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I consider moving to a #singleUser #Mastodon instance under my own domain. My only concern at the moment: I really like hashtag / content search. For example I follow some hashtags and have some pinned tabs with certain #hashtags on the web interface.

This works super nice because probably almost all instances federated with mastodon.social. But I worry to miss a lot of interesting content on a single-user instance.

What is your experience?

#selfhosting


Do you know someone who is on here but you can't find their account by searching?

Try exchanging account addresses with them, the same way you would exchange phone numbers. This is the most reliable method for finding someone on here.

Your account address is on your profile page, and you can paste other people's addresses into the search box to make their accounts appear. You can then just click follow on their profile page.

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#WhatsMyAccountsAddress

#Mastodon #Fediverse
Screenshot of a Mastodon profile page with the account address highlighted.
Screenshot of account address pasted into search box on Mastodon, and the account associated with that address has appeared below it.


Hello #Fediverse! We are https://linuxgaming.fans, a #Mastodon instance based around #Linux and #Gaming on the OS. No matter if you are running a desktop #debian build or an #arch based #steamdeck, we're here to discuss games, configurations, how-tos, and finding new friends to share our passion with!

Our registrations are limited at the moment as we are still in the process of configuring the server. You're welcome to submit for an account though!

Hope to see you soon!

@caleb aka @cfultz


“we believe that the #mastodon application is safe to use, **and as long as you have registered your account in a trusted server**, there are minimal privacy breach risks” https://www.privado.ai/post/who-actually-holds-your-data-in-mastodon-a-privacy-review


OK in terms of scaling #Mastodon server infrastructure, this looks interesting:

"CIRA is proud to announce its official partnership with Mastodon Canada, mstdn.ca, to support its growth and community-building efforts. As thousands of Canadians flock to the platform, this unique partnership reflects CIRA’s mission to support Canadian internet communities built on the open web and powered by a .CA domain."

https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/cira-teams-up-with-mastodon-canada-to-support-canadian-digital-communities


Content warning: Question about polls on Mastodon


Share on Mastodon
A really neat customizable "Share on Mastodon" button for your pages or posts

https://share-on-mastodon.micahilbery.com/

#mastodon #javascript #webcomponent


I got in a back door at @mastodon.social . I didn't know, admin had closed it to new people. Until I find an instance for ME & learn HOW to move, I'm not recruiting. I don't know which #Mastodon Instance to suggest.


I see so many critics of decentralized social networks, and the #fediverse in particular, because of distrust of individual instance administrators as curators of social history.

But as we've now seen quite dramatically, a person with a big enough wallet and vendetta can just as easily destroy social history backed by a giant corporation. I'd rather put more trust into decentralized instance admins, particularly smaller ones. #Mastodon


If you enjoy someone's post on #Mastodon go ahead and click the star. If someone tells you that's meaningless because there's no #algorithm, ignore them. Sure, boost the post too if you want others to also see the post, but don't think telling someone you like what they posted is somehow unimportant. In real life I don't tell someone, "good job," or "well said," or "I love that," for the sake of some algorithm, I do it because I'm human and they are too. It's fundamental to being truly social.



- A #Mastodon instance *could* decide not to accept Toots that include #GoogleAnalytics URLs. Have any done so?


Back out there in the real world, there is skepticism that people are really spending more time on #Mastodon and driving traffic etc.

This is impeding some take up.

And one BIG reason is that Mastodon hides HTTP referrer information for privacy reasons, so you cannot see Mastodon traffic in your web stats.

I agree with this decision – but I want to warm about this consequence, as I suspect organisations are underestimating the shift that has taken place. #webstats #analytics


Now that you're here, you'll finally stop haunting my dreams of "what could've been" – post Identi.ca days & @davew's epic #Twitter BearhugCamp day dealio! ;)
👇
Vintage TechCrunch (2008):
"The Bearhug" - Steve Gillmor
https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/15/the-bearhug/
😊

Seriously dude, so grateful for everything you've done and continue doing, here and everywhere...
🙏

#Twitter #Mastodon #RSS #TwitterMigration #Fediverse #Technology #Federated #Montreal #OpenSource #CDNTech #Software


We created the account at Mastodon only a week ago and this community here grown to over 32,000.

Thank you for welcoming us here, thank you for all boosts, comments, advice, support and your engagement.

We are still learning and try to find our specific language on this platform. Your feedback is much appreciated.

Remember with us and amplify our voice.

#mastodon #Memorial #NeverForget #history #education #memory #Remember #followerpower #follow #Holocaust #Shoah #community #fediverse


@Gerhard Hallstein Wenn du nichts zum Hashtag #neuhier haben willst, ich glaube mit dem Addon advancedcontentfiler kannst du solche Beitraege blockieren. Ich finde es unter #Mastodon einfacher, wo du einfach den Hashtag direkt blockierst und nicht, weil er im Inhalt vorhanden ist.


Happy #Thanksgiving to my American friends. This year I am thankful for people who helped build #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse, #Mastodon, and the #Fosstodon admin and community.


Maybe we could boost this feature request? #mastodon #cw https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19256


I and some others recently saw an interesting (clever but in a gross way) spam development, exploiting the privacy of favoriting.

It was an account set up as a bot using the Mastodon logo and name to appear official. Its profile was devoted entirely to text claiming your PC was infected and your account would be removed for slowing down Mastodon if you didn’t click a suspicious link to fix it. The account had no posts, follows, or followers.

It seemed to operate by favoriting potential victims’ posts without boosting, leaving no visible tracks of where it had been or what it was doing, while bringing eyes to its profile. I know I clicked over to its profile to see what the heck was up. I wasn’t the only one.

The scammers have arrived.

#bots #spam #scam #scammers #Mastodon #malware


Blaine Cook (@blaine) was Twitter’s first engineer. He wanted it to become a decentralized social network like #Mastodon and he isn’t too upset that Elon Musk is ruining the app he built. I spoke with Cook about what direction social media should take now. https://www.nelsonstar.com/news/nelsons-blaine-cook-helped-build-twitter-and-he-has-a-few-ideas-on-what-should-come-next/


Is the end near for #Twitter ? Or are reports of its impending death greatly exaggerated? Alexandra Samuel (@awsamuel), author of Work Smarter with Social Media, explains what is actually going on ⁠— and what #Mastodon (and #CoSocialCa ) has to offer. On #CBC Radio’s On The Coast (Nov. 18, 2022) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/15950273-the-state-twitter-mastodon-offers


The question is, what is the context? Ie, explaining to people on Twitter, I say "find me on #Mastodon". Yes I know they can follow me with #Friendica or #Pleroma but "find me on the #Fediverse" doesn't name a concrete thing and that's going to be confusing. If I'm on Pleroma or Friendica I will probably already understand I can interact with Mastodon.

That said, I do want to make sure people know the Fediverse is much more than Mastodon. The question is: when and how to introduce that?


To make things clearer with #Fedilab, there are two ways to manage tags.

- You can pin the timeline. This is an in-app feature. This feature allows to customize timelines. You have to click on the "+" button.

- You can follow tags. This is a #Mastodon 4 feature. You will get messages containing the tag in your home timeline even if you don't follow the account.
Screenshot showing the top bar when visiting a tag.
There are two buttons.
The "+" button allows to pin the tag on Fedilab.
The other allows to follow the tag. It's a Mastodon feature.


IMAGINE THERE'S NO TWITTER... 🤔

It's easy if you try
No hellish trolling
Or that unfunny Tesla guy
Imagine all the people
Not blocking folk all day

Ah-aaah-aah-aah-aah

Imagine there's no blue tick
It isn't hard to do
No crypto diehards
No @realdonaldtrump, too
Imagine all the people
Boosting toots in peace

You-oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You may say I'm a dreamer
But if Twitter's ever gone
I hope some day you'll join us
In the world of Mastodon

#Mastodon #Twitter #JohnLennon #Imagine #PeaceAndLove 💕🕊
John Lennon sitting cross-legged and surrounded by doves


I’m feeling concerned that many of us have recently joined #Mastodon and that the long term visually impaired community are now inundated with beautiful photos with no #alttext to describe the photo. Only about 1 in 5 Toots describe photos on my timeline. We all need to curb our enthusiasm to share undescribed photos and embrace our descriptive writing. I’m not on my high horse just concerned that we’ve arrived en masse and need to do our very best to embrace #MastodonCulture.


All right! I'm creating some community moderation feature requests on #Mastodon, and I'm going to drop links in this thread each time they're created.

The feature requests are:

1. Turn off comments
2. Lock comments
3. Approve comments
4. Flair profiles
5. Adjust crowd control

Will add updates!


MIT study on deceentralized moderation as a model for countering disinformation:

"This work shows that a decentralized approach to moderation can lead to higher content reliability on social media, says Jahanbakhsh. This approach is also more efficient and scalable than centralized moderation schemes, and may appeal to users who mistrust platforms, she adds."

#Mastodon

https://news.mit.edu/2022/social-media-users-assess-content-1116


!Friendica Support For moving from #Mastodon to #Friendica : In Mastodon it's possible to export not just followers but also blocked users. Is there any way to import that to Friendica in an automated procedere?


It's delightful to work towards a #mastodon #coop for #Canada with @evan and other lovely folks. Thoughts so far:

The #Twitter #migration creates a sense of urgency. But that rush is at odds with creating safety, a broad leadership team, real accountability structures...all the things that might actually make for a healthy community.

We've seen plenty of fast-start sites. It's hard but powerful to slow down & create conditions for lasting success & inclusion.

[continued] #CoSocialCa


I've recently discovered Mastodos, a fork of the official Android #Mastodon, which adds features like the federated timeline, unlisted tooting, bookmarks, and more!

#Android #Mastodos #Fork #Github

https://github.com/sk22/mastodos


We are launching a new Mastodon server at https://corp.social: A home for businesses and brands that are often not welcome on other servers. There is a gap in the market for small businesses that don't want to host their own server but still want to interact with their audience on Mastodon.

We strive to be respectful of other members of the network so we also have strict rules against unwanted ads and spam.

#mastodon #server #instance #startup




Understanding #Mastodon gets easier once you get the basic idea that federation between servers can be understood as homeomorphisms across hyperplanes between the Riemannian manifolds of toots, whereas the servers represent countable finite sets of discrete entities.


I'm really enjoying getting into #mastodon shortcuts! They feel sensible and fast, try it out! Escape to defocus post window and then ? to view the list 💻


Two different ways to connect your own website to the #mastodon using #indieweb standards https://fed.brid.gy/