For those that joined #Mastodon and grabbed the first server they could find, but would prefer to #migrate to a different one, I created a short guide on how to do this quickly and easily. It also allows you to easily move any followers across to your new profile and leaves a redirection on your old profile for those that find it.😁👍
You have Signed up to Mastodon, but after using it for a bit and understanding it better, you have chosen to make the switch to another server as your main o...
Following on from this Initial Mastodon Guide, I have been seeing a lot of people asking for tips on how to find people and content to fill in their Home Timeline. I decided to make a follow up video on how to best use search and also cover why sometimes you don't get the results you expect.
Most people join up to Mastodon and then have difficulty finding people and content to follow and fill out their home timeline with. This guide shows you how...
OK, well this is getting far more interesting for me! 😎 Given the open nature of the #ActivityPub protocol, it is possible to pull in the Instagram alternative, Pixelfed, into your Mastodon Home Timeline. This is great for those looking for an alternative to Instagram, but not wanting to use yet another app.
Most of us think of a Twitter replacement when we think of Mastodon, but it is capable of being far more than that courtesy of the federated nature of Mastod...
This seems to be becoming a habit of mine now as I begin to use Mastodon more and continue to learn more about it each day.
This one covers the options available to you when posting content such as Alt Text and Content Warnings but also talks about language settings and using filters to tidy up your timelines.
Whilst Mastodon is similar to other social media services, there are some really cool features available as part of Mastodon that can help you make your post...
Yet another short video to add to the list of guides. This one covers how to make use of the Advanced Web Interface to really tailor your web experience for #Mastodon.
For those that are used to things like #tweetdeck or the app #tweeten on Windows, this will be very familiar to you. And best of all, it is built right into Mastodon natively.
A lot of people love using Tweetdeck for Twitter and would love something similar to get the most out of Mastodon. I am happy to report that this functionali...
Another day, another video. A lot of us already have a large #Twitter #Network and would love to be able to easily search #Mastodon for them to fill out our network here. The #Fedifinder site helps make this a reality and it recently got some updates. This video walks through the steps to #Migrate your network across in minutes. As always, any boosts are appreciated to spread the word... And a sub would be lovely. 😜 #twittermigration #twitterexodus #youtube #feditips
The Fedifinder service - https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ - is a great site that can make locating your existing network from Twitter on Mastodon significantly ...
Seeing a little too much #Caturday in your feed? Want to hide #spoilers for a TV Show until you see the episode? #Filters are easy to set up and customise on #Mastodon. This short video walks through how to use them step by step to make it as easy as possible for you to manage your feeds.
If you are seeing too much of a particular piece of content on Mastodon, a filter is an easy way to put a block on it for a set period of time without needin...
I shared a video earlier in this thread about how to #migrate your account to another server and ensuring your followers come along for the ride, but how do you move other data such as the people you follow, mute or block? This video walks through this process step by step to make it as seamless for you as possible.
Yet again, thanks for all the boosts and extra thanks to those that subbed to my channel. youtu.be/bjzetO-zl3Q
Moving accounts on Mastodon is a relatively easy process to do - See the link below - but being able to migrate the list of people you are following, muting ...
I still haven't run out of tips to share... Lists are a feature many are used to from the Bird Site, but they function differently here. They are a great tool for you to make your own custom timelines.
Check out this short guide video on what lists are as well as how to set them up for yourself.
Yet again, thanks for the #boosts and subs. I love the culture of sharing here.
Lists are a great way to create your own personal timelines for smaller (or larger) groups of the people you follow.Its super useful for maybe having a feed ...
Direct Messages on Mastodon are probably one of the most confusing things for new users as they aren't really like messages on other platforms.
I have done my best to explain what they are in a few minutes for you all here. Check it out and let me know if it helps. More tips still to come so stay tuned.
Please give it a #boost if you can to help spread the knowledge around the Fediverse.
Direct Messages on Mastodon are very different to what you may have experienced on other platforms like Twitter. They are usually one the harder things to ex...
I love seeing all the new members joining the platform, but this does mean that with more people, you may feel the need to #mute or #block an account on #Mastodon. That is fine, your experience on this platform should be dictated by you and you alone. So, I made this short guide to help you better navigate how to use this feature.
Please give it a #boost if you can to help spread the knowledge around the Fediverse.:ablobcatrave:
Occasionally, you may feel the need to mute or block an account on Mastodon. That is completely fine, your experience on this platform should be dictated by ...
A little known feature of #Mastodon is the ability to create your own personal notes about an account. This is a great way to potentially remind yourself why you follow particular accounts (or just about any other reason you can think of).
Also, these notes are private. The account does not know what you have written down, nor the fact that you have even made these notes.
Once you begin following accounts on Mastodon, you can use the Personal Notes feature to help you keep track of why you followed a particular account (or any...
TIL Ben Franklin refused to patent any of his inventions, saying: "As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."
HTML forms the heart of the Web. The beautiful thing is, HTML is easy to learn. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to master. In the Upgrade Your HTML series, I’m taking examples of HTML, discuss these examples, and make them a little better.
Perl isn't dead just yet, and you can write GNOME application using this programming language. In order to do that, though, we're going to need new bindings ...
Perl isn't dead just yet, and you can write GNOME application using this programming language. In order to do that, though, we're going to need new bindings ...
Your Fedi account is probably run by a volunteer on a server with no Service Level Agreement. Downtime happens! Failures happen.
You should plan for outages by having another account on a server operated by someone else. Even if it’s just the mastodon.social account that you first signed up for. You can leave it dormant and redirected until disaster strikes.
You can cross-verify your two (or more) Mastodon accounts by putting the URL of one account into the four metadata fields of the other account. Don’t forget the https:// prefix!
EDIT: Morgen gibt's technisch gesehen eine "echte" Warnmeldung, keinen Test. Trotzdem gut, mal zu überprüfen, was eingestellt ist. Original Post: Für den morgigen #Notfall #Warntag schaut mal in eure Android-Handys und sucht in den Einstellungen nach "Notfallbenachrichtigung". Bei mir war die für "Testwarnung" deaktiviert. Also nicht wundern, wenn sonst morgen nix kommt.
Das sieht ja echt total durchdacht™ aus: Die eine Hälfte der Bevölkerung KANN die CB-Warnungen gar nicht erhalten, weil man sich für eine Option entschieden hat, die erst ab (minVersion von Gerät/OS) verfügbar ist – und die andere Hälfte findet die Einstellungen nicht oder weiß nix davon?
Ganz ehrlich sieht das eher nach einer bewussten Torpedierung aus. Wollte man ein wirksames System, hätte man nicht auf diese Einschränkung (1) gesetzt 🤦♂️ Traurig.
@IzzyOnDroid wie an andere Stelle im Thread bereits beschrieben, wird morgen keine Testwarnung sondern eine echte Warnung versendet und werden... die sollte bei jedem Gerät was den Mobilfunkstandard korrekt implementiert per Default auslösen!
@jr Ja, den Part habe ich verstanden. Deshalb auch das "(1)". Da man sich für einen Standard entschieden hat, der erst ab Android 11 unterstützt wird, fallen andere Geräte unter den Tisch. Ich bin schonmal neugierig. Hier liegen 3 Geräte bereit und warten auf das Pling. Mein Verdacht ist dass, wenn überhaupt, nur eins davon "klingeln" wird. @kuschelkirche
@IzzyOnDroid @jr Nein, man hat sich wohl eben gerade für einen Standard entschieden, den auch ältere Geräte unterstützen. Nur neuere differenzieren da halt nochmal optional.
Huch? Wann wurde das geändert? Meines wissens will man die 4-stelligen IDs nutzen. Ältere Geräte unterstützen aber nur 3-stellige IDs. Siehe hier: heise.de/ratgeber/Cell-Broadca… Könnte mir vorstellen, dass ältere Geräte dann ggf. einfach nicht filtern können. Aber ob sie dann unbekanntes durchlassen oder blockieren… sehen wir morgen. Ein Gerät mit Android-8 liegt auch bereit. Sowie eines ohne SIM (stand ja nicht da, dass eine drin sein muss) @jr
@IzzyOnDroid hm das mit dem warum eine bestimmte Android Version benötigt wird, habe ich noch nicht so ganz verstanden, das arbeitet irgendwie kein Artikel technisch sauber auf. Weil Ansich ist ja CB schon seit GSM Zeiten Teil des Standards und jedes Gerät wird ja für den Standard zertifiziert und muss CB dementsprechend eigentlich implementieren...
@jr Oh, da hat man in der Tat nachgebessert – warum ging das an mir vorbei?
"Allerdings unterstützen sie meist nicht die von EU-Alert vorgeschriebenen vierstelligen IDs, daher wurde nachträglich die dreistellige Message ID 919 für alle kritischen Warnungen hinzugefügt – wie zuvor von der AG Kritis gefordert."
Na dann sollten ja morgen zumindest 2 meiner 3 Geräte Alarm schlagen. Wenn alle 3 dann bin ich schwer beeindruckt, dass man das doch hinbekommt 🙊 💨 @kuschelkirche
Hi! For all questions, please see: ask.libreoffice.org – Please also provide details about your setup (eg exact Linux/BSD distro), then others can help 👍
It's wild that I'm still the #3 contributor to the Anaconda OS installer used by #Fedora, #RHEL, and countless other #Linux distributions, at least according to Github stats. Love how the #OpenSource stuff you worked on can live on, and you can see it grow after you leave it behind.
Dear folks, what do you use for #Matrix? I need a client with #screenReader #accessibility in mind. Better #Windows desktop software, but if not, web is also okayish. Thanks!
@Andre Polykanine I like to use app.element.io/ in firefox both on linux and windows. Thunderbird matrix support is useable too. Element android app is verry accessible and I like it too. There is an excelent matrix client for emacs called ement-el if you are into such things. On linux semi accessible GTK4 based desktop client is fractal. I don't know of any windows exclusive matrix app.
Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?
Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists like Carnegie & Rockefeller.
But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.
Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women #HistoryRemix
Since it's December, I thought I'd pull out this weird little file for Mastodon. A wacky MIDI rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas. Contains lots of key changes, the fifth day is rendered in a different genre every time it appears, and it ends in a fun way. I still have no idea who wrote it, when it was created, or what it was written for, though the earliest version I've found has a timestamp of December 1, 1993. If accurate, that would mean it turns 30 next year. This is an approximate rendition of how it may have sounded on a synthesizer of the time. dropbox.com/s/6ezq6k98g3n1iyf/…
Novelists like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Stephen King shared discouraging moments in their career after debut author Chelsea Banning tweeted that only two people came to her book signing.
OK, dann greif ich nochmal in die Mottenkiste – und dann ist aber auch gut für heute (mehr ein andermal). Vielleicht gibt es ja hier ein #Museum das interesse hätte an den beiden Multi-Media-Lexika aus den späten Neunzigern? CDs, die wohl Win 3.1 oder so brauchen denke ich mal…
Err, das Übliche wieder: gegen Porto oder Selbstabholung in München.
Fedinauten, die sich für obiges nicht interessierten, interessierten sich auch nicht für VHS-Kassetten (gegen Porto bzw. Abholung):
Spacecenter Babylon: Das Tor zur 3. Dimension (aus dem Babylon-5 Universum; Originaltitel: Thirdspace – mit Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Mira Furlan & Co)
Muss wech bevor es Intelligenz entwickelt (aka "beim Aufräumen gefunden"):
* 2 Inkjet-Patronen: Schwarz (LC-1000 BK / LC-970 BK) und Cyan (LC-1000 C / LC-970 C) – für Brother MFC (240C, 440CN, 465CN, 5460CN, 5480CN) bzw. DCP (130C, 330C, 350C, 357C, 560CN) * 2 Päckchen Inkjet Paper im Postkartenformat.
Beides wieder gegen Porto oder Abholung in München.
@MichaelZ Nee, da braucht jemand Platz im Keller, der wächst sonst zu. Und zu diesen Dingern habe ich halt den Drucker nicht mehr (der gab den Geist schon vor Jahren auf).
Aber da Du aus dem Norden schreibst: Der Kassenbon aus OL liegt noch in einem der beiden Bücher aus meinem vorigen Post 🙈
@MichaelZ Von der Uni weggefischt worden, jau. Anders wäre ich nie auf diese Idee gekommen 🤣 Außer vielleicht in ein paar Jahren, wenn der Meeresspiegel… ahem… Laut Karte wäre meine Bude dann irgendwann weg gewesen, und die Hunte wohl ein großer See 😭
UPDATE: Sind weg! Hatte keinen Cookie-Blocker – aber die Dankes-Kekse waren lecker und sind jetzt auch weg… Gefuttert, nicht gelöscht 🤣
Beim Aufräumen jetzt zum fünfunddrölfzigsten Mal drüber gestolpert – vielleicht hat ja jemand noch Verwendung dafür? Gegen Porto geht's raus, Münchener können's auch gern abholen.
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Metallica's official music video for “Lux Æterna,” from the album “72 Seasons” available April 14th, 2023. Listen to “Lux Æterna”: https://metallica.lnk.to...
The #Accessibility for the #Blind advent calendar: Day 6 - France with potential global impact - expand the content warning to open the window and discover the interesting fact for the day.
The 6th of December is traditionally the day when Santa comes and brings small gifts to children in Poland and several other countries (not to be confused with the 24th of December which is also when gifts, bigger ones, are distributed). Obviously somebody's got to pay for all these nice things so how to do it in an accessible way? I thought of including Handsome, a French fintech dedicated to serving customers with visual impairments, as a part of this calendar, as it offers an accessible voice payment card; a dedicated concierge service, insurance in case of damage to assistive devices or stranding with no immediate mobility options. They can be found at: howtobehandsome.fr/ Imagine my shock this morning when I discovered that through cooperation with the Tales Group, Handsome's voice card has become global so it's a matter of time before banks start introducing it. The card is equipped with a Bluetooth LE chip, connects to the customer's smartphone either through their banking app or a specially designed one; then, once its inserted into the terminal, it delivers all of the status messages to the app E.G. the amount to be paid or the current state of the payment process. This way it is possible to avoid being scammed on the amount and we can make sure all is well with our transaction. I'm curious if any banks are going to introduce this any time soon. thalesgroup.com/en/markets/dig… #Accessibility #Blind #France #Banking #AdventCalendar
We might finally have a good #Linux tablet on our hands: Surface-like form factor, #Android app support, open bootloader, keyboard and stylus accessory, and the hardware is pretty great as well!
Check out AlmaLinux and TuxCare's support services: https://bit.ly/3EuSwPU Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux:https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/e...
🚨Breaking: Following our complaints from 2018, Meta's business model has been declared illegal in the EU. The EDPB decided that Meta cannot force users to agree to personalized ads. Read our full statement here: noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-personaliz…
The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.
It's an unprecedented time for W3C elections. We have both a @tag election where 7 candidates are vying for 3 open seats w3.org/blog/news/archives/9741 and an Advisory Board election where 11 people are vying for 4 open seats! w3.org/blog/news/archives/9756 For reference, these are the two elected boards within the W3C. There seems to be a real uptick in interest in the future of web platform standards governance! If you are affiliated with a W3C-member organisation, please make sure your org votes!
@vick21 the way w3c works is that each member organization can get a vote. So if you belong to a w3c member organization, my suggestion is that if you have opinions then you should express those opinions to the voting representative of that organization (their "advisory committee representative"). W3C members orgs include big and small companies, non profits and EDUs. If you need help finding a specific "AC Rep" let me know and I can find that info and send it to you. w3.org/Consortium/Member/List
Paul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •Following on from this Initial Mastodon Guide, I have been seeing a lot of people asking for tips on how to find people and content to fill in their Home Timeline.
I decided to make a follow up video on how to best use search and also cover why sometimes you don't get the results you expect.
youtu.be/9cIbSPPszIE
Any boosts will be appreciated to help others improve their Mastodon experience.
#TwitterExodus #TwitterMigration #Search #feditips
How to Find and Follow People and Content on Mastodon
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •OK, well this is getting far more interesting for me! 😎
Given the open nature of the #ActivityPub protocol, it is possible to pull in the Instagram alternative, Pixelfed, into your Mastodon Home Timeline.
This is great for those looking for an alternative to Instagram, but not wanting to use yet another app.
Here is another short video on how this works and how you can use it yourself!
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #Instagram #Pixelfed #feditips
youtu.be/iPq-NqtTEqU
How To Add Pixelfed Feeds to your Mastodon Timeline - Instagram Replacement
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •This seems to be becoming a habit of mine now as I begin to use Mastodon more and continue to learn more about it each day.
This one covers the options available to you when posting content such as Alt Text and Content Warnings but also talks about language settings and using filters to tidy up your timelines.
Any boosts will be greatly appreciated so we can help everyone get the most out of Mastodon.
#twittermigration #MastodonTips #accessibility #language #feditips
youtu.be/Pg0rtrUOoJY
How to Compose a Post on Mastodon (all the options)
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •Yet another short video to add to the list of guides.
This one covers how to make use of the Advanced Web Interface to really tailor your web experience for #Mastodon.
For those that are used to things like #tweetdeck or the app #tweeten on Windows, this will be very familiar to you. And best of all, it is built right into Mastodon natively.
As always, boosts are appreciated to get the message out to all the newcomers.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #feditips
youtu.be/I4l9FjzGywc
How to Use the Advanced Web Interface for Mastodon - Tweetdeck Style
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •Another day, another video.
A lot of us already have a large #Twitter #Network and would love to be able to easily search #Mastodon for them to fill out our network here.
The #Fedifinder site helps make this a reality and it recently got some updates.
This video walks through the steps to #Migrate your network across in minutes.
As always, any boosts are appreciated to spread the word... And a sub would be lovely. 😜 #twittermigration #twitterexodus #youtube #feditips
youtu.be/37S246Wr_JE
How To Easily Find Your Twitter Network on Mastodon
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •Seeing a little too much #Caturday in your feed? Want to hide #spoilers for a TV Show until you see the episode?
#Filters are easy to set up and customise on #Mastodon. This short video walks through how to use them step by step to make it as easy as possible for you to manage your feeds.
As always, thanks in advance for the boosts, and a sub to my channel would mean a lot, I am aiming for 1000 subs. 😜👍
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #Youtube #feditips
youtu.be/2yt5JvFoGrw
How To Use Filters on Mastodon to Hide Content
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •I shared a video earlier in this thread about how to #migrate your account to another server and ensuring your followers come along for the ride, but how do you move other data such as the people you follow, mute or block?
This video walks through this process step by step to make it as seamless for you as possible.
Yet again, thanks for all the boosts and extra thanks to those that subbed to my channel.
youtu.be/bjzetO-zl3Q
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #Feditips #youtube
How to Move Data Between Mastodon Accounts
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •I still haven't run out of tips to share...
Lists are a feature many are used to from the Bird Site, but they function differently here. They are a great tool for you to make your own custom timelines.
Check out this short guide video on what lists are as well as how to set them up for yourself.
Yet again, thanks for the #boosts and subs. I love the culture of sharing here.
#lists #feditips #twittermigration #youtube
youtu.be/YpEQmc9W3zc
How To Use Lists in Mastodon
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •Direct Messages on Mastodon are probably one of the most confusing things for new users as they aren't really like messages on other platforms.
I have done my best to explain what they are in a few minutes for you all here. Check it out and let me know if it helps.
More tips still to come so stay tuned.
Please give it a #boost if you can to help spread the knowledge around the Fediverse.
youtu.be/XWiaQAmHvys
#FediTips #twittermigration #youtube #DirectMessages #DMs
How To Create and View Direct Messages on Mastodon
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •I love seeing all the new members joining the platform, but this does mean that with more people, you may feel the need to #mute or #block an account on #Mastodon. That is fine, your experience on this platform should be dictated by you and you alone.
So, I made this short guide to help you better navigate how to use this feature.
Please give it a #boost if you can to help spread the knowledge around the Fediverse.:ablobcatrave:
#FediTips #MastodonTips #YouTube
youtu.be/X3L4FxyTZYc
How to Mute and Block Accounts on Mastodon
YouTubePaul O'Malley
in reply to Paul O'Malley • • •A little known feature of #Mastodon is the ability to create your own personal notes about an account.
This is a great way to potentially remind yourself why you follow particular accounts (or just about any other reason you can think of).
Also, these notes are private. The account does not know what you have written down, nor the fact that you have even made these notes.
Please #boost to help spread the knowledge around your networks. ☺️
#MastodonTips #Feditips #Notes
youtu.be/npoBM9Ev2CQ
How to Use the Notes Feature on Mastodon
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