BjornW, to fediverse
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Most social media platforms allow personalisation: like a profile picture or a header image for example.

What if we'd use these to advertise the ? Help those unaware of the existence of the fediverse to explore it & experience the Internet as intended.

Use those in-active Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram etc accounts for some good!

What do you think? Could we organize something like this?

@publicspaces @toon @dansup @Gargron @fediversereport @laurenshof
@smallcircles

smallcircles,
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@janvlug @BjornW @publicspaces @toon @Gargron @fediversereport @laurenshof

I like the idea. As others mentioned I'd show a different link than the one to the Mastodon app. For instance to @dansup :

https://fediverse.info

As for slogan, instead of "Ditch BigTech" I'd make it more of an "Rediscover Social" to have a broader appeal.

You might organize a fedi design contest and collect a host of different header images for people to choose from.

pixelfed, to fediverse
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✨ People Powered Discovery

Checkout the opt-in directory we made, it works with Pixelfed, Mastodon and others!

https://fediverse.info/explore/people

kuketzblog, to fediverse German
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Anbei die neue Version des Fediverse-Schaubilds! @imke hat dem neuen Schaubild noch den letzten Schliff verpasst. 👍

caos,

@freemind ja, das wäre sicher hilfreich. Aber auch schwierig, weil nicht alles für alle passt.
Wie vollständig die Beiträge anderer Softwares angezeigt werden und ob sie intern oder extern geöffnet werden, ist ja, je nachdem welche Software der Account und welcher Client, unterschiedlich.
Ein genereller ist: kopiere die URL des Beitrags ins Suchfeld, um ihn intern zu öffnen, dann kann man ihn kommentieren usw. Um aber die vollständigen Inhalte zu sehen, ist es vor allem mit Mastodon öfter nötig, den Beitrag (auch) extern zu öffnen, weil nur so die Inhalte vollständig angezeigt werden. Andere Softwares zeigen die Inhalte bereits intern i.d.R. vollständig und ansehlich an, so dass ein externes Öffnen keinen/weniger Mehrwert hat. Zum Teil wird aber nicht alles föderiert und ist nur dann zu sehen, wenn es extern geöffnet wird (z.B. ältere Beiträge eines Profils). Von da aus kann auch wieder die URL ins Suchfeld kopiert werden.
Dann gibt es wiederum spezielle Suchen, die besser geeignet sind, als nur die interne Suche:
Bspw. für weitere Inhalte von kann am besten auf gesucht werden: sepiasearch.org/
Dann die URL des Beitrags ins Suchfeld, um zu kommentieren, teilen usw. bzw. die URL/das Handle des Kanals, um ihm zu folgen
Oder für die Suche nach Foren/Communitys: Hier kann zB nach -Communitys gesucht werden, hier nach -Foren
Oder Suche nach Accounts, da gibt es ja auch einige Tools wie mastodir.de/ oder fediverse.info/explore/people
Da ist die Suche doch wesentlich komfortabler, aber die Suchergebnisse müssen dann eben reinkopiert werden, um mit seinem Account zu interagieren, ihnen zu folgen usw.
Das wären ein paar Ansätze für eine Anleitung...
@kuketzblog @imke

dansup, to random
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I was planning on spending my evening working on @pixelfed, but I had to deal with and then

I was able to make some progress on Pixelfed (hello /api/v2/instance api) and reach out to the Calckey devs on feature compatibility but I wasn't able to focus on as much as I'd like.

This weekend I'll be laser focused on , don't worry 😉

dansup, to random
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Now to fix the People Directory (https://fediverse.info/explore/people)!

I've had a few reports from people that observed certain accounts that self-submit constantly so as to appear first.

This will be an easy fix, and to those who are gaming this honest system, shame!!!

I get that everyone wants exposure, but this isn't Google, it's okay if your not on the first page.

pixelfed, to random
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We fixed a bug in https://fediverse.info/explore/people that prevented adding a new account! It should work as expected now ⚡

pixelfed, to random
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Seeing "Server Error" when attempting to self-submit on https://fediverse.info/explore/people ?

We're aware of the issue, and working on a fix!

dansup, to random
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pixelfed, to random
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✨ Grifter-free Fediverse Discovery

We built an opt-in directory of people using bio hashtags as topics.

https://fediverse.info/explore/people

One more thing, we're building an API to power discovery and follow recommendations in our project and the API will be open and available to anyone, including other fediverse projects!

pixelfed, to random
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dansup, to random
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So I finally figured out the spotty federation in @pixelfed, a legacy spam prevention measure caused remote posts/comments to be rejected if the remote account had 0 local followers.

It's embarrassing that it took this long to fix, I've been so busy with , , and a few other projects that I haven't been able to focus on like I should.

I'll be laser focused on @pixelfed for the next month, just in time for our 5th birthday 😉

dansup, to random
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I want the new https://fediverse.info/explore/people People Directory to be easier to browse, so when you search or click on a topic that isn't popular you'll see a red X that you can click to remove.

Now I'm thinking about adding advanced filtering so you can hide results based on topics, domains and usernames.

Also considering adding Lists support so you can build and curate lists of accounts that are easily shareable.

Imma ship this before I get too carried away 😅

New fediverse.info People Directory design

dansup, to random
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I'm putting the final touches on the redesigned https://fediverse.info/explore/people

I want to ship this tonight so I can get back to development 😅

pixelfed, to random
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✨ We're redesigning the People Directory (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) to make it easier to discover people across the fediverse!

Some highlights include:
⚡ Open API
⚡ Improved search (combine topics, search by software)
⚡ More account data (avatar, header, html bio, software)
⚡ Faster crawler (add/remove quicker)
⚡ More results per page

Shipping soon!

dansup, to fediverse
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Making great progress on the new https://fediverse.info People Directory, hope to ship this in the next few days 😁

dansup, to random
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https://fediverse.info has the potential to be the bespoke fediverse onboarding resource.

My goal is to crowdsource software projects and mobile apps data to provide a single unbiased overview of the fediverse.

I can't do this alone though, I'll need help and will share more details soon.

dansup, to random
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✨ Grifter-free Fediverse Discovery

I'm putting a fresh coat of paint on the https://fediverse.info/explore/people directory!

It's an opt-in directory of fediverse accounts based on bio hashtags, to join simply add the tag to your bio and follow the directions on the directory page.

I'm also building an API so @pixelfed and other projects can build discovery/profile recommendations.

Feedback and boosts appreciated 😁

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