Did you know that with Toot! app (@tootapp), you can follow the local feeds of servers you’re not on? It’s a fantastic way to broaden your view of the #fediverse. (Tip 1 is to follow hashtags, but most of us hear that quickly.) I follow 12 different servers, from local #seattle servers, an Econ server, various social sciences servers, and the infosec server. And there’s an easy long-click way to favorite, boost, or follow from your primary account. Highly recommend.
I've been swamped in the last few days with all the attention and love #Calckey has been getting lately - a heartwarming problem to have, of course, but still! 😅
Anyway, I wanted to take a little time and talk about the way we've been trying to work on the development of Calckey. As you may (or may not) know, it started as a soft fork of Misskey, and as a personal project of @kainoa. As more people have been interested in the project during the last few months, what we have been trying to do (and me personally as a community manager) is to turn this into a community-driven project. What does this mean?
We want the amazing #devs (and not only, but I wanna talk mostly about devs here) who care about the #Fediverse and want to see it thrive, to be able to participate in Calckey. We have a very lively community over at Codeberg where we discuss bugs, features, what we wanna implement, what we wanna improve - and how. This is where all Calckey users are encouraged to participate and help co-shape our platform. Just make sure you do a search before submitting an issue, as we already have a number of open issues with ideas, suggestions and bug reports!
Now, the users who also have the knowledge, time and will to code, either to implement improvements they want for themselves and their servers, or simply because they want to give everyone a more pleasant and fun fedi experience, are also encouraged to do so! We're just trying to coordinate everyone who wants to work on Calckey's code, so that we're not working against each other if possible. Some design decisions have to be made, of course, so we can't promise that everything you want to implement will be merged exactly as you initially envisioned it, but we're willing to discuss and find common ground. Most of the time this is achieved easily - after all, we've all got the improvement of the platform -and of the Fediverse- on our minds! So, the idea is, if you like Calckey and want to actively contribute with code - let's talk! You can find us here on fedi, on codeberg, or in our matrix support room (#calckey:matrix.fedibird.com). We want to be a welcoming community where everyone can participate and add their personal touch in how we browse the Fediverse.
Together, working in a collective way, we are so much stronger. And we can do magic things! Let's continue building the #Fediverse platform we deserve.
Welcome to #Calckey! :calc_smile_hearts:
As a member of the indieweb.social instance who hasn’t got a clue how to #code or #hack beyond a few html tweaks, I am constantly in awe of the “builder” vibe here (on #indieweb, on #Mastodon, on the #Fediverse). Everyone be like, “Hey, I built this over here!” And “Hey, I can connect that to this over there!” And “Yo, look what I did on top of all of that!” And none of it is for the purpose of raking in bucks or controlling an empire.
A while back I came across Transit alerts, a #Fediverse service that aggregates some US transit data, AFAIK after Twitter effectively killed off their own API.
Are you interested in discovering new people who share your love for #Minecraft? If so, there are several incredible resources at your disposal for finding and engaging with fellow Minecraft enthusiasts on the #Fediverse.
One way to find like-minded individuals is by browsing profiles on Fediverse.info, where you can locate people who have registered their interest in Minecraft: https://fediverse.info/explore/people?t=minecraft
Another approach is to search for hashtags (tags) or groups related to Minecraft. You can use platforms such as @minecraft and @minecraft to connect with individuals who are discussing or sharing content about Minecraft.
The excellent @dansup (creator of @pixelfed) also maintains two very useful Fediverse tools:
➡️ https://fedidb.org - A dashboard for the Fediverse, with details of how server types and specific servers are growing.
➡️ https://fediverse.info/explore/people - An opt-in directory of people on the Fediverse sorted by keyword. You can add yourself to the directory by including special hashtags in your profile.
If you've used them before, take another look as they've both just been revamped.
Let’s kick back and grab a #KoffeeWithKyle to discuss what plans we have for today or what we have accomplished.
For me, have already watch the F1 race. I have to change up my workspace a little bit. I decided to get the monitors that work provides for us that was I can use mine for my Mac Mini and Raspberry Pi’s. Wife is going to cut my hair also, it’s past time.
There are probably other things I can mention that #Mastodon / #Fediverse needs to properly compete with the likes of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram etc; baked-in post quoting is definitely another big one that I have seen getting people riled up as well.
It is an attractive quick introduction to the Fediverse and it guides people to open Fediverse alternatives for the closed platforms that they are currently used to.
A hardy #Welcome to all the people who have joined the #Fediverse (including #Mastodon) in the last couple of weeks.
Finding your way around is more complex, but you can greatly customize your user experience by choosing the platform, #instance, and mobile #app you want to work with.
A great interactive website has been created by @stefan:
In my opinion, the future growth rate of the #Fediverse will chiefly depend on 4 factors (hypothesis):
the ease with which #newbies can find the best fit of platform and instance, as well as content.
if the speed of growth can be matched with the evolution of intra-instance and inter-instance moderation procedures and "institutions" to moderate cultural clashes
the ease of account mobility, preserving the built...
#caturday
Thanks to the Raw_cats group on Vero True Social for the choice and selection of my photo on the "cat that adopts the vase"; the cat deserves it 🙂
All this talk of how Mastodon missed being the next big thing, and I'm really starting to wonder if I care. You don't want to be so small it collapses, and big enough to have lots of great folks, but being the "it" thing just seems to bring all the assholes. I remember being super excited when my birdsite account went past 10k followers, but frankly it only got worse the bigger it got. 🤷♀️
@noondlyt
I can see your point, but I tend to have a more optimistic view.
As the #French Revolution blew away the oligarchs of old (#aristocrats), I think the pendulum of history has reached its maximum amplitude: wealth concentration in the hands of #billionaires, #trusts, and #multinationals is about to reach its climax.
If the momentum of the #Fediverse could be kept, #society just might reach...
So there's been a Bluesky vs. Masto convo in my mentions for the last couple of days, and it's made something very clear.
White men have this strange loyalty to Mastodon but not a better fedi itself. And they project this loyalty onto anyone that even considers Bluesky, no matter what cultural background they come from.
I have my own reasons for not considering Bluesky, but there's this nasty implication that Black and Brown people should be grateful for Masto despite the fact people loyal to that project have repeatedly run us off with no remorse.
This massive cultural gulf is at the core of why the fedi can't get out of its way and be the next evolution on public social media.
There's enough room here for everyone to have their communities, but the willful ignorance that often leads this discussion and projects in the fedi has us running in circles.
@Are0h Please use text all can understand. And if you think that you could be saver else where. Be my guest. Otherwise warm welcome at the #fediverse. Where you can start your own #instance on any topic you want.
The creator of Friendica, Hubzilla, and Zot is creating a Fediverse Identity Manager. It is 70% complete.
I don’t know what this will be like exactly. But because @mike is the fellow who’s also brought nomadic identity to the Fediverse, I suspect this will be a big deal.
Die Tagesschau berichtet, der Deutschlandfunk auch: Gestern wurde ein Denkmal enthüllt, das Sprengkraft hat für das deutsche Selbstverständnis, das unsere Werte und Lebensweisen hinterfragt und neu herausfordert.
Es geht um das Denkmal auf Shark Island. Nie gehört?
I'm feeling super weird in starting to contribute here with plain self-promotion but anyway: I’m excited to speak about my PhD at the RMZ Berlin next week and discuss my current efforts to theorise my empirical data. I will speak about how social scientists based in the South negotiate global inequalities of knowledge production in their resarch career practices and I'm looking forward to the feedback! If you’re interested, please register here - the more the merrier! :) https://www.rmz.hu-berlin.de/de/termine/negotiation-zones-of-knowledge-colonial-legacies-research-and-career-making-by-caribbean-social-scientists