@Ultraverified That is batshit insane, Wow I though #mastodon was boring, please MORE of that TV-crazed ranting!!

One of my favorite things about South America is the broad decision to treat Valentine's Day as "un dia por amor y tambien amistad" a day for love, and friendship, too.

There is no greater collection of people to whom I would like to express that affection than you, the extraordinary people of the #Fediverse, and of #Mastodon in particular.

Happy Valentine's Day.

🩶

I can say the #Fediverse is a different place than any other social media platform I have been on. I've been here since 2022. When my self-hosted instance went down for a couple days, I didn't yearn for social media like a drug. I wondered how certain people's cats were, one person had a mother in the hospital, someone was getting a new job, one had the blues, etc, etc. I missed people more than viralness of a platform. #Mastodon #ActivityPub Thank you for being my Old Friends.

Dominic Tarason’s Huge List of Free PC Games
I know it's great because it includes a few games already mentioned on this blog, like Gar-Type! Find it (the list) here! And consider following Dominic on Bluesky or (via BridgyFed) Mastodon!

What can you use as a focus image for a post like this? I guess a screenshot is fine.
https://setsideb.com/dominic-tarasons-huge-list-of-free-pc-games/
#indies #Bluesky #DominicTarason #free #indie #mastodon #pc

I’ve seen blanket statements like “healthy” and “safe” used to describe #Mastodon #Fediverse healthy for whom? Safe for whom? There’s plenty of folks that would state how it was either for them or people they know.

I’d like to know how especially for youth is this space healthy and or safe. I do ask that there’s thought put in before replying .

#AskFedi #AskFediverse #boostforreach #questionoftheday #opensocialweb

Amplifying some drama I was just in to broadcast a point

#altText is the topic

My point:

1. If someone doesn't use alt text, we help them, we cheerfully engage them

In some instances they are an asshole who still won't use alt text

If not, we won a convert

2. Meanwhile, nastiness certainly won't convince the asshole

*And nastiness will drive away those who would have responded positively if only we were nice about it*

Drama, drama, drama... always drama on the #Fediverse and #Mastodon

Alt...

an image of html the html is <img src="pizza.png" alt="slice of pizza on a plate"> the alt attribute is highlighted with a bracket to indicate "alt text"

Pretty sure I don't have to say this but let's just be clear..

On #Mastodon we DO NOT WANT your ID or any other PERSONAL verification!

You can even use a disposable email if you like!❤️

#PRIVACY MATTERS!

#Discord

1st pic: What 95% of Mastodon instances look like.

2nd pic: What Retro Gaiden looks like.

Customization matters!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Instance #SocialMedia #Forkiverse

@grunfink
Hi, are there any plans to handle cross-instance reports, such as the way #Mastodon uses the "flag" activity? https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#Flag

After 3-4 days of continuous updates, the Retro Gaiden web interface looks ridiculously good 👀

https://retro-gaiden.com/public/local

#Retro #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse #Instance

I had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fediverse-content-warnings-and-filters/

#fediverse #mastodon #ContentWarning #SocialMedia

New RG UI update. The navigation bar at the top (and bottom on mobile) now have a translucent look

I've made other improvements to the colors of the tags at the bottom of posts, the compose and search fields and more.

#WebDesign #UI #Mastodon

There simply isn't a better-looking #Mastodon instance on the #Fediverse.

Retro Gaiden is unique, awesome and unapologetically edgy

@vosje62
De andere grote reden dat veel #fediverse #instances #threads hebben ge-defedereerd is omdat #Meta wel berichten naar buiten duwde maar nauwelijks berichten afkomstig van buiten naar binnen doorplaatste. Op #Mastodon zag je dus wel berichten van Threads maar vervolgens zag je op Threads geen berichten en reacties van Mastodon instances. Dat heeft heel veel administrators doen besluiten een blokkade op te werpen. En er was uiteraard de datahonger van #Meta.
@heleenkuiper @mboelen

@EUCommission
#Mastodon also has those design features!

@Branwen74
Dat zou heel goed kunnen. Veel #Mastodon #instances hebben #Threads van #Meta inderdaad geblokkeerd. De reden hiervoor is dat de liefde vooral heel erg eenzijdig bleek. Het platform van #zuckerberg duwde wel met alle plezier berichten van Threads naar Mastodon maar andersom werden berichten en reacties van Mastodon niet getoond aan de gebruikers op Threads. Vandaar.
#DefederateMeta
@stux

The time is probably right.

Back in 2022, when I was still using iOS, I wasn’t completely happy with the Fediverse apps that were available. I was mostly using Akkoma, and the interface I liked the most was actually its web UI, even on mobile. So I started playing with Xcode and put together the foundations of an app tailored to my needs.

A lot has changed since then and today we have great alternatives like IceCubes, Mona, Ivory, etc. Each one has strengths and weaknesses though, so I picked up my old project again and kept pushing it forward.

So I’m happy to announce that my app will finally see the light: I’ve been using it for the past few days and, in my spare time, I’m fixing bugs and adding missing features. I’m building it around my own needs, so it doesn’t have to “appeal to everyone”. I wouldn’t call it opinionated, but it’s definitely targeted.

The app will have one key trait: #snac2 support will be a first-class feature, not an incidental one. Many apps, especially on iOS, support snac as a side effect, but the experience is often not optimal. In this case, the choice is deliberate and it strictly follows the Mastodon API support implemented by snac. So snac will work properly (within the limits of the platform, of course).

Among the features already implemented: the app is minimal and lightweight (under 10 MB, including debug code), easy on RAM, and privacy-first (for example it strips EXIF data from media before posting, so the server will never see it). On snac it also cleans up the "Boosted by Aoderelay" messages that appear when using a relay, removes the character limit, and supports posting in Markdown.

I also added support for Apple Intelligence to generate alt text, both for the media I post and for media posted by others that is missing alt text.

Everything is processed locally through Apple APIs and only on supported devices. The results aren't amazing, Apple Intelligence is extremely limited, but in my opinion it's the only privacy-friendly and ethical way to approach it. And of course, you can disable it.

On Mastodon it supports all the main features: lists, quote posts, granular notifications (you can choose what you want for each category), notification grouping, multi-account support, and it works.

It's still missing a few things (block, etc.) and has some bugs, which I’m spotting as I keep using it.
As soon as it's stable enough, I'll invite a few people to test it. I still haven't fully decided how I'll distribute it: an Apple Developer account has a yearly cost, and I hope to reuse it for other projects too. So this app might be paid, with a trial period, but if possible (I still need to check what’s feasible) I'd like it to be free if you connect to one of the BSD Cafe instances, illumos Cafe, or any snac instance, including your own.

I don't know how long it will take before it's ready... but I can already tell you what it will be called.
It already has a name, and it's... MastoBlaster.

This name was chosen for personal reasons, and also because of its similarity to Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder, which even today feels relevant and fitting for the Fediverse.

Stay tuned!

#MastoBlaster #Fediverse #Mastodon #iOS #FediverseApp #Announcement #Apple #snac #snac2

@volkris I believe I hear you but what I hear above that is someone of that kind of person waiting for tech or others to do the social work... is what is almost impossible, We / you can only do that mostly and the customisation of that experience.

That's what I hear above whatever you hate (which there is plenty truth to complain about not doubting you) BUT who is actually not waiting for tech to do it and doing it more personally as much as all the other stuff ?

You are here for example (and my thanks for that) but not waiting for the system or tech created / pumped by the rich to "change" !

! No way - not waiting on that to happen ! Very low chance, those rich already chose and we have it.

Has to be #1to1 or #p2p or something more than a great forum style engine like #Mastodon (we had 20 years ago with #phpBB or #ICQ etc and earlier things) - we are STILL mostly just #1way mode-ing and that is also ok until it's only just 1-way or just a lot of the people on Trump hashtags INSTEAD of ourselves (I can see their profiles - is full on him, like a #fan page even in the hate!).

So I'm against that consumption of time (my last few posts on my profile I hope shows that well with a clock of Trump on the face showing time and media we give him by doing so)... people are not spending even their free time with others.

More machine time and cold Tech people, highly skilled people Cold normal / other people... isn't enough practise.

The Tech mismach and work not being done produces a one-legged / tech-minded society (maybe money with it too because they base their life on it) and human projects break because of that inability (not just loving your own family for example) and make it often a big waste of time withOUT the human sides / practices together...

We could to perhaps join forces / "make friends" with the world - all at the same time as all the same old money-pumped tech) but most want to talk to machines...

Tech has it's limit to empower people - YOU empower me and I empower - without either of those ping pong there is not much of a #pingpong game or building of light trust or #empowerment of either of us.

So please think to #empower me and others while on Social and follow others like me rather than Trump posts...

That dedication and time attention is what adds up better...

Sorry if this was long, squeezing it in before popping out...

FreeSchool

This will be the last #Mastodon post that will be bridged to #Bsky!

Choosing another protocol, okay sure we can work with that. But hosting and even verifying criminal orgs like #ICE is just a spit in the face

Almost everything is PUBLIC on Bsky, It's not a viable decentralized alternative, since hosting it all yourself would bankrupt almost anyone

So if you want to keep following me, please do join the #Fediverse https://mstdn.social/invite/C3pBKk4Y

Or better, host your own!
https://fediverse.party

@gnulinux

Was ist der Digital Independence Day?
Der #DiDay ist eine gemeinsame Initiative vieler Organisationen, Verbände und Institutionen, die von Save Social - Networks For Democracy in Hamburg koordiniert wird. Die Initiative wurde beim letzten Congress von Mark-Uwe Kling (der mit dem Känguru) und Linus Neumann (der vom CCC) angekündigt.
Aktuell wird der DI.DAY von 44 Organisationen unterstützt. Darunter findet man fast alle, die in der Freien Software Szene eine Rolle spielen, wie z. B.: dem CCC, Wikimedia, Mastodon, Ecosia, Nextcloud, der Open Search Foundation, Digitalcourage, dem SUMA e.V., der Digitalen Gesellschaft, Tuta und viele andere.

#Microsoft zu #LibreOffice
#PayPal zu #Wero / @Taler

#Chrome zu #Firefox
#Google zu #Ecosia /
Amazon zum Buchladen
Gmail zu unabhängiger E-Mail
X zu #Mastodon
#WhatsApp zu #Signal

HomeAssistant, Immich, AdGuard, Jellyfin
Ralf schlägt #BigTech-Cloud zu #Nextcloud vor …
… und der Elefant im Raum heisst: #Windows zu #Linux

@marcuwekling
@Tutanota

#Mastodon is fucking boring 🥱

@fabio I think it’s time to have a list of Zionist, pro-genocide Mastodon servers on Gaza Verified, just like we have a list of servers friendly to Palestinians suffering through genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and settler colonialism so our friends in Gaza – and anyone with even a sliver of a conscience – can know which parts of the fediverse to avoid.

I’ll add that to my endless todo list, then, shall I?

#israel #zionism #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialsm #Gaza #Palestine #mastodon #fediverse #complicity

"The Fediverse must introduce $FEATURE."

"Um, the Fediverse already has $FEATURE. Hubzilla has had it since 2015/since 2012 when it still was the Red Matrix/Friendica has had it since 2010. This feature is literally older than Mastodon itself. Just because Mastodon doesn't have it, doesn't mean the Fediverse doesn't have it."

"Actually, everything except Mastodon has $FEATURE."

My experience is that the Fediverse outside of Mastodon, and what features it has to offer, is completely incomprehensible to those who haven't used non-Mastodon Fediverse server software for at least six months as their daily driver. Incomprehensible like a four-dimensional hypercube.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #NotOnlyMastodon #FediverseIsNotMastodon #MastodonIsNotTheFediverse #Friendica #RedMatrix #Hubzilla #MastodonCentricity

If you know people on social.cologne who aren’t Zionists/genocide supporters please let them know that they cannot see posts by me and others who oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people as our instances and accounts are blocked by their Zionist/pro-genocide server.

I can only assume Zionist/pro-genocide servers will not be allowed according to mastodon.social’s new server covenant and suggested as safe spaces to newcomers to the fediverse (including Palestinians suffering through genocide, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid) but it would be good to have official confirmation of this.

It’s time for people (and mastodon servers) to be unapologetically unambiguous about which side of history they stand on.

CC @staff

#socialCologne #cologne #germany #fediverse #mastodon #serverCovenant #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediblock #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

Is your Mastodon timeline too empty or too full? Are you seeing stuff you don't want to, and missing stuff you do want to see? Is your timeline overwhelmed by someone who shares too many posts?

These and lots more timeline problems are solved in the "How to customise your Mastodon timeline" guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/does-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-use-algorithms-does-it-start-pushing-stuff-at-me-based-on-my-interactions

#FediTips #Mastodon