this way? I'm hopeful it won't, but I don't know. ATProto is fairly new compared to ActivityPub, and the ecosystem around it was mostly built by the BlueSky company, but I expect this to change in the future. However, the cost of entry for things built on ATProto will always be more than the cost of entry for things built on ActivityPub.

6.4 Things built on ActivityPub will always be more decentralized than things built on ATProto, because of design decisions from both of these protocols.

So, if you report an account, who receives the report? It says "thanks we'll look into it", but who is "we"?
I'm curious about this.
#mastodon

Estaba viendo el tema de como muestra las ediciones de toots la web de #mastodon... no hay forma de verlas unificadas? Y que aparezcan tachados o remarcados los cambios o algo así... Así lo hace la app pachli por ejemplo, creo

Literally the best underutilized feature of Mastodon is the ability to schedule posts. I am looking forward to the day, if ever, that this will become a part of the main UI so I can finally get rid of things like Buffer. I utterly hate influencers as much as you can possibly imagine, but this wouldn’t just be used by influencers. I’m sure you’re an adult with friends all in different timezones and you have an offline life as well, so you can’t be posting all the time, but you check your feed at the end of the day. You seriously mean to tell me that even though you’re not an influencer, you would not have any use at all for this feature? I don’t beleive for one second that no influencers would never utilize native post scheduling. #Fediverse #Mastodon

I’m building a new tool and looking for volunteers to test it! A #fediverse linktree.

It’s designed for two types of people:

Normies / newcomers – Think of it like a free, privacy-respecting Linktree. No trackers, no ads. But here's the cool part: it's a Trojan horse for the fediverse. Your profile link is itself an ActivityPub actor. That means people can interact with it directly in the fediverse, and it encourages exploration of open platforms.

Fediverse users, If you have multiple accounts (#Mastodon, #Pixelfed, Loops, a federated blog…), you know the struggle: sometimes you just want one persona to follow. This tool gives you that. It doesn’t post on its own (read-only), but it boosts all your other accounts and even has its own #ActivityPub inbox. PLUS it can receive and show your badges issued by @badgefed !

Interested in testing? Reply here, I will reach out in the next 24-48hrs with an invitation link.

For once, in an article looking at alternatives to Big Tech the Guardian has acknowledge (and indeed given a half a paragraph to) Mastodon....

Its not the greatest write up but might encourage some more people to join us...

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #BigTech

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives

just noticed a few other instance.configuration.accounts limits already added to the #mastodon api doc as 4.6 (max_profile_fields has already been around a while in #gotosocial

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Instance/#accounts

Finally caught back up on triaging issues for #FediReader

I'm now up to 52 open issues

So I should probably get working on those

Thanks to everyone who's submitted TestFlight feedback, mentioned me here, or directly submitted GitHub issues!

#Developer #BuildInPublic #SocialWeb #Mastodon

With my latest project, you can create a customizable invitation for your fediverse community, with your favorite apps and even starter packs.

Like this one.

https://invite.jointhefediverse.net/?server=hachyderm.io&apps=1,2,3,5&starterpacks=NjQ5,OTIw,OTAx,ODY4

Learn how to make your own: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/

#fediverse #mastodon #SocialMedia #invitation

Hey everyone,

@casey and @rania40 had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Sireen Mohammed (@sireen123)
• Saeed Mahmoud (@saeed200)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

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

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

hey #fediverse people using #mastodon on underpowered machines, what is your client of choice?

I'm on a #SurfaceGo with a Pentium Gold running #Fedora with #KDE and think that maybe someone here has a recommendation for something more lightweight than the default web client.

CortexImplant.com is a Glitch Mastodon server that is international, cyberpunk’ish and LGBTQIA+ friendly. For edgerunners, netrunners, cyberpunks, and all who want to become one.

This server has a post size of up to 2077 characters and up to 5 poll options.

https://corteximplant.com

You can find out more at https://corteximplant.com/about or contact the admin account @lucy

#FeaturedServer #Cyberpunk #Edgerunners #Netrunners #Cyberpunks #Mastodon #GlitchMastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

#MastoBlaster has its own #Fediverse account - powered by #snac

Follow @mastoblaster to receive all the updates, insights, etc.

#iOS #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #GoToSocial #ActivityPub

Working on the iPadOS version of #FediReader tonight, coming soon to an iPad near you

#SocialWeb #BuildInPublic #Developer #Mastodon #SocialMedia #IndieApps

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A sleek tablet displayed against a dark gradient background shows a news app in dark mode. On the left side of the screen, a feed features posts from Al Jazeera, including a photo of collapsed buildings with the headline about Pakistan carrying out strikes in Afghanistan, and another post with an image of Donald Trump speaking at a podium about a tariff ruling. On the right side of the app interface, a mostly empty panel reads “Select an Article,” prompting the user to tap a post to read more. The image appears to showcase the app’s split-screen layout and article selection feature, highlighting a clean, modern design built for browsing and deep dives into news stories.

#Loops has entered #beta with #ActivityPub support, allowing users to connect with creators across the #fediverse. This means users can follow and interact with creators on platforms like #Mastodon and #Pixelfed, and vice versa. Loops has implemented several technical features to ensure smooth federation, including a shared inbox, HTTP signatures, and smart content representation. https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News