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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…
Add warning before posting a media without alt-text · Issue #5644 · mastodon/mastodon
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…
GitHub - BlitterStudio/amidon: A Mastodon client for Amiga computers
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 on, Mastodon stubbornly survives
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
Release v4.3.7 · mastodon/mastodon
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.)
RSS Parrot
Home of RSS Parrot, a free Fediverse service that lets you turn Mastodon into an RSS or Atom feed reader.rss-parrot.net
Friendica: Welchen Sinn macht die Option Öffentlichen Beiträge für anonymen Besucher zu sperren?
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 🙂
Using Mastodon through a keyboard | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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
Datenschutz bei Mastodon
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
Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon
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)
Add Fetch All Replies Part 1: Backend by sneakers-the-rat · Pull Request #32615 · mastodon/mastodon
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
Only one week later & already at 31k followers. 🎉
You guys are amazing. 😍
👉 mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1140…
In the last few months, many people have called on the EU to start supporting open alternatives to US-owned social media sites. The thing is: The EU has been doing that for some time already. It has financed, among others, ActivityPub, Mastodon and PeerTube. For @netzpolitik_feed, we spoke to Michiel Leenaars, who professionally gives out buckets of EU cash to open source projects.
#eu #europeanunion #opensource #activitypub #mastodon
netzpolitik.org/2025/open-sour…
Open source funding on the brink: „Delivering what’s needed to make Europe sovereign“
The EU is paying a fortune for broken commercial software, criticizes Michiel Leenaars of the Dutch NLnet Foundation in an interview with netzpolitik.org. Together with his team, he supports open-source, free solutions — funded by the EU.netzpolitik.org
🚀 Zpravobot byl aktualizován! 🎉
Právě jsme aktualizovali instance Mastodonu Zpravobot na nejnovější verzi 4.3.4! 📢
🔗 zpravobot.news
#Mastodon #Zpravobot #Update #OpenSource #Fediverse
Zprávobot.news
Zprávobot.news 📰🤖 je veřejně prospěšný 🖥️⌨️, který🪞oblíbené a většinově 🇨🇿🇸🇰 X/🐦 účty přinášející na 🐘 jinak chybějící 📰, ⚽️ 🏒🏎️, informace o 📱⌚️💻📡, 🎞️🎶🎭, a někdy i 🤣🤪.Mastodon hosted on zpravobot.news
#MastoAdmin folks who weren't around the #Fediverse and #Mastodon back in 2018 may not know (or those who were, may have forgotten) how unpopular trending tags were when the project leader forced it despite extensive criticism about creating abuse vectors and clawing back promises of creating an algorithm-free network.
(1/7)
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
Popular or trending hashtags · Issue #271 · mastodon/mastodon
I think it would be cool to be able to see some of the most popular hashtags of the last 24 hours. It could fit nicely at the top of the "public" panel.GitHub
@Peter Vágner @Dieguito 🦝🧑🏻💻🍕 How conversations work is not unified all across the Fediverse. Even how connections work is not unified.
Mastodon has taken over the follower/followed principle from Twitter which is always illustrated with arrows with one point. A following B is illustrated with an arrow from A to B. A being followed by B is illustrated with an arrow from B to A. A and B following each other mutually is illustrated with one arrow from A to B and one arrow from B to A.
It appears to me that Friendica has adopted this to become more compatible with Mastodon. But its several descendants, created by Friendica's own creator, starting with Hubzilla, haven't.
Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte still have the bidirectional "connection" or "contact" as the default. It's illustrated with one arrow, but with one point on each end.
Also, all three understand a threaded conversation as an enclosed contruct entirely owned by the conversation starter. Everyone on these three who has the start post on their stream always actually has the whole thread on their stream.
In fact, all three have Conversation Containers implemented. This feature was originally created in the streams repository in 2022. Forte has had it from the get-go as it started out as a fork of (streams). It was eventually turned into FEP-171b and backported to Hubzilla last year.
All three make sure that everyone who has a post on their stream also always has all comments on that post, at least those that are made after they have received the post.
This works on two basic principles:
- All comments go directly to the original poster because the original poster owns the thread.
- Those who have the post automatically receive all comments from the original poster.
In a pure Hubzilla/(streams)/Forte system, your above example would look like this:
- User 1 and User 2 are connected.
- User 1 and User 3 are connected. (This doesn't even matter.)
- User 2 and User 3 are connected.
- User 2 and User 4 are connected.
Much simpler than explaining everything with "following" and "being followed", isn't it?
Now, the conversation works like this.
- User 2 sends a public post, thus creating a Conversation Container of which they are the owner.
User 1, User 3 and User 4 receive the post. - User 3 comments on User 2's post.
The comment goes from User 3 to User 2, who is the owner of the conversation, and it is automatically forwarded to User 1 and User 4 who already have User 2's post on their streams. - User 4 comments on User 3's comment.
The comment goes from User 4 past User 3 straight to User 2, who is the owner of the conversation, and it is automatically forwarded to User 1 and User 3 who already have User 2's post on their streams.
The only mentioning that occurs here, if any, is User 4 mentioning User 3. This is not necessary for User 4's post to reach anyone. This is only necessary to make sure on Hubzilla (which doesn't have a tree view) that User 4 is replying to User 3's comment and not to User 2's post.
On Mastodon, for comparison, everything depends on who follows whom, who mentions whom and whose instance knows whose instance.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Conversations #FEP_171b #ConversationContainers
Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/…
Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon
Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.Mastodon Blog
I very much welcome quote posts. Despite the fears that some have about it, I believe it’s needed.
What’s important is that the @Mastodon team was mindful about their decision, spending ages simply considering it.
There’s an opt-out, which means those who want it can use it. And those who don’t, can keep it from happening to their posts.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/…
#Mastodon #QuotePosts #SocialMedia
Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon
Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.Mastodon Blog
Fediverse Network/Mastadon Platform (Anthropomorphic) - Works | Archive of Our Own
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Worksarchiveofourown.org
Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
Without further ado, THANK YOU to:
- @yunohost, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
- @fedora, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
- @frameworkcomputer, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
- @gnome and @GTK, for being just gorgeous
- @calyxos (thus @LineageOS), for powering my #Fairphone5
- #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
- #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
- @element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
- #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
- @signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
- @Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
- #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
- #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
- @openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
- @organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
- @protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
- @libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
- #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
- @photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
- #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
- @readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
- @nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
- #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
- #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
- @eleventy, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
- @forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
- @musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
- The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
I am super sorry if I forgot someone!
#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz
Nebuchadnezzar
Information and insights concerning the configuration and maintenance of Tommi’s server.Tommi (Tommi’s mind)
I gave a #presentation about #Mastodon last sundy at @flordi
As promised, here are the slideshows:
pietervdvn.github.io/
(Yes, I know, it is hosted by github - working on setting up my own webspace)
Attention #Fediverse!
The government of the state of Tamil Nadu in India is offering an enormous cash prize to anyone who can crack the code of an ancient script used in the Indus Valley civilization.
I'm just posting this because I figure if there's some big brain who can decipher the script, and that person needs money right now, there's a decent chance they are posting cat pictures on #Mastodon.
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
Officials Are Offering $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Decode This Ancient Script
The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to crack the codeEli Wizevich (Smithsonian Magazine)
It was my dad who first alerted me to this weird term, 'Synaesthesia' in the 90's. I forgot about it for a time, but recently rediscovered it. Turns out I have it and so do many other blind people.
In this episode of my podcast, we discuss it, I explain my version of it and also read out comments from a thread I started on social media from others that also have it.
Only after recording did we realise that our children both have it too, despite not being blind, so we'll talk about that in the next episode.
Thread on #Mastodon: universeodon.com/@FreakyFwoof/…
StroongeCast E20: Synaesthesia
Welcome to episode 20 of StroongeCast with Andre and Kirsten Louis.In this episode we give you the answer to last episode's question, leave you with another,...YouTube
📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!
For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.
Help spread the word.
#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops
Le sette meraviglie di Mastodon glitch-soc (e di poliversity.it)
Eh già, Mastodon sa andare spesso oltre i limiti conosciuti, e questo grazie al fatto di essere un software open source, cui chiunque può apportare personalizzazioni interessanti. Oggi parliamo del fork Mastodon Glitch-soc, quello utilizzato nella nostra istanza Poliversity!
informapirata.it/2025/01/29/le…
#Fediverso #Glitch #Mastodon #Poliversity #Poliverso
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Le sette meraviglie di Mastodon glitch-soc (e di poliversity.it)
Eh già, Mastodon sa andare spesso oltre i limiti conosciuti, e questo grazie al fatto di essere un software open source, cui chiunque…informapirata
Oh nice, Mastodon is getting an alt text reminder.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…
#mastodon #accessibility #AltText
Add reminder when about to post without alt text in web UI by Gargron · Pull Request #33760 · mastodon/mastodon
Fixes #7804, fixes #13894, fixes #19974, fixes #22875GitHub
Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.
A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins
📖 Read more here in german language: augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-…
#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse
Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta
Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)
Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed. A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins
📖 Read more here in german language: augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-…
#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse
Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta
Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)
It can’t be controlled to the same extent Facebook can
What needs to happen is for people here to advocate for the usage of platforms like this, so we can slowly increase the user count here past 10 million and beyond
Bc Facebook has advertising and we don’t
DJs.social is a Mastodon server for DJs (and related fields) of any kind, including club DJs, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc.
Find out more at djs.social/about or contact the admin @luka
#FeaturedServer #DJ #DJs #Music #Radio #SoundSystems #ClubDJs #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
DJs.social
DJs.social is a friendly mastodon instance for DJs of any kind. Discuss your selections, techniques, equipment, and gigs. Share your mixes, videos and inspiration.Mastodon hosted on djs.social
