leighms, to lancashire

Am considering setting up an instance for North UK.

This will probably be a (formerly ) because it is just so cool. Can still read and respond to Mastodon messages as well as folk on other Fediverse systems.

Trying to gauge how much interest there might be.

Could everyone give this a boost to reach as many as possible.

rlafuente, to random
@rlafuente@ciberlandia.pt avatar

O mudou de nome para , caso andem confuses com as cardiquetas que por aí andam

Feditext, to iOS

The Feditext iOS client for Mastodon, GotoSocial, Firefish, etc. now has its own account on fedi.software! Please follow us here for official Feditext updates and announcements.

tux, to random German

Hi @milan sag mal, Du hast doch Deine Instanz auf upgedatet. Gibt es dazu ne Anleitung? In der Doku habe ich bis jetzt nischte gefunden. Wie aufwändig war es?

ottaross, to random
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

I detect a great disturbance in the force - wait, no that's just .

Not sure what's happening there, but I assume the big flurry of follows from there is a instance firing up, or clearing a backlog or something?

Edit: Yes - confirmed it's a rebranding in progress.

iThreepwood, to random German
@iThreepwood@mastodon.social avatar

I would try but my is so that's a 🤷‍♂️

og, to random

Is a new instance ?

alsternerd, to fediverse German
@alsternerd@social.alster.space avatar

Übrigens von zu zu migrieren auf derselben Instanz hat nicht zum Neufolgen geführt. :D

qbi, to random German

Hat jemand Erfahrung im Betrieb von oder ? Wieviel Aufwand steckt ihr in den Bestzeiten und Pflege?

@calckey @firefish

rmdes, to random
@rmdes@mstdn.social avatar

Impressive to see now move entirely, including users identity, everything, from Calckey.social to https://Firefish.social

My Calckey test identity is now rmdes@firefish.social

qbi, to random German

Ist heute die große Wechselwelle zu bzw. ?

schizanon, (edited ) to mastodon
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

Finally got around to statuses on https://schizo.social and I already prefer it to the way that I've seen any other client do it:

Firstly I hide the details entirely unless you want to see them. blurs the words which I might do too.

Then I not only display which was triggered, but which words were matched.

Finally, I let the user rehide after showing in case they took a peek and then realized it was something NSFW.

w, to random

My follow request section has a blinking dot like there's something in there, but there isn't... How do i make it stop?

notroot, to fediverse

I have the domain name notroot.social but I'm not doing anything with it right now.

I'd like to set up another project there (I was running , before) ... but I'm not sure what to try.

I was thinking about but it sounds like a big PITA and I already have a account at lemmy.sdf.org

So then I was thinking about (nee, ) but that's what this account is.

Any other suggestions of fun fedi to play with?

schizanon, to random
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

Calckey.social is a website I use to see if is being updated (it always is)

FinchHaven, to fediverse
@FinchHaven@hachyderm.io avatar
TheGhostHybrid, to random

Huh. So is now , eh? Intriguing! Either way, I’m cool with hanging out on , haha.

jo, to fediverse

Statement by @supakaity regarding the future of the fork of . It's becoming a downstream fork of

RE: https://blahaj.zone/notes/9hl866g89i

starcross, to fediverse

I find it real interesting how many people I see on since the rebrand of to ... ​:thinkeline:​

jimmyb, to fediverse
@jimmyb@selfhosted.cafe avatar

I setup a instance (https://firefish.boo) instance and I must say I really like it. It was very easy to get going and it looks great. There's so many options and settings to play with! 🤓

I also learned that Firefish is the new .

🔥🐟

MediaActivist, to random

Does anyone know when .social accounts get switched over to .social?

ShittyKopper, to random

extremely meh workaround if your / timeline keeps jumping around every time you click on a post:

  • switch to deck layout
  • set default navigation method to "open in new window"

now every time you click on a post it'll open up as a psuedo-popup that you can then maximize. and that popup doesn't touch your timeline at all, meaning it'll stay where it is in the background

i wish there was a way to automatically maximize windows. maybe can take care of that? no idea

vlrny, (edited ) to random
@vlrny@disabled.social avatar

Exploratory question:

Are there fedi/mastodon options for creating private lil discussion enclaves a la chat groups/rooms? Perhaps using groups or lists (features I haven't really explored the functionality of)?

I am pondering gathering some folks for side discussion, out of the public eye, for deeper collective conversations.

nanode,

@vlrny

I don't think Mastodon has those abilities, and I've not seen their roadmap.

sorry, does have invite only 'Groups' you can chat in.

I'm not sure if 'Groups' are joinable across servers or whether all the people in the group need to be on the same server, say, calckey.social

Also there are, 'Channels' which are special interest groups that anyone on that server can join.

(I think Channels may be federating in the future.)

vlrny,
@vlrny@disabled.social avatar

@nanode just to clarify, is channels another software site like and ?

(am just trying to absorb and sort a lot of new information - and most of my understanding of fedi is via mastodon)

fabioromeo, to fediverse

Here's a free, unsolicited marketing advice for the fediverse. First, take this words out of your vocabulary:

  • fediverse
  • instances
  • decentralized
  • server
  • ActivityPub

Never talk about those. Nobody cares. Nobody says that e-mail uses IMAP.

Second, call your username as "address" to make it easy. Mine is "@ fabioromeo @ calckey.art" (space added to break the autoformatting here), and you can find me at Mastodon.

"But you're using Calckey!"

Yes, I am. No, it doesn't matter. That's my third advice. If the user is new, sell it at Mastodon. Pleroma, misskey, calckey, doesn't matter. Drop your ego. You want this thing to work, you have to leverage the most familiar name. Two is one too many, it adds confusion to the regular user. If you really need it, sell the others as providers with extra features.

Last, never say "server" (see first advice). Say "service" or "provider". My provider is mastodon.social. Oh, they're not accepting new users? Try calckey.social, I heard they're pretty good too.

People join a service like Mastodon for one reason: to communicate. They want to read from people they like, and they want to talk. That's it. They don't give a shit about what makes this thing run. They WILL frown and balk at any sign of complexity that looks like an obstacle to what they want to do.

The fediverse suffers from the Linux ego, where everyone is too self important and too self centered, claiming that their own solution is the one and definitive, and it failed at homes because of that. Linux, like the fediverse, is too fragmented, too opinionated for its own good, struggling to gain space into people's life and finding solace amog the nerds and technical people.

And to me, that's a tragedy. Twitter was bought not to satisfy a billionaire's ego, but to silence dissenting voices that organized through that platform, an easy and simple to understand way of communication. If we want an open alternative to succeed, we need to stop the discussions about the technicalities and start talking about how it can enrich people's lives.

And the first step is getting people to use it.

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