People??? Why are you freaking out so much about the change in the #Mastodon iOS app where mastodon.social is now displayed in the welcome screen?
There is nothing wrong with there being a flagship instance, people interested in specific instances and decentralization will find their own instance, and this is in no way harmful to the #Fediverse
The team is attempting to make it friendlier and there's nothing wrong with that, nobody is shutting down your instance, ActivityPub will keep working
A #feditip to those trying other #fediverse software: Treat your new account as you would signing-up in a new #SNS.
A more detailed #feditips: 1. Let each of your account grow separately.
It is fine to follow certain groups and users. These are your ‘core’ interaction. But for the rest, keep them separate and let it grow organically.
2. Define a certain theme or topic or purpose for your new account.
Since we are in an interconnected network, you will end up having a major overlap between your first account and your succeeding accounts. Which might confuse you later (as well as your followers).
For example, I still post my new articles through my @youronlyone account, for two major reasons: Follower Badge, and #Indieweb support via #Bridgy.
3. Use this opportunity to learn how discovery, growth, and reach, works in the #MycelialNetwork (or #SocialWeb)
By letting your new account grow organically, and keeping the overlap with your first account at a minimum, you will be able to observe how discovery, growth, and reach, works in the network.
The Misskey and Calckey accounts are organically growing. I also discover new people, new content, that I haven't seen in my #Mastodon account (@youronlyone). And I asked myself, why? As I find answers to that question, I slowly adjust my interactions, and this in turn helped me discover more and reach wider.
The Mycelial Network (as I now prefer to call the Fediverse), is huge. When it started in 2008, it was small, and we all know each other. Today, I've probably only discovered and reached 0.5% of the network. It grew that fast.
Something's wrong with me, I'm now checking out my third #Fediverse platform, #Calckey.social 🤪 Have to say the interface there is pretty slick. Lots of customization just like Akkoma
@Khayman you'd be pleased to know I've reduced my #fediverse accounts to 2 one in Mastodon, my usual main one in vmst.io and one in #calckey, the one you're seeing me from.
Excellent deep dive on the current state of the #fediverse and #mastodon, with a detailed history of the movement to #decentralize#social, and predictions about where we go from here.
Think upgraded #UI experience vs. what you typically see on #Mastodon - with some extra features thrown in. Of course being #ActivityPub, it interacts nicely with others.
I’ve spun up another #MagicalTrash test account to natively explore - @DreamfulDreck - if you happen to also be poking around there and want to say “hi!”
Andrew Godwin, Principal Engineer at Astronomer and Django core contributor, is giving the talk "Reconciling Everything" at PyCon US 2023 in Salt Lake City 🇺🇲🐍
How to build and grow a diverse and robust sets of new server communities of all Fediverse servers is one big question we think we can organize around helping.
If Twitter and Meta are trying to be the Hilton (we'll do everything for you), the #fediverse is more of a co-op: we need to all pitch in and do some work sometimes.
That's why our #UX can never be quite as smooth and simple, but as in a co-op, the extra involvement is a strong community builder and a reward in itself.
Well, I miiiight be able to squeeze a personal instance out of the AWS free tier. Maybe.
With little else running on it, and slow to respond on every backend hit.
That would take most of the joy out of self hosting and server admin, and preclude a lot of experimental bots I’d keep to local only posts for testing.
As you migrate to #Mastodon from #Twitter, it’s helpful to understand that while the #Fediverse is decentralized, there are ways to discover other people with your interests, and (just as importantly) help them discover you.
Adding “#fedi22” to your bio and registering your profile at https://fediverse.info/explore/people puts your profile in a directory to facilitate discovery based on shared interests.
Dzięki @ernest mogłem sprawdzić czy rozszerzenie Better /kbin działa z instancją kbin.social. I... nie działa. Ale! dokonałem kilku poprawek w kodzie i wysłałem do publikacji w Chrome Web Store. Mam nadzieję, że zaakceptują je zanim rozpocznie się rejestracja. A, i dodałem nową funkcję! Kto zgadnie jaką?
It's official, my #Fediverse/#Mastodon feed is now officially providing better info than my Tweetdeck window (it's been better than the algorithm-driven #Twitter UI since January). Only thing missing: 1. local reporters 2. some international outlets (Asia/Latin America) 3. storm chasers and 4. misc. individuals I follow who haven't moved, but don't post much (mostly just reply).
Testuje trochę a.gup.pe, warte odnotowania jest to, że na Mastodonie z podpiętą grupą nie działa usuwanie posta na zdalnych instancjach. Post usuwany jest tylko z lokalnej instancji.
@fediverse What type of social media do you feel is lacking most in the fediverse?
To elaborate, there are a lot of different types of social media already on the fediverse such as microblogs, regular blogs, image sharing, link sharing and video sharing.
Personally, I'd love to see a gaming-focused social media platform on the fediverse.
A big thing that's lacking at the moment is not so much new platforms, but dedicated instances using the existing Fediverse platforms.
A great example of what I mean is something like Urbanists.video. It's a PeerTube instance dedicated to videos about urban planning, cycling, and transport.
We need more dedicated instances like that for more special interest communities.
Just imagine a PeerTube and LemmyBB instance dedicated to baking. Or Buddhism. Or the global Armenian diaspora. Or folk music. Or quilt makers. Or charity fundraisers. Or particular social issues. Or high school principals. Or a particular university. Or independent short films. Or netball. Or watercolour artists.
The more dedicated communities like that exist, the stronger the Fediverse ecosystem is as a whole.