RE: https://mastodon.world/@WorldTravelerAll7/115594710015047999

Is there anyone on #Mastodon who has any ideas on this? anyone know people who produce merch only for "blue" customers?

I know most businesses are just opportunistic for money, but some (like me) will only provide products or services to good/blue people. That's what i am looking for if anyone has any suggestions

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶💙

I remember joining the fediverse and staring at this empty feed, feeling completely lost. Coming from algorithms that constantly fed me content, the silence was disorienting. Like everyone else knew where the party was and I was just standing in an empty room.

So I built @hypebot to fix that. It finds quality trending posts across instances and boosts them to your feed, so you get to discover what's happening across the fediverse without the algorithmic manipulation you left behind.

If your feed feels empty right now, give it a follow. It's there to help.

#Fediverse #FediTips #trending #mastodon #goingdark

I left mainstream platforms completely burned out and found the fediverse, and god it felt like I could finally breathe again without someone tracking every single thing I did.

But even here I kept wondering who actually protects my data when someone comes asking for it, and I realized I didn't want to trust anyone else with that answer.

So I run https://goingdark.social now because I wanted that certainty for myself and my community. When someone demands data or tries to shut down what we talk about, I'm the one who gets to say no and take whatever comes with that.

I pay for this out of pocket because it matters to me, and your admin is probably doing the same thing, maybe a father of three running a server from his home office, a single mom keeping her community safe between work shifts, an older gentleman who remembers what the internet used to feel like before corporations owned everything.

That's how this whole thing works, regular people running small spaces because they care, all of us building something no single company or government can control. We're doing this together and every small instance matters.

Support your local instance admin however you can. They're keeping this alive for all of us.

#Fediverse #Privacy #Decentralization #supportyourlocalinstance #mastodon #socialmedia

Just got done coding my website, and now it's time to kick the tires. I'd like to know if things are broken, how accessible to screen readers it is, and if webmentions are actually working. It's supposed to be compliant to the latest W3C design standards and WCAG 2.2a.https://simplygregario.us/status/2025-11-24/fingers-crossed/ #Testing #WebDesign #Mastodon #Webmentions #IndieWeb

mastodon.social has a spammer problem. I have increased my blocks 300% today, all were from mastodon.social.

Perhaps they've always had it and I just didn't see them (due to using Akkoma at the time, which has great spam protection) but now when I'm on other services (Sharkey) it is glaringly obvious the problem is mastodon.social.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@TecMundo
@TheHillTimes
@Womencom
@NBCSports
@WiredItalia

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

Built by @mho

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

I should make my own Masto instance… maybe.

What would this involve? Is it possible to have it on my RPi4 over my Tailscale or is that just not possible? I don’t exactly have the ability to port forward my RPi4, nor rent a VPS or something.

Does anyone have suggestions? It’s merely for a test.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

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

#News #Mastodon #Support
https://gaza-verified.org/

#OverUnder 043 with @jasper

He's a technical director that @florianziegler suggested to me.

I found out that we have many interests in common, such as #fixies, #vim and #cameras.

So, of course, he had to be invited to his series.

Today, he shares his thoughts on #Kaweco Sport, #Airtags, #fixies, split #keyboards, and #crisps.

#books #bookstodon #bicycles #photography #mechanicalKeyboards #fountainPens #blog #fediverse #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-043

Trying out the @newsmast client! Adds another layer to picking a server and making an account, as an additional tailoring of the ways I consume, interact with and create content.

#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

If we look at what #Mastodon did to #ActivityPub, we start to realize that #XMPP not having a client and server from a single vendor that is available on all platforms is indeed a strength, not a weakness.

Full timeline fetch in @IceCubesApp is a wonderful feature!

#Mastodon #mastodonapp #IceCubes #IceCubesApp

A second soul has washed up on the Lighthouse shores.
@alanj is alive, confirmed, and already following the chaos.
Two humans aboard means the instance is finally ready for the big leagues.

Directory submission imminent.
The Haunted Lighthouse goes public. 🌊🕯️

#mastodon #selfhosted #sysadmin #lighthouse

Ok, how do people get the weird purple quote text thing I see on mastodon lately? There seem to be zero documentation of the markup this thing supports.

#mastodon

New blog post!

It is about how this Mastodon instance is backed up daily without downtime =)

https://www.yevi.org/blog/daily-matrix-and-mastodon-backups-with-zero-downtime

#Mastodon #Matrix #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #SelfHost #HomeLab #Ansible #Proxmox #Backup #PBS #ProxmoxVE #Blog #GlitchySocial

HOLEEE SHIT.
Just staged Mastodon 4.5.2 on Lighthouse and Rails actually… behaved?
No tantrums, no missing gems from 1996, no node-gyp hissy fits, no Vite meltdown, no “rake aborted!”.
Assets compiled first time.
I’m in shock, wandering around like a stunned zombie.
Mark this day: 24 Nov 2025 — the day Rails didn’t try to murder me.

#sysadmin #mastodon #selfhosted #devops

🚨 attention #Plushtodon fans 🚨

#Mastodon's Mini Plushies have just been released: https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-stuffed-toy-mini

They come in two colors: Activity Peach and Interoperability Blue - and are absolutely adorable.

I'm only posting this message AFTER purchasing both because these items usually sell out real fast.

My little one tends to claim all my stuff, so it's a good thing they are two. I will negotiate to keep one for me.

Upside is that this official Mastodon merch helps support the team. So go!

#Mastodon #Spam #Phishing why are so many claiming to be #palestine refugees on posts directed to extort money???

@pachli btw, i love how you're visualising edits/diffs properly, with stricken reds and green additions! 🖖🥰🍻 *chef's kiss* 👌

...i've already filed an issue with the #Mastodon webUI github, many months ago, but i don't think they'll implement reasonable edit diffing any time soon.

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an example of reasonable edit/diff visualisation - deleted parts get stricken and highlighted red, added parts get highlighted green

Mastodon 4.5.2 has been installed on C.IM.

This update focuses on refinements and bug fixes, mostly around quoting, keyboard shortcuts, and UI behavior.

Details: https://s.ee/cfju

#Mastodon #CIM #Fediverse #Update

I am wondering how easy it is for a bigtech company to collect all fediverse data for AI training? Are there signs that they are doing that? In my personal opinion it is fine dat AI models train on public posts but i was just wondering if it happens...
#AI #trainingdata #fediverse #bigtech #mastodon

RE: https://fantastic.earth/@abnv/109393393007942049

I missed the anniversary of starting https://fantastic.earth this weekend! Three years and going strong.

We started with #Mastodon, and now we are offering multiple hosted services: https://stic.earth. Ask an existing member for an invite.

#communityHosting

This is not what I expected when first signing up for an account at mastodon.com

#mastodon #signupfor

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Screenshot of the website mastodon.com showing a mulching machine

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle !!
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auch als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/6M62aD9+qLS1ojbtcxVi8DLI/

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#sicherheit
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Endof10
#UnplugTrump
#Windows
#AI
#Fediverse
#Mastodon

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@FediGarden Hi there - I’ve just joined the Mastodon team full time, and part of my role is working on mastodon.social and mastodon.online. I’m just getting started and still in learning mode, but I want to say that I’m aware of this issue and the team is actively discussing how we can evolve in a way that both delivers on #Mastodon’s promise of decentralization, and provides a “safe landing place” for new users. I’m grateful for all the ideas and writing you’ve shared. I’m listening, and thank you.

Flipping.rocks is a Hometown Mastodon server for people who appreciate arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, fungi etc. and helping other people appreciate them. If you want a general Fediverse home that’s okay too.

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

https://flipping.rocks

You can find out more at https://flipping.rocks/about or contact the admin account @a

#FeaturedServer #Arthropods #Amphibians #Reptiles #Fungi #Hometown #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/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 from each site. It is an imperfect measure - and a vain one - but lets me know where I should be spending my time. No point posting on a network which is just bots talking to each other, right?

Earlier this year I built a stats-counter for my blog. Every time someone clicks from a website which links to my blog, it records that visit in a database. I get to see which blog posts are doing numbers, and where those numbers came from.

Until fairly recently, the Mastodon social network didn't send referer details. I thought that reduced the visibility of the network and lobbied for it to change. As various Mastodon servers upgrade, and admins opt-in, it is becoming more apparent just how much traffic originates from the Fediverse.

Over the last few weeks, here's how many people have clicked from BlueSky and Mastodon to one of my blog posts.

Total

Source

1,607

bsky.app

752

mastodon.social

At first glance, it doesn't look good for our elephantine friends, does it? The butterfly sends over twice the traffic. Game over!

But, of course, while Mastodon.social is the biggest instance - it is far from the only one. What happens if we slide down the long tail? Here's all the Mastodon-ish instances which sent me over 10 clicks.

Total

Source

193

phanpy.social

120

android-app://org.joinmastodon.android/

106

infosec.exchange

62

mas.to

59

mstdn.social

55

social.vivaldi.net

49

wandering.shop

48

fosstodon.org

33

mathstodon.xyz

27

mastodon.online

26

mastodon.scot

24

app.wafrn.net

19

indieweb.social

18

social.lol

17

tech.lgbt

17

toot.wales

16

en.osm.town

16

feditrends.com

14

mstdn.ca

14

piefed.social

12

wetdry.world

11

c.im

11

mastodon.nl

51

Sites sending < 10 clicks

Ah! Add them all up and you get a grand total of 1,773 visitors from Mastodon-powered sites. That's more than BlueSky.

Now, there are some obvious caveats to the data:

• I have a smaller follower count on BlueSky than I do on Mastodon.
• My posts may appeal more to one demographic than another.
• People may have strict privacy controls which suppress the true volume of visitors.
• There's no way to measure how long someone spends reading my posts.
• RSS and newsletter visitors aren't counted.
• Clicks from apps may not always show a referer.
• Some people may be on multiple services.
• Fediverse users can follow the post directly, so don't need to visit the site to read it.

And yet… no matter how you slice it, Fediverse servers are sending as much traffic as BlueSky!

I think this is brilliant. Web services should be able to scale from small to big - and each ActivityPub-powered site helps power the open Internet.

Just for completeness, this is how Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Lemmy do over the same period:

Total

Source

1,158

reddit.com

585

android-app://com.reddit.frontpage/

76

facebook.com

76

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/

56

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/

52

youtube.com

41

t.co

38

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/

31

linkedin.com

27

android-app://io.syncapps.lemmy_sync/

27

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/

22

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/

22

lemmy.ca

17

android-app://com.linkedin.android/

16

lemmy.dbzer0.com

14

feddit.org

11

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/

10

discuss.tchncs.de

10

l.instagram.com

8

lemmy.blahaj.zone

6

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1m2l84b/considering_making_the_switch_does_google_pay/

6

reddthat.com

If you add up all the Lemmy instances, they send about as much traffic as Facebook and LinkedIn combined. That's not a huge surprise - those platforms hate anyone clicking away to the wider web.

Twitter is basically the Dead Internet. I'm no longer on there, but I do occasionally search it to see who is sharing my posts. The popular posts I write get shared a lot - sometimes by accounts with huge followers - yet there are no comments or retweets and barely and clicks.

I don't do Instagram or Threads, and that might be reflected in their low numbers. But I'm not active on YouTube either - yet people there occasionally link back to me.

Final Thoughts

Firstly, my stats only represent my site. Your site might be very different.

Secondly, I've ignored search engine traffic, big blogs, newsletters, and other sources.

Thirdly, and most importantly, this isn't a competition! The desire for a "winner-takes-all" service is dangerous and disturbing. An ecosystem is at its most vibrant when there are multiple participants each thriving in their own niche.

I want a thousand sites, running a hundred different software stacks, some of which only serve a dozen people, or even a lone participant.

Diversity is strength.

#activitypub #bluesky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

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Logo for ActivityPub.

What is diifficult about saying "Someone can disagree with what I say and still be good friends, no problem" on #socialmedia #mastodon

Hmm, Ice Cubes has stopped loading my timeline and notifications. Been this way for a couple days now. Anyone have recs for a Masto app?

#askfedi #mastodon

On #Mastodon there are now
412 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

175 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@musikblog (GER)
@NDR (GER)
@pixelsfr (FRA)
@dagen (SWE)
@OrioGuka (BAQ)

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

Built by @mho

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

Hat jemand damit Erfahrung eine eigene Mastodon Instanz auf einen Raspberry Pi zu hosten?
Habe einen geschenkt bekommen und würde das gerne probieren.
#raspberrypi
#mastodon

🆕 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/
⸻
#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

Unsere #Mastodon Instanz

- c64.social

läuft jetzt mit Version 4.5.2

#mastoadmin #upgrade #security #fediverse

Anyone know what's going on with qaf.men? Site's been down for like a week

#mastodon #QAF #QAFmen #fediverse #theSystemIsDown

"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

(Linux news in previous posts of thread)

FOSS NEWS

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role:
https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/

TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/mozilla-tabs-api-ai-web-agents

Firefox recent updates improve tab group handling:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/firefox-recent-updates-improve-tab-group-handling/

Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-147-XDG-Base-Directory

A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/a-great-showcase-of-open-source-blender-5-0-is-out-with-completely-overhauled-colour-management/

GIMP 3.2 RC1 launches with proper SVG export, improved text editor, and UI enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/gimp-3-2-rc1-launches-with-proper-svg-export-improved-text-editor-and-ui-enhancements/

Signal to add pinned messages feature for chats on all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/signal-to-add-pinned-messages-feature-for-chats-on-all-platforms/

Bluesky adds new moderation tools with expanded categories & a unified enforcement system:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/bluesky-adds-new-moderation-tools-with-expanded-categories-and-a-unified-enforcement-system/

Proton Mail apps update adds navigation features on iOS and Android:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/proton-mail-apps-update-adds-navigation-features-on-ios-and-android/

diVine is Vine back from the dead, thanks (in part) to Jack Dorsey:
https://betanews.com/2025/11/17/divine-is-vine-back-from-the-dead-thanks-in-part-to-jack-dorsey/

Spotube 5.1 released with audio source plugins, NewPipe integration on desktop, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/spotube-5-1-released-with-audio-source-plugins-newpipe-integration-on-desktop-and-more/

Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Sponsorship-Tiers

Cryptomator 1.18 desktop now lets you restore lost or damaged master keys & vault config:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/cryptomator-1-18-desktop-now-lets-you-restore-lost-or-damaged-master-keys-and-vault-config/

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/earth-2140-remake-on-openra-engine-opene2140-gets-a-first-release/

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

(more FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #Firefox #Blender #GIMP #Signal #Bluesky #Proton #ProtonMail #Vine #diVine #Spotube #Servo #Cryptomator #OpenE2140 #Earth2140 #Zork #Zork1 #ZorkI #ZorkII #ZorkIII #BrowserEngine #Browser #WebBrowser #SocialMedia #Chat #ChatApp #Email #EmailService #Gaming #FOSSGaming #OpenSourceGame #FosseryTech

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

«La superioridad, técnica, social, medioambiental, del #SoftwareLibre por sobre el #software privativo, es la superioridad, técnica, social, medioambiental, del (verdadero) #comunismo por sobre el (verdadero) #capitalismo.»
A #debate.
#mastodon #marx #tech #política #economía #mastodonleft #izquierda #derecha #ciencia #solidaridad #ecología #desarrollo #tecnología #mastodondebate

Trying to use the weekend productively, but having trouble switching my #python #github jekyll blog over #codeberg ... anyone already done this and ported from github to codeberg without having to reformat all your old .md posts and files??? #coding #mastodon #opensource #askfedi #academicchatter #python

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@WhatHiFi
@UsbeketRica
@19thnews
@TechRadar
@cosmopolitan

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

Built by @mho

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

Servers are safer to use if a setting called "authorized fetch" (also known as "secure mode") is switched on. Ordinary members cannot activate it, it can only be activated by the server's admin.

When it's activated it makes blocks much more effective and greatly reduces unwanted interactions.

You might want to ask your server admin to switch it on. If they're unsure about it, they can find lots more info and step-by-step instructions at https://fedi.tips/authorized-fetch

#FediTips #Mastodon

Arrrr matey … it’s another #Caturday on the good ship #mastodon

#cat #pirates

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Cat face with one eye shut and one fang showing that has it looking like a pirate saying ARRRRR

Wow .. I got a Republic Check Visit [Root](sjeveni) .. Nice album .. Anyway, I am glad that without paying to to share my sites, you are sharing them. And the funny detail of it is, that I don't know your opinion about them, and I didn't provide you a way to do it, easly. Or maybe you are not using #Mastodon or maybe you don't understand how #Github work. Those are the options for you, to give me a feedback about it.

Pending quote posts should include the URL of the post instead of just a message it is pending and the "learn more" link, imo. Then, once the OP poster makes a decision, either make it a quote post or traditional link preview, if refused.

If the poster, after a set period of time, does nothing, it should then be treated as a link preview. #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

It's possible, the later actions are in there, I haven't looked too deep, but meanwhile, a link should be included initially in case the authorization is taking a while because the OP poster doesn't act.

Danke, @jochenwettach 🙏 - diese Analyse erklärt auch, warum ich hier auf #Mastodon als christdemokratischer #Solarpunk oft eher dualistisch angefeindet als dialogisch begrüßt werde. Der #Mitweltschutz gilt in #Deutschland inzwischen als „linkes“ Thema, #Demografie wiederum als „rechts“. Ich versuche, gegen diese ideologischen Verhärtungen mit #Wissenschaft & #Dialog anzugehen. Doch das ist oft ganz schön schwer…

@angeldruckt @PhoebeEule https://energiewinde.orsted.de/koepfe-der-energiewende/michael-blume-antisemitismus-ressourcenfluch-oel-gas-konflikte-interview

On #Mastodon there are now
412 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

254 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@volkskrant (NLD)
@meduza_en (ENG)
@origamimedia (FRA)
@apfeltalk (GER)
@bastamedia (FRA)

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

Built by @mho

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

Hey folks,

@aseelfromgz and I had the pleasure of welcoming two new families to Gaza Verified today.

They are:

• Nour (@nour_s) – please send her some love as the genocidal Israeli army bombed a position near her home while we were talking
• Saeed (@saeeeed)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse, follow their accounts, and, if you can, donate to their fundraisers.

You can see a list of our Gaza Verified families who have Chuffed or GoFundMe accounts, sorted by those who’ve received the least in donations over the last seven days, at:

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

Nour’s donation link uses PayPal so she’s not on that list, but here’s her fundraiser: https://paypal.com/donate/?campaign_id=AZGLMWUYP9D5G

💕

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

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115588762614894263

This is also why my activity on #Mastodon has been quite low this week, I’ve been feeling drained by how often people in my life make assumptions about me and my beliefs.

Edit: At least I’m going to therapy, so I have a space to talk about this and work through it.

toot.io relay service boosted

Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ » 🌐 2025-11-21 / 2025-11-21
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza

Lately, I’ve been feeling burned out by how much people in my life assume things about me and my beliefs, so let's talk about it.

I spend some parts (not all) of my evenings online, usually from around 20:00 to 22:00 or sometimes even until midnight (00:00), not because I am consumed by politics but because I like to learn and reflect on how society could be better. I enjoy exploring ideas about justice, solidarity, and human rights in a way that feels meaningful to me. For me, spending that time thoughtfully isn’t very different from someone watching TV or listening to the radio; it’s just how I choose to connect with the world and grow my understanding.

I understand that not everyone sees it the same way, and sometimes people struggle to accept that we can hold different opinions and still respect each other. My political beliefs lean towards peace, mutual aid, trans/queer rights, and syndicalism, ideas about organizing communities and workplaces together in a fair and just way. I don’t obsess over politics or get caught up in constant debates, because I believe we can disagree on many things and still find common ground in kindness and shared values about dignity and freedom.

I also think more people need to understand that everyone grows and changes over time. We learn new skills, find new interests, and move beyond old hobbies, that’s just part of life. Agreeing to disagree should be something we accept more easily. Believing someone spends their entire day online, especially when that person has a job and responsibilities, just doesn’t make sense to me.

I truly appreciate quiet moments alone, listening to music in the city center, and taking in the world around me. Even if we see things differently, there’s always space for respect, kindness, and remembering that people are more than just assumptions.

#MentalHealth #FamilyIssues #Family #Anarchism #Syndicalism #Socialism

Hey @elk fans, we have a new release on https://elk.zone -- please try it out & enjoy! :)

https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/releases/tag/v0.17.0

#elk #mastodev #mastodon

Kom op dames en heren, meisjes en jongens en iedereen daar tussenin.

Laat het team dat jouw #Mastodon Instance beheert 2025 succesvol eindigen.

Een contributie van 2 Euro per maand helpt hen een heleboel in hun maandelijkse strijd om de boel in de lucht te houden.

Afgezet tegen het aantal en de hoge kwaliteit van de toots en discussies alhier is dat het goedkoopste december cadeau dat je hen en jezelf kunt geven.

Voor gebruikers van Mastodon World:
https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld
#Sinterklaas

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Dit is een #Sinterklaas oproep om je Mastodon Instance te ondersteunen Sinterklaas draagt zijn traditionele rode tabberd en mijter, afgezet met goud. Hij heeft een lange, witte baard en kijkt de kijker aan met een vriendelijke, lachende uitdrukking. Hij zit op een wit paard met een bruin hoofdstel en Sinterklaas heeft rode bandages om de benen, wat past bij zijn kleding. Hij houdt zijn lange, gouden staf met de krul in zijn rechterhand. Over de rug van het paard hangt een grote rode zak gevuld met cadeaus, herkenbaar aan goudgekleurde strikken en inpakpapier.r. De achtergrond toont een getekend besneeuwd landschap, passend bij een winterse sfeer. Er zijn verschillende houten huisjes zichtbaar, bedekt met sneeuw op de daken, wat een gezellige, traditionele uitstraling geeft. De grond is bedekt met sneeuw, en er dwarrelen lichte sneeuwvlokjes door de lucht. Rechts, op een van de daken is een klein, groen en blauw Maston World logo te zien. De afbeelding bevat duidelijke Nederlandse tekst, in eht wit op een rode achtergrond om een boodschap over te brengen: Bovenaan: Ondersteun je Mastodon server en geef een cadeau aan jezelf voor een heel jaar plezier op Mastodon Onderaan: Voor Mastodon.world: https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld (Dit is de call-to-action met de specifieke URL voor donaties). De illustratie gebruikt de feestelijke en gulle aard van Sinterklaas om mensen aan te moedigen om financieel bij te dragen aan hun Mastodon-server.

Self-hosted Delta Chat?

I've been thinking more about the hurtle of getting friends and family to use federated/self-hosted services. One of the issues to onboarding is people not "getting" the idea of picking an instance. This has led, in part, to "default" instances, like mastadon.social, that grow so large it almost defeates the idea.

I've been thinking that I really wish #DeltaChat had a web client. I have had a MUCH more difficult time getting folks to try that out than even #fediverse SNS. But I was thinking how the heck are you going to pull that off without @delta having to host the overhead for a robust web client and possibly host a gigantic server system that has to grow exponentially to keep everyone's email from all the possible email providers, really defeating the goal of their project.

This morning, I thought of a possible solution to both problems. What if you have a built-in transfer requirement. So you start with a default, say pleb.joinmastodon.org or noob.delta.chat and after a certain time (3 months or something) you have to either transfer to a new instance, including hosting your own client for in browser decryption web access to your encrypted mail chats or your account (in the case of #mastodon) or web client access (in the case of Delta Chat) is shut off.

Do you think this could work?

@delta_chat

Wishing a great day and a great weekend to all #vegans of #mastodon!

❤️ 🐔 🐮 🐷 ❤️

#compassion #ethics #veganfortheanimals

How far will it go this time?
This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more.
That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma…

If you see it, please share it.

#SocialMedia !fediverse@piefed.social

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The colorful Fediverse-logo

Raw numbers are perhaps not enough to get across just how bad the centralisation of the Fediverse by mastodon.social is. I've done a chart to show this visually, hopefully this will make the situation clearer?

Given the circumstances, getting people to join other servers except mastodon.social would greatly help decentralise the Fediverse. It's no longer big vs medium vs small, it's more like supergiant deathstar mastodon.social vs everyone else 😞

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastodonSocial

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Graph showing twelve different Mastodon servers with their percentage of the active Fediverse on the Y axis. Mastodon.social has almost 30% of active Fediverse users while all other servers have about 1% or less. Caption under chart says "Largest Mastodon servers vs % of active Fediverse, 21st November 2025, data from FediDB.com" Another caption next to the bar for mastodon.social says "Percentage occupied by mastodon.social is growing! It used to be less than 15%! JoinMastodon.org and official Mastodon apps are STILL promoting mastodon.social!"

突然發現Mastodon 能使用類似分享貼文的東西，好像叫……“引用”？
#mastodon

A hoi hoi #mastodon v4.5.2 #elbmatsch

"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

**“The Haunted Lighthouse Ltd is officially lit.
A small, quiet corner of the internet — built slowly, run properly, and always privacy-first.

Hosting, open-source infrastructure, and calm social spaces from our Manx outpost.

More soon. The beacon is on.

#mastodon #SelfHosted #Fediverse #OpenSource #Sysadmin #IndieWeb #PrivacyTech #IsleOfMan”**

🔴🇺🇸Zelensky will be deposed if he considers any of Trumps plan: Bullshit American promises filled with “may, might, maybe” language proving a Budapest 2.0 with no real secured guarantees at all (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4061099-us-offers-ukraine-security-guarantees-similar-to-natos-axios.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Press #News #Media #USA #US #UN #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Mastodon

I could use some #FediHelp with some website traffic weirdness I have encountered.

I use a #WordPress blog with the #ActivityPub plugin. This means that I get #Fediverse -based requests that look like this in the #Apache logs:

"POST /wp-json/activitypub/1.0/actors/1/inbox HTTP/1.1"

So far, so unspectacular. In the latest logs - spanning from 20/Nov/2025:01:49:32 to 21/Nov/2025:05:49:47 - I've had 2046 such requests. Most of these are one-time affairs.

However, 1099 of these requests are from mastodon.sdf.org , which is very suspicious. They are very evenly spread, too - a new request comes every minute or two.

This instance is on #Mastodon 4.1.25. Does this version have a known bug where it sends the same request over and over again?

@SDF

One of the things you learn when you take a closer look at Apache web server logs is which #Mastodon instances haven't updated in a while.

Looking at you,

https://mastodon.sdf.org/about

You know…I’m pretty sure that the #fediverse and #mastodon in particular has enough delightful geeks and nerds that if I put out a call to come join a Nerf-armed Macedonian phalanx so that the Zergling could command their own army of nerf-pikes in the cul-de-sac. It’s several months away, I’m halfway tempted…

i finally got these tiny little guys to eat from my hand! 🥰💙

i don't know the species of #bird (anyone? #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdsofFediverse ?)

i have a vid of one sneaking in as some #pigeons eat. or, they come over when the #doves come to me for food at the pool

once one almost ate from my hand but a dove pecked it & ran it off. like they do to their own in the #video

it's too big for #Mastodon, so i put it w/ my other #pigeon vid on substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/worldtravelerall7/p/i-dont-know-how-to-post-this-on-mastodon?r=56nrnz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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little bird eating from my hand ~WT7

Is it wrong for me to hope that this stupid AI bubble bursts? 🤔

Yes, okay, in a way it is, because a hell of a lot of people work for the companies that would be severely affected.

And now I'm answering my own questions 😂

#mastodon #fediverse #ai #aibubble #world #stock #stockmarket #wealth

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@crp/115544246500572059

A week ago I was complaining about not being able to change my username on Mastodon and we had a couple of conversations with @jerry who explained that I could try to change it directly manually but with the risk of having consequences and strange behaviors in terms of followers and account data.
He did it today, changed my username to one I had chosen, and everything seems to be working fine. We'll see if anything goes wrong; I haven't checked it in detail yet.
Ultimately, it's about testing and using the software in different ways and seeing what happens.
I know from Jerry that Mastodon has plans to add a username change feature, but it's not available yet.
Many thanks to Jerry for his willingness to help. Hugs, Jerry!

PS: So now I am "crp@infosec.exchange"

#username #mastodon #infosecexchange

@cbarbermd

thankfully i don't see people post the Orange Tumor's #LIESocial posts directly into #Mastodon often (like when i was on #bluesky ), but when i do...

Why? why act as his mouthpiece? why help him spread his lies & filth?

As Joy Reid said, No one reads LIE Social, but it gets reposted on ex-twitter, then Corp media repeats it everywhere.

but we shouldn't have to see it here, so I went ahead & fixed it for you. next time i hope you #Resist 💙

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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

Is there a #Mastodon app for #iOS that have a ”notify me about replies to this post”, just like one can subscribe to notifications for comments on Facebook?

#Fediverse

Je vous dis bonsoir depuis #Mastodon 4.5.2 😉
PS : une petite pensée pour Eugen Rochko, le créateur de Mastodon qui quitte son poste de CEO 😟

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115583053748045238

Ah ! Je pense bien que l'instance Blabla Linux va passer en 4.5.2 ce soir 😉
#mastodon

AodeRelay boosted

Mastodon Engineering » 🌐 2025-11-20
@MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social

We just released Mastodon 4.5.2, 4.4.9 and 4.3.15.

These versions contain small bug fixes.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

BTW, it's funny, sometimes I duplicate also on LinkedIn the same posts that I write on Mastodon and that link to my website (so-called POSSE philosophy), and every time I rant about bad AI or Big Tech I get much more reactions and engagement on Mastodon than on LinkedIn.

I understand the audience is very different but it feels almost... if... LinkedIn's algorithms do not want to show around some topics too much?

Conspiracy intensifies.

#conspiracy #linkedin #mastodon #bigtech #ai

Anyone else having issues of posting links or hashtags in the #Mastodon post box when you have already typed content, esp hashtags after a link, and then it breaking up the post with spaces, esp in links already added? #MastoAdmin. I have tested this on two different browsers. I refreshed the browsers, my Mastodon instance is the latest version.

If only your opinion mattered, if there were no limits, what would you do? What would you create?

#Art #Writing #Fediverse #Mastodon

Hey everyone,

Today, @joynewacc and I had the pleasure of talking to two and welcoming two new members to the Gaza Verified family.

They are:

• Ahmad (@goodahmad)
• Suad (@suad)

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

Remember that you can see a list of our members and their fundraisers in one place (ordered by those who have raised the least in the past week) at:

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

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

For those of you who might be interested of one of the reasons that mastodon.scot came to a grinding halt (OK, not many of you) - here is is #Cloudflare as the culprit. And to think, I was just starting to use the nascent internet when we awere all so excited about relience and minissation of single points of failure. Shows my age.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/cloudflare_incident_report/

#Mastodon #Internet #IT #SPoF #FeelingOld

I really wish #Mastodon had a 'preview' feature for posts.

@rmayemsinger.bsky.social
thankfully i don't see people post the Orange Tumor's #LIESocial posts directly into #Mastodon often (like on #bluesky ), but when i do...

Why? why act as his mouthpiece? why help him spread his lies & filth?

no one reads LIE Social, but it gets reposted on ex-twitter, then Corp media repeats it everywhere.

but we shouldn't have to see it here, so I went ahead & fixed it for you. next time try to #Resist

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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

Mastodon 4.5.1 is now live on C.IM.

This is a major update that introduces quote posts, a redesigned composer, improved moderation tools, enhanced emoji rendering, better mobile behaviour, and many UI refinements.

Version 4.5.1 also includes a set of important fixes to improve stability and compatibility.

Full details are in our blog post:

https://s.ee/tx3y

#Mastodon #CIM #Update #Fediverse

Wow, already 3 years on the #Fediverse, meaning I have been running my #Mastodon instance just as long... crazy how fast time flies by...

My instance here in Switzerland is still small, so if someone needs a home, you may join!

#jointhefediverse #Switzerland #mastoadmin #fediadmin

I have been asked why I started @hashtaggames #hashTagGames 3 years ago.

During the great Twitter migration in the fall of 2022, there was a lot of confusion, people were building normalcy with their new accounts, #Mastodon servers were crashing due to the onslaught of new users and mitigating the new server loads took its toll, and it was a bit frustrating at times.

I used to play the games on other social media sites and I really missed that. I desired that moment of peace and distraction from the chaos of life. To get, and use, my mind on other things.

So, on Nov 16, 2022, on my Masto.AI account, I decided to start the one game per 9pm hashtag games. Quickly we had players, and I had already decided to spin up my own server, so a week or so later, the official game account was setup on my server oldfriends.live.

Last year, players posted over 100,000 game plays and so far, we have done over 1100 games, mostly one per night.

https://oldfriends.live/@hashtaggames/115562009642487323

Random Idea: Every time you like a post in the Fediverse, it prompts you why you like it and turns it into a comment. There would be a lot more friendly comments. :)

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Can anyone recommend a tool for basically mass unfollowing Fediverse/Mastodon accounts or otherwise managing your followings?

I'm following almost 2000 accounts and while my feed is very much alive and buzzing, it feels like it doesn't really match my interests. It's too generic.

I need to weed out what I actually care about. Is there anything that can help with that?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #AskFedi

#Fediverse #SocialWeb #Canada News!

mastodonserver.ca is now thesocialweb.ca

Its Fediverse handle should be updated automagically (i think?) to @directory

All servers and instances in Canada are welcome to get in touch and have their server listed on the webpage!

#mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #Loops #community
https://thesocialweb.ca/welcome-to-thesocialweb-ca-a-new-name-to-welcome-all-social-web-and-fediverse-communities-in-canada/

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

Some accounts, that were active today are
@Tecnoblog
@Fotogramas
@WMagazine
@forbes
@SonyAlpha

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

Built by @mho

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

I've been using URLs as filters for posts i don't want to click on and i just saw a case where it fails.
When the URL is in a hyperlink instead of presented in the toot
#Mastodon

#GoToSocial will be updated to the latest version by tomorrow which will restore compatibility with #Mastodon.

We've been working on it all week, a few changes in the code have required us to make alterations to our systems and run a lot of tests and simulations.

Sorry for the delays.

I've been here for years and I still haven't cracked the Fediverse code.

On Twitter I could post "eating cereal" and get 50 bot likes + one crypto bro following me.
Here I can post a 30-second video of my cat trying to fight the vacuum cleaner with the caption "me when someone's instance federates with threads dot net" and… absolute silence. Not even a sympathy boost from the admin who literally pays for the server I'm yelling on 😭

So please, someone finally explain the secret sauce:
Do I need to switch my cat to a vegan gluten-free diet? Do I have to mention systemd negatively in every post? Or is the real trick sacrificing a Raspberry Pi to the old gods of ActivityPub??

#Fediverse #Mastodon #CatsOfMastodon #ActivityPub #SystemdHateClub #PleaseBoostImBeggingYou

@StevenSaus your post got flagged as #warning #healthcare #wtf #mastodon

Just installed #Tootle on my #Debian laptop. Having a #desktop #Mastodon #client would be interesting. Let me clarify:

Having a *functioning* desktop Mastodon client would be interesting. #All #replies and many posts only show the classic Lorem Ipsum placeholder text.

Impressive.

#loremipsum #funny #software #bug

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A screenshot of a Mastodon post and replies using the Tootle app on Linux. The replies are replaced with placeholder Lorem Ipsum text.

Thanks to @DavidRGardiner I was able to fix some issues in the #ManfredApp. I am currently testing the next release which will feature:

- Pasting images from the clipboard into posts
- Better scrolling experience in threads
- Stopping any video playback when leaving the app, because it would kill background music re-entering (there is still an issue with GIFs unfortunately).

Thanks for all the feedback.

#Mastodon #MastodonApp #Fediverse

@unusual_whales thankfully i don't see people post the Orange Tumor's #LIESocial posts directly into #Mastodon often (like on #bluesky ), but when i do...

Why? why act as his mouthpiece? why help him spread his lies & filth?

& worse, using irrelevant # to get finance bots to boost it. smh😞

I went ahead & fixed it for you. next time try to #Resist

#Resistance #messaging #WT7

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Someone posted one of the Orange Tumors posts directly from Lie Social. I have colored over it in red and printed, LIES HATE BILE Not worth reading over it. i also covered his picture with a poop emoji and his name with Chicken TACO @realPieceOfShit When people repost his filth from LIE Social, they are unwittingly acting as his mouthpiece and helping him to spread his message. And they are helping him reach an audience in communities he could normally not reach. I am begging people to please stop helping the Orange Tumor. seriously. try to resist.

Is ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net fear de dh’iomadh frithealaiche Mastodon neo-eisimeileach as urrainn dhut cleachdadh airson pàirt a ghabhail sa cho-shaoghal. Tha am frithealaiche seo ann do luchd na Gàidhlig.

https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net

Mu dhèidhinn: https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/about
Rianachd le: @gunchleoc

#FeaturedServer #Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic #ScotsGaelic #Gaelic #Alba #Scotland #Scottish #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Does anyone have #fediverse or #mastodon stats (preferably from a few different servers) about numbers of bad-faith actors being identified, banned, etc.? I've become pretty interested in this from a methodological point of view. I'm thinking of running some #moderation simulations to explore possibilities in a "calculate some stuff and make some graphs" way. Actually, if someone already did that, I'd be keen to read it.

I'm interested in how to detect "bad eggs," realizing as I think about it that I don't even know all the questions to ask, and this entire line of investigation has some thorny issues I'll need to deal with. I think infosec.exchange might, in some ways, be the perfect server to be on for this, because I am pretty sure that #cybersecurity has huge overlap with this whole domain.

#advice is helpful. #data is even more helpful.

#moderators #BadActors #infosec #socialmedia

A little tenderness

https://youtu.be/4N15vMiyB-Y?si=GtMEFyt5T9uYWgoE

#music #KsChoice #mastodon

Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/06/self-hosting-your-mastodon-media-with-seaweedfs/

#FreeBSD #SeaweedFS #Mastodon #ITNotes #Fediverse #Hosting #OwnYourData #RunBSD

Eine Million Euro Abfindung? Nicht schlecht. @Gargron@mastodon.social

#Fediverse #Mastodon

I cannot for the life of me figure out why my tiny instance is rate limiting following back people I have followed before. I love that #Mastodon resends you notices of people who you followed if something catastrophic happens to your instance and you have to reinstall. But the rate limiting for following back is insane. Any idea how to change that? Using Mastodon 4.5.1. Thanks!

Does anyone want me to make a #mastodon #bot which can take a #google maps share link and convert it to an #openstreetmap link?

Mastodon Character Limit and Poll Options Increase for 4.5.1 on Yunohost
Increasing or Modifying the Character Limit

At our church Mastodon instance, the character limit is set to 5000 (up from the 500 originally allowed by Mastodon).

You will need to use the root account to modify these files. You can do this b
https://godseyonline.net/index.php/2025/11/18/mastodon-character-limit-and-poll-options-increase-for-4-5-1-on-yunohost/
#Computers #CharacterLimits #mastodon #PollOptions

On #Mastodon there are now
412 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
122 instances.

265 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@AIB (GER)
@euskalerriairratia (BAQ)
@riffreporter (GER)
@inside_It (GER)
@elpuntavui (CAT)

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

Built by @mho

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

#TIL CloudFlare is on #Mastodon: cloudflare@noc.social

@Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap

Thank you, @Gargron, for taking this step and for building #Mastodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969

I am passing the torch to @mellifluousbox, who will be the new Executive Director. Felix has been involved with #Mastodon since 2020 and has been instrumental in evolving the organization, raising funds, and growing the team to get us to where we are now. With @haubles and @renchap by his side, and the team we have assembled over the years, I have faith that the new leadership will do a stellar job.

fedicat boosted

Felix Hlatky » 🌐 2025-11-18 / 2025-11-18
@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @Gargron as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the German non-profit, am a co-founder of the US 501c3 non-profit, and I have contributed to most of the fundraising success, which allowed us to expand the team.
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Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO.

Eugen Rochko: My next chapter with Mastodon https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/ @Gargron #Mastodon

Auch auf #Mastodon bilden sich digitale Blasen, die sich allerdings als dialogischer & weniger aggressiv verstehen als jene z.B. auf #X.

Also lege ich Euch eine These zum Durchdenken & Dialog vor:

Rechte und Liberale externalisieren häufiger die vielfältigen Auswirkungen der fossil befeuerten Klimakrise, Linke häufiger die komplexen Auswirkungen der säkularen Geburtenimplosion.

A major advantage of #Mastodon over #Bluesky is that you can edit your posts.

Fortunately, my image assets for my #Mastodon instance are on AWS and that never goes down-

Wait a minute. Never mind. #SoMuchCoffee
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Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/business/cloudflare-down-challenges-error.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E8.pvrz.G3ek45TMccxK&smid=url-share

@Gargron steps down as #Mastodon CEO and Cloudflare promptly goes down.
Coincidence? I think not! 😄

It's my Fediverse/Mastodon Cake Day!

Cheers for eight wonderful years!

Big shout out to @jerry and team for keeping this server running!

#fediverse #mastodon #anniversary
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Hi everyone,

I had video chats with three people and families from Gaza today and I’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Yazzan (@yazzangaza)
• Hadi (@HadiSamir)
• Abeer (@mmotherps)

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

And remember that you can see the fundraisers of all our members in a single list (ordered by those who have received the fewest donations in the last seven days) at:

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

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

@Gargron announces he is stepping down from his CEO role at Mastodon, and immediately Cloudflare falls over.

Coincidence? I think not.

#Mastodon #Cloudflaremageddon

⚠️ As of this timestamp

Vivaldi dot Social is down

check here for status updates

https://vivaldistatus.com

#Mastodon #Fediverse

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Some services are unavailable Check the status and availability of Vivaldi's online services. Cloudflare outage Reported on 2025-11-18 11:57:44 An issue with Cloudflare is currently affecting some of our services. See https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7 for updates.

« Eugen Rochko, le fondateur de #Mastodon, vient d’annoncer qu’il abandonnait son poste de CEO dans le cadre de la transformation de la plateforme en organisation à but non lucratif.

Un nouveau conseil d’administration se met aussi en place : Biz Stone, cofondateur de #Twitter, rejoint Karien Bezuidenhout, Esra’a Al Shafei, ainsi que Felix Hlatky (qui deviendra au passage directeur exécutif de Mastodon). »

https://kulturegeek.fr/news-342218/mastodon-eugen-rochko-quitte-poste-ceo-profit-modele-but-non-lucratif

https://get.mypost.to/CSGUuD
Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source...
#socialmedia #mastodon #socialnetwork #techcrunch

Wusste ich nicht:

"We’ve always been worried that developing Free and Open Source Software would not be recognized as a charitable cause by the German tax system, so we were glad when the tax office originally approved our non-profit status in 2021. But now we have received a notice from the same tax office that our non-profit status has been withdrawn."

Grenzt schon an Idiotie mit deutschen Steuersystem...

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/#mastodons-non-profit-status-in-germany

#Non-profit #mastodon

Today its three years since I joined Mastodon.

I just love it here; great conversations & civility of interactions (the occasional flaming & bad temperedness are nothing like as frequent as elsewhere).

I now have over 7.1K followers putting my at 1,045th most followed account on Mastodon:

I want to thank you all for reading & engaging with my posts, indulging my frequent typos (and pointing them out so I can correct them) & all the great conversations I have had & will have.

#Mastodon

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Screen shot from Mastodon Most Followed showing me at 1,045 with 7,118 followers

For folks who want to track the work on quote posts for @elk or contribute (🙏🏼) -- please see the issues I've created and tagged "quote-posts"

https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22quote-posts%22

#mastodon #elk #quoteposts
@Mastodon

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Not sure how I feel about Eugen Rochko cashing out with one million euros from the #Mastodon project.

That kind of money should have funded further development in my opinion.

Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

Mastodon: Gründer macht Chefposten frei und bekommt eine Million Euro

Mastodon soll künftig von einer gemeinnützigen Organisation nach belgischem Recht entwickelt werden. Zudem tritt Eugen Rochko ab, verlässt Mastodon aber nicht.

https://www.heise.de/news/Mastodon-Gruender-macht-Chefposten-frei-und-bekommt-eine-Million-Euro-11081327.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Internet #IT #Mastodon #Mobiles #SocialMedia #news

"The prolific Stefan Bohacek continues to impress, with a game to see how well you know your Fediverse Follows"

Huge thanks to the @MastodonEngineering team for including my work, and being so kind with their words!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/trunk-tidbits-october-2025/

#mastodon #TrunkAndTidbits

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

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Illustration of the Vivaldi Social mascot Tony and a cheerful yellow Mastodon mascot celebrating three years. They stand beside a large golden number three with a red banner that reads Vivaldi Social Anniversary. Confetti and stars fill the background.