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If you are being harassed on this, or any other instance, you have several options of dealing with it. You may block the account yourself, or if you feel this is a greater threat that the community should deal with, you may block and report the post and/or follower via the Mastodon web interface.
As an example on this instance, you would log into the web interface with your email address and passwored used when you signed up at:
someplace.social/
Then, navigate to the offending post or follower,and then you would click the button labeled more, with an elipsis under the post.
This will open a submenu with all the functions to manage what happens to the post or follower. For screen reader users, Mastodon has unhelpfully located this submenu at the bottom of the page, and focus is not automatically set there, so unless or until you realized this, you might think the more... button was doing nothing. It actually is, you just need to navigate to the bottom of the page after you've pressed it. Two of these options in the submenu that comes up are block and report.
Once you click on report, you will get a form to fill out, to let the moderators know about the situation. Additionally, you will have options to report to all remote instances mentioned within any posts marked for the report.
Once the report form is submitted, the moderators of your instance will immediately receive it, and will act on it as soon as possible.
#Mastodon #Moderation #StopHarassment
SomePlace.Social
Some place where you may feel free to socialize, and not be labeled by the instance.Mastodon hosted on someplace.social
ALERT for Bluesky Bridge Users 🚨 🦋
If you are using a Bluesky bridge on Mastodon, DO NOT TAG Mastodon accounts in your posts without prior informed consent from this person.
This could end up showing a preview of this person's profile picture and bio on Bluesky without their consent.
Additionally, be careful about how the upcoming Quote Post feature could behave with Bluesky bridges.
Some of us don't want our information shared with commercial platforms like Bluesky, and have not consented to this bridge.
This practice can even endanger some Fediverse users.
If you have chosen to share your
own data with commercial platforms, make sure you leave the same choice to others.
This is important.
#Privacy #Mastodon #Bluesky #BlueskyBridge #Fediverse #Consent
⚠️ There is another "verification" scammer on the move, do not click on their link, it is a scam!
Genuine Mastodon servers never demand verification like this.
If you see a scam post like this, click ⋯ on the scam post, then "Report", then report it and make sure you select the option to forward the report to the origin server.
🚨 Mastodon Support Scam 🚨
It looks like there's another wave of fake Mastodon support accounts asking you to verify your account.
Do NOT click on any links in these posts. Please report them to your server admin as soon as possible.
Please boost so that as many people can be aware of this as possible. Thank you! 💙 ☁️
#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #MastodonSupport #Scam #Moderation #Report #Mastodon
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Y' know what's a tiny little #Mastodon thrill?
You connect with a nice person on the far side of the planet with a small network and niche interests. Then later you see a pleasant interaction between them and one of your local-to-you Masto-friends, and you realize you've connected these people through your chats and boosts and faves. 💚
Not thinking of anyone in particular, just a thing I've noticed several times and enjoy seeing! 😀
Angenommen, eine thüringische Kommune/ Verwaltungsgemeinschaft möchte einen #Mastodon Account einrichten und hat keine Ressourcen eine eigene Instanz zu betreiben, welche Instanz ist denn dafür geeignet?
Hat @qbi@freie-re.de vielleicht einen Tipp?
Wenn ihr ein gut gepflegtes, beispielhaftes #Mastodon #Profil einer #Stadt, #Gemeinde, #Kommune oder #Verwaltungsgemeinschaft nennen solltet, welches wäre das?
#digitaleSouveränität #öffentlicheKommunikation #Datenschutzfreundlich #SocialMedia #FediVerse
#nextcloud made it possible for me to (self-)host my (and my family's) phone calendars, contacts, and even when pictures are taken, they get uploaded to our Nextcloud instance, and NOT to google/apple.
10/10, would recommend for any household looking to #degoogle.
Others include #searxng, has literally replaced all monolithic search engines, works great, no ads or AI
#mastodon, for my #activitypub based social network
#matrix for chatting with my social network
and also #KDE.
the generalized community among Mastodon appears to promote the opposing extreme
Maybe if you very explicitly only count #Mastodon instances, but if you mean the #Fediverse instances, you're quite incorrect. The Fediverse hosts a very wide array of opinions, though I would not be surprised if your instance has a sizable blocklist which makes you feel like this is not the case. Hugboxes are quite dangerous, yet some fedi admins, especially Mastodon ones, seem hellbent on ensuring they never ever hear any opinion they disagree with. If you feel like the Fediverse hosts only a particular viewpoint, I would highly suggest joining a better instance.
even unpopular opinions are okay.
Looking at your instances absolutely humongous list of banned instances, that is definitely not the case.
But the general culture that I've witnessed
As I said in the previous toot, this is most likely to do by the kind of instances you adopt. If you're only sticking to #Mastodon instances with admins that consider it a hate crime to disagree on something, then yes, that will be your experience. I'm unsure as to why, but Mastodon instance admins seem extremely eager to defederate from other instances on a whim.
I entirely support the idea that an individual has the control to block people or instances that they don't jive with
I support this too. Individual users can block people they disagree with, because they're only hurting themselves if they create their own hugbox through these actions. Admins doing it for their users is morally wrong. It leads to this situation where you don't even know that most opinions are blocked from your view.
I feel like people, with clashing opinions, can get a lot more done by communicating
Definitely! If you truly believe in what you typed here, I strongly urge you to either self-host, or find an instance with admins that do not wish to act as fascist dictators to fulfill their own fantasies. In general, I recommend to stay away from #Mastodon instances because it seems the norm there, although there are a few instances with reasonable admins. If at all possible, self-host an instance, so you can be totally sure no insane controlfreaks can ruin your experience. Its also better to have many small instances for the Fediverse in general!
see a few though I know are just trollfarms tbh
Sure, but should those be immediately defederated completely? Seems like massive overkill to me.
in general this seems to be the case
If you stick to those instances, then sure. If you do not, like me, you'll see it differently. You choose to stay within that narrative now that you know your current instance is part of the problem.
I've seen a lot of backlash about threads joining federation, and the thought of X even federating if they wanted to
I dislike the idea of them federating here, too. The people that come to the #Fediverse do so because they dislike the proprietary platforms and their tactics of manipulation for profit. Getting them here would only lower the quality of discourse on the Fediverse.
you have to pick sides no matter what
You don't, your admins do it for you without you knowing it.
show me one that doesn't block anything but then also doesn't wind up, in itself, getting blocked
This seems like a weak argument. Any instance I might show you, you can just add to any blocklist at that moment just to ensure you're always right. Besides, getting blocked by incompetent power-hungry #Mastodon admins requires no bad intent on the blockee's part, so it holds no meaning to be blocked in itself.
I know my instance is blocked by a few dozen other instances, but that doesn't mean my instance is unusable. On the contrary, the instances that don't block me value free and open discussion of any idea, which means that my experience of the Fediverse is much more wide in opinion than yours can ever be.
📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na v4.4.3 ✅
🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…
#oscloud #mastodon #oscloudcz
Release v4.4.3 · mastodon/mastodon
Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrad...GitHub
⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️
We’re getting blasted by a bot-driven barrage of accounts requesting Palestine aid.
These are the avatars being used, and account names look like this:
Mahmoud│⟪Hear Our Cries⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Feed Our Hunger⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Dry Our Tears⟫
The person in the photo may be real, but the accounts are not. They use signature spam methods.
Report, block, and DO NOT give money. Many already have. This is theft from real Palestinians.
#Scam #Spam #Alert #Mastodon #Palestine #Gaza
Here it is! Our metalhead.club public advert in Wacken!
Thank you very much @MountainWizard for checking it out!
If you're in Wacken today or in the next few days: Find our advert at Hauptstraße 33 and maybe take a selfie? 😉
(are we the first Mastodon instance that has publicly deployed an advert?)
#woa #wacken #metal #metalheadclub #festival #mastodon
🚨 Alert 🚨
There is a new scam wave spreading across Mastodon.
If you see a post like the one below, do not interact with it. SImply report to your server admin.
As moderators, we will do our best to respond to these reports swiftly and will suspend any account guilty of sharing malicious links.
Server admins, if you are able, now may be the time to temporarily turn off open sign ups to help prevent the spread.
Please boost!
#MastoAdmin #SpamWave #Scam #Mastodon #Boost #ScamWave
Někdo zde psal, že prý nezáleží, jakou verzi Mastodonu používáte. Ale verze 4.4 přináší docela dost novinek:
📌 **Profil a síť:** Záložka „Featured“ pro hashtagy/účty, karusel připnutých příspěvků, widget s počtem společných sledujících a možnost odstranit followera bez blokace.
📋 **Seznamy:** Snazší správa – přidávání/odebírání účtů do listů přímo z profilů a seznamů sledujících/sledovaných.
🎧 **Média:** Nový audio přehrávač (zkratky: ←→ skok, ↑↓ hlasitost, „m“ ztlumení, „f“ fullscreen), lepší zoom fotek, swipe zavření, ALT text s připomínkou.
📱 **Navigace & onboarding:** Spodní panel na mobilu, „Explore“ → „Trending“, nový layout sidebaru, onboarding zjednodušený na 2 kroky + vyhledávání.
⚙️ **Admin:** Správa podmínek služby, věková hranice, e‑mailová oznámení, interní poznámky moderátorů.
🚨 **Federated nahlášení:** Objevili jsme s @fabia_man novinku – v adminu se zobrazí, že hlášení pochází z jiného serveru, ale týká se vašeho uživatele. Užitečné pro rychlou orientaci! (viz screenshot)
💬 **Quote Posts:** 4.4 umí zobrazit citace z jiných platforem. Možnost tvořit vlastní přijde ve 4.5.
🔮 **Co dál:** Chystá se 4.5 s tvorbou citací, customizací instancí a vylepšeným načítáním odpovědí.
Verze nejsou jen čísla – update má smysl 🚀
#mastodon #oscloud #mamutovo
Vielen Dank für die schnelle und ausführliche Antwort!
Dass man #Fatigatio im #FediVerse erreicht finde ich sehr gut!
Das könnte für andere #Selbsthilfeorganisationen vielleicht ein Vorbild sein. Denn, soweit ich überlicke, gibt es kaum Selbsthilfe, die Betroffenen Infos via datenschutzfreundlichem #SocialMedia wie z.B. #Mastodon ermöglicht.
So, turns out #Mastodon no longer displaying alt texts on hover was a deliberate change. 😩
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…
Look, I don't want to go all xkcd 1172 here, but it'd be really great if I could do actual work instead of having to work around things broken by random updates.
Alt text no longer appears on mouseover
Steps to reproduce the problem Open https://mastodon.social/deck/getting-started Scroll to a post containing an image with alt text Mouse over the image Expected behaviour Alt text appears Actual b...andyprice (GitHub)
On weekend I managed to connect all my selfhosted services that support it to the #Keycloak #SSO (single sign on).
Namely #Mastodon #Peertube #NextCloud #FreshRSS #Matomo and #grafana
Why to bother with such complication for apps serving only a couple of users?
First it's quite easy nowadays.
And second, because I want to get rid of passwords and just use #passkeys .
This is one of many examples showing that good apps should just focus on one task and just use standards to cooperate with other apps focusing on other tasks.
Peertube for example focuses on videos, not user management. I am very OK that they don't support passkeys, because they implemented OpenId Connect standard to allow me use Keycloak for better login options.
On the other hand, I am quite sad that SSO is often the one feature, that is proprietary and reserved only for paying customers. SSO is not for huge corporations anymore. It's also usefull for us, selfhosters with couple of users.
❤️ 
Do you post in more than one language?
Mastodon's web interface now automatically detects which language you are posting in and suggests switching to it in the posting language indicator.
For example, if you have your posting language set to English but you start writing in French, the language indicator notices this and starts glowing yellow. Also, French appears at the top of its language list
More info about Mastodon's language settings:
➡️ fedi.tips/setting-your-languag…
Setting your language preferences on Mastodon, filtering out posts in other languages, filtering search results by language | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
A bit of a cleanup of my profile.
Culled the dormant accounts of followers and those I'm following.
I'm pleased to see that of the 517 accounts I'm following, 384 have been active in the last 24 hours, which tells me that Mastodon, far from being the maelstrom of crap that other social media systems are, is nicely, manageably busy.
Oscloud
@oscloud
🚀 Phanpy byl aktualizován! 🎉
Právě jsme aktualizovali novou verzi Phanpy! 📢 Verze 2025.07.18.3f4b1a6
💬 Máte návrhy nebo jste našli chyby v překladu? Lokalizace ještě není kompletní, takže uvítáme jakékoliv návrhy na zlepšení a pomoc s překladem.
phanpy.cz
#mastodon #oscloud #opensource #phanpy
If you want to customise what is on your main Mastodon timeline, there are lots of ways of tweaking it listed in this guide:
➡️ fedi.tips/does-mastodon-and-th…
The guide also mentions that there is no algorithm in your Mastodon timeline. The only posts you see are from accounts and hashtags you follow, or posts that are shared by accounts you follow.
Does Mastodon and the Fediverse use algorithms? How do I customise what’s in my timeline if there’s no algorithm? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
Nová verze Mastodonu dělá z adresáře profilů mnohem použitelnější záležitost, než tomu bylo doposud.
Místo neustálého načítání stránky s delším a delším krokem je nyní k dispozici postupné načítání přes možnost "Načíst více".
Pokud tedy nahoře nastavíte volby "Nově příchozí" a "Pouze ze zpravobot.news", můžete poměrně elegantně projít celý adresář a vybrat si, který ze zprávobotíků chcete sledovat.
P.S.: Platí pro všechny instance od 4.4.0.
#zpravobot #mastodon #tip_mastodon
🔧 Jako správní admini #fediverse
🛠️ Dnes jsme upravili stránku O aplikaci na instancích:
🔗 mamutovo.cz/about
🔗 mastodon.arch-linux.cz/about
Přibyly užitečné informace o fungování, úrovních soukromí příspěvků a nově i video 🎥 „Co je Fediverse?“
Mamutovo
Vítejte na mastodonní instanci Mamutovo! Instance Mamutovo byla vytvořena pro běžné uživatele, kteří touží po klidném prostředí, ve kterém mohou svobodně sdílet své myšlenky.Mastodon hosted on mamutovo.cz
As expected UnifiedPush works with Masotodon (v4.4.0+) web app!
#UnifiedPush #IronFox #Mastodon #Android #PWA
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.
Sarah Blake LaRose (@sarahblarose@mastodon.social)
@Thumper1964@mindly.social surprise I am here. And hi to everyone else too. It only took me years to get here.Mastodon