Just thought you Fedi folk would like to see what they're saying at the other place, now that Bsky's CEO had a public crash out.
#Mastodon #FediVerse #BlueSky
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Two Fediverse clients I like are Elk and Phanpy, but both had the same issue: the inability to filter "replies" and "boosts" from the timeline. For me this is essential. I can't keep up with my timeline, and if I also see replies to posts unrelated to what I follow, it just becomes chaos. So I tried to implement these filters and opened a PR.
The Elk developers have already merged it into the main branch, so we should soon see the two hide options appear in Elk. Hopefully the same will happen in Phanpy as well, because this greatly improves the experience on two excellent Fediverse tools, which are also compatible with snac.
https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3482
Mountains.social is a Mastodon server focusing on hiking, mountaineering, climbing, backpacking and the outdoors.
This server has a post size of up to 2362 characters.
You can find out more at https://mountains.social/about or contact the admin @bergmeister
#FeaturedServer #Mountains #Climbing #Mountaineering #Hiking #Backpacking #Outdoors #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
The realization has been dawning on me that social media "is not real life".
* Governments would greatly benefit from running social media bots -- so, expect their presence.
* Most social media shows you what it thinks you want to see, not what's common -- on those sites (not #Mastodon, thankfully!), expect integrated bias.
This means that:
*You can't safely get a idea of what people think or what's going on in the world by looking at social media.*
Datasci.social is a Mastodon server for researchers & practitioners in human-centric data science, including network science, social data science, computational social science, geospatial data science etc.
You can find out more at https://datasci.social/about or contact the admin @mszll
#FeaturedServer #DataScience #DataSci #NetworkScience #SocialDataScience #Geospatial #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Is anyone still running a copy of the "Mastodon Users" bot?
@usercount, @mastodonusercount, and @mastodonusercount@lou.lt have stopped posting, and the server @mastodonusercount@bitcoinhackers.org was on has shut down.
â ïžâ ïžđ» â ïžâ ïž
WAKE UP EVERYONE we got a new masto.nyc banner that just dropped- Halloween edition! đ
Credit as always goes to @MK (now on the fediverse!) for the awesome work!
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Meine IT Datenschutz Liste fĂŒr alle !! 
(mit einer kleinen Ànderung im Rahmen des 39C3 )
auch als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/OvG6JWXMQCU9sxYIZDwam2TC
( Transparenz:
Ich bin beruflich kein IT Mensch, diese Liste war ursprĂŒnglich fĂŒr ,, La famiglia ,,
und stellt nur ein HobbyProjekt da, mir sind die Themen aber wichtig, daher Teile Ich Meine Informationen gerne mit euch )
#Datenschutz
#PrivatsphÀre
#Sicherheit
#VerschlĂŒsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Firefox
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct #Fisa
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
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đ NovĂœ web Mamutovo.cz je online!
@cynik_obecny pĆipravil pĆehlednou strĂĄnku đ https://about.mamutovo.cz , kde najdete informace o instanci Mamutovo.cz, odkazy na sluĆŸby, kontakty a prvnĂ nĂĄvody pro uĆŸivatele.
đ± Web vznikĂĄ jako komunitnĂ projekt propojenĂœ s Oscloudem a bude se dĂĄl rozĆĄiĆovat â pĆibydou dalĆĄĂ tipy, nĂĄvody a zajĂmavosti ze svÄt #fediverse .
đŁ Pomozte nĂĄm o Mamutovu dĂĄt vÄdÄt! SdĂlejte odkaz dĂĄl, aĆ„ se o naĆĄĂ komunitÄ dozvĂ co nejvĂce lidĂ.
KaĆŸdĂ© zmĂnÄnĂ, boost nebo odkaz na web pomĆŻĆŸe. đ
"We believe that these kinds of user-generated, curated collections could help people to find their tribe more quickly when they join the Fediverse.
At the same time, envisioning a similar feature that prioritises user consent, and works across a constellation of independent servers, is no small feat."
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/
DJs.social is a Mastodon server for DJs of any kind, be it in the club, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc.
You can find out more at https://djs.social/about or contact the admin @luka
#FeaturedServer #DJs #DJ #DiscJockey #Clubbing #Radio #SoundSystem #Livestreaming #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
The new #Mastodon team is starting to hit its stride! We're about to ship Quote Posts in 4.5 and our next release (4.6) will have (Starter)Packs (name tdb). It's fun to see our momentum building!
We reviewed the design today at #FediForum and the FEP is available for public feedback.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/
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Meine IT sicherheitsListe Oktober 2025
fĂŒr alle !! đ đ»
auch als PDF Datei:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/2bQv3BySx8ecs9VfE4QlqnDZ/
#Datenschutz
#PrivatsphÀre
#Sicherheit
#VerschlĂŒsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Betriebssystem
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#Werbung
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#UnplugBigtech
#BigTech
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
The year is almost ending.. I ask myself if I could still keep up a fight for 2026. đ
I'm on the verge of breaking down again coz I might move-out to another apartment, (if I could look & find a petfriendly & cheap boardinghouse) đ which is hard & difficult to find these daysđ
But anyways sorry for being so negative guys.. i hope you all have a good #SilentSunday đ«
#Fediverse #Mastodon
HELLO PEOPLE OF #Mastodon & #Fediverse PLEASE I NEED UR HELP. đ«đđ
PLS I DONT WANT TO LOSE MY APARTMENT BACK AGAIN.
HELP ME OUT đđ«
$285/$0
Looking for testers for a new Mastodon TUI.
tooi is a re-implementation of the TUI included with toot, using a more modern framework which is easier to work with. It supports most features `toot tui` does, and some new ones too.
tooi is set to replace `toot tui` which has proven to be troublesome to support and extend.
I'm thrilled about the launch of @altstore's support for ActivityPub. Welcome to the fediverse!
This integration will enable you to follow updates from your favorite apps and their developers right here on your fediverse timeline.
You can see their server's local timeline here, to get an idea of what that looks like: https://explore.alt.store/public/local
To me, this represents an innovative and exciting new way to spread the social web to new and different kinds of apps and services. What should we make social next??
And a heartfelt thank you from the @Mastodon team to AltStore for their generous donation đ
Guten Morgen - TĂ€ssle Kaffee â?
Mein letztes #Schaubild in 2025 behandelt die Gefahren von Konzern - #Neurohacking fĂŒr den zwischenmenschlichen #Dialog.
Es basiert auf meinem KIT-Reader von letztem Jahr mit einem #Mastodon - Eingangszitat von @afelia (S. 7): âWas uns wirklich die #Demokratie kosten wird, ist die #Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie.â
Als besserer Weg wird das nicht-kommerzielle #Fediversum vorgestellt.
Die Textquelle als pdf hier: https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/files/2024-12-01-KITDigitaleAufmerksamkeitsoekonomieEthikBlumeWS2425.pdf
The why and how of backing up your Mastodon data
Why this matters
Recently, the admin of a relatively prominent MastodonÂč server, med-mastodon.com, decided to stop maintaining the server and shut it down without warning. This is, generally speaking, a terrible thing to do, but I will give the admin the benefit of the doubt and assume that he had some very good reason why he needed to shutdown without giving his users time to export their data or migrate their account to a new server (though as far as Iâve seen he hasnât shared any such explanation).
Unfortunately, this isnât the first time this has happened, and it wonât be the last. Even servers whose admins have agreed to follow the Mastodon Server Covenant, which among other things requires server admins to commit to giving users at least 3 monthsâ warning before shutting down, occasionally go belly-up without warning.
This could happen to your server at any time. Your server admins may be great people, but shit happens. Not only that, but your serverâs admins or moderators could decide at any time to suspend or delete your account.
Some people protect themselves from this by self-hosting their own server. That has advantages, but it also has disadvantages, including time and money costs, and so itâs not for everyone. If youâre not interested in self-hosting, but you also donât want to run the risk of suddenly losing all your Mastodon data, then you should be backing up your data on a regular basis.
How to back stuff up
The most important thing to back up is the list of who you follow; fortunately thatâs also the easiest. In the Mastodon web app, go to Preferences, then click âImport and Exportâ on the left, and click âCSVâ to the right of âFollowsâ.
There you can also download your lists, muted and blocked people and domains, and bookmarks. All of those can be imported into a different Mastodon server using the âImportâ page linked on the left.
Set up a reminder to back up this stuff regularly!
The next thing to back up is posts and uploads. If you consider social media transient, you may not care about this, but otherwise, you can periodically click the âRequest your archiveâ button on the export page. Youâll receive a notification when the archive is ready to download.
Note that unlike the CSV files, your posts and media are not easy to upload into a new server. Unless you want to jump through some hoops (see below), youâre just downloading them for reference.
If youâre paying attention, you may have noticed that thereâs something important missing above: what about your followers? Can those be backed up? Alas, itâs not easy.
The way itâs supposed to work is when you decide you want to migrate to a new account, you configure your old account to tell your followers automatically what your new account is, and their accounts follow your new account automatically. But obviously, that doesnât work if your old server goes away with no notice!
Iâm not aware of any web tools for backing up your followers (if you know of any, post a reply!), so if this is something you care about, youâre going to need to resort to the command line. Command-line tools that support exporting followers from your server include:
If youâre so inclined, you could also write code to do the export yourself; Mastodon has a rich, well-documented API.
Note that mastodon-archive also supports backing up a bunch of other stuff, so you could use it to set up periodic automated backups of all the data listed above, rather than just followers. Personally, I have mastodon-archive backing up my data automatically every night.
The toot utility mentioned above also supports downloading followed hashtags (âtoot tags followedâ), which you may also want to back up if following hashtags is a significant part of how you use the fediverse.
What to do with the backed-up data
You pretty much canât import your old posts
The bad news first: there is no good way to migrate your posts from one server to another. This isnât just true if the old server goes away; thereâs also no good way to copy posts from an existing server to a new one. People have been asking for this for many years but apparently it has not been enough of a priority for the Mastodon developers to implement it.
Thereâs at least one early-stage effort to build this functionality, and somebody has written a clever tool that server admins can use to do it as long as the old account is still available, but neither of these is a robust general-purpose solution.
You can still browse your exported data, look at the posts in a text editor, write your own code to do stuff with the data, etc. Furthermore. There are a number of tools for viewing and searching through your exported post archive.
How to get your followers back
If your account wasnât migrated automatically because it disappeared out from under you, then assuming youâve archived your followers as described above, youâre going to need to reach out to them one by one, let them know what your new account is, and ask them to follow you again.
(If youâre in online fediverse communities where people know you, you can also make a public post about your new account and ask people you know in those communities to boost it. You may need to do this several times to catch everybody, and you might still miss some people.)
If you have a lot of followers, then sending a bunch of DMs one by one to all of them will probably be a drag. You could automate it with toot, but be careful of running afoul of your serverâs posting limits; you may get throttled if you post too many DMs too quickly.
Also, keep in mind that some people donât read DMs at all, or donât read DMs from people they donât follow, so everyone may not see your messages asking for them to follow you again.
Restoring followed hashtags
You can use the toot utility (âtoot tags follow hashtagâ) to restore the followed hashtags from the list you previously exported with toot. Or if there arenât too many you can just search for them by hand in the web app and then follow them.
Everything else, you can import
The import page in the web appâs preferences can be used to import the CSVs exported from the export page. If you used mastodon-archive or toot or whatever to export the data instead, then you can manually construct a CSV in the correct format for import.
ÂčThis article focuses on Mastodon for clarity, but much of what is written here is applicable to any type of fediverse server.
#fediverse #Mastodon
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We're excited to announce that @altstore has joined the fediverse! Their innovative implementation of ActivityPub allows you to follow updates from your favorite apps, demonstrating a new way to bring more apps to the open social web.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude for their generous donation, in support of our mission to create an open and safe social internet.
Welcome to the fediverse family, AltStore!
Posted on the #blog:
Itâs cool that #Mastodon is intentionally working on technical design concepts for #Fediverse âstarter packsâ and seeking user feedback. đ
I have a very specific opinion about this, so I emailed the following to their feedback address. I wonder if youâve suffered the same issue I have in dealing with starter packs on, ahem, some other network! đ
https://jaredwhite.com/links/20251008/mastodon-starter-packs
Raphus.social is a safe and inclusive Mastodon server for open minded people interested in technology, open source, games, and other general geekery. (In case you are wondering, Raphus is the Latin for the dodo bird.)
This server has a post size of up to 1024 characters.
You can find out more at https://raphus.social/about or contact the admin @raphus
Hi, I'm Sean.
I'm from the oldest incorporated city in so-called #canada, #SaintJohn - home of the #irving empire.
I am an iconoclast - staunchly #antifascist, #antiracist, #anticapitalist, somewhere on the #autism spectrum, and 3 years into punishing #LongCovid. #WearAMask!!!
I've worked the last decade as #HeadOfSound at a beautiful heritage #theatre. Before that I was in #tech for a decade doing #development and #reverseEngineering. I've also worked in #electronics and other #audio fields.
I grew up in a musical family and have played in bands since 13. I'm on around 60 albums, have toured canada and the us, and am part of what is likely the most prolific band in canada: #Slugmilk.
I run a home mixing studio and a small printshop and I have a small "datacentre" which #selfhosts this #mastodon instance.
I'm here on the #fedi to learn from everyone, and to help others learn. I will help anyone with anything I can.
I'd love to meet more like-minded friends - don't be shy!