Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for creative people who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone who thinks that is a nice place to be.

https://sunny.garden

Posts on this server can be up to 1500 characters in length. This server is hosted in Canada and has been operating since April 2022.

You can find out more at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin @brook

#FeaturedServer #Creatives #Art #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Warum Sharkey?

Ich bin schon seit einigen Jahren im Fediverse unterwegs. Mastodon, Friendica, GoToSocial, Firefish – ich habe sie alle ausprobiert. Jede Instanz war ein neuer Versuch, ein neues Fragment von dem, was ich suche: einen Ort, an dem meine Gedanken nicht nur verhallen, sondern Resonanz finden.

Man muss sich irgendwann die Frage stellen: Was will ich eigentlich mit all dem? Und welche Funktionen braucht es, um das zu ermöglichen?

Sharkey ist ein Fork von Misskey, entstanden aus den Überresten von Firefish. Und genau hier habe ich gefunden, was ich brauche. MFM, Gruppen, Kanäle, Clips, Seiten – all diese Dinge ermöglichen mir, Inhalte auf eine Weise zu teilen, die zu mir passt. Es geht nicht nur um das Posten, sondern um Austausch und Zusammenarbeit. Um Räume, in denen eine kleine Gemeinschaft wachsen kann, spezifisch und geschützt.

Das Design? Endlich etwas, das nicht aussieht, als wäre es in den frühen 2000ern oder gar 1990ern hängen geblieben. Es ist stimmig, aufgeräumt und modern, ohne dabei kühl zu wirken.

Und obwohl Sharkey viele Funktionen bietet, bleibt es ein Microblog – und das ist gut so. Verständlich, klar strukturiert. Hubzilla mag mächtiger sein, aber darin liegt auch seine Schwäche: es erschlägt, verwirrt, verliert die einfachen Nutzer:innen schnell im Dschungel seiner Möglichkeiten.

Ich hoffe, dass Sharkey bleibt. Dass die Entwickler:innen weiter daran arbeiten, dass es wächst und nicht – wie Calckey oder Firefish – irgendwann einfach verschwindet. Es scheint ein Fluch zu sein, der auf Misskey-Forks liegt. Und doch: vielleicht überlebt Sharkey. Vielleicht bricht es den Zyklus.

Für jetzt jedenfalls bin ich angekommen.
Ich wünsche euch einen ruhigen, erholsamen Sonntag. Wir alle suchen einen Ort, der uns nicht verändert – sondern versteht.

#Fediverse #Sharkey #Misskey #Microblogging #Firefish #DigitaleIdentität #Plattformwahl #Hubzilla #Mastodon #ActivityPub

Darling, true connection blossoms only in the garden of honesty! Speak your heart's truth, even if your voice trembles like a shuttle in an ion storm. Authenticity is the most fetching attire! Be open! #LwaxanaTroi #Honesty #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon @allstartrek

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new release of #Fedialgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, counts the number of times each hashtag appears in your timeline even if people don't use a "#" character to give you a better sense of what people are talking about in the Fediverse.

there's a little bit of art vs. science here because some strings are disqualified from this kind of counting (e.g. a word like "the" should not be counted even if some maniac decided to make it a hashtag) so let me know if you see any weirdly high counts.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #Masto #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #mastohelp #MastoJS #nodejs #node #opensource #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #webdev #hashtag #typescript #hashtags

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screenshot of fedialgo hashtag filters

I've been called too loud, too dramatic, too flamboyant, too much. I took it all as a compliment. #LwaxanaTroi #TooMuchIsMyBrand #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon @allstartrek

Beyond excited to announce that our trader status was approved and we are available to all of our European friends once more! It took way longer than any of us expected but it should be taken care of for good.

Updates are not far behind!

#fediverse #indieDev #AppStore #mastodon

Mastowatch: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastowatch/id1662271463

Audracity: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/audracity/id6476069436

Kzoo.to is a community Mastodon server for the Kalamazoo area in Michigan, USA:

https://kzoo.to

You can find out more at https://kzoo.to/about or contact the admin @notsle

#FeaturedServer #Kalamazoo #Michigan #USA #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Eagle-eyed product developer @parkerortolani spotted something in Apple's WWDC 2025 presentation: Mastodon. During designer Billy Sorrentino's section on visual intelligence, there's a clear shot of @ivory. "It was clearly both a way to subtly show developers what they can do with their own apps, but also read as a sort of endorsement of Mastodon as a social platform," Ortolani writes on his blog. "Apple didn’t show Bluesky, Threads, or X. They chose to show a third-party Mastodon client."

https://flip.it/WaNDJK

#Tech #Technology #Mastodon #Ivory #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Apple #WWDC

The galaxy needs people who are bold, kind, and a little bit outrageous. Be the one who makes things interesting! #LwaxanaTroi #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon @allstartrek

@events #Gancio avec #Mastodon et #ActivityPub 😎

Raphus Social 🦤 is a better bird site, a safe and inclusive place for bringing together open minded people interested in technology, open source, games, and other general geekery. (In case you are wondering, "Raphus" is Latin for the dodo 🙂)

https://raphus.social

This server has an extended post size of 1024 characters and up to 8 poll options.

More info at https://raphus.social/about or contact the admin @raphus

#FeaturedServer #Tech #FOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

People just don't get Mastodon.

Even, in my case, people with a background in experimental art and political activism. I'm currently involved in endless online discussions about Mastodon vs. Bluesky, and people just don't understand what it's about and why one is preferable to the other.

The language of "instances" and "decentralisation" completely confuses them (and it would be much more helpful to use more understandable, jargon-free language such as "globally interconnected community servers").

Everyone thinks that in Mastodon/the Fediverse/a decentralised network you can only communicate and connect with people on your own instance, and doesn't understand that you can also post, read and connect globally across instances.

I am afraid that after 25 years the cultural hegemony of internet platforms is irreversible. Mastodon confuses people because it looks like a platform.

#mastodon #fediverse #decentralization

Just a reminder: everything you do on social media is public. Even if you delete a post on your instance, it can still exist on other instances, in the cache of search engines or private databases.

#Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse #decentralisation

Anyone got an idea?

Anyone got an idea?

So if you see me start following you from here, you will know it is me!