@argv_minus_one

You (plural / #Mastodon users) are not helping anyone else as a more-focused side-job to solving the world / deepening #friendship).

We all need help personally to focus / help others more-personally again - that's almost the only way

Live your life - just stay away from hashtags that don't work for you / others.

OK PEOPLE?

@argv_minus_one "Socialising" isn't really happening deeply on #Mastodon today.

You can measure my opinion via the numbers of reply and my / your experience and even look now at your own feed to measure it.

*** Here's why / how I think my analysis is nearer the truth, accepting it's never 100%: ***

(see next post)

I'm currently trying out Pachli and it seems that it will become my new main Mastodon client on Android. The interface is very clean and it works great. What I like is that I can customize the fonts and that they offer Atkinson Hyperlegible, which is a very good font in terms of readability.

Great work, @pachli!

#pachli #mastodon #android #opensource #freesoftware

Are you following an account which you enjoy, but it overwhelms your timeline with frequent posts?

You can use Mastodon's "Lists" feature to create separate themed mini-timelines, which helps to make your main timeline less busy:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon

You can then dip into the mini-timelines when you want to see their content.

This is especially useful for news and media accounts, as they may post extremely frequently.

#FediTips #Mastodon #Lists

I wish Mastodon apps would redesign their UI to deprioritise the Like button and emphasise the Boost button. They are n͟o͟t͟ of equal importance in social media that does not have an algorithm.

#mastodon

Anyone used #RetroShare / @xeres before ?

#Question #Mastodon

#P2P #Share #Files #retro #Email #messages directly #PeerToPeer #Encrypted #Decentralised ( etc )

#Windows + #Linux + #macOS + #Android client

https://retroshare.cc
https://xeres.io/

On #Mastodon there are now
436 verified accounts from #news organizations in
22 languages and on
125 instances.

187 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@bolts (ENG)
@EsquerdaNet (POR)
@haligonia (ENG)
@ZarautzGuka (BAQ)
@swr3 (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

@oheso

Remember to donate to the instances you enjoy so much. Everybody punch the donate button a few times

#mastodon

Dear #Mastodon and #Fediverse client devs,

Please don't refer to #ContentWarnings as "spoilers."

That's only one type of #CW.

@SrRochardBunson As of almost 5AM, it's I think six hours left. I think everyone must be asleep on all platforms. I'm scared. I haven't known if people in #Europe are awake now and on #Mastodon & #Fediverse. I should maybe try to sleep, even a little. The #CanadaWildfires are supposed to hit where I am in the Midwest today. We've also got the most cases of #Cyclosporiasis in the US just a half hour drive away from me.

Bisher glauben Mastodon-Nutzer nämlich, die Admins von Hubzilla-Hubs sind entweder gleichgültig oder zu faul, um sich um solche Meldungen zu kümmern. Sie wissen nicht, daß sie es nicht mit Mastodon-Admins zu tun haben, und noch weniger, daß Mastodon-Reports auf Hubzilla nicht ankommen.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Hubzilla

adding another #ADHD #sketching / #drawing to #Mastodon account

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Black and white abstract #sketching / #drawing featuring a complex arrangement of swirling lines and shapes, creating an intricate pattern with both filled and open areas

Retro-Gaiden.com has some cartoon frog emojis that get used by people sometimes. If you find this to be triggering, please block us.

RG also has people who used to post game stuff on another platform.

I understand this might cause PTSD in some people so please do what you have to do to protect your mental health 🙏

https://mastodon.social/@Chishiki611@enby.life/116916710427005297

#Fediblock #Mastodon

I finally started putting some blog posts together and decided to reference a link that is behind a paywall. I wanted to ensure that posting such links is acceptable on the Fediverse.

It’s important to note that neither I nor anyone I know is expecting to make any money from this post. There is no affiliate link or any profit-driven intent involved.

https://sergio101.com/thoughts-on-paywalls/
gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/thoughts-on-paywalls/

#Paywall #Fediverse #Mastodon

@elsua54 @timbray I'm against the people who don't have the will (even in first person) to really connect #deeply or #invest in others for just something more.

(for example: money makes it much easier but is also a fake / symbolic virtual material which cheapens upon every new #loan... #Banks behind it all are helping spend for #war - *on both sides*).

It's the lack of humanity or trying - not just #Mastodon.

All are too comfortable with the #bad they know or don't want to #face / #delay it.

@collective_truth I was referring to the concept coined by Leisa Reichelt:

"Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible"

See 👉🏻 https://disambiguity.com/ambient-intimacy/ for a more detailed description of how it works. Perhaps, still one of the best descriptions of today's #Mastodon & #Fediverse.

.cc @timbray

@elsua54 @timbray Video is a lot harsher on #Mastodon in some places and MORE about #EricMurphy's / other people's use-case / template (maybe a more 'mainstream' demand / looking for too much. of the same...)

... BUT as I said and stick to the _main point_ is social here as movement, not just media

#Mastodon does near-perfect media but near-0 on #working on / with actual people, no matter who they are to help #build something else + increment #trust and how to #communicate etc.

#Starterkits. Gerne #boosten, reposten:

Starterkit Loops-Accounts zum AfDverbot und Pruefdemos  loops.video/starter-kits/gQFuEw4Ah-/afdverbot-pruef-demos

Starterkit Loops-Accounts zu CSDs  loops.video/starter-kits/gQDnihhjhC/csd-pride-parade

Starterkit Loops-Accounts zu Wikipedia loops.video/starter-kits/gQkEpnIUe0/wikipedia

Den Accounts kann von #Mastodon/aus dem #Fediverse gefolgt werden. #Loops hat drei #Feeds, einer davon ist algorithmisch. Das Folgen/boosten/liken der Accounts und Videos bringt diesen also mehr #Sichtbarkeit in Loops.

https://loops.video/starter-kits/gSLTadqvCz/critics-of-grokipedia

https://loops.video/starter-kits/gSL4fx2xCu/loops-on-wheels

https://loops.video/starter-kits/gSKvzTGjCo/elbphilharmonie

#starterkit #boost #PSA

@collective_truth Ever heard of ambient intimacy by any chance? That seems to be more fitting with what you've said RE: working with people, not just with computers.

If anything, that's one of the strongest selling points behind #Mastodon and #Fediverse. In a way, the way #Web20 was first envisioned by a group of pioneers over 2 decades ago, never mind the blogosphere from 30+s years ago.

I'd venture to state we've come a long way, although not done yet!

.cc @timbray

@collective_truth Did you watch the video clip itself? If you did, does it match your own experience from having used Twitter between 2006 and 2016? I'm curious to learn what you think about it based on your own reflections.

RE: #Mastodon, does the clip itself also match your own experience with it so far? I can't relate to anything of what he claims. If anything, that video is a lovely PR stunt to promote his own work as a Web site developer and poorly done, by the way.

.cc @timbray

Introducing CLEANR® 2.0*: now for Mastodon and the fediverse. Our moderators are hard at work silencing and suspending accounts of Gazans from Palestine.

CLEANR® 2.0: making virtual ethnic cleansing a reality. Because life’s too short to see injustice™

* 100% of proceeds go to supporting Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

** CLEANR® 1.0 still available from https://medium.com/slackjaw/homelessness-solved-you-re-welcome-efd11fc64960

#mastodon #fediverse #zionism #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism

Alt...

CLEANR® glasses (version 1.0): hide homeless people you don’t want to see behind potted plants, etc. Because life’s too short to see injustice.

@Beggarmidas If we can work on personal projects (something towards the truth) together please try hit + miss to find something.

It's dry out here and we're frankly socially dying / not intellectually improving anyone else even using better software like #Mastodon.

We need to socially seed / improve people and increment some more #trust somehow... that's why I ask #ToBeTheChange etc for a "Social Movement" rather than the "Social Media"...

See my posts please and reply some of this. Thanks

@elsua54 @timbray Video about why #Mastodon fails like Twitter [if the aim is for active social movement...]

"Why I'm NEVER Joining Mastodon." #EricMurphy

https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=Lixz5qTCMGI

Main point:

Neither #Mastodon (or #Twitter) creates / stimulate or make much or a social movement itself - it's better software not socially improving itself.

Mastodon or it's designers aren't doing the people work, which is the real evolution of communication & improvement humanity needs.

#SocialMedia #Twitter #X

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/116891415911514354

You know what? Whenever people may ask me why I heart #Mastodon big time and why I'm no longer interested in traditional enshittified #SocialMedia tools, I'm going to start sharing this fabulous blog post by @timbray that pretty much nails it, as far as I am concerned.

In fact, for those folks who were using Twitter circa 2006 to 2010 it's a lovely trip down the memory lane of what #Web20 promised back then 👌🏻😎

#SovereignByDesign #Fediverse #FuckTheAlgorithm #Enshittification

muddle 🥣 boosted

Tim Bray 🇨🇦 » 🌐 2026-07-09
@timbray@cosocial.ca

I frequently find myself explaining, often to people I don’t know, why it is that my online home is on #Mastodon, why I’m putting time and effort into building and running an instance, and why those are the best choices.

So here’s my latest effort to pull all the arguments I use together in a coherent sequence: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/07/05/Choose-Mastodon

We have better #security and #performance standards than most online banking sites, offering #0-RTT + #QUIC + #Post-Quantum #Cryptography. #tls #ssl #mastodon #instance

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An A+ Qualys SSLabs score showing a QUITE perfect deployment of website encryption. Additional texts: This server supports TLS 1.3. This server supports PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) key exchange. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on this server. DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) Policy found for this domain.

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http3checker screenshot showing we support quic and http/3 including 0-RTT and H3 quic protocol.

To clarify moderation on #HolosSocial. A relay moderates like #Mastodon: it blocks accounts and stops their content from spreading.
On Mastodon, a ban cuts the account off from followers, follows, and messages. On Holos, keys and data stay on the device, so no relay can lock it in.
Without a custom domain, a move to a new handle stays possible. With one, the identity is portable and can point to another relay. Owners keep everything, and reporters stay protected, as their relay blocks it.

Mastodon version 4.6 by default shows new/ logged out users the theme of the site that matches your system: light or dark.

This is perfectly fine for most Mastodon servers, but light mode made the Retro Gaiden site virtually unreadable with dark text against a dark background.

I’ve adjusted the custom CSS of the site so that light and dark modes look identical.

This change explains why a couple of RG users couldn’t see the text after the 4.6 update.

#Mastodon

There are many ways to use Mastodon through a desktop or laptop computer, including the official web interfaces, third party web interfaces and desktop apps. Here's a list:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/desktop-apps-for-mastodon

Let me know if I'm missing something!

#FediTips #Mastodon

Gentle reminder to add alt-text to your images and screenshots if you want your content to be accessible AND multiply your engagement with much more people reposting your posts.

Adding alt-text is a win-win-win situation, really. It helps everyone 💚

#Mastodon #Fediverse #AltText