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vmstan, 11 months ago to random

PSA: If you're a Mastodon user visiting a kbin site and see something you want to reply to, you don't have to have an account there to participate in the conversation.

Click on More > Copy URL to Fediverse > Paste it into the search field of your Mastodon instance > Interact just like any other post.

All because of the power of federation and ActivityPub! :masto_dance:

Screenshot of "Paste into search"
Screenshot of kbin post as Mastodon result
Screenshot of reply window.

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

Every article I read talking up Bluesky as an alternative to Twitter, when it mentions Mastodon: “Bluesky is federated like Mastodon except it's easy to use because it's not actually federated.”

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vmstan, 11 months ago to random

“You’re literally the only person I know that uses Mastadon”

You need to know better people.

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

Fun fact: there are over 1000 commits to the Mastodon code base made between version 4.1 and the forthcoming version 4.2, even more when you look at “boring” things like dependency updates.

The core team doesn’t talk about the good work they have been doing anywhere nearly enough. They’re not all massive and impressive features but a lot of groundwork laid for future change.

Our members already see it, but there’s a lot that will be better once all Mastodon instances get to update soon

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

The VMware #startrek channel is a wonderful source of memes for me.

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads https://www.semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta-over-threads

vmstan, 1 year ago to random

The four stages of Mastodon user:

• what’s a Mastodon
• I feel lost and alone how does this work
• oh wow this is actually pretty cool
• I’m an instance admin now

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

Look, I’m not saying you should USE the Threads app. Just that we shouldn’t cut off everyone who doesn’t see all … this …. 👀

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

Some #MastoAdmin got together and implemented various Pride flag SVG hacks into the Mastodon logo. Ours was done by @rrgeorge and is flying on the web UI now.

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

Could we just all stop being needlessly cruel to each other over trivial shit for a day or two?

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

Twitter can’t manage to pay its rent, hosting companies, or former employees but has figured out how to fund right-wing misinformers and bad actors https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/right-wing-misinformers-and-bad-actors-have-already-earned-tens-thousands-dollars-under

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

If I block a channel on Apple News, I don’t want to see it anyway with a notice that I’ve blocked it. I just don’t want to see it! Is that hard to understand?

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vmstan, 11 months ago to random

Hay there.

vmstan, 11 months ago to random

Lead by modeling the behavior you want others to emulate, not by harassing others into submission.

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

My fellow #vmstio members, one of the freedoms enshrined in the US Constitution (that hasn’t completely been negated, yet) is that of speech and press.

So on this holiday, I grant you the ability to express yourselves just a little bit more by increasing our instance character limit to …

I’ve wanted to do this for a long time, as a little nod to the now defunct mastodon.technology — which was were I started.

I can’t wait to see what you do with those twelve extra characters.

#courage #mastoadmin

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

For those who like to read CVE and security advisories, here are the ones related to today's Mastodon patches.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-55j9-c3mp-6fcq https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-9pxv-6qvf-pjwc https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-9928-3cp5-93fm https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-ccm4-vgcc-73hp

These were the result of a security audit done by Cure53, and funded by Mozilla.

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

Not a fan of the default Mastodon UI? Did you know #vmstio has multiple client options available?

We offer Elephant (aka Bird UI) as a theme directly at https://vmst.io. You can find instructions on how to enable Elephant at https://docs.vmst.io/flings/elephant

We offer Elk at https://elk.vmst.io, with a similar look and feel but additional features and functionality.

Finally we have Semaphore at https://semaphore.vmst.io as a dedicated client focused on accessibility.

#UserChoice

🦣 🐘 🫎 🚩

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

My friend is a UPS driver. He just sent me this. #StrikeAverted

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

New Mastodon releases just dropped. 4.1.5, 4.0.7, 3.5.11.

I'm in the release notes for all three 🥰

"Fix trending publishers table not rendering correctly on narrow screens"

Happy Friday!

vmstan, 10 months ago to random

I got to meet Kevin Mitnick once. He gave me his business card. It was metal and had the ability to break out and become a lock pick. 🔐

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

Them: I’ve had enough, I’m leaving X and coming to Mastodon.

Me: Great, welcome to the Fediverse.

Also me: Really, really? The rebranding is what finally got you to leave Twitter?!

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

I feel bad for anyone who lives near the HQ of the company formerly known as Twitter https://nitter.net/LolOverruled/status/1685339679032287233?s=20

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

Mastodon admins, prepare yourselves, 4.1.6 is coming https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/26214

Also, rumor has it a proper 4.2.0 beta release is coming this week too.

#vmstio members are so far beyond beta you don't even need to worry about it. #BleedingEdge

vmstan, 9 months ago to random

Branding, by Elon. #X