A common question about Mastodon is the difference between favourites and bookmarks:
⭐ Favourites are the "likes" of Mastodon. If you favourite a post, it lets the author know you enjoyed it and adds your username to the "favourites" section below that post.
🔖 Bookmarks are a private way of keeping track of posts you want to go back to later. When you bookmark a post, no one else knows about it. Bookmarking just adds the post to your own private list of bookmarks.
@Thumper1964@mindly.social surprise I am here. And hi to everyone else too. It only took me years to get here.Mastodon
Eagle-eyed product developer @parkerortolani spotted something in Apple's WWDC 2025 presentation: Mastodon. During designer Billy Sorrentino's section on visual intelligence, there's a clear shot of @ivory. "It was clearly both a way to subtly show developers what they can do with their own apps, but also read as a sort of endorsement of Mastodon as a social platform," Ortolani writes on his blog. "Apple didn’t show Bluesky, Threads, or X. They chose to show a third-party Mastodon client."
#Tech #Technology #Mastodon #Ivory #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Apple #WWDC
Exciting day for the #Fediverse! This morning at #UN #OpenSource Week, @haubles announced that @Mastodon has been named as a Digital Public Good for its work to empower communities, protect privacy, and foster authentic connections.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/…
#Mastodon #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods #UnitedNations #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS
Mastodon has been added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance's DPG Registry.Mastodon Blog
O vikendu jsem pokracoval ve zkoumani posunu Fediversa a dnes se mi povedlo deploynout Fedi server na lbc.wtf
Ma to hodne ostre hrany, ale v zasade se mi povedlo vsechno, co jsem chtel:
- smazal jsem bariery mezi webem, serverem a clientem.
- read-only pristup bez prihlaseni
- vlastni nalodeni
- podle otazek dostane novy uzivatel defaultni seznam sledovanych (zatim top ceske ucty).
Budu rad za vyzkouseni a feedback 🙏
Udělal jsem na #VHSky playlist s vysvětlujícíma videama o principech, na kterých funguje #Fediverse
Byť je to všechno anglicky, možná se vám to někomu bude hodit, až zase někdo přijde s dotazem "a co to jako je?" :)
Zatim tam je #Mastodon, #Peertube a #Fediverse obecně .. pokud někdo potkáte další videonávod, sem s ním :)
Jo a samozřejmě klasicky sdílejte, než to smažou!
You can restrict the audience of your posts on Mastodon using post visibility settings. You can set each post's visibility separately if you want, and you can also choose a default visibility.
There are four or five different visibility settings which let you control who can see your posts and how easily they can be discovered.
Instructions on how to set Mastodon's post visibilities (and lots of questions answered about this feature) at:
➡️ fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts…
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
Do we need to say more?
#Trump #Musk #TrumpVMusk #BigTech #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon
Here's what I was looking for: the Mastodon UX around quote toots.
It looks like:
#Mastodon #QuoteToots #fedimeta
Vrhl jsem se na audit tech stacku kolem lbc.wtf a Mastodonu.
👏 Protomaps se dost posunuli, jsou kompletnejsi, rendering (z jejich libraries) hezci.
👏 U Mastodonu jsem zrevidoval serverove implementace a nadchla me gotosocial.org, lightweight, API first, kterou jsem pred dvema lety hledal. Budu si s tim + Phanpy hrat.
😡 Nepotesili me AI boti, mam na CDN jeden 80MB pmtile a mesicne mi pres nej pososaji 110GB... zapnul jsem AI bot protection na Vercelu.
I could use some #FediHelp .
As my long-running readers are probably aware, I schedule a _lot_ of posts in advance. I use @bufferapp for this, and I am largely satisfied with this, except for one thing:
They have a fixed character limit of 500 for posts, and thus I cannot make use of the full 10,000 characters of my instance.
This is bad, since most of my scheduled posts are German folk tales exceeding this character limit, and thus I am forced to use screenshots instead of plain texts - which is terrible from an #accessibility point of view (yes, there are readers that can identify the text, but I'd rather use plain text in the first place). So I am looking for alternatives. Here are my requirements:
- It must have a web interface I can use on my desktop PC - I grew up with proper screens and keyboards, and while I _can_ use a smart phone or tablet for complex stuff, I do not find the experience enjoyable.
- It must have a calendar view instead of being a simple, scrollable list - I often schedule posts weeks in advance, and I want to be able to keep track of what is scheduled.
- It must make full use of the character limits of each instance.
- It must allow for scheduling threads - quite a few of the tales I am posting exceed the 10,000 character limit.
- It must work with #Mastodon . While I am aware that other #Fediverse systems (such as #Friendica ) have scheduling options of their own, switching to an entirely different system is a drastic step that I only want to explore when all other options have been exhausted.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
@matt
It doesn't even work with the Mastodon WWW user interface, ironically.
The glyphs aren't in the Roboto WWW font requested by #Mastodon so WWW browsers fall back to whatever font is set locally.
Not only does that in itself make posts look like bad movie ransom notes, but it gets worse: because some fonts intentionally try to make the mathematical symbols distinct from truly boldfaced/italic Latin-1 alphabetic characters.
Mastoart.social is a friendly creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)
Languages on this server include English and German.
You can find out more at mastoart.social/about or contact the admins @artmin, @bestiaexmachina & @Kitty
#FeaturedServer #Creative #Art #VisualArt #Crafts #Music #Writing #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
mastoart.social is a creative space for you to share your art and be part of a friendly creative community. A Mastodon instance that's hosted in Germany and runs on 100% green energy.Mastodon hosted on mastoart.social
Who on this #mastodon uses #RSS? I just made 🥯 FeedBagel – feedbagel.com
An RSS feed finder #API that categorises feeds with #AI, and saves them for browsing and searching
any feedback welcome and appreciated! #webdev #design
FeedBagel helps you find and discover RSS feeds from any website. Search for RSS feeds by URL or browse our curated feed directory to follow your favorite blogs and news sites.FeedBagel
I’m proud to be joining @Mastodon’s Board of Directors to guide and support this important platform.
I believe that #Mastodon and the #Fediverse represent some of the most important advancements in social networking design and technology. They have the potential to reverse the harms wrought by the monolithic social media platforms of yesterday.
But even more than that, Mastodon and the Fediverse can be so much more than what we are against. We have so much potential. I believe in all of our power to build and change the world. We start by building and convening in healthier online communities because our strength together is far more than the sum of our differences. I believe in building technologies that help bring out the best in humanity; I believe in the amazing things we can do and be when we work together.
I love Mastodon. I love what we are and what we will be. Now let’s build a better world together 💞
I hear some folks may be looking to move to a different #Mastodon server. I highly recommend the one I'm on, and here's why:
If someone's profile looks blank on here, don't assume it is actually blank. Some accounts, especially newer ones or ones with few followers, may look blank even if they aren't.
There's more info about this, why it happens and how to check what the profile really looks like in the guide:
➡️ fedi.tips/why-does-someones-ac…
You can prevent your own account ever looking blank to anyone by pinning up to five posts or five threads on your profile:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-post…
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
Oh boo hoo! Someone doesn't like the new alt text warning on Mastodon!
> This warning is extremely annoying, I wish I could get rid of it and be allowed to post images without alt text if I want to without being asked every time like every other website. I know it is not ideal for accessibility, but I'm not going to add alt text because the warning tells me too, I'm too busy already procrastinating my life in other ways.
Go cry me a fucking river.
How can we make assholes like this even more mad?
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
With #117, Mastodon now allows users to add an alternative text to media in order to improve accessibility for visually impaired people. However, many people, including me, too often forget to do s...GitHub
In case you missed it, there are Mastodon apps for retro computers from the 1980s & 90s
Apple II
colino.net/wordpress/en/mastod…
Apple Macintosh (pre-OS X)
github.com/smallsco/macstodon
Commodore 64
github.com/Havoc6502/MOStodon
Commodore Amiga
github.com/BlitterStudio/amido…
MS-DOS
github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon
MVS
github.com/mainframed/BREXXTOD…
Palm OS
github.com/knickish/heffalump
Windows 95
github.com/meyskens/mastodon-f…
A Mastodon client for Amiga computers. Contribute to BlitterStudio/amidon development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
It's been eight years to the day since Lance Ulanoff, the storied Tech and Social Media Expert and an award-winning tech journalist, decided that Mastodon won't survive because William Shatner couldn't find him on here.
Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives:
rys.io/en/177.html
Please join me in celebrating the annual Mastodon Won't Survive Day, right here on fedi. 
🧵
#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastodonWontSurvive
Eight years ago Lance Ulanoff had a problem. William Shatner could not find him on Mastodon. His distress is understandable, relatable even. Who wouldn’t want to be found by Captain Kirk himself! TheSongs on the Security of Networks
📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na v4.3.7 ✅
🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
🔹 zpravobot.news
🔧 Pokud narazíte na jakékoli problémy, dejte nám vědět.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…
#Mastodon #Oscloud #Update
Changelog Add Add delay to profile updates to debounce them (#34137 by @ClearlyClaire) Add support for paginating partial collections in SynchronizeFollowersService (#34272 and #34277 by @ClearlyC...GitHub
Interesting #Mastodon bot that turns RSS or Atom feeds into Mastodon accounts: rss-parrot.net/
(Following feeds would also be useful as built-in Mastodon functionality.)
Home of RSS Parrot, a free Fediverse service that lets you turn Mastodon into an RSS or Atom feed reader.rss-parrot.net
Es gibt bei den Einstellungen folgende Option die es ermöglicht anonymen Besuchern der Webseite den Zugriff auf die öffentlich eingestellten Beiträge zu verweigern.
Für mich persönlich ist das durchaus sinnvoll, da ich meine Beiträge ja fürs Fediverse und nicht für Google und Co. schreibe. Nun stellt sich aber dennoch die Sinnfrage, wenn ca. 80 Prozent der eigenen Kontakte eine Plattform (Mastodon) nutzen die die Beiträge nicht korrekt darstellen und den ursprünglichen Beitrag auch nicht inline laden kann. Deren Nutzer also darauf angewiesen sind anonym über den Server auf der der Beitrag erstellt wurde darauf zuzugreifen.
Wie geht Ihr damit um? Welche Lösungen habt Ihr dafür gefunden?
#Friendica #Beiträge #ÖffentlicheBeiträge #AnonymeZugriffe #Mastodon #Frage #2024-03-24 !Friendica Support
If you're using Mastodon through a computer, did you know you can access almost all of its functions through keyboard shortcuts? There's a complete list of shortcuts plus more info here:
➡️ fedi.tips/using-mastodon-throu…
Some of these will only make sense in Mastodon's multicolumn mode, but most of them work in all modes.
NOTE: You don't have to use any of these shortcuts, everthing can be done through the mouse too. The keyboard shortcuts are just for people who prefer them 🙂
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
📢 Novinky v Tusky! 🦣🚀
Boostování dostalo vylepšení – teď můžeš kontrolovat, kdo uvidí tvoje boosty!
🔹 Public Boost – viditelný pro všechny, objeví se na veřejné časové ose.
🔹 Unlisted Boost – nezobrazí se na veřejné časové ose, ale lidé ho uvidí na tvém profilu.
🔹 Follower Only Boost – sdílíš jen se svými sledujícími, nikdo jiný ho neuvidí.
#tusky #Mastodon #Boosty #Fediverse
Ich habe gerade den "Leitfaden für den Instanz-Betrieb im dezentralen Netzwerk - Datenschutz bei Mastodon" von gefunden.
Dieser gibt neben grundsätzlichen Informationen auf was Instanzbetreiber achten müssen, vor allem auch eine sehr praktische Sammlung an Musterdokumenten unter CC BY-ND 4.0-Lizenz. Ihr könnt es also für euere Instanzen anpassen und nutzen.
Auch relevant für @Friendica Admins / @Friendica Support
Auf einem abstrakten Niveau sind die Anforderungen, die wir beschreiben, auch auf andere Plattformen des Fediverse übertragbar. Dennoch gibt es einige Aspekte, die von der konkreten Plattform und Software-Implementierung abhängen. So sind zum Beispiel die Möglichkeiten, rechtliche Texte einzubinden und anzuzeigen, unterschiedlich.
Danke@DS_Stiftung@social.bund.de
stiftungdatenschutz.org/praxis…
#impressum #dsgvo #fediverse #friendica #mastodon #tos #deutschland #datenschutz
Die Stiftung Datenschutz wurde im Januar 2013 von der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Stiftung privaten Rechts gegründet. Sie ist gemeinnützig und verfolgt keine gewerblichen Interessen.stiftungdatenschutz.org
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i'm doing...GitHub
Some good news about #Mastodon, there has been a very significant bit of code added which will automatically fetch all the replies in a thread. This means everyone will be able to see a thread's whole conversation no matter which server they are on! 🥳
The code has just been "merged" which means it should become available in the next update to Mastodon, hopefully within the next few months.
(Those who want the technical details can see the Pull Request at github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…)
(Via @rolle)
Fix: #9409 Fix: #14017 Fix: #18150 Original PR Here: NeuromatchAcademy#44 Further description here: NeuromatchAcademy#43 I've never made a PR for upstream before, so forgive me if i'm doing...GitHub
📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na v4.3.5 ✅
🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
🔹 zpravobot.news
📢 Nově budou všechna oznámení a novinky zveřejňovány na @oscloud pro lepší přehlednost. Doporučujeme sledovat! 📰
🔧 Pokud narazíte na jakékoli problémy, dejte nám vědět.
#Mastodon #Oscloud #Update
