#badguy #bad #fckmsk #democracy #protest #taxtherich #saveamerica #wirsindmehr #mastonly #mastodon #fck

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I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.

This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.

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Forget #GlobalNorth users, even #GlobalSouth users cannot find fellow users from their regions, or find posts about the global south, even if both exist.

This happens with most global south users, and with an overwhelming majority of the posts on global south topics.

That’s how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the global south.

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#RakietaFalcon9#PolskaAgencjaKosmiczna #polska #poland #falcon9#Technology #ai #news #nasa#Mastodon #fediverse #feditech #bluesky

You should link all your posts to the #Bluesky versions. We all need to be united to stop this madness. #Bluesky is three times the size of #Mastodon consisting of 90% #Resistance people

In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network

With other news:
- @swf is now an official W3C member
- @blog , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub support for events, launches as 1.0
- Controversial Lemmy server Hexbear loses control of their domain, leading to a bidding war for thousands of dollars

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-104/

Join Codeberg e.V. – become part of the organisation; part of the resistance – and actively support this valuable and ethical EU-based anti-fascist¹ git hosting alternative that’s under attack by fascists as we speak:

https://join.codeberg.org

Seriously, do it now.²

Volunteer and/or donate if you can.

Let’s send Codeberg’s membership through the roof and show these fucking fascists that when they push we push back twice as hard.

When you do, please add your voice to this thread so others can see.

I rarely ask this but please repost this far and wide.

¹ https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html

² If you’re having trouble reaching the server, it might also be under attack. You can check the current status of all Codeberg’s servers from https://status.codeberg.org/status/codeberg

#Codeberg#CodebergUnderAttack#SupportCodeberg #antifascist#EU #european#FOSS#freeSoftware #git #hosting #fediverse #mastodon #community#callToAction

I decided to move servers with this #diningcar account from the big instance "mastodon.social" to "rail.chat".

I did this because, I think the re-centralization is bad. As people join #Mastodon, there’s a natural tendency to join over-sized servers that don’t fit well with the original design of Mastodon and can lead to problems.

This account is a railway-enthusiastic account. I share pictures from trips with dining cars (mainly from Europe, where I live!)

The #Mastodon team is spearheading the Federated Auxiliary Service Provider (https://github.com/mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications) specification, which is focussed on search and discovery for now but can open up a world of possibilities for trust and safety tooling.
https://github.com/mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications

That's why we've posted physical 'X-scape' kits to leading voices at charities, media orgs and universities.

Early adoption of New Social is a great opportunity for the UK's leading institutions and we hope to help them catch up with many of the European organisations who have already turned to open social media.

Read about the project: https://forbetter.ghost.io/new-social-the-campaign-the-designer-the-box/

#SocialMedia#Mastodon#Twitter#X#Xodus#Fediverse

For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.

Let’s lead by example 🙂

Fedi newcomers, this is for you!

2025 will be my seventh year in the fediverse. Here's what I wish I had known when I joined.

It's relevant whether you are on Mastodon, Pixelfed, GoToSocial, or anything else.

Boosts welcome

https://neilzone.co.uk/content/2025-01-19-fedi_tips_for_newcomers.html

#Welcome#fedimeta #mastodon #pixelfed

Hi, everyone who's here from TikTok.

Something you'll find different here (and love if you're anything like me), is that the "algorithm" is created directly by everyone who uses this thing. Boosting a post shows it to people who follow you. The more people boost the same post, the more people see it.

Also—and this isn't even aimed at any app specifically—Mastodon, unlike a lot of apps, is really good on mobile AND on desktop according to a lot of people, including me. Please log in to whichever instance you chose to make your account on in a web browser, and try it if you haven't already.

There are also accessibility features here that most other social media either lacks entirely or doesn't do nearly as well. Alt text, for example, is text added to media, that exists primarily for the purpose of describing said media to people who interact with Mastodon using an audio interface. Adding alt text to images is recommended, and posts containing images are likely to get more boosts with alt text than without.

It's also a good idea to write a brief (or not) introduction post and pin it on your profile.

I should probably also mention that I've been looking through #TikTokRefugee and following anyone and everyone who's here from TikTok. So if you're here from TikTok and I just followed you, that's why.

Welcome to Mastodon.

#TikTok#Mastodon#Fediverse #introduction #accessibility #welcome

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko

#Mastodon#Fediverse

RE: https://hannahaubry.online/on-community-governance-for-mastodon

A Ecotxe estam de mudança comunicativa. Hem decidit deixar de publicar a #X, #Facebook i #Instagram per passar-nos plenament a les xarxes socials lliures i obertes del #Fedivers.

➡️ https://url.pangea.org/m2501xfi

Com més serem, més riurem! El 20 de gener, som-hi #juntes!

@vamonosjuntas#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Coop#Cooperativa#Cooperatives#EconomiaSocial#EconomiaSolidària#Fediverse

If you see this post, kindly boost it up so I can find my peeps again!

I think #mastodon gets this more right when it only allows searches of hashtags

but, they could take a hint from x and allow users to see engagement numbers...

sometimes its just like ...you doubt if anyone is seeing anything on here

You've been a good instance.

https://emacs.ch/

#Sad#Fediverse#Mastodon#Farewell