mastodonmigration

mastodonmigration, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

Do you have a friend or family member who is not on Mastodon?

And you are thinking, "love to introduce them, but the whole multiple servers thing... 🤔"

Well, you are in luck.

A new site makes joining Mastodon a snap >>> https://spreadmastodon.org/

In minutes, #newbies will be up and running on mastodon.social (other instances coming soon).

@spreadmastodon has been developed by @tchambers and his team, so you know it's safe to recommend.

Let's do this!

#SpreadMastodon #TakeBackSocial

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to fediverse

Threads now has a Supplemental Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944) regarding "Third Party Services" like Mastodon. Should Threads interconnect with Mastodon via #ActivityPub, this addresses what they will do with our data.

Note that they will collect information from anyone "allowing Threads users to follow you or interact with your content". The information they collect will include your profile, your content, and your interactions.

#Threads #DataPrivacy

mastodonmigration, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

So, you have decided to leave Substack! Good for you! Now what?

Ghost is a popular alternative. @caseynewton's Platformer and now Molly White's @molly0xfff Citation Needed are choosing Ghost. Here is a guide written by Molly detailing how she migrated to Ghost >>> https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

Another is WordPress Newsletter, which now federates with Mastodon! @hildabast has a great guide on how to move your newsletter to WordPress >>> https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/06/22/substack-versus-wordpress-newsletter-first-impressions-and-migration-tips/

Whatever you choose, congratulations!

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

So, lots of reports of abuse and bias on Mastodon today stemming from the Middle East conflict. Perhaps this heightened level of hostility derives from the fact this platform skews left, but these issues divide the left. It's kind of new for us. Whatever the cause, hate speech, antisemitism, islamophobia, racism and personal attacks are never called for and will probably get you blocked or banned. Let's commit to zero tolerance for this garbage. We're better than this. Be kind to each other.

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago to random

Spirited debate today on Mastodon about the new opt-in search capability. Some people think it should be opt-out. Whatever you think about this, perhaps let's all just step back and appreciate that a complex requested feature has been added which will fundamentally change the utility of Mastodon for academics, scientists, journalists and organizations as well as ordinary users. Thank you Mastodon devs! We spoke and you listened.

Support Mastodon development: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

#search

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

So, let's get this straight. Elon Musk decided he had the authority to cause a strategic Ukrainian military offensive operation to fail. An attack presumably coordinated with the US. And Elon Musk shut down communications once the operation was already in motion resulting in a Ukrainian defeat. Ukraine is now in the position that military actions are subject to Elon Musk’s approval. Let that sink in.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink

#Musk #Ukraine

mastodonmigration, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to twitter

The EU has issued an urgent warning to Elon Musk, giving him 24 hours to respond.

Guardian: EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Hamas attack >>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/10/eu-warns-elon-musk-over-disinformation-about-hamas-attack-on-x

"Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation..."

"Failing to moderate content such as fake news could incur fine of 6% of X revenues or EU blackout under new laws"

#Twitter #disinformation #moderation #FakeNews

mastodonmigration, 1 year ago to random

Clarification

You do not have to worry about your mastodon.social (m.s) account being defederated.

There is a well meaning, but misleading post currently promoted that suggests you should move your m.s account because:

1. "Instance admins are considering defederating them"
2. "Their admin is making spam accounts easier to create."

Very few, if any, instances are considering blocking m.s, and the recent spam attacks are worthy of sober discussion, not hyperbole. [more]

1/
#moderation

mastodonmigration, 7 months ago to mastodon

Anybody else feeling it? Mastodon becoming essential...?

Mastodon is tiny, yet are we now seeing the vital niche that this nascent open social media platform is beginning to fill?

Today the AoIR, Association of Internet Researchers @AoIR abandons Twitter for Mastodon (https://aoir.org/aoir2023onmastodon/), and EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova declares Twitter the largest source of #misinformation and #disinformation (https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland/111132449403615794)...

People are turning to Mastodon...

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#Mastodon

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Futurology

Meta Specific Data Rights Limitation Notice

Notice is hereby given to #Meta Corp. by this account, and all signatories, that all data rights are reserved. No license is granted other than those limited rights as per the account's instance Privacy Policy (eg. https://mastodon.online/privacy-policy).

Specifically no authorization is given for: 1) Monetization in any way, 2) Profiling for targeted advertising or other purpose, 3) AI, LLM or algorithm training.

Simply reply, boost, or favourite to sign

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago to random

Other great things about 4.2...

You can now remove posts that you view in your lists from your Home feed! For any list that you do not want member posts in your home feed just go to that list's settings (slider bar icon at top right) and toggle "Hide these posts from home".

This is a great way to curate your home feed and find accounts you may have intended to put in a list, but didn't add to the list when you followed the account.

#MastoTips #NewRelease

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

You may have heard that WordPress is now federated with Mastodon. What does this all mean?

Well, very simply, people with WordPress blogs can now automatically publish their new posts to a Fediverse address where they are available to Mastodon.

Here's an explainer: https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/understanding-mastodon-federation-wordpress-fediblogs/

As an example, if you follow this address: @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com

...you will see all new posts from https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/ in your feed.

#WordPress

mastodonmigration, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to wordpress

This is so cool! WordPress is absolutely crushing it!

"The WordPress ActivityPub plugin has been updated to version 2.0. The major feature of the release is better comment federation... “When you respond to comments from the fediverse on your blog, they will now be federated. This allows you to finally engage in (threaded) communication back and forth directly from the comment section of your blog!”

https://fediversereport.com/wordpress-activitypub-plugin-updates-to-v2-0/

Congratulations @pfefferle! Amazing work!

#WordPress #ActivityPub

mastodonmigration, 7 months ago to random

So, this surveillance capitalism thing is totally out of hand. Today @protonmail had a great explainer (https://mastodon.social/@protonmail/111165171600485248) on the mind bending evil Google is up to with it's new "privacy features". But pretty much every tech company is now in the business of profiling you and monetizing your tidbits.

What can you do? A lot as it turns out, but if you just want ONE EASY THING that you can do today, SWITCH TO FIREFOX (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) and make DuckDuckGo your default search engine.

mastodonmigration, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Hey Substackers, guess you have seen the news about Substack refusing to remove Nazi content or stop paying Nazi content authors (https://oldfriends.live/@paul/111620175373418478), and maybe your thinking, Hey I left Twitter when the Nazi's arrived, guess I should leave Substack too! But where to go?

Good news, WordPress.com, known for hosted WordPress Blogs (that now attach to the fediverse!), now has full-featured hosted WordPress Newsletters.

Check it out here: https://wordpress.com/newsletter/#:~:text=If%20you%20already%20have%20a,whenever%20you%20publish%20new%20posts

#WordPressNewsletter

mastodonmigration, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to bluesky

No, you can't license my cat picture to Elon, Jack and Mark.

When you post on #Bluesky, #Twitter or #Meta you agree to grant them a very broad perpetual license to the content, including the right to sublicense. On Mastodon, most instances do not take a license. Any bridge that takes content from Mastodon and, without permission, puts that content on one of these platforms is violating that user's #copyright to the content. You can not #license content which you do not own.

#DataProtection

mastodonmigration, 9 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Astronomy

Congratulations to #Curiosity, the #MarsRover, celebrating its 11th birthday today! 🎂

Still operational after an amazing 4016 days!

Check out more #astronomy #space and #astrophysics at @AstroMigration

Edit: Image Credit - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß
@stim3on https://fosstodon.org/@stim3on/110839178786376410

mastodonmigration, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Finding it is possible to rely almost entirely on Mastodon for news during this dynamic time, and that it delivers a much more sober coherent blend of information.

Here's how...

1. Create a List for "News"

Click Lists on the right >>> Type "News" in the box >>> Click "Add list" >>>
Click "News" below >>> Click on little slider bars top right >>>Toggle "Hide these posts from home"

>>>> Edit: Added below from the replies a few more News and a large list of Media accounts.

more...
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mastodonmigration, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Substack Migration Roll Call

Those moving off of Substack will likely lose subscribers. For many this is their livelihood. Their principle and courage should be rewarded. Known Substack migrants are listed below. Please consider subscribing to them.

If you've migrated off Substack, please provide the name, new URL, and a brief description in a reply. Will add mentions into the top comments.

To the Substack migrants, you rock! Thank you for your bravery and resolve.

#SubstackMigration

mastodonmigration, 11 months ago to kbin

The next phase of the #ThreadiverseMigration is helping relocate and build #kbin and #Lemmy communities by mapping old subreddits to new communities.

yoasif @yoasif, who has been a #Reddit moderator on r/firefox, has taken up the challenge:

Unofficial Subreddit Migration List (#Lemmy, #Kbin) >>> https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html

"Here’s a quick and dirty list that you can contribute to (https://github.com/yoasif/yoasif.github.io/blob/main/_posts/2023-06-15-unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.markdown). Put new entries in alphabetical order. Pull requests welcome!"

#RedditMigration

mastodonmigration, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Hey kids, the Republicans are coming after your retirement again. When they talk about voting being "harm reduction" this is a good example. Vote like your Social Security depends on it, because it does.

Center for American Progress: The House Republican Study Committee Budget Proposes Harsh Changes to Social Security >>> https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-study-committee-budget-proposes-harsh-changes-to-social-security/

mastodonmigration, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

We are living through a war on democracy. NBC hiring insurrectionists, shady stock schemes to enrich a presidential candidate, plans to deploy 'soldiers' to the polls, suspect judicial rulings. Everyday we are reminded that the insurrection is not over. Billionaires and their GOP operatives are conducting an active slow motion coup. This year will determine if the people or billionaire oligarchs rule this country in the future.

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago to Futurology

Open Letter to #Meta...

Hello Meta,

It has become known you are reaching out to members of our community to hold secret meetings (1), thereby roping them into a conspiracy of silence. This is not how we do things. This is an open social media network. If you have something to say, create an account and post it to all of us.

Asking you to stop this divisive tactic, and release everyone from any and all legal covenants pertaining to #P92 and the #Fediverse.

(1) https://fosstodon.org/@kev/110592625692688836

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago to random

Do you know how much of your personal data is collected, analyzed, packaged and sold on Mastodon?

None, nada, zip... nothing!

"We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information."

https://mastodon.social/privacy-policy

#DataPrivacy

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Mastodon, we have a problem.

@Teri_Kanefield: I am beginning to think I waste my time and energy on social media... I came back to read my comments... and really, I feel ill.

@Popehat: ...find me on Bluesky... less like I'm likely to get screamed at...

@mmasnick: Same is mostly true for me.

@mattblaze: Getting close to joining you... The yelling here is getting to be a bit much.

[Edit to clarify NOT all are considering leaving]