jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Dear everyone.
If you post in more than one language, please remember to set the language of your post correctly. It's the only way the language translator works properly.
Many thanks.
Please consider boosting to raise awareness of this issue.
#fediverse #mastodon #language #posting #settings #translation
#Cascading #Wisteria 2 #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#wisteria #floral #flowers #mauve #purple #mauve #nature #garden #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
I found out about my neurodivergence only a year ago. A massive reality check.
I'm realizing I have almost zero social skills - just manual protocols.
Email is my asynchronous heaven.
Pure data, no pressure.
But 1-1/group meetings... Sensory torture. Calculating facial expressions and body language feels like a manual social engineering project that drains my "inner battery".
While others "sync up", my brain overloads just to look functional.
This is why Mastodon is my safe space - I can be myself here. I'm like at home here.
Have you noticed anything similar?
You're not alone.
You're normal! It's just harder, and you pay a much higher price for it.
#Neurodivergent #WorkLife #Mastodon #SensoryOverload #Accessibility #Autism #Neurodiversity #Email #Fediverse #Life #Work #Blog #Thoughts
@creativegamingname @ai6yr Have you considered #shitposting, screeching ineffectually about #politics, or posting about the #fediverse itself?
it's genuinely shameful how relatively little news & updates about protests in Iran against Islamist regime have been posted in Fediverse, and meanwhile the number of protesters killed is already at least 2,000 – some report it's already exceeding 12,000 and live munition is used against protesters end masse.
even worse when posts in support attract tankies & other clueless leftists saying it's CIA/Mossad staged.
freedom to Iran, down with this terrorist regime.
1/2 Hey #SocialBC users and all!! There is an announcement on the frontpage of socialbc.ca and in user's email inboxes.
@jrenken has been working hard the past few months getting everything ready for us to move from @mastohost to our very own made-in-BC space!
The full announcement and a FAQ is at:
https://socialbc.org/socialbc/migration.html
That page will stay up throughout the migration.
2/2 When we decide an exact date for the migration, we'll send a 3-day warning email to let you know about the details. We don't anticipate any more than 24 hours of downtime as the switch is made.
It's also our first birthday as a mastodon server!! 🎉🎂
So we launched our 2026 fundraiser!
Please Donate here to help us grow!: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?campaign_id=QLAVW3PLFM84N
Any Questions can go to me, @arbutus @trishalynn @dylanre @artbysarahsammis or @jrenken
Thank you #Fediverse and #Mastodon for all your love!
The Forkiverse making a real difference in further decentralizing the fediverse.
On #Mastodon there are now
413 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.
237 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@lupa (CZE)
@MelaNews (ITA)
@derStandard (GER)
@euobserver (ENG)
@untergrundblaettle (GER)
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
Asking for BAME citizens of the fediverse to prove there is racism is like asking an unemployed them to prove their prospective employers are racist.
In the UK the govt question what's the ethnicity make up of a company. If you see it's all white then you know there's a problem. The fediverse is clearly mostly white, so there is clearly a problem.
Let me put another example. Would you ask your mother to be hit by your father in front of you, so you can believe her ? WOULD YOU?
Asking for proof the fedi is racist is PURE and SIMPLE white privilege. And that's why BAME ppl get angry when you do.
@fedicat I just stumbled over your Fedicat app for #fediverse on iOS. I use it for friendica.dk and it is very promising!
Thank you - we really need this! ❤️
While I think it's good that more mainstream publications do more on the #fediverse the Search Engine/Hard Fork episode on the #forkiverse is a bit ... well it could have done with a bit more research. And "oh look how yanky it all is but we didn't read the manual to run this service but has an LLM Agent just do something" is cringe at best: You're not reading the manual but you want to run a platform for a few thousand people? That's not cute but shows a lack of care and willingness to take responsibility.
If you mention a group account (lemmy, piefed, guppy, etc.) in your post, fediverse clients should either remove options other than public for visibility of the post (unlisted, direct, followers only), or at least warn the user that their post's audience may not match their expectations.
#fediverse please help me.
Is there an equivalent of custom Bsky feeds on Fedi.
In my case I would like to make a feed that displays loads of specific photography related hashtags while excluding loads of other hashtags.
Ideally I would have a way to exclude some posters from that directly without using mute/block but it's not a core requirement.
For example,
Include
Photography,Fotografia,Photo,NaturePhotography,LandscapePhotography,StreetPhotography,PortraitPhotography,MacroPhotography,FilmPhotography,BelieveInFilm,AnalogPhotography,Mediumformat,MediumFormatPhotography,LargeFormat,LargeFormatPhotography,Monochrome,BlackAndWhitePhotography,Infrared,InfraredPhotography,fujifeed,Xpan,StreetPortrait
exclude regex
actually not sharing this one, loads of disgusting things that people probably block
#OverUnder 048 with @82mhz
You probably know his linkdumps, and his blog.
Today, he shares his thoughts about #Italy, #Asahi #Linux, #printers, #Darkmode, and Turkish #coffee.
Interesting read on decentralization of threat intelligence sharing! Random thought... I can't help but wonder if the Fediverse might have some future role to play here.
#cti #threatintel #cybersecurity #decentralization #fediverse #activitypub
Aus #Freiburg sind im #Fediverse die Stadt selbst @freiburg und viele weitere Accounts aktiv.
Vielleicht mag ja ein Fan ganz lieb fragen, ob der #SCF zumindest die Bridge ins Fediverse bauen mag.
Punk is now 50 years old. That's half a century ago. When those bored kids in 1976 decided to just do their own thing, the most popular contemporary alt music 50 years before them had been Jazz.
Punk came around and exploded everywhere, because the small independent music distributors came together to create one big worldwide network, which could rival the major distribution network. As a result, punk and reggae became worldwide phenomena, and there was a renaissance in culture which was felt for decades.
50 years on from punk, and we have our own version of that independent distributor coalition in the form of the Fediverse. Something which could very well be the mechanism for another creative and cultural renaissance in the near future.#punk #reggae #culture #fediverse #fedi #hope #future
oh ok so *here's* a neat feature of #Mastodon lists that I had hitherto been unaware of:
You can set them to include replies from list members to:
- No one
- Members of the List
- Any followed user
This is REALLY COOL. The 🤯 option for me personally is to be able to include only replies that members of the list sent to other members of the list. Great for "Local" lists, or lists for a busy topic bubble!
You can also change this setting later!
Une conférence sur les réseaux sociaux où pas un mot n'a été dit sur le #fediverse , il fallait le faire !
https://vincentbreton.fr/le-fediverse-derange-et-est-sciemment-occulte/
#RuprechtPolenz ist ein energischer Verfechter der #Demokratie!
In seinem #Kinderbuch "Wer bestimmt auf unserem Hof" können Ihr und Eure #Kinder miterleben, warum es keine gute Alternative zu Demokratie und #Rechtsstaat gibt!
In "Tu was!" erklärt er, warum er sich derzeit Sorgen um beides macht, hält ein flammendes Plädoyer für und an die #Zivilgesellschaft und gibt den Lesern ein paar konkrete Ideen an die Hand, wie Ihr selbst die offene #Gesellschaft unterstützen und verteidigen könnt!
Entsprechend seines Vorschlages Nr. 12 sagen wir #Danke an den Mann, den man voller Überzeugung das gute Gewissen der #CDU nennen kann.
Einziger Wermutstropfen ist, dass er seinen schon eingeschlagenen Weg ins #Fediverse wieder aufgegeben hat. Vielleicht könnt Ihr ihn überzeugen zurückzukommen! Wenn dieser Post mindestens 200 ⭐ und 200
bekommt, sprechen wir mit ihm darüber, dass Ihr ihn hier haben wollt! Wenn er dann kommt, verlosen wir ein #Bücher|Duo unter allen, die geholfen haben!
Digital Grandpa!
Das Foto habe ich am Sonntag in ner Mall in Nangang, Taipei geschossen. Die Hand ist unscharf, weil er schneller ueber sein Tablet gewischt hat, als meine Cam es einfangen konnte.
Er ist 91, liest darauf die News und spielt Pokemon Go.... ja, ich darf das Foto veroeffentlichen. Hat sich mega gefreut als ich sagte, dass ich aus Deutschland komme und schon so lange in Taiwan lebe ☺️
Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag. Alles wird gut!
Happy new year 🎉
We’ve just shipped a new patch release (7.8.3) of the #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin, bringing a range of fixes and improvements.
* Improved compatibility with Akismet, ClassicPress and Polylang
* Fixed visibility default handling for old post
* Improved the handling of Hashtags
Thanks @maxheadroom @jeherve and @linos for your contributions!
https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/7.8.3
Oh great, y small GoToSocial Instance now knows more than 10000 other fediverse instances. I think thats quite impressive!
#gotosocial #gts #fediverse #unplugtrump #dudgemacht #diday
If you think your "harmless" cloud photos are private, you're missing the bigger picture.
Modern AI (like Google's Vision API) doesn't just see a picture, it extracts your mood, your brands, your exact location, and even your social status in milliseconds.
Your photo library isn't just a set of memories, it's the most detailed dossier ever created on you.
This is why encryption isn't a paranoia feature anymore - it's a survival tool for the digital age.
#Privacy #DataPrivacy #BigTech #Google #Infosec #CyberSecurity #degoogle #Ente #Fediverse
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?
In der neuen Folge von #BlumeundInce hatten @Teh_Doc_Inan & ich vor der #Mimesis auch die #Migräne angesprochen. Zahlreiche Betroffene haben darauf bereits positiv reagiert, auch hier im #Fediverse. Es bedeutet uns viel, dass wir mit unserem #Podcast & #Vodcast Menschen erreichen und unterstützen können! Danke für jede der bereits zahlreichen Rückmeldungen! 🙏😌💡 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-49-migraene-mimesis-menschen-neurodivers/
@reiver The 3 podcasters who made the #forkiverse talk somewhat negatively about the #fediverse being nostalgic and populated by older internet denizens stubbornly clinging to old internet values.
They can pry these positive and open internet values from my cold, dead keyboard.
Hi everyone👋 hope you guys see & noticed my posts 😔😢😖 If anyone might able to lend a little hand of support.. Just for anyone that able to:cwy:🙏 Please your kindness & support will be lifesaving 4 me & my cat jury for couple days or even a week which I really appreciated alot. 🫂💚 Boost will be a big hand of help too 🙏🫶
Thank you guys very much.💚
omoshiroii.jj@gmail.com—PP📩
First #protip for the #forkiverse & #fediverse. Go to url <instancename.url>/deck (you might need to go into your Settings > Appearance > Enable Advanced UI, near the bottom, to enable this), and you'll get a multi-column view of your feeds where you can pin what you want to see. For example, theforkiverse.com/deck gets you what you see attached in the image. Enjoy!
RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/115884139000333772
New Hashtag just dropped!
#AISAM for AI Sexual Abuse Material.
Credit: Michal “rysiek” Wozniak
@rysiek
Because let's be real, it's going to be out there now, including on the #Fediverse and that means it will be a reason to #block #fediblock
#Grok #Twitter #X #AI #SAM #Moderation #Abuse
What #Grok generates is non-consensual and abusive. It is not "AI porn", it's AI sexual abuse materials. "#AISAM", let's call it.
Sex work is work, there are plenty of sex workers trying to make a living publishing their own works.
Conflating porn with sexual abuse materials is how we get to a place where independent sex workers get ostracized and lose their livelihood through being banned by payment processors, while a fascist oligarch can materially benefit from sexual abuse materials.
Stimme zu, es gilt aber auch umgekehrt. Hatte mich auch zur Ermordung von #CharlieKirk geäußert, obwohl mir dieser politisch ferner steht. Wenn jede #Blase nur noch „die eigenen Opfer“ bedauert, dann rutschen wir m.E. tiefer in die digitale #Polarisierung bis hin zum feindseligen #Dualismus. Gerade auch #Medienethik lebt davon, sie auch selbst zu leben. Denn inzwischen „prosumieren“ auch wir im #Fediverse ja öffentliche #Medien . https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/warum-der-dialogische-monismus-mehr-als-ein-anti-dualismus-dualismus/
Hello out there!
Instapix, our self-hosted, Pixelfed-based Instagram alternative just went live!
Why don't drop by and check it out?
Don't forget to boost and share the news! 🙏
Also check out our newspost:
* https://fediverse.foundation/en/blog/instapix/
All the best and have a great weekend,
Fediverse Foundation
#Instapix #Boost #FediverseFoundation #fediverse #pixelfed #Unplug #UnplugTrump #UnplugGAFAM
RE: https://sciences.social/@alfiekohn/115883115132088165
When Facebook starts acting fascist, it’s definitely time to move to https://joinmastodon.org and message on https://signal.org.
I've had requests for accounts to follow on here for specific countries/regions. There are many listed at:
➡️ https://fedi.directory/local-and-regional
This has accounts from most European countries, all US states, all Canadian provinces etc. (Some have fewer accounts than others though.)
To follow an account listed on the site, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon, then click follow.
To find out more about an account on the site, click its Fediverse address.
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social
Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 05 February 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi
#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
The Forkiverse experiment and why instance choice matters
https://maho.dev/2026/01/the-forkiverse-experiment-and-why-instance-choice-matters
#forkiverse #Fediverse
💬 Kurzer Hinweis zur Funktionsweise des #FEDIVERSE
Wenn ihr hier NUR schreibt und KEINE Beiträge von ANDEREN boosted (teilt), dann ist das FEDIVERSE irgendwann tot, da hier KEINE #Algorithmen Beiträge pushen
Auch Sternen (Liken) macht hier niemanden auf Beiträge von ANDEREN aufmerksam, nur ein BOOST macht es 😉
Vielen DANK für eure Aufmerksamkeit und frohes Teilen 🎈
Here at toot.boston, the state of the instance is solid - our fedi.monster hosting continues to be excellent, and our users are great.
This account stays pretty quiet - I mostly use it to keep tabs on chatter from other #MastoAdmin instance owners.
Its good to build and nurture community wherever you are -all we have is each other - hoping you and yours are healthy in the New Year, and best of luck out there! 💜 🍀 🍭 #fediverse #boston
I’ve been one of the people saying “we don’t need more users. we need quality over quantity” and i was wrong.
the way it’s going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.
So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.
edit: source for the graph
WELCOME to everyone new in the #Fediverse ! To find people, it's best to briefly introduce yourself. Just use the hashtag #introduction (english) and write a few lines.
If in french or german, you can also add the hashtags #introductionfr or #presentation or #nouvelleici (french), for German add #vorstellung or #neuhier
#tiktok #tiktokrefugee #tiktokrefugees #tiktokban #mastodon #pixelfed #lemmy #misskey #peertube
Having redundancy is important on many levels.
If we specifically look at the FediVerse, all of us need to realize the following:
* There is no cloud it is somebody else's computer.
* Having that server online costs money.
* cash is deliberately kept scarce by those in power.
At the end of December 2025 I received a dreadful message from the maintainer of a FediVerse server owner. It is the second of such dreadful messages. The owner had to shut down the server because the costs to keep it online where unbearable.
This particular case jumped out because the costs were about two and a half thousand dollars per month!
I immediately ask myself what kind of configuration was run, in order to justify that heavy amount of money to run the server. USD 2500 is on the amount of a monthly salary of skillful people living in highly developed countries.
In my country people have to make do with pennies in comparison for a full month's work
I have an internet friend who runs FediVerse servers setups, using freeBSD tools on VMs which cost him just EUR 4 a month per VM. If those two people had only met at the time that the second one was creating a server he would have stayed online for years, with just one month of his spending; 625 months to be exact. Per year that would be 7500 months which would be 625 years much longer than the lifespan of all of us reading this.
Alas they've had no contact and another one bit the dust.
All of us who are users on different servers, need to realize that somebody is always paying the bill
It can vary from just EUR 4 but can even climb to astronomical levels of USD two and a half thousand as I learned then.
I'm fortunate enough that I'm from a period where everything needed to be done from scratch
I'm one of the three persons who set up the foundation of the internet in my country. Back then we had a 9600 BPS fax modem from the brand of Telebit donated by the OAS. Linux did not exist. We used waffle as our BBS front end on a single tasking os.
When you wanted to fetch an image you had to go through Archie for search, FTPmail at decwrl.dec.com, to transfer the file, learn scripting languages, before you could get one image from nasa.gov.
You had to Binary convert and uuencode the jpeg file hack it into 64kB pieces, and revert the process at arrival, before you could see it.
All connections were once a week where you needed to dial internationally to upr2.clu.net which cost a hefty amount of money almost bankrupting the director of the University computer center who initially payed out of pocket.
I know how much the internet can cost when you need to run a server.
Always be thankful and grateful when you're allowed to work on someone else's computer on the internet
Realize that on walled Gardens you pay with your data, personal uniquely identifiable data. Walled Gardens sell your data for about USD 4000 a person.
Make accounts on different FediVerse servers so that you are not cut off, when one bites the dust.
Use your own offline storage for your important documents toots.
Used triple tier backup systems.
Remember that someone always pays a bill for whatever you do on the internet.
#FediVerse #programming #technology #OpenSource #redundancy #backup
Und hier auch mal wieder ein Lob an die Teilnehmer im #Fediverse
Auch wenn meine Frage vielleicht zu ängstlich war oder etwas hinterfragt wurde, was bei dem einen oder anderen vielleicht Kopfschütteln auslöste; alle Antworten blieben freundlich und sachlich. Es gab Hinweise.
So erwarte ich das. So war es auch ganz früher mal bei Twitter, bevor es sich immer mehr zu einem Hassnetzwerk entwickelte und nun unter Elon endgültig zu einem Faschistennetzwerk wurde,
Discover Fedi позволяет просматривать общедоступные ленты из инстансов fediverse без создания учетной записи. подумайте об этом как о просмотре витрин, прежде чем решите, к какому инстансу присоединиться!
функции:
* просматривайте общедоступные временные рамки из любого инстанса fediverse
* ищите инстансы по теме, местоположению или программному обеспечению
* фильтруйте только по изображениям (nsfw включен или выключен) или ищите по хэштегам
* сохраняйте понравившиеся инстансы для быстрого доступа
* посещайте инстансы напрямую, чтобы создать учетную запись
поддерживаемые платформы: mastodon, pleroma, akkoma, gotosocial, friendica, misskey
F-Droid repository: https://fdroid.discoverfedi.app/repo
Разработчик: @cmdr_nova
#discoverfedi #fdroidrepo #fediverse #instance #fdroidrepo #fdroid #android #applications #программы #андроид #mastodon #pleroma #akkoma #gotosocial #friendica #misskey
Da das #Fediverse ja immer alles weiß: ich suche nach einen Beispiel: ich fotografiere verschiedene Vögel, ich will die Infos vermerken und abrufen können (Aussehen, wo-wann gesehen, spezielle Merkmale).. Kennt ihr da passende tools?
Es geht um das Visualisieren von Verbindungen und ablegen von Informationen..
Ich will aber auch eine Visualisierung haben, welche Vögel traten zusammen auf, welche sind in der gleichen Region unterwegs...
Vielleicht erreiche ich hier jemand, Versuch ist es wert:
Das ist kein Facebook. Bilder von Texten sind keine "Memes", sondern faules Copy and Paste aus unbekannter Quelle. Screenreader werden davon u.U. verwirrt und Menschen im Darkmode mit einem Schlag glühend hell anstrahlt.
Wenn jemensch etwas zu sagen hat, lässt sich das (mit Angabe von Quellen wie News-Portale) auch schreiben, da haben alle was von.
#dud #dit #fediverse #mastodon #servicetoot
Millaisella esittelyllä houkuttelisitte kavereitanne, ystäviänne, tai ihmisiä ylipäänsä Metan someista tänne Mastodoniin? Tai millaisella olette saaneet itse houkuteltua väkeä tänne?
Kaikki eivät taatusti ymmärrä termiä 'Fediverse' eikä kaikilla riitä taatusti mielenkiinto sitä selvittääkään.
Oon yrittäny ite vähän pähkäillä, et saisin tuotua perässäni mahdollisimman monta, mutta en oikein keksi sellaista "kaiken kansan ymmärrettäväksi soveltuvaa" esittelyä.
Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse
It's Monday. It's freezing. It's time to get back to the usual weekly activities: having fun with the (good) tech!
Have a great week!
:blush: can be used in post or comment body. No GUI support yet. aria-labels To upgrade from 1.4.x:
git pull
git checkout v1.5.x
./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh
In 1969, NASA landed humans on the Moon with 4KB of RAM (really).
In 2026, a simple chat app needs 400MB of RAM just to show a blinking cursor.
We've traded optimization for developer velocity, and while I love modern frameworks, sometimes I miss the era when software felt "light". Is it efficiency we lost, or just the respect for the user's hardware?
#SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Tech #RetroComputing #Efficiency #Coding #Fediverse #Thoughts #Blog #Software
Dear Fediverse:
What is your main Linux distribution of choice?
Given the limited amount of poll options in my instance, I'll put up a few random popular ones, and will expect much of it being sorted out in the replies ("Other" option.)
Please consider boosting for a larger sample.
#poll #linux #distro #computing #fediverse
| Ubuntu: | 9 |
| Fedora: | 9 |
| Arch: | 9 |
| Other (Please tell us in a reply.): | 14 |
Closes in 5:01:22:21
"...have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that's "Fork" + "Fediverse")."
A new Fediverse "service"?
It's a Mastodon instance, currently running the current version, v4.5.4
I appreciate projects like the Forkiverse. I think bringing in new people in groups is exactly the way to properly populate the Fediverse - it benefits from every added community that already has shared interests, and continues to actively talk about them.
Welcome to the 3K+ people currently exploring the Fediverse for the very first time! 😊
RE: https://mastodon.content.town/@operationpuppet/109960351337252504
I understand we're having another influx of folks to the #fediverse. Welcome! Been here a while myself, here's my pinned post by way of an #introduction
Search Engine‘s PJ Vogt and Hard Fork‘s Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have started a new Fediverse called The Forkiverse (that’s “Fork” + “Fediverse”). They document their experience in the new Search Engine episode “The Fediverse Experiment“, talking about their motivations, their issues getting started (including a shout-out to the Mastodon hosting service masto.host), and their hopes for the future of the Fediverse (and the Forkiverse). It’s a great listen. If you haven’t already, make sure to follow pj, Casey and kevin ‘s adventures as they get things off the ground in the #Forkiverse.
Friends,
Here on the #Fediverse, now more than ever -- if you're willing and able -- we need you to share the things that lift you up and help you keep going.
If it sparks #joy, please, PLEASE share and continue sharing with the class in the coming weeks and months.
If it brings a #smile to your face, consider sharing it no matter how small.
If you chuckle at something in your daily life and tell yourself "oh that's so dumb, I better not post it", that's exactly when you SHOULD post it.
If you think of a #DadJoke that could win awards for being so corny, it is your fiduciary duty as a #Fedizen to attempt to make us all groan at your #silliness.
Some of my most popular toots were my most flippant #shitposts (in contrast to ones I've poured hours into crafting, that get a sympathy fav or two and then vanish into the ether..). It might feel awkward at first, but if you keep #shitposting it's like exercising muscles; it gets easier the more you do it. Consider exercising your big brain muscle and then barf the results here for all the world to see.
I know #hashtags aren't as big here, and a lot of people are against them but I find them invaluable. (I do wish we had a bot that auto-generated a reply to posts with socially/contemporarily relevant hashtags.) Consider adding a contribution to #3GoodThings, or tuck a silly #shitpost in a bottle and toss it into the great and fascinating sea called the Fediverse. You might be surprised who might find it interesting.
We need to flood the zone with #kindness and #happiness because I believe that's how we recharge our emotional reserves.
In doing so, it helps us fortify ourselves against the onslaught of stormy weather that is our real-life world. (Or at least that's how *I* usually do it. [I recommend augmenting with generous doses of cannabis as needed. {consult your doctor first}])
Having said all of this, it's important to remember we must strive to provide #empathy to our fellow passengers. For some of us, this is the closest we can get to #therapy. If people share their struggles and challenges, I implore all of us to remember that #kindness and understanding are radical acts of decency.
Above all, protect yourself by blocking "early and often". You aren't obligated to continue hosting a visitor on your digital "porch". You can simply close the door. You don't even need to have a reason. It's *your* fucking door and there's nothing that says you're required to buy what they're selling -- especially if it feels like negativity. I can tell you with absolute certainty that I've never blocked someone and later thought, "oh gee, I shouldn't have blocked them so fast." It's generally the opposite.
Alright, my friends. Today your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to brainstorm the corniest damned joke you can think of, and post it. Don't mull it over, don't worry about if it makes sense -- post it. Toot it. Bop it. Shake it. Twist it.
Bring forth the moments and shitposts you wish to see in the world, each one a candle that lights our way on this long journey we call life.
Let's see when the first Forkiverse users realize that it is a centralized project as opposed to the decentralized Fediverse.
Forkiverse has only one server, one instance, and one moderation team.
If users violate the moderation rules and are to be banned from the community, nothing will change if they create an account in the Fediverse, because all other community members will still be in Forkiverse, so the administration can exclude these users.
The problem will only be solved when the various Forkiverse users leave Forkiverse and spread out across different Fediverse servers. Only then will they be able to experience the benefits of decentralization. Until then, it will remain a Twitter-like community tied to a single server.
I just discovered that @palaisdetokyo joined the fediverse at the end of last year with little fan fare. I see they still haven't added a social link to the bottom of their website either but they did verify their URL here which is more then many institutions.
I added their account to @wikidata so maybe they will now automatically show up now on various #fediverse account viewing websites that source from there.
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q25395733
The #fediverse is the everything app that Elon wants to create. Forums, photos alls, long video, short video, microblogging, discussions, badges, bridges, blogs, streaming, podcasts ... Everything under a single protocol, a single universe and diversity of apps.
In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
487 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@SZ_de
@OndaCero
@quartz
@watson_de
@wweek
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
Hallo #fediverse, bin jetzt seit ein paar Tagen #neuhier und nutze die #mastodon App. Aktuell bin ich noch dabei relativ viele neue Follows einzurichten und meine Listen zu sortieren. Von Zeit zu Zeit bekomme ich die #fehlermeldung #tomanyrequests und die App friert ein. Mache ich was falsch? Meistens muss ich die App dann schließen und neustarten. Bin für jeden Hinweis dankbar.
An alle DiabloIV Zocker, wir haben jetzt ne Fediverse Gilde, wer Mitstreiter aus dem Fediverse sucht kann hier fündig werde. Im Moment sind wir noch zu dritt. Einfach nach Fediverse als Clan suchen oder mich hier anschreiben.
New stream intro may be live for tonight's Twitch stream.
Pushing the #Fediverse in this one - no mention of my Instagram or other #socialmedia anymore.
Just Mastodon.
I've added Twitter to my hard mute list. I didn’t join the Fediverse just to have people spam their Twitter links.
A good article about the #Fediverse from @forbes
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‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
💬 Die @tagesschau ist seit Mai 2023 im FEDIVERSE...
Sie haben es immer noch NICHT geschaft, das in eimem Button unter ihre Artikel einzubinden
I ❤️ the fediverse
A few of my contributions:
- Started GNU/Social AP support
- Started Pixelfed
- Inspired gargron to write the "How to implement a basic ActivityPub server"
- Tried to organize the first ActivityPub Conference (https://mastodon.social/@dansup/100286631732546033)
- Started the SocialHub forum (originally socialhub.network)
- Started https://fedidb.org
- Started https://fediverse.info
5 years on, I still feel so lucky to be a part of this.
Long live the #fediverse
#introductions Hi Fediverse! I’m a #Texas transplant living in Stavanger, #Norway for the past 10 years. You’ll find me sharing my favorite #Gardening adventures, #vegan recipes (yes, I jumped in with those first!), and life abroad.
Keeping up with everything going on back in the States has been challenging—and explaining it to folks here, where I’m often the default #american explainer, is even trickier! So I cast a wide net for input on this- #fediverse let’s see what u got!
An unexpected #Fediverse experience: I learned a post of mine on one account had gotten a reply, because someone I follow on another account had boosted the reply. Bonus points for the fact that my two accounts are on different types of instances.
Why do people find it so hard to spot AI-generated images? Just look at these obvious signs 🤣
#AI #GenerativeAI #AIArt #Funny #TechHumor #DeadInternetTheory #Memes #fediverse
The #Forkiverse as a model: ie converting podcast audiences to an instance makes a lot of sense.
It helps people pick a smaller instance (which still stops people joining the #fediverse) and it immediately has reach beyond the community (unlike say a discord server)
If this was to become the norm though it would need to be very very easy to do and I imagine the cost of this will rack up pretty quickly.
I had this random #baldursgate3 screenshot on my phone. I decided to make a #fediverse meme out of it.
#bg3
#Federation works once again:
@pj, @Casey & @kevin are already followed by many accounts, that are not at theforkiverse.com. And roughly 3 to 6 % of the followers are not even on #Mastodon.
I'd say it's good and one of the biggest advantages of the #Fediverse. No matter, where you have your account, you can connect yourself to all the other places (aka "instances").
I like the idea of the service and found this article quite interesting:
FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands #fediverse #bsd https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
RE: https://vebinet.com/@Vebinet/115876563888725506
As a response to the growing concern regarding AI-generated sexual deepfakes, we are taking action by investing more in safety and trust
Vebinet will have more resources dedicated to combating harmful content, including sexual deepfakes, to ensure that the digital space remains safe and inclusive for everyone.
Safeguarding people is one of our priorities and core values.
#safety #trust #Vebinet #fediverse #Mastodon #socialmedia #deepfakes #AI
Right: it is a #Mastodon instance. So all #theforkiverse users are part of the #Fediverse with all the benefits and potential that the Fediverse has.
Zweieinhalb Stunden mit #Hund Jimmy zu den #Weinbergen und wieder zurück. Muss ich wieder öfters machen! Einen wundervollen Sonntag liebes #Fediverse. liebste Grüße aus dem Remstal. 
@FourT4 In classic #Fediverse style:
"Welcome to the truly free social network, where there are no gods and no masters and no billionaires and you can make your own rules".
"By the way, here is a massive list of rules that you should adhere to if you don't want to find yourself blocked, muted and ostracised".
Hi everyone!
I've rejoined the Fediverse. I've been here on and off since the beginning, so I'm familiar with how things work, but I've just moved over from my Mastodon instance to my new GoToSocial instance.
I love popular culture, reading books, watching movies, and occasionally playing video games, mostly on the Nintendo Switch 2. I also do photography but rarely share my pictures online, though I have a Flickr account. I have one cat.
I'm currently reading: Robin Hobb's works. Previously, I've read: Terry Pratchett, Brandon Sanderson, and Kurt Vonnegut.
I use NixOS and KDE.
Nice to meet you!
#Introduction #GameDev #Cats #Coffee #Books #Photography #GoToSocial #Fediverse #Fujifilm #Guitar #Nintendo #Switch #TerryPratchett #BrandonSanderson #Books #Fantasy #Rust #Gleam
@biberle willkommen im #Fediverse ich bilde mich auch gerade fort zum Thema #Totalitarismus. Mit Prof. Eilert Herms gibt es da bald ein Kolloquium dazu. #Arendt
I am GayCookie (ColourfulDough, ColorfulDough, Ashley) 🩷
Queer, curious, and finally doing the "proper intro post" thing (again).
I’m into:
🌈 being unapologetically gay
📸 photography (especially everyday details & infrastructure)
💻 tinkering, development, and lots of nerd nonsense
☕ quiet moments, good vibes, and cozy chaos
I am neurodivergent (autistic, and currently exploring an ADHD diagnosis),
which means I love deep dives, structured chaos, and communicating best through text ✨
I am based in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Generally friendly, a bit introverted, and much better at typing than talking.
I have been on the Fediverse before, took a little break, and now I am happily back and rediscovering this calm, queer corner of the internet.
Pronouns: they/them
Here for: tech, queer joy, mutuals, and nice conversations
Not here for: drama, bigotry, or bad vibes 🚫
Feel free to say hi, boost, or just lurk. All good 💖
Happy to be back!
#introduction #queer #lgbtq #fediverse #photography #neurodivergent #autism
been back on Fedi for 2 weeks and already getting bot spam 🎉 very cool.
#meta #fediverse #aislop
Ooh, look #Fediverse , I made art! I'm really not much of an artist, but I really wanted to create a nice vector gull. No AI here, just good old Inkscape. I could probably add some shading, but I like this iteration so far.
#Gull #Seagull #DigitalArt #Inkscape #AntiAI
Wow wow wow wow.
Best thing ever. Awesome website.
Thank you very much.
Informative.
Very easy to read. Useful links. Well done.
#FediTips
#NewUsers
#Mastodon
#Fediverse
#Newbies
#HowTo
#GettingStarted
i was pleased to see that in action👍
yet the more i explore PT, the less realistic that feels. i couldn't even leave a comment on your vid on PT. Luckily the #fediverse is connected, so i can comment here
but the avg person can't/won't waste the amount of time i have trying to join PT. for me, the experience has been terrible😞
btw, while i'm here, any suggestions for #PeerTube instances?
https://mastodon.world/@WorldTravelerAll7/115795307733795267
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @haubles@hachyderm.io
Mastodon community director / fediforum advisory board certified goof loves birds importantly, earnest she/they
So don't miss it!
It will happen on 04 February 2026 at 12:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi
Or, even on #YouTube: youtube.com/@btfree_org
#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
Einen gemütlichen Restabend Euch allen und später eine gute Nacht. Liebe Grüße von #Hund Jimmy und Basti an alle Menschen und Tiere im #Fediverse
On #Mastodon there are now
413 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.
167 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@theintercept (ENG)
@tugatech (POR)
@cretanews (GRE)
@TechCrunch (ENG)
@ZarautzGuka (BAQ)
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115871869815709967
To all 2,300+ #Forkizens members of the new #Foekiverse we in the larger open social web welcome you! And see the account I just quote tweeted below for some helpful guides as to how the larger #fediverse works! Have fun and giganticly glad you are here! 🔥 ✊ cc: @Casey
If someone is asking for help with using this place, could you let them know about my account, and also let them know about my website? I'm totally unofficial so people only find out about me by worth of mouth 🙂
I have a website full of easy-to-understand guides for using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:
The section at the top of the site marked "Quick Start" is especially designed for new people who want to find out the basics.
Thanks! 🙏
In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
510 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@mymodernmet
@blogTO
@AgenziaAnsa
@ElleUK
@IlSole24Ore
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
Update ‼️
Greetings #fediverse
We have concrete most of the pillars and now remaining with the concrete lintel.
Here’s some new pictures after clearing some part of the grass. That’s truly a wonderful progress guys. Thank you all and more blessings!
Greetings #fediverse
As we are continuing to complete the house wall we haven’t received any help yet and we are facing some small expense like sand I don’t know if anyone can bought a truck of sand which’s 200€ which we can use and complete the remaining work. Workers been paid and some materials available for the work but no sand.
And we want to continue this Monday coming if anyone can help as nothing is small.
Here’s our kofi.
https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23
Or pls boost our post.🙏 🥹
RE: https://mstdn.social/@Sbarry8520/115674999002678883
Greetings 👋
Looks like we got 40€ so far which’s good. Thank you all.
But we are 160€ away from the goal and guys I please need you help to use and buy us sand to complete the wall #fediverse
Thanks guys and if you can’t support financially you can please boost our post!
https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23
Greetings #fediverse
As we are continuing to complete the house wall we haven’t received any help yet and we are facing some small expense like sand I don’t know if anyone can bought a truck of sand which’s 200€ which we can use and complete the remaining work. Workers been paid and some materials available for the work but no sand.And we want to continue this Monday coming if anyone can help as nothing is small.
Here’s our kofi.
https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23
Or pls boost our post.🙏 🥹
Greetings #fediverse 👋
Dear Friends, Family, and Kind Supporters,
We are humbly reaching out for your help to finish building our home, a project we've been working on step by step through the #fedi
we've made great progress on the walls and foundation. But now, we need to install the roof before we can move in and create a safe, stable home for our family.
The estimated cost for roofing materials and labor is 3,375€.
https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23
no matter how small, will bring us closer.
Greetings #fediverse
Yesterday we did some progress at the house. We are now completing the wall. That’s were the wall will stop.
We finally complete concreting the lintel and doing some bricks works which’s remaining! Hopefully before end of next week we might be done.
Thanks without you it won’t be possible and I pray God reward the generosity. I can’t thank you all enough. But with all my heart ❤️ thanks guys for any kind of support!
You can boost for other to see the progress!!!
🙏🙏🤲🤲
Greetings #fediverse
The house wall is going soon we will be done. It’s a long way and we are already close thanks to you all for the wonderful support!
But I need some help. Since we starts the house coming now the water we are using we buy it so this days I’m thinking of applying tap water but it’s little expensive almost 550€ and I don’t know if anyone can help out anything to help us get a tap in the compound.
Here’s our kofi
https://ko-fi.com/uggla/goal?g=23
Or please boost our post!
Thank u 🙏
Greetings #fediverse
So far we received 200€ and now remaining with 350€ to apply for the tap water in the compound.
If few people can help we can get that done and apply for the tap water which we can use for the house work.
Secondly I’m also thinking of growing some plants likes orange and mango tress so having the tap would make it easy to access water.
If you can please help out anything here’s our kofi or you can please boost our #donation post.
Update ‼️
We are almost done with the house wall.
The last picture showed the remaining work but we runs out of bricks.
Currently we have cement at the store which we can use for bricks.
We will try making some bricks tomorrow to use for the wall.
I’m still reaching out for some help on applying tap water which we can use instead of buying water at the moment.
Right now we are remaining with 320€ and I really could use your help guys #fediverse
Update ‼️
We make some bricks 🧱 today since we don’t have any to complete the house wall.
So far we received 230€ out of 550€ on our #donation for the tap water.
But we are still remaining like 320€ and I really need some help #fediverse
https://www.paypal.me/brandugla
We really needs the tap as we are still continuing to work on the house.
Received 230€
Total 550€
Please boost
Greetings #fediverse 👋
A quick update‼️ on our tap water project!
We are so close with your generous #donations, we already secured some funds needed for tap water in our compound.
A Huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far🥰
We now just 300€ away from making safe and reliable water in the compound to used. 🚰✨
Every donations/euro brings us closer. 💧
Whatever help big or small will always change lives. 💙
please boost or donate if you can. 🙏
On #Mastodon there are now
413 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.
182 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@9to5linux (ENG)
@antzuolagoiena (BAQ)
@RetroGamer_offiziell (GER)
@TheConversationUK (ENG)
@freezenet (ENG)
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115871869815709967
FediTips site is filled with valuable information, and the account is very helpful at answering questions. Of course there's no way for people who are new to the #fediverse to know that ... unless they hear it from somebody who's been around for a while .
So if you see somebody new hear asking for suggestions -- or you're inviting friends to join -- make sure to tell them about @FediTips
If someone is asking for help with using this place, could you let them know about my account, and also let them know about my website? I'm totally unofficial so people only find out about me by worth of mouth 🙂
I have a website full of easy-to-understand guides for using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:
The section at the top of the site marked "Quick Start" is especially designed for new people who want to find out the basics.
Thanks! 🙏
Welcome, everyone joining the #forkiverse!
The #fediverse is like any social media in that the "algorithm" gets better the more you "train" it. And by "algorithm" I mean cool people & hashtags you can follow (yes, you can follow hashtags, it's awesome!), and by "train" it I mean boost any post you enjoy.
The more you boost and others boost, the more good stuff bubbles to the top and even goes viral. (Yes, stuff on Mastodon etc. can go viral! It's possible!)
Most importantly: HAVE FUN!! 😊🎉
RE: https://fedifreu.de/@maikek/115871544144855567
Wir führen gerade hier im #Fediverse eine intensive Debatte darüber, warum auch sog. #Qualitätsmedien das Thema erneuerbarer #Friedensenergien seit Jahren meiden. Die Thesen reichen von Mainstream - #Mimesis (Kundschaft nicht herausfordern) über fossilen #Lobbyismus & nun auch der Hinweis von @maikek , dass die Kombination aus #Energiewende & #Frieden für Journalistinnen & Journalisten Job-gefährlich sein könnte. 🤔 Was meinst bzw. beobachtest Du? (1/2)
Are you in media or open tech? Interested in exploring the future together? Based in the UK or Europe, or willing to travel there? Protocols for Publishers in London next month should be awesome - and the conversations are ever more important. I’d love to see you there. https://protocolsforpublishers.com/london-2026/
Да я русский и из России, но я такий человек, у которого сердце вроде бы хочет умереть, но при этом я хочу помочь тем, кто сейчас в Украине.
Я люблю цю країну, тому що Україна унікальна і вільна. Я знаю, что несу бред, но у меня настроение Ивана Купала.
Если кто-то захочет со мной подружиться, то я буду только рад! Моя матриця: @l:x.fleacf.space#Fediverse #Friends🏳️🌈 🫰 🏳️⚧️
so I'm at work right now and can't exactly dedicate the time to researching it at the CURRENT moment but does anyone have any resources to explain how exactly the fediverse works and how to connect different instances together? im coming from bluesky which i have come to understand is not even a truly federalized network. anyways also some good instances for me to join? i wanna meet new people and get involved with communities but i wanted to ask the community here for some tips :3
Hey #Fediverse! Brauche Entscheidungshilfe: GrapheneOS (mit Pixel) oder e/OS/ (auf Fairphone6)? #fairphone #DiDay #DUT
A closer look at gaza-verified.org and why verified Fediverse accounts openly sharing financial struggles can be genuine, not manipulation.
https://wfree.obulou.org/kalvin0x8d0/verifying-trust-in-a-time-of-crisis
#fediverse #gaza #activism #humanrights #digitaltrust #privacy #opensource #mutualaid #solidarity #donations #socialmedia
🎷🦣 Mastoshare update — improved set instance page UX.
Now it shows buttons for popular instances and a drop-down for known instances (using @fedidb)
Set your home instance now, so mastoshare links will open seamlessly — https://mastoshare.link/set-instance?next=home
#mastodon #fediverse #mastoshare #opensource #buildinpublic #frontend #webdev
#OpenScience and the #fediverse .. let's get that ball rolling 💪
@jfietkau @jonny and @bonfire opened a brainstorm and evaluation on how we can provide better support for the academic world and #science in general to the #ActivityPub-based fediverse.
Various different iniitiatives are underway, and there's great opportunity to bundle forces and align these efforts where possible. Set standards.
Interested? Join the discussion:
https://discuss.coding.social/t/my-current-goals-for-activitypub-and-academic-data/750
Here’s a question I ask myself with genuine curiosity and worries about the first impression newbies get of the Fediverse: When people join the pixelfed.social server, they automatically follow @dansup. Am I the only person to find that weird and somehow unprofessional? #pixelfed #fediverse #pixelfedsocial
What are you looking for in social media? (1/N)
https://privacy.thenexus.today/what-are-you-looking-for-on-social-media/
Since you're seeing this on fedi -- or Bluesky, Blacksy, or elsewhere in the ATmosphere -- you already know the value of alternative social media that's not controlled by techbro white supremacist CEO's who make money by exploiting their users and working with their cronies in authoritarian governments.
But, what we have today is only the tip of the iceberg of what's possible.