Eugen's post about Threads integration (discuss.tchncs.de)
I totally agree with him. This will bring more people to the fediverse once they realize they can interact with their friends on Threads
Mastodon contact form
is there some API or other mechanism that allows me to create a contact form on my site and have the messages delivered to my mastodon inbox?
The new Mammoth app is a much simpler take on Mastodon (www.theverge.com)
Threads has "hashtags" now. But you will be able to add only one per post. (www.theverge.com)
Exactly like /kbin magazine - only with spaces and special characters allowed in its name.
Elon Musk Is Crafting A Narrative For The Death Of Twitter (www.forbes.com)
Elon Musk has said and done a lot of weird and outrageous things during his tenure as the owner of Twitter (now X), but we may have just seen the weirdest and most outrageous.
New website: Mastodon Most Followed - Track the top 10,000 mastodon accounts by most followers (most-followed-masotodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com)
Elon Musk’s X-odus: A Chance for Mastodon to Shine (medium.com)
Open Source Community, Seize the Day!
Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! (www.techdirt.com)
… Finally, this isn’t exactly a “problem” with the lawsuit, but I’ll just note the conflict in two separate statements:...
Report: Threads expanding to Europe in December (9to5google.com)
Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, has slowly found its own spot in the social media space and, soon, may seen an...
X may lose up to $75 mln by year-end on advertiser exodus - NYT (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk-owned social media company X could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Improving the quality of conversations on Mastodon - Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Why is there a little lock on the boost button on my post? (lemmy.world)
I’m new to Mastodon and still working stuff out.
What's a good Mastodon instance focused on videogames? (meaningful discussion & news, not memes)
The way I used Twitter was by aggresively muting, blocking & managing the interests functionality through the years until I pruned my home page to mostly show me meaningful discussion about videogames (and a bit of other media), some relevant news, including a good balance of AAA and indie stuff as well as a a balance of...
Threads might get DMs after all — but it’ll probably be through Instagram (www.theverge.com)
Instagram could be the one inbox to rule them all.
Delete Your Threads Profile and Stay on Instagram - Here's How (www.macrumors.com) Polish
When Meta launched Threads in July, one of the complaints users had about the platform was that it was impossible to delete your Threads profile without also deleting your Instagram account.
does anyone know what happened to cryptodon.lol
i guess i just experienced one of the biggest downsides to the fediverse that people have been talking about. instance suddenly disappeared with no warning. i guess i’ve lost my follow list
Got to love Mastodon (files.catbox.moe)
Weird behaviour in the app
When I select to log in to my account, I get sent to a page with which I log in. After that, it doesn’t switch back to the app, but it saltays within that website page and goes into the -change the password- section. Does this happen because I have not yet been accepted on the server (as stated in the yellow box)?
Why do usernames of accounts you visit sometimes include your username?
I recently suggested Mastodon to a friend and she is using it on IOS. She sent me a picture of her visiting an account and the name shows as @username@mastodon.social...
Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)
What just happened? In what is another case of a tiny company suing an internet giant for allegedly using a trademarked name, a British software firm has told Meta it's got 30 days to stop using the term Threads for its latest social media platform in the UK as it owns the trademark.
Followgraph for Mastodon (followgraph.vercel.app)
Followgraph looks up all the people you follow on Mastodon, and then the people they follow. Then it sorts them by the number of mutuals, or otherwise by how popular those accounts are. It then shows the list with Mastodon links to follow them.
Mastodon List Bot: A tool to auto-curate lists and experiment with alternative home feeds (github.com)
The Best PeerTube Frontend Is Mastodon
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/3452872...
Opt-in Mastodon Directory (fediverse.fans)
The list can be searched by any of the fields. You can add your Mastodon account to the list and declare your interests.