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.

I can haz #orange? #🍊

A test. (Failed. Would be fun if it did work. Hashtagging emojis could save electricity. 🤣)

#mastodon #fediverse

Ihr wisst ja, ich fahre seit dieser Woche zweigleisig. #Skarkey und #Mastodon. Und ich denke, das werde ich auch weiterhin tun, dafür aber meine Accounts vielleicht thematisch etwas unterschiedlich ausrichten. Muss noch überlegen, wie genau.

Da aber ein paar Mastodonten gefragt haben, hier mal meine bisherigen Erfahrungen zu Sharkey im direkten Vergleich mit Mastodon.

- Das Zeichenlimit von 3000 lässt längere Wortexzesse zu.
- viel, viel bunter, verspielter. Man kann nicht einfach Faven, sondern mit beliebigen Emojis reagieren. Bei Mastodon kommt das dann aber einfach als Stern an.
- Apropos verspielt: Katzen, Katzen, Katzen. Man kann seinen Avatar zur Katze werden lassen, er bekommt dann Katzenohren. Und es baut ab und zu "miaus" (eigentlich "ny") in eure Texte ein. Seht ihr bei Mastodon nicht, sieht man hier, wenn man die Option "Katzensprache" nicht deaktiviert hat. Ach, und die Katze, die den Curser verfolgt. Optional natürlich.
- Alles ziemlich stark personalisierbar. Was ich allerdings zumindest noch nicht gefunden habe, ist etwas vergleichbares mit dem Deck auf Mastodon, wo ich mir verschiedene Spalten mit verschiedenen Timelines etc. einrichten kann.
- Es gibt einen Drive, also einen Medienspeicher, da kann man sich seine Medien auch auf Vorrat hochladen, um sie später mal zu verwenden. Oder nochmals zu verwenden, wenn sie schon einmal verwendet wurden. So kann man auch Bildbeschreibungen gut vorbereiten resp. wiederverwenden.
- Mehrsprachigkeit. Hier braucht man nicht die Sprache des Posts einstellen, und kann das auch nicht tun. Der Übersetzer erkennt die Sprache aber auch so. Funktioniert aber dummerweise umgekehrt nicht. Sprich: Wenn ich hier in einer anderen Sprache schreibe, erkennt die Mastodon-Übersetzfunktion das manchmal. Manchmal auch nicht. Ist eher zufällig, und vielleicht abhängig vom auf der Instanz gewählten Übersetzer. Auf meiner Mastodon-Instanz z. B. läuft die Übersetzung mit LibreTranslate, auf meiner Sharkey-Instanz mit Deelp.
- Ich kann hier Schriftarten definieren. Oder gross schreiben, oder klein, oder gespiegelt.
- Ach ja, hatte ich schon erwähnt, dass das hier alles recht verspielt ist? Hatte ich? Ok, ja. Ist es.
- Gerade wenn man so Spielchen mit Typographie macht, hilft es, dass es hier eine Vorschaufunktion gibt.
- Beim Absenden dieses langen Posts bekomm ich den Hinweis, dass dieser Beitrag andere stören könnte ​​

Wenn ihr Fragen habt, fragt vermutlich jemanden, der schon länger hier unterwegs ist. Ihr dürft aber auch mich fragen, müsst einfach damit rechnen, dass ich keine Ahnung hab. Bin nach wie vor am erkunden und entdecken. Manches verwirrt mich noch. Anderes finde ich echt praktisch.

Und ja, jetzt darf noch irgend ein Erklärbär oder eine Bärin mir sagen, wie ich hier ein Deck einrichten könnte. Oder warum es ganz, ganz wichtig ist, dass ich das eben gerade nicht kann. Weil Decks Teufelszeug sind. Oder so.

Vu qu'on est à la mode du tout souverain, je rappelle que cette instance #mastodon est hébergée en #france, sur un serveur avec des disques #chiffrés et que dès que j'aurais la fibre elle passera de #scaleway a mon salon.

Learning #Mastodon etiquette: so a short Introduction: I do research on #media, #journalism, #polcomm, #AI, #digital #tech, #politics and #democracy. I am based at U #Amsterdam and also direct the Digital Democracy Centre at U Southern Denmark. My interests are (too) broad, I am impatient, score high on #badhumor, energetic and generally optimistic. I am here to learn, frustrate Elon, and I will post mostly about work, but with occasional #dogsofmastodon, #running, and irrelevant photo content.

For people in the #UnitedStates:

As US-based #weather models (especially the UFS from NOAA) are becoming less accurate with cuts to funding for scientific research, I’ve added @stefano’s helpful, localized #FediMeteo to my #Mastodon feed. Over the past year I’ve found its Euro-modeled forecasts to be more reliable.

Find your location to follow at https://fedimeteo.com/

(And if your location isn’t yet there, Stefano will *add it for you* if you ask nicely. 🙂)

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.

i forgot how important hashtags are to spreading things on #Mastodon

#Wordle1677 4/6 #haiku to a 1cc pedophile brain

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛mind-numbingly dumb
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩signs with pubescent pube hairs
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩1x1x1

#wordlepoestry #reversewordle #wordle #poetry #poem

I tried to sign up 2 the #forkiverse ended up on the #mastodon.

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Withnail and I – 'Fork It' Plate https://camdenclay.co.uk/products/fork-it-plate

Upgrade v4.5.5 finished

#mastodon #upgrade #fediverse

🌟 Introducing BSD.cafe 🌟

Excited to present the first building block of the BSD Cafe project! When I registered this domain months ago, I envisioned a themed bar where we can casually chat about *BSD systems, Linux, and Open-Source technology among friends, acquaintances, and patrons. But like any bar, discussions can cover a wide range of topics while respecting everyone.

BSD.cafe will be a hub for various tools and services, powered by *BSD.

The first brick is a new Mastodon instance, a gateway to the Fediverse. Registration is open, and the server will be moderated under clear guidelines promoting good behavior and zero tolerance for hate towards anyone. Inclusivity, respect, and constructive dialogue are the key values of this new instance.

The main server is currently hosted in Finland on a small VM, based on #FreeBSD. Services are divided into VNET jails, connected in a LAN via a local bridge. A VPN system is also present and have been able to move individual jails to different, more powerful, machines.

Multimedia data and cache are hosted on another physical server (FreeBSD, within a jail), with Cloudflare in front. The aim is to cache and geodistribute data, reducing network traffic on the main VPS.

Reverse proxy (frontend), mail server, media server, and the instance itself are reachable via #ipv6.

The instance started empty. No unnecessary content was pre-loaded; I want it to grow organically based on users' interests and following. There won't be any preemptive blocks at this stage. Users are encouraged to promptly report anything they find worth flagging.

Join us at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe to build a constructive and inclusive community—a safe and relaxing space for everyone.

Our wiki, located at https://wiki.bsd.cafe, features essential links and articles related to the BSD world. It provides an overview of the tools, services, rules, uptime, and more information about the BSD Cafe Services.

A Matrix server, a Miniflux RSS Reader, the Wiki itself, and the BlendIT Lemmy instance are all part of the BSD Cafe services, with more to come.

#BSD #OpenSource #Fediverse #Community #Tech #Networking #Mastodon #Inclusivity #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #OSS #SysAdmin #Miniflux #RSS #Matrix

#Eurosky, the european #Bluesky, is announced for #January 2026.

What do you 🫵 think about it?
https://www.eurosky.social

#SocialMedia #Musk #Trump #Fediverse #Mastodon #Communication #survey #ATProto #ATprotocol #ATmosphere #democracy #DutGemacht #IDIDIT #SaveSocial #Umfrage #EU #European #EuropeanUnion #DigitalSovereignty #Sovereignty

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 ..

Links or it didn’t happen.

If you’re posting news, never just post a headline screenshot.

Always, always add a link to the original article.

Basic Journalism 101

#PostLinksPlz
#credibility
#media
#Mastodon
#disinformation

Dementia Don thought he was going to meet with Davros.

#Mastodon #Wednesday #trump #taco #sarcasm

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Dementia Don thought he was going to meet with Davros.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@docpop/115930755541521231

#Mastodon #Phishing #Cybersecurity

fedicat boosted

Doctor M. Popular » 🌐 2026-01-21
@docpop@mastodon.social

New phishing scam pretending to be from an official Mastodon account.

Mastodon does not send out verification requests like this. So don't click the link if you receive a message like this, just report it as spam.

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A direct message in Mastodon from "@web_helper". The message says "Dear Mastodon user, Our records indicate that your Mastodon account needs verification. This is a standard security measure to prevent fraud and impersonation. To avoid any disruption to your account access, please complete the verification by clicking the link below: mastodon.flexancervod.world/or… This step helps us confirm your identity and protect the community. Please complete this within the next 48 hours. Thank you, The Mastodon Team."

"Trump: 'I wont use force' to take Greenland". - CNN

If that is their 'good news' headline, CNN is just 'cherry picking' this one statement among many other vague and contradictory statements then 'crossing their fingers'. CNN is pushing their 'Wishful Thinking' as News.

#Mastodon #Wednesday #news #Taco #trump #aging #Greenland

• Mastodon tip for noobs: Follow hashtags!
• Me: follows hashtags
• Feed: fire hose of posts in languages I don't understand (99% German)
• Me: adjusts language settings to exclude those languages
• Feed: F%ck you, still a fire hose of posts in German
• Me: Mute, mute, mute(repeat above 2 steps 100 times)
• Me: Finally, barely any posts in German
• Me: Wait, seeing posts in German again. Mute, mute, mute(repeat above 2 steps 50 times)
• Me: finally realizes the lulls in posts in German coincide with night-time in Germany/Austria/Switzerland & when people there are asleep 🤦‍♂️ 🙄

(PS: "Translate" can be handy but I've tested it with languages I know & I do not 100% trust the results)

#Mastodon #Fediverse

sometimes it's good to be lazy and chill

#capybara #capybaras #fediverse #CapybarasOfVebinet #Mastodon #Vebinet

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Photo showing small capybara being on bigger capybara.

If someone is asking you to click a link to "verify" your account, don't click it and report the account.

You don't need to click any link or share any personal data, including your card number, to get verified.

#Safety #fediverse #Vebinet #Mastodon

@platymew Oh, I thought it was just my browser bugging out. That's a bad design change. 😐
You hear that, #Mastodon change it back.

@macberg nah, mate, it seems to be an actual change in the #mastodon code.

There's an "Issue on GitHub", where the code gets developed - it's a known issue.

I'd like to invite you, to claim this functionality back, as well. (GitHub is a Microsoft subsidiary, if that matters. You Don't need an MS account to register for GH, afaik.)

RE: https://layer8.space/@Sammy8806/115933604595220108

Just in case, you want your #Mastodon IMG ALT TXT MouseOver #tooltips back → THIS seems to be the target for your complaints!

🧵 3/n i'm still talking about IMG ALT TXT, btw.

For the actual toot, though, i'd LOVE to get a rich text editor, like a few of my peers have!

I'd like:
👉 font-face selection, or alternatively a substitute for the HTML PRE element - monospace, preformatted text/plain!
👉 i want to toot code/terminal commands, in monospace font
👉 cursive, bold, stricken modifiers would be quite useful for expressing myself, as well

#FeatureRequest #Mastodon

🧵 2/n i don't care HOW difficult it might be!

You need to "escape" things, strip HTML tags, do gymnastics?

DO IT! 🤬

Sacrificing #Tooltips #UI #UX ain't worth anything!

Make #tooltips render in a degraded state, if that's what it takes!

Even better idea: filter USER INPUT! 👍

Exclude/strip fancy #RichText formatting!

Tooltips, mouse-pointer-hover, #help texts were NEVER supposed to be #RichText!

You get line breaks, "\n\r", NewLine+CarriageReturn - the realm of text/plain! 🤓

#Mastodon

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

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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. 🫸

CC: @marte@bolha.one @kika@ursal.zone @mingueo@bolha.one @lffontenelle@mastodon.social @oigreslima@fed.sfl.pro.br

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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!

❤️ 🦣

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