#Notifications I stopped getting any #notifications from #mastodon over a month ago. I haven't changed any settings. Is anyone else having this problem? Any idea on fixes? Thanks!

Mastodon lists for people's posts excluding boosts.

Is this a feature of any Mastodon client?

I want the from: effect. Focused on the person.

#Mastodon

Person-focused:

https://fediwall.social/?servers=mastodon.bsd.cafe&tags=&accounts=stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe&hide=nsfw,replies,boosts,bots&title=stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe+%E2%80%93+Fediwall&theme=auto&limit=50&interval=300

― no boosts, no replies.

That's an example for @stefano alone. There are numerous other possibilities.

I should have thought of Fediwall a month ago, I had a mental block at the time:

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115481754400533790

#Mastodon #focus

Graham Perrin » 🌐 2025-11-02
@grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe

Mastodon lists for people's posts excluding boosts.

Is this a feature of any Mastodon client?

I want the from: effect. Focused on the person.

#Mastodon

Hello!

This is my very first post ("toot") on my very own privately-run, publicly-accessible, social network.

Why am I doing this?

Several reasons.

1) I do not want to be beholden to a large corporation. I no longer want to trust them with my content. My memories, my pictures, my thoughts, SO many parts of me I have voluntarily given for YEARS to a large, faceless corporation. That's going to end now. Not at this exact moment, but over time, I will be slowly transferring my content from #Facebook over to here. The important stuff, the stuff that matters. I have heard horror stories of people that have lost literal DECADES of their precious memories because Facebook arbitrarily banned them, without explanation, without recourse, without any ability to appeal. Something similar has already happened to me. My Gmail account was hacked a few months ago by somebody in Virginia. Shortly after that, #PayPal sent me a "parting ways" email and locked my account permanently (see attached image). There was and is no ability to appeal, there was and is no way to reach a real live human at the company to talk to about it, and there is no way for me to again get access to my account, after 20 years of a good relationship with the company. And, worst of all, no explanation or reason was given. See the attached image. This can happen to you too. I've heard similar stories of the same thing happening to people with their Facebook accounts because some AI algorithm decided to arbitrarily ban them. I have NO intention of losing decades of my precious memories for no good damn reason.

2) I don't want my speech restricted by somebody else. I want to be able to post what I want, when I want, without the fear that it will be wiped from existence because somebody somewhere else in the world decided they don't like it, for their own private reasons. I will not be censored. As long as my speech doesn't and can't directly harm another person, there should be no reason for it to be moderated. Full stop.

3) Algorithms and Ads - I'm tired of my feed being filled increasingly with AI brainrot garbage, with ads upon ads, with with girls in bikinis that won't go away no matter HOW many times I ban the content creators and report that I dont want to see that kind of thing anymore... because some algortihm decided to shove it in my face. I'm tired of having no control over the ORDER of the content being presented to me and being decided by a computer-made decision, rather than by myself or the flow of time. I want the power to control what I see and hear.

...and so, SO many more reasons. Three is just a good number to go with right now. I'm done with it, all of it. I'm going to control my digital destiny from now on.

Why #Mastodon?

Decentralized:

Mastodon is not a single website but a network of many independent servers, or "instances," that can interoperate with each other. This means no single company owns or controls the network, and ANYONE with the time, resources, and know-how can spin up their own instance and start their own Mastodon server, which can then "talk" to all of the other Mastodon servers, sharing content with each other. The way the internet was originally MEANT to be.

Chronological feed:

By default, your timeline shows posts in the order they were posted, without an algorithm deciding what you see first. This helps you avoid algorithmic manipulation and gives you more control over what you see and hear. Nobody else is controlling it anymore.

No ads and no algorithmic manipulation:

The platform is free of advertisements and is not driven by a need to maximize user engagement for profit because there IS no profit to be made. The focus is on connecting people together, rather than monetizing your attention and using YOU as a commodity to be exploited.

Privacy-focused:

Mastodon is built on open-source principles and doesn't harvest user data for commercial purposes. It offers features like granular post visibility controls and content warnings to enhance your safety online. YOU control what you see, and when you see it. I've only been playing with the settings and controls for a few hours now, and trust me, it's VASTLY better than the control you get with Facebook, which is essentially none.

Federation and interoperability:

You can follow and interact with users on other Mastodon servers and even other services that support the ActivityPub protocol, similar to how different email providers can communicate. Again, the way the internet was MEANT to function.

Greater control and freedom:

You have the freedom to choose an instance that aligns with your values and has the rules you prefer, and organizations can host their own instances to have full control over their data and community. It's putting power back in the hands of the people!

So, I hope that this is a good primer on why I am choosing to do what I do and why I'm doing it the way I'm doing it.

I hope you have enjoyed my TED Talk. 😁

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This image shows a "parting ways" generic form-letter e-mail from PayPal describing in very vague terms how I no longer have access to my PayPal account except for archival purpose, and I can no longer use their services. Here's the text from the screenshot: We’re no longer offering PayPal services for this account Sometimes we can’t offer services to an account for a variety of reasons, including local laws, our policies, or the policies of our partners. Based on the information we have today, it appears that there was activity on this account that we cannot process. What can you do with your account? Your account has been permanently deactivated. However, you can still view your transaction history, download account statements, or request copies of your data. Before you can withdraw or transfer any remaining funds from your account, we need to hold them for up to 180 days to cover things like chargebacks or other financial liabilities. We’ll review the account and email you when funds are available. How can you learn more? To learn more about the types of account activity we can’t support, read the Supported Activity section in our Help Center. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Wir müssen uns nicht wundern, wenn sich Neuankömmlinge hier bei #Mastodon unwohl fühlen. Die Flut an männlichen Besserwissern, die ständig den moralischen Zeigefinger schwingen und Andersdenkende sofort persönlich beleidigen, erinnert leider sehr an die dunkle Seite von X. Ist das wirklich die Diskussionskultur, die wir hier leben wollen? Auch das pauschale und radikale Verteufeln aller kommerziellen Anbieter bringt doch niemanden weiter. Ich nutze gerne #Linux und #FOSS, aber ich schäme mich mittlerweile für diese Community. So kommen wir bei Themen wie #Datenschutz nicht voran.

i managed to get #mastodon up to 4.3.15 but doing this manually is terrible and i'm not big on docker. i may just check out #pleroma instead since it has debian packages.

i think it's working? #mastodon

i'm like a year behind on my #mastodon updates and i'm almost positive i'm going to break it.

Folks using the official #mastodon client on iOS, do you also have problems when using the back arrow in the top left corner after visiting someone’s post? I end up with an unresponsive empty screen. Swiping from left to right does work as an alternative, but I keep forgetting, and have to kill the app and then try and find where I was again and again.

"Keep Writing" #JaneGoodall said to me.
Happy #ShamelessSelfPromo #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writers #authors #books #Bluesky
#Mastodon #Instagram #Linkedin #Facebook #Youtube #Pinterest #Threads #Belo

http://belobrescia.com
http://amzn.to/2mhpOIN
http://kdp.amazon.com

https://belooleb.blogspot.com/2024/10/children-of-shyes-from-origin-unknown.html

Have a good weekend #Mastodon! I am going to finish watching Season 5 of #StrangerThings and tomorrow, watch #TheGame between #OhioStateBuckeyes and #MichiganWolverines!

#StrangerThings5Netflix #Netflix #CollegeFootball #CFB #TheBig10

it used to be i almost never saw Dotard Tumor advertisements & #LIESocial posts on #Mastodon. Now i see them all the time.

Looks like I need to fix my algorithm😒

#Resist #Resistance #messaging

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Posting the orange dotard’s words is not resisting It's being his mouthpiece Congratulations ~WT7

I think it would've been easy to throw the #Mastodon logo at some print-on-demand website and be done with it, but I've always wanted Mastodon merch to be something bespoke, something you'd genuinely want to keep for years. This is why I chose the difficult path: Manually finding suppliers, prototyping, ordering in advance and distributing through our own shop. It's a lot of work, which is why it tends to happen as individual "drops" rather than a continuous, all year round stock.

well... seems like my vps decided to change my ip after forever and i didn't notice it for 2 days. #mastodon

Can anyone advise me on how to complete this?

I followed @bsky.brid.gy 's link, & the instructions,

but every time I try to "Set Bluesky handle:" by entering a name.domain, it gets rejected.

I've searched online and tried different things, but none have worked. some guidance is about setting an ATProto name? i'm stuck

Would appreciate some advice. Thanks

#Mastodon #Bluesky #Bridgy #Bridge #socialmedia #fediverse #ATProto #domain

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a screen shot of my attempt to set up bridgy fed

@blogdiva

Just doing my part to make the internet a better place 💙 There is really no reason to help Dotard Tumor to spread his vile filth on platforms where he is not even allowed. If people want to read the shit he spews, they know where to find it. His words have no value or meaning. We don't need to be his mouthpiece over here 💙
As is well known by now, repeating a lie, even to refute it, helps spread the lie

#Resist #Resistance #messaging #Mastodon #LIESocial

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Alt text a post by the Orange Tumor posted directly from his LIE Social site. it is scribbled out in red, and the words, LIES HATE BILE Not worth reading printed across it. his face is covered by a poop emoji. his name has been replace by Chicken TACO @realPieceOfShit i do not understand why people act as the orange tumor's mouthpiece & help him to spread his filth. Joy Reid pointed out that he posts something on LIE Social, and almost nobody see it. Then it's reposted on ex-twitter, then it gets picked up by every news channel and is spread everywhere. the media is the orange tumor's hype man. So why do people, supposedly on the left, give that piece of shit a platform on places like Bluesky & Mastodon to spread his filth? this is my effort to encourage people to put an end to that crap ~WT7

How to and Why Interact with Your Flipboard Federated Account
#flipboard #fediverse #surfthreads #bluesky #mastodon

https://medium.com/flipboard4business/how-and-why-to-interact-with-your-flipboard-federated-account-d2e022a01f5e

How to grow your Flipboard presence on the #socialweb https://medium.com/flipboard4business/how-to-grow-your-flipboard-presence-using-the-decentralized-web-1c0e034ba282
#Flipboard #mastodon #bluesky #fediverse

Be careful what you favourite on Mastodon. An old post can be edited with statements you don’t believe in or of hatred. Third party apps may not refresh the post until you interact with them.

#mastodon #fediverse

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

Speaking about #decentralization and Mastodon, does Mastodon official client onboarding flow still promote the "mastodon.social" or other single server as default option instead of rotating/randomizing across the list of known servers with option to type server manually? Without this #Mastodon will have to "block Missisipi" too eventually.
Yes, I referring to that decision of #Bluesky to block access to bluesky web UI from IP addresses in Missisipi US state due age-check laws adopted there.

Recently, we were asked why we, a knowledge & community focused charity, were posting to celebrate cultural and religious holidays.

We believe that the Social Web has the potential to be the most diverse space on the entire web. But to get there, we have to start simple.

We aren't experts. We're learning each time we post (and we hope you are too). Our goal is to provide the very first stepping stones to that, diverse, Social Web we dream of.

#Diversity #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Why we celebrate Diversity across the social web. Newsmast Foundation.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Awareness. The Social Web, especially the Fediverse, has a long way to go before it represents the diversity of the real world. The Social Web is dominated by the Western perspective. We hope that, by celebrating cultural events and holidays across our Social Web presence, we can highlight the many missing voices in the timeline.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Education. There are so many cultures and religions on our small planet. We are a species of dreamers and believers. It’s unfair to presume that a person would be educated on the experiences of others from different countries, cultures, and beliefs. But to welcome diversity to the Social Web, we should make a collective effort to learn. We’re not experts. Our commuity team are all from the English countryside. We’re not always perfect, but we try to take time to educate ourselves. We hope that by sharing that knowledge on the Social Web, others may too learn about the experiences of those different to them. Together, we can make this space more welcoming.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Acceptance. We hope that if someone from a group or culture which is a minority on the Social Web sees one of our posts, they feel a little more at home. In the past, the culture of the Social Web itself has felt unwelcoming to those marginalised by Western society. This is not acceptable. The Social Web is a place for everyone who can treat others with respect and decency. It belongs to no one. We welcome everyone, no matter their culture or religion, and trust that they too will welcome the diverse opinions and voices of the Social Web.

Dads.cool and cooler.mom are Hometown Mastodon servers for parents of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities.

https://dads.cool

https://cooler.mom

You can find out more at https://dads.cool/about and https://cooler.mom/about or contact the admin accounts @alex and @sydney

#FeaturedServer #Parents #Parenting #Children #Kids #Mastodon #Hometown #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🆕 blog! “Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!”

How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.

Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

And don’t get me wrong, #Meta is an evil empire and that wants to drain humanity of anything they can in order to turn a profit. I just want to be able to follow my friends and for them to be able to follow me. I scared too many people away from #Mastodon because I introduced them to it too soon (it was around 2017).

#Threads #ActivityPub