I recommended #mastodon to a friend. But this time in stand of joinmastodon.org I gave him https://fedi.garden why ? Because if I give him joinmastodon.org I'm sure he will end up on mastodon.social
I started with this server but I shifted from it.
Thanks to @FediGarden for this amazing list.
#fediverse
fediverse
Some questions for all the #GoToSocial users out there.
How many gigabytes of disk space (roughly) does your instance use?
How long has it been online?
And does the growth in storage slow down after the first seven days (on the default configuration), when cached images start clearing out?
#FediHelp #SelfHost #SelfHosted #Fediverse
The other day I finally got it. Why #Bluesky is so popular with "regular people" (aka non-techies). It's because it's CENTRALIZED (of course the Bluesky folks would never admit it out right).
One name: Bluesky.
One official URL to join / browse / post messages
One official app: "Bluesky Social" on app stores
In this post-literate society where people have been trained by commercial social media for 2 DECADES to choose the easiest, most frictionless option, of course they will pick Bluesky over the #Fediverse.
Try introducing the concept of servers / instances and names like Mastodon, Sharkey, Pleroma, GoToSocial, Friendica, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Lemmy to people not familiar with them. They'd think you're speaking a foreign language.
The Fediverse is made up of thousands of independent servers. You can't log in to https://joinmastodon.org or https://joinpeertube.org to browse Mastodon or PeerTube. Conversely, when you log into Bluesky you see messages by Bluesky members.
People need to be educated first about defederated options and their numerous advantages.
I get it now. I'm still 1000% in when it comes to the Fediverse but I understand.
And I'm tired.
And I'm posting this here on my GoToSocial account because I wanted to say my piece in one go and I would have run into Mastodon character limits.
How many people have I convinced to join the Fediverse in my 9 months advocating for it through a blog? TWO. How many people are still active on it? One.
Off I go play with LEGOs with my little one - in 12 years, when she's old enough I will set up her own instance. So Fediverse, you gotta be thriving in 2037.
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everyone follows the author of MASTODON @Gargron when they join on here
they should also follow @cwebber - author of ActivityPub protocol (which MASTODON and other fedi softwares are built on)
take it from Fedi Mercury 
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Gamepad.Club is a Mastodon server focused on video games, but open to all forms of gaming from tabletop RPGs to trading card games. Hosted in the UK and EU, everyone is welcome!
You can find out more at https://gamepad.club/about or contact the admin @Gazimoff
cc @gaming
#FeaturedServer #VideoGames #Gaming #TTRPG #CardGames #BoardGames #CCG #RPG #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Bon bah ça se confirme : la migration entre Mastodon et GoToSocial a foiré 
J'ai retrouvé tous les comptes que je suivais.. Par contre les réabonnements automatiques vers mon compte n'ont pas fonctionné et pas mal de personnes n'ont pas eu la notif du changement.
Je viens littéralement de perdre plus de la moitié de mes abonné'es 
Si vous voulez m'aider à retrouver ma commu, n' hésitez pas à partager !
#FediArt #Fediverse #Art #Anarchie #Vintage
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Week in Fediverse 2025-04-18
Servers
- Funkwhale v1.4.1
- Manyfold v0.108.0
- Mitra v4.0.0
- snac v2.75
- Bookwyrm v0.7.5
- Mbin v1.8.2
- Vernissage Server v1.9.0
- kmyblue v18.0
- Recapping your feedback (Ghost)
Clients
- Mastodon for Android v2.9.6
- Voyager v2.30.0
- Tesseract v1.4.37
Tools and Plugins
- Event Bridge for ActivityPub v1.1.0 (WordPress plugin)
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.4.2 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- Federails v0.6.2
- Ditch the DIY Drama: Why Use Fedify Instead of Building ActivityPub from Scratch?
Protocol
Articles
- Integrating a News Publication Into the Fediverse
- Sustaining Decentralised Social Platforms: Analysing User Activity and Governance Structures on Mastodon
- Fediverse Report – #112
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0196266f-f5d6-a460-90b7-b3a25e489ab3
Week in Fediverse 2025-07-18
Servers
- Mobilizon v5.1.5
- Hubzilla v10.4.0
- Mitra v4.6.0
- Ktistec v2.4.7
- PeerTube v7.2.2
- Hollo v0.6.5
- Misskey v2025.7.0
- NeoDB v0.11.7.5
- Vernissage Server v1.19.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, June 2025 (Mastodon)
- July 2025 (Bandwagon)
Clients
- Mangane v1.15.0
- Tusker v2025.2
- Photon v2.0.0
- Voyager v2.39.0
- P2Play v0.9.1
- Phanpy changelog
Tools and Plugins
- Tangerine UI for Mastodon v2.4.3
For developers
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.1.14
- Masto.js v7.2.0
Protocol
Articles
- Privacy and Security on Mastodon
- Fediverse Report – #125
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0197fb3b-2d4c-073c-0694-edc1813866d0
Drupal.community is a Mastodon server focused on Drupal, free open source software and web development, but any content is welcome as long as it adheres to the code of conduct:
You can find out more at https://drupal.community/about or contact the admin @pcambra
cc @drupal
#FeaturedServer #Drupal #WebDevelopment #WebDev #FOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
📺 It's the weekly #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar for Dec. 4-11, 2025 ❄️ (Thu-Thu)
Let the holiday programming onslaught commence! 🎄🎁✨
NEW: #ChrimboKino (Tue 8p IST🇮🇪 /3p ET)
🚨Details & 🔗➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern
#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Thank you hosts! 💝 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@lilymarswrites @clickhere
@GrillChill @ADignorantium @bunnyhero
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🌟 Meet the Fediverse — in real life!
Talks. Panels. Real humans.
🎫 Grab your tickets: https://lu.ma/p4bbb941
🌐 FediCon 2025
📍 Vancouver, Canada
🗓️ August 1–2
🔗 Full details: https://fedicon.ca
Come connect, collaborate, and co-create the future of decentralized social. 🚀🌍
#MaundyThursday Im sorry 4 not able to post #Fediverse Signal's going bad & Things are chaotic here too😭There's No Relief Medicines hand-outs, Essential Aid is either Limited or Postponed Distribution. My Asthma attacks in like everyday so I gotta wear mask even indoor. PLEASE UR KIND SUPPORT IS DESPERATELY NEED 4 getting Essentials/Catfood/Water Gallons/Rice etc.
📌GCash: 09694696854
[If u GCash any amount lmk pls,Signal works differently]
#Mastodon #Support #MutualAid #Philippines #today
Tooting.ch - Instance Mastodon suisse pour les personnes de suisses et hébergée par l’association FairSocialNet. / Swiss Mastodon server for people of Switzerland, hosted by the FairSocialNet association.
À propos: https://tooting.ch/about
Administré par: @fairsocialnet
#FeaturedServer #Suisse #Schweiz #Svizzera #Svizra #CH #CōnfoederātiōHelvētica #Switzerland #Swiss #Français #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
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Looks like mastodon.art is limiting federation with mastodon.social due to the high volume of spam accounts over there.
If you're looking for an instance similar to mastodon.social and still want to interact with folks on mastodon.art, consider joining mastodon.online. It’s invite-only, so you'll have to be invited if you want to join. Let me know if you want an invitation!
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Did you know there is a book called "Mastodon For Dummies"?
It's part of the widely read and well known 'For Dummies' series.
This is the cover of the one I brought home from my local library.
Does your library have a copy? If not, maybe you can suggest a new acquisition! It's only 14.99 US, 17.99 CAN, and 11.99 UK.
#mastodon #MastodonHelp #library #fediverse #web #socialmedia
Something to SNS providers and software can learn from the gaming industry is name filters.
Majority, if not all, online #games implement a RegExp-based or manual input name blocklist. In the socmed landscape, software like Mastodon should implement it to prevent any handles **and** display names with "Mastodon" in it.
Instance admins and moderators should be able to add new entries as they see fit. They can choose between RegExp matching or manual input.
It is an effective way to minimize fake accounts pretending to be the platform, instance, service, and/or software. For example, the Mastodon **software** is currently being bombarded by fake accounts about "Mastodon account verification", with "Mastodon" in either their handle or display name, or both.
Other social media software and platforms should implement it as well. Of course, it is not the ultimate solution, but it at least adds another layer to enable admins and moderators to fight against scammers and phishers pretending to be official accounts or channels.
Tags: #SNS #SocMed #SocialMedia #Mastodon #SocialWeb #OpenSocial #Fediverse #Bluesky #ATmosphere #Moderation
Do you know there's a #fediverse alternative to Amazon-owned #goodreads ? #Bookwyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. You can follow and interact with users on different #Bookwyrm instances and on #mastodon . You can import from a Goodreads CSV export. You can create private shelves and curated lists. Join us at https://ramblingreaders.org or choose one of the other instances available #books #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon
🌊 Exciting news! Crowdinblue - a mission-led initiative bridging water solutions with funding - has chosen #Bonfire to build their federated community space!
Together, we're designing custom extensions to connect water projects with impact investors and crowdfunding opportunities. All in a federated environment that puts communities and projects first.
Welcome to the Bonfire ecosystem, crowdinblue! 💚
Read more about the project: https://crowdinblue.org
#CommonsEconomy #WaterJustice #Fediverse
If you're recommending Mastodon and the wider Fediverse to organisations, friends, family or colleagues, don't worry if they say no. You have done something really important simply by making them aware of it as an option.
Most people and organisations don't immediately try stuff they hear about. Usually they need to hear it mentioned by a few different sources before they actually try it.
By being one of those sources, you're nudging them closer to actually trying it 👍
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I've improved federation support for Lemmy and other servers that support FEP-1b12 Group Federation.
I had to increase the number of available file descriptors on my personal server 4x because of the resultant inbound volume of ActivityPub activities! I liked a federated post and DOSed my server.
Yay! My #Mastodon trifecta is now complete! My blue & orange (is it orange‽) #Plushtodon came in last night, & I opened it yesterday, but I was too tired to post about it as I just got off work.
But yes, I am excited that the two smaller Plushes arrived! Thanks @Mastodon for creating these!
Also…we need more #ActivityPub apps to create real world wearables or plushies, as they are great conversation starters for folks who are not familiar with the #Fediverse.
Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für alle 🔐 
als PDF Datei:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8U95QSABpeqI+C-LJREL8I2l/
#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #endof10 #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz
All https://fedihost.co #Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.4.2
Thank you!
Learn more about this release here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.2
Infrastructure Update
I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.
I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.
From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 14 (was 3) days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.
#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates
I have just rolled out a configuration change across the entire FediMeteo network.
I've enabled remote purge propagation. Since weather forecasts have a short shelf life, there is no need for old reports to take up space on your servers.
From now on, when FediMeteo deletes local posts (usually after 14 (was 3) days), we will also send a deletion signal to the rest of the Fediverse. This helps keep your timelines clean and your storage usage low.
#FediMeteo #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #Weather #FediMeteoUpdates #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoUpdates
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