soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Das mit dem #^ ist eine Hubzilla-"Spezialität", die auf Hubzilla selbst nicht auftritt, von der also die allermeisten Hubzilla-Nutzer nicht wissen. @Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂, @PepeCyBs Welt: Das kommt von der Bookmarks-App. Die erzeugt diese Zeichen, die man auf Hubzilla nicht sieht, sonst aber überall.
Das mit dem kaputten Hashtag liegt daran, daß Friendica und seine Nachfahren Hubzilla, (streams) und Forte bei Hashtags die Raute nicht mit zum Teil des Link machen.
Auf Twitter/𝕏 ist die Raute bei Hashtags Teil des Link: #Fediverse. Mastodon, Misskey, all ihre Forks und viele anderen Microblogging-Anwendungen haben das so übernommen.
Auf Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) und Forte ist die Raute bei Hashtag nicht Teil des Link: #Fediverse. Der Grund: Friendica ist kein Twitter-Ersatz, sondern eine Facebook-Alternative. Und Friendica ging schon im Mai 2010 an den Start mit genau diesen Hashtags. Das war, bevor Facebook Hashtags hatte, und das war, bevor es en vogue war, Twitter zu klonen.
Hubzilla ist umgebaut worden aus einem Fork eines Forks von Friendica. (streams) ist ein Fork eines Forks dreier Forks eines Forks (eines Forks?) von Hubzilla. Forte ist ein Fork von (streams). Alles von Friendicas eigenem Erfinder aus der Taufe gehoben. Also haben sie alle Friendicas Verhalten geerbt, auch weil es keinerlei Veranlassung gab, das zu ändern.
Das Problem ist nun: Zum einen rechnet Sharkey nicht mit Hashtags, bei denen die Raute davor statt mit drin steht (das tut Mastodon auch nicht, aber Mastodon kann das einigermaßen abfedern, seit da mal jemand einen Issue eingereicht hat). Zum anderen kann Sharkey augenscheinlich auch nicht damit umgehen, daß irgendwelche Inhalte in irgendwas anderem als Misskey-Flavored Markdown formatiert sind.
Auf Hubzilla sind Posts, Kommentare und DMs intern in BBcode formatiert. PubCrawl, das die optionale ActivityPub-Anbindung zur Verfügung stellt, wandelt den BBcode allerdings in standardkonformes Rich Text Format um, das meines Wissens so auch in der offiziellen ActivityPub-Spezifikation empfohlen wird.
Mastodon nimmt das RTF, wandelt es in HTML um, schickt es durch seinen HTML-Sanitiser, der alles Unliebsame rausschmeißt (vor Mastodon 4.0 hat der Sanitiser noch alles rausgeschmissen und nur noch Reintext übriggelassen), und zeigt das Ergebnis dann zuverlässig an.
Sharkey scheint dagegen nur gebaut zu sein gegen sich selbst (sendet wohl MFM), Misskey (sendet wohl auch MFM), eventuell andere Forkeys (senden wohl auch alle MFM) und Mastodon (kann gar keine Textformatierung erzeugen und sendet daher auch keine). Es scheint nicht damit zu rechnen, daß sich irgendwas an die Spec hält und RTF sendet.
Irgendjemand sollte sich also mal mit Fehlermeldungen an die Misskey- und Sharkey-Entwickler wenden.
Hier mal ein Test (dieser Kommentar kommt auch von Hubzilla): Funktioniert das hier?
Code#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #LangerPost #CWLangerPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Misskey #Sharkey #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Textformatierung #MisskeyFlavoredMarkdown #MFM #BBcode
Als Nutzer kann man es aber nicht installieren, sondern nur als Serveradmin und dann wie schon angedeutet nur für alle Nutzer gleichermaßen.
Es funktioniert auch mit Mastodon.
https://github.com/BDX-town/Mangane
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #LangerPost #CWLangerPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #Mangane #Pleromane #Akkomane
A lot of new people are checking out the #Fediverse for the first time via the #Forkiverse instance. This post is for any of those newcomers.
There are a ton of resources out there that’ll help you get started and better understand how this whole thing works but don’t hesitate to ask around if you have questions.
Visit the sites of other instances, find accounts, make connections, federate!
@milaheijmeriks
Voor wie het nog niet doorhad, op het voormalige Twitter worden onwelgevallige geluiden door de eigenaar actief onderdrukt. Mijn eigen ervaring is dat er voor #LGBTQ_plus, alles wat niet Arisch is en nuance geen plaats meer is op het voormalige Twitter. Niet alleen ik maar ook vele anderen hebben dit ervaren. Vandaar dat we allemaal van Twitter af zijn gegaan. Een groot deel zit ondertussen op #mastodon. Hier is niet één persoon alleenheersend.
@vosje62 @Eetschrijver @Frieke72
@stux
TLDR;
➡️ *People left to it on their own have no idea what to do socially*
➡️ They / we stay flawed alone or don't help others as a dedicated / integrated sport / merging endeavor
We need to fix this by DOING SOCIAL AS A DEDICATED #SPORT / #DEVELOPMENT...
not just giving people tech
⬆️ That's the #TLDR
Below is more but optional
I feel like nobody responds anyway so I have read over my own writing but if you can't see the heart or why to practice it, then it's dry and almost game over as it is almost already...
So...
It's not just #Meta but people who are choosing to be less human too, daily or online!
A lot of people said they would do things in person but it's also an excuse for some who wouldn't do anything.
So we need to pump that up as State's are not going to do it for us. We do it.
All the socials are measurably the same one-way posts, a few short-depth replies, even the same bickering / propaganda / misunderstanding / deflection found elsewhere online.
Rather than sorting personal politics - people are falling into the external and empty shit rather the stuff they can control (themselves and somewhat their family and personal politics between them).
Not all the same as Meta here, it's a bit better here but evidently even more *dry* / empty and similar without the slop (as comparison - not saying I like slop but it's empty / unsocial almost without dedicated people helping others do it!).
OPTIONALLY MORE....
==================
#Tech posts are a plenty here but near-nobody developing human social by talking / building in that way.
➡️ Frankly #alien to most tech people to do human interaction without machines being the focus / work / topic...
I talked to someone making the website for a charity and has good ethics, but asking them actively, they told me they don't want to be a part of any charity work, like nothing - even after saying to them "I'm prodding just to check what you mean" eventually it turns out they prefer machine work almost only with it being a bit better as a boss. This is not enough if humans are the problem / what we need to develop!
Charity without #charity work?
Weird.
#Mastodon = Lots of #debate about machine code, which language is better or the hardware, cat pictures #Caturday - the best this or that, some great 1-ways posts, how to fix the tech that they are breaking as an endless cat-and-mouse game which could turn out to be a big waste of tech time, a few tips but not much socially for everyone to hop into and audio chat afterwards or improve the art of talking to people / expanding existing mentality!
Of course it could involve tech and ALL topics but not really being THE focus or mono-work / mono-conversation.
❓ I suppose we should let the untrained work it out? ❓
➡️ No - clearly doesn't work if you leave uneducated do it or want to improve real social.
We / you / me / whoever is up #Dansup should #DIY this thing like you and other have done in other projects...
So can't be near-0 or just one-off comments for everyone - need:
- building (socially) / yes online posts and pages,
- leading / a bit of moderated chats (some chat like this or audio chats after for the #brave / #pioneer)
- increasing #trust,
- #investment (in our own circles as a circular economy in itself). etc
It is all possible simply with audio talks from time to time, in a 3-click no account safe-than-zoom #Jitsi chat)
A WHOLE WORLD WAITING FOR US TO DEVELOP_>
Yes ISOLATION is by choice for most and answer also about Meta being non-human (when people are not doing it regardless of AI or bad guys etc), All these sites have nobody to talk to - not even fans to fans (crowd-sourcing / limiting liability etc).
I think there would be plenty enough extrovert to start things and spread out to normal conversation - who wouldn't want in their teens healthy chat and even the weird to become expert in identifying the right and wrong / being more extrovert / fixing things...
My account counts for years of trying and that's why I'm asking else I'd do it by myself with a few (but it's that dry nobody wants to use even the people with free time).
Again way to say it.... (repetition)
Yes...bad people doing bad.
But No... the good people are not doing enough together anyway. They choose not to respond or go into depth or DEDICATE TIME TO OTHERS!!
Imagine - half hour for others and being more clear that's what we are doing and making audio circles (can be nameless) to conclude / enjoy things!
And near-no replies from you the reader or Stux on this
Not having a weekly thing with your fans or monthly type of driver / catchup and gather folks online is a missed opportunity and stifling their progress too - a semi-organised audio chat helps get things straight or fans helping fans etc-
I'd do one circle but needs a bit of a existing crowd to come and then maybe you leave us to it.
I don't have lots of followers and you do - purely as numbers and mass - followers would come / read about it.
Otherwise... the answer to your post is of course money (the root of all evil as it pretends to be unpolitical / unethical / neutral / and isn't (banks are highly political).
So who cares about people... AND DOING THE WORK?
⬆️ Readers do reply ! ⬆️
And if you want to do it reply!
This is not a hate post.
Plenty of tech devs.... but just not actively social devs....
Not real *human* development... so to your post I can't say non-human but I can say short-depth, low interaction and I'm sure we all see this and can measure it... hell try reply in depth like me and see how many replies you get asking for ANY comment about any of this !
(you don't have to reply to all)
See my other post for more on this or bookmark / save / open in a tab and forget me!
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/115866456037196387
I hope you get this and entertain the other post above to really say it in other words and hit home how IMPORTANT this is, together.
100% we need to be more socially / humanly developing.
The rest below is just the comments from this thread saying it's about money (which I agree but are they doing social also? 'll have a look at their accounts)... hmm
Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國 @TimMaddog
💬 The point? Financial #profit and social #manipulation.
Hyperbolix Prudens 🎹🖌️⌨️ @hyperbolix Whatever makes the most money for #Meta is fine with them
Exquisite.social is a general Glitch Mastodon server with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere.
This server has a post size of up to 2500 characters.
You can find out more at https://exquisite.social/about or contact the admin account @exquisite
#FeaturedServer #Technology #Privacy #BSD #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Follow + Hide Boosts is seriously one of the best low-key features of Mastodon. I use it all the time. It's wonderful.
So if you follow me or want to follow me but really don't want to see my boosts because I boost a lot? PLEASE USE IT I WILL NOT BE OFFENDED IT IS A GOOD FEATURE. IT IS SO GOOD.
Here's Space Catitude talking about it:
https://realsocial.life/@TerryHancock/115856401496102908
Basically "hide boosts from" is wonderful.
(Y'know what else is? Time-limited mutes. Goddamn I love that so much. I use it, too.)
I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.87 here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30679
It's churning through GitHub Continuous Integration checks (1 of 3 passed so far which is a good sign the other two will complete successfully).
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
p.s. the other day I read your napcop proposal and I dig the acronym. ;)
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse
Hey everyone,
Gaza Verified is now open again for verification calls in 2026.
The new process for signing up for verification calls uses sign in with Mastodon and should remove the last remaining technical hurdle that was giving some of our friends in Gaza a hard time (adding the verification link to your Mastodon account is not intuitive in the current Mastodon interface). With this new flow, you won’t have to, we do it for you.
Also, please remember that Israel, USA, and Germany are continuing their genocide of the Palestinian people with the complicity of the UK and almost the entire rest of the EU.
And we can help, if only a little. And even if it’s just a drop in the ocean it’s still a meaningful drop for those it helps:
https://gaza-verified.org/donate/
💕
#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #fediverse #mastodon #israel #USA #Germany #UK #EU #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #mutualAid #fediAid #StopIsrael #FreePalestine
@PhillipPlays Thank you for the mention, and it’s my pleasure! RG is visually unlike any other #Mastodon instance on the #Fediverse. It’s something I take great pride in but I can’t take all the credit.
RG is great because of the amazing people who post here, and users of other instances who interact with us.
Also, shoutout to the incredible Mastodon team 
@harld
Een profiel met foto helpt inderdaad.
Verder zul je zelf even aan de bak moeten om je tijdlijn te vullen met interessante berichten. Het nadeel van #mastodon is dat er geen algoritme is. Je bent zelf het algoritme.
Het voordeel van #mastodon is dat er geen algoritme is. Je bent zelf het algoritme. Of te wel, volg hashtags en accounts die je interessant lijken, op een later moment kun je alsnog dingen ontvolgen als ze onvoldoende relevant blijken te zijn.
@FvdHorst
I dive into news websites or blog source code to find an RSS link whenever I find an interesting site that isn't on #Mastodon.
Through #RSS and RSS Parrot I can pull them into the #Fediverse and subscribe to their feed right here.
More at: https://rss-parrot.net
Also, thanks to lxo, violette, fruye and to anyone else who may have helped contributed to this release!
I've submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.86 here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30669
Currently one of three Continuous Integration checks passed (which is a good sign the other two will probably pass soon too).
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse
Sometime in the next week or so, I need to update my #Mastodon server. It currently runs on a #raspberrypi . I need to change it to:
- Run on docker
- stash media files on @digitalocean Spaces.
This is the second time it's crashed due to running out of disk space.
Plus, there's a tricky update i need to deal with.
Retro Gaiden has over 450 custom emojis and new ones are always being added. You're bound to find ones you love. Join RG and use them to spice up your username or post
Хм, интересно, заметил что в activitypub объекте мастодон стал в директиве context и conversation передавать URI вида https://mastodon.social/contexts/110668979721636336-115830934759073190. Причём если по такому урлу сделать запрос, он отдаёт список URI комментов соответствующего треда, что позволит сфедерировать тред более полно.
До недавнего времени в этой директиве передавалась какая-то их внутренняя фигня вида tag:mastodon.moscow,2025-12-17:objectId=2215030:objectType=Conversation, бесполезная извне.
Кстати, многие другие движки в этой директиве передают URI стартового поста в треде. Интересно, они будут делать по аналогии с Мастодоном или оставят как есть?
I love love LOVE Mastodon's short-term (24-hour) auto-expiring mute functionally. On days like these, when some people understandably are shouting about things that are very important to them, it means I can easily keep my timeline fairly unstressful without having to go around unfollowing or perma-muting folk.
As we begin 2026, @michael looks back on 2025 and the sprouts of hope that took root in the cracks. Armed with compost and a watering can, he's ready to start growing the future.
https://www.blog-pat.ch/futility-or-hope-pink-flowers-crowbars-compost/
#SocialWeb #NewYear #2026 #Fediverse #Mastodon #Future #Hope #Blog
May 2026 be the year we can finally use some #Markdown for our posts on #Mastodon. 9 years since it was first discussed [1], never really rejected nor endorsed by @MastodonEngineering – It is about time to finally add it now. Boost if you agree ;)
Have you already grow tired of waiting for #Mastodon to implement some proper #Markdown support ?
You still can't believe to be waiting for such a simple feature on 2026?
Well .. you can keep waiting until you grow varicose veins on your legs, or just move to #snac2 , call it a 9 years old and be done with it! 🥳
Ich sage ja nicht gleich Hubzilla. Aber warum müssen sich noch mehr Leute diese unterausgestattete Software antun und dann glauben, das Fediverse sei nur diese unterausgestattete Software und habe insgesamt nur die Features dieser unterausgestatteten Software?
Das wäre jetzt die Chance gewesen, Leute ins Fediverse zu holen und dann direkt auf etwas, was von vornherein eine vernünftige Ausstattung hat. Ich habe weiß Gott genügend schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht mit Leuten, die monate- oder jahrelang glaubten, das Fediverse sei nur Mastodon, und dann ihren Erstkontakt mit dem Nicht-Mastodon-Fediverse hatten.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Sharkey #Akkoma #NichtNurMastodon
I'm boosting. Writing alt text is an exercise in short descriptive writing. Here for the dragons and other fantasy art. Bloomscrolling. Shroomscrolling. The music. And I like to read.
Two Fediverse clients I like are Elk and Phanpy, but both had the same issue: the inability to filter "replies" and "boosts" from the timeline. For me this is essential. I can't keep up with my timeline, and if I also see replies to posts unrelated to what I follow, it just becomes chaos. So I tried to implement these filters and opened a PR.
The Elk developers have already merged it into the main branch, so we should soon see the two hide options appear in Elk. Hopefully the same will happen in Phanpy as well, because this greatly improves the experience on two excellent Fediverse tools, which are also compatible with snac.
https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3482
@jupiter_rowland Thank you for the information. It is a pity that he is only using this for one way communication, broadcasting his messages and not looking for any interaction.
One would presume that here on #Mastodon / the #Fediverse the atmosphere is much more constructive than on compared to some of the other platforms where free expression has become, how do we say that, somewhat limited.
He has not logged into Mastodon ever since. He will never see your comments.
#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Bot