I just discovered, that mastodon.social has a new way of subscribing. It now shows a popup where you need to copy the account link and then you have to go to your instance and paste the link to the search bar. It seems to me as a step back in a comfort. #mastodon 🔗👤😟
@kensanata & I declared it a task to package mastodon-backup for easier install on Linux. Well, basically that was declared a task for me, and the first packages are ready for testing. Before declaring them "mature" & placing them into a repo for "public use" we'd prefer some testing to be sure they work well (and which distros might have issues with them).
As discussed in #78 we will go about packaging mastodon-backup for Linux distributions – a task I've adopted. Attached you'll find the first packages to test (I had to rename the files to *...
What is This? This is a page where you can find links to all of the currently published chapters of Changeling’s Guide to mastodon for Screen Reader Users. I was considering publishing…
It searches for the patterns @user@host.tld, user@host.tld and host.tld/@user in the screen name, description, location and URL field. It displays them to you in the correct format for easy copying as well as a CSV download that can be imported to #Mastodon.
There's a tool to find #mastodon handles of your #Twitter followers - and to bulk-follow them here on #Mastodon! Big thanks to @jwildeboer for pointing this out.
==> fedifinder.glitch.me/ looks for your Twitter followers on Mastodon and let's you download a CSV which you can import on (Settings -> Import and Export -> Import on Mastodon web).
If you know me from #Twitter you've been informed that my mom is abusive & ableist...
I'm an Autistic person requesting help to secure safe housing & pay for a plane ticket. A year ago I was planning to move for college, but gradually my mom has been financially trapping me. I now have no solid income atm & I cannot work or drive!
Oh, ich muss meinen Mastodon-Artikel schon wieder aktualisieren: Automatische #Backups Eurer #Mastodon Accounts sind jetzt, zumindest unter #Linux, jetzt noch einfacher. Mein Merge Request wurde gemergt, und es gibt jetzt das hier:
Archive your statuses, favorites and media using the Mastodon API (i.e. login required) - mastodon-backup/mastoarch at main · kensanata/mastodon-backup
You can choose any Mastodon server to sign up on, but you can also make your own server if you want!
You don't need tech skills or deep pockets, you can get a managed hosting account for about 6 euros a month. (Managed hosting means the hosting company does all the tech stuff.)
If you want more info including a list of companies that offer this, have a look at:
I’m basically only keeping my Twitter account around so as not to break over a decade and a half of links on the web but I thought it might be an idea to pop over there today and state the obvious:
🇩🇪 Ich habe gerade mal meine Mastodon-Artikel mit den Themen "Backup" und "Migration" ergänzt.
🇺🇸 I've just updated my #Mastodon article, amending the topics "backup" and "migration" (for the latter including a link to the excellent article by @CodingItWrong)
Mastodon ist der wohl bekannteste Dienst des Fediverse. Es handelt sich dabei um einen Microblogging-Dienst, der sich am ehesten mit Twitter vergleichen ließe.
We're growing quickly here on #Mastodon - our favorite open source social network! 🤩🥳 Help us reach 15k followers by inviting your friends, it's such a nice community. 😍🥰 And if you are curious why open source is so important to us, check our blog: tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-s…
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Side By Side Comparison Between GAFAM and Alternative World
https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2020/04/side-by-side-comparison-between-gafam-and-alternative-world.
Mastodon – Simplified Federation by @rugk makes remote follows less cumbersome by automatically entering your Mastodon account details and puts that functionality where it should be: in your browser.
Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse.
Thanks for the insight. I'm on a laptop atm and am looking at the #Pixelfed account through #Mastodon in a browser. It is still a problem viewing pics and video. So it seems like it is a larger problem with Mastodon connecting fully with Pixelfed. Images are blurry and when I click on them they don't load. Video says "unavailable" and when I click on it it does play.
Is #pixelfed accounts photos coming through blurry and not loading when tapped a glitch with the #tusky app or is it a feature of pixelfed when it crosses over to #mastodon or the #fediverse in general?
If you’re using Mastodon, I’d highly recommend setting:
- Slow mode. This stops you from losing your place while you’re reading a timeline when new posts come it. It also fixes the bug where rotating your phone while watching a video dumps you back in the timeline at some new place.
- Disable swiping motions. This stops you from accidentally changing timelines when you were trying to go back using a browser that implements swiping motions as shortcuts for navigation.
OK, mystery solved; the Inkl folks found the problem:
Mastodon strips out the information they need to not show the paywall in its media preview. So if you click the media preview, it doesn’t work. If you click the original link, it does.
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There's no such thing as a silly question, if you're having difficulty usin…
You can create your own Mastodon server even without technical knowledge 🐘
There are companies that provide Managed Hosting, where you pay a monthly fee and they do all the technical stuff including hosting, installation and updates.
You own and run the server, they do the tech stuff behind the scenes.
It's not just Mastodon either, there are lots of Fediverse platforms and other online services available through managed hosting. Try visiting growyourown.services for more options (or follow them at @homegrown).
If you want, you can move your Mastodon account from one instance (server) to another.
Moving lets you take your followers, follows and some settings with you.
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Profiles and posts on Mastodon and the Fediverse have public versions you can share with people who aren't on the Fediverse.
To see the public version of a profile, click on the profile picture. This will open the public version of the profile in a new tab.
To see the public version of a post, click on the datestamp below the post. This will open the public version of the post in a new tab.
These "public pages" are handy for sharing with friends, because they don't require logging in to see them.
Public pages are also very useful for something else:
If you paste the URL address of a public page into the search box on Mastodon, and then search for it, the post or profile will appear within your server. This is handy if you cannot find a post or person by searching, but you know they exist on another server.
Searching for a URL like this forces your server to "notice" the profile or post.
It also works with URLs from PeerTube, PixelFed etc.
Problem with introduction posts is they tend to get buried after a short while and depending on how many other instances yours may know about others someone's intro may not federate that well (or fast) with the rest of the network.
Plus, some instances like #mastodon only allow 500 characters in a post. Not a lot of room to write an introduction. 🙂
This was one of the use cases and goals I had for creating federated.community to kind of provide an alternative.
Anyway, to kick things off I've posted my own introduction and you're more than welcome to post one as well.
I also thought it would be cool to allow instance admins to post an "introduction" about their Instances too, so new users to the fediverse could find a little more information out about people's instances too.
There are a bunch of other social apps, but to be honest #Mastodon for me seems to be the most polished & has the most users (so it's the most social).
If you can think of a good reason to check out the others please let me know why 🙂
Some aren't just microblogging, but do other things too.
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Yesterday i found out that you are able to add #Mastodon instances to relays (did not worked with #Friendica servers). I'm not sure though, if this actually works, or Friendica only adds it as relay and it does nothing (no messages received so far).
Question is, is there similar way to connect to Friendica instances?
I would have deployed relay to do the job, but it seems that most used Pleroma one suffers of bug that does not let me manage it.
The BBS (bulletin board system) scene of the 80s and 90s was a magical time. Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connected the planet and redefined what it meant to use a computer there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who…
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