So here's a question: Is there an app for #Mastodon that plays videos from #Peertube directly in the timeline?

I'm on #android, but others would surely appreciate suggestions for #iOS as well..

#FediHelp #FediTipps

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…

#FediTips #Mastodon

Who can see my posts and replies in Mastodon? How do I choose post visibility settings? How do I send DMs in Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.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:

• it is opt-out rather than opt-in, with a default that everyone can quote your toots.
• if you mention someone, they are always able to quote that toot (i.e. there is no option for "I am never quotable").

#Mastodon #QuoteToots #fedimeta

I'd rather be on a social network without dark patterns.

#Mastodon

When choosing a Mastodon instance (server),
what is most important to you?

(multiple choices allowed)

#Mastodon #Fediverse

• Domain name 🏡 (27%, 347 votes)
• Trust in admin(s) 🙌 (72%, 937 votes)
• Topic or regional focus 🗺️ (39%, 507 votes)
• High post character limit 📚 (12%, 156 votes)
• Friends on same instance 👥 (15%, 196 votes)
• Number of active accounts 👯 (18%, 233 votes)
• Server rules and moderation 💚 (65%, 843 votes)
• Federates with corporate media 🔗 (3%, 44 votes)
• Good privacy policy and terms of service 🔒 (50%, 645 votes)
• Other (explain) (5%, 64 votes)

V ramci state-of-the-mastoverse hrani si s ruznymi opensourcy me nahlodava myslenka osekaneho mastodon ekosystemu s vynunanou uzivatelskou cestou. Mam gotosocial server, vyrobim nad nim vlastni onboarding a ne-social-se-tvarici homepage a z ni oauth vedouci na osekane self-hosted phanpy.

Uzivatele by vubec nemuseli vedet co mastodon je, ani ze nejaky mastodon ucet maji. Pritom by meli pristup ke curated obsahu a navic mohli bez omezeni interagovat.

Phanpy kod je na to idealni.

#mastodon

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.

#it #mastodon #maps #lbc

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?

#Fedi, I need your help.

I'm raising £8,125 to introduce #Leicester to ethical, decentralised platforms like #Mastodon.

I want to:

🚀 Launch a Mastodon instance for local people

👨‍🏫 Run workshops in schools teaching safe social networking

📢 Champion the #fediverse in the indie #media sector

Don’t let #BigTech and #billionaires kill #LocalNews. Can you help us reach our target of 25 new lifetime members by mid-June?

You can join no matter where you live.

Donate: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/join-the-f…

Does anyone use the star button for anything other than marking the toots or replies they've already read?

🤔

#Mastodon

@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.

#Unicode #accessibility

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.)

mastoart.social

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

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}

Found this last night on #Reddit. Yup.

#Mastodon #SocialNetworking

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

Did you know that you can hide boosts from people? If your client doesn't support this, pester the devs until they either build it in or quit creating the client. The second one is more likely so meh. Anyway, it's really useful.

Mastodon works on boosts. If you see something cool, you boost it. There are no "posts you may like" mechanisms on Mastodon. There are no algorithms. So, if you want people to see something, you *have* to boost. If some one boosts too much, though, you can hide those boosts, especially if you already follow the source they boost from.

#feditips #accessibility #mastodon #blind

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 💞

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/…

Alright everyone on #fosstodon, LISTEN UP. @kev and @mike are (presumably) quitting. They've set up an amazing place and built it out into a real community.

Now the question is.. what do we do? I'd really like this server to keep existing. Is anyone interested in continuing Fosstodon with me?

#foss #opensource #mastodon

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:

omglol.news/2025/01/22/youre-i…

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…

#FediTips #Mastodon

How do I pin posts on my Mastodon profile? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips

@thunderbird #thunderbird

❓ #socialmedia ❓

likes on #Facebook,
following on #X (????),
👇
and #Mastodon ❓

We need your opinion! 🫵

Hey Tuta Fans 👋 Which socials media platforms would you like to see in your Tuta Contacts?

Let us know in the poll below ❤️

Of course, we'll add #Mastodon

• Bluesky (38%, 133 votes)
• Instagram (8%, 28 votes)
• Other (Let us know which) (61%, 212 votes)

We need your opinion! 🫵

Hey Tuta Fans 👋 Which socials media platforms would you like to see in your Tuta Contacts?

Let us know in the poll below ❤️

Of course, we'll add #Mastodon

• Bluesky (0 votes)
• Instagram (0 votes)