Update about slow game post federating

Recently, when I post the new #HashTagGames post at 9PM est, it has taken 15 minutes or longer for all instances on the #Fediverse to get it. I determined the reason why is because my #ActivityPub #WordPress enabled site is getting overwhelmed  due to the sheer number of instances trying to communicate with us when the game goes out.

I have taken some measures to prevent this and tonight we will see how it goes. If it is still slow, I will continue to tweak things.

Just know, the game is going out on time, the post should arrive shortly each evening, and I will try to get this resolved one way or another.

If you have any tips on ActivityPub and WordPress, let me know at my personal account below.

Your host, @paul

@hashtaggames

"Recently, when I post the new #HashTagGames post at 9PM est, it has taken 15 minutes or longer for all instances on the #Fediverse to get it ... why is because my #ActivityPub #WordPress enabled site is getting #DDoS due to the sheer number of instances trying to communicate with us when the game goes out."

I often check for details when I see posts like this, in the off-hand chance I might learn something

You seem to be on a single-user host via Namecheap

Assuming you're posting using TCP/IP, each packet you send out to the Fediverse requires an ACK packet in return before it continues, and most transactions involve scores of packets

Have you used something like Wireshark to look at exactly what you're sending out and receiving?

I doubt you're being DDoSsed so much as your very small instance is suddenly talking to tens of thousands of other instances, each one of which is trying to talk back to you all at once

Shorter: the Internet is not instantaneous

cc @paul

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TONIGHT!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @RussSharek@mastodon.art. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @RussSharek@mastodon.art Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them) 15 March 2026 AT 20:00 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

What can we in the fediverse do about this whole age verification thing?
I've heard rumers that the EU is talking about open source age verification stuff, so it can’t be that bad can it?
I just don't want to see the fediverse go away because of this stuff.
#ageverification #fediverse #mastodon #blind #accessibility

Je partagerai sur ce compte @pixelfed , les lectures qui ont façonné ma réflexion sur la souveraineté numérique, le logiciel libre, l’open source et la nécessité d’un web plus ouvert 👉 https://photos.social/souverain #fediverse #pixelfed

#burn #fediverse #and #far #left
I do not want nothing to do with fediverse no more ever bye.

I am a Disabled freelancer that has various offline and online bills. I've done a lot to educate others about accessibility on the #Fediverse and still do, but before there was a vast blind population on here, I did a lot to contribute my knowledge and helped with documentation and development. I do not work, so your support would be a huge help! For US Folks, my Zelle is kingettr@gmail.com or

See other options to give at https://sightlessscribbles.com/tip/

#Disability #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityMutualAid @mutual_aid@hexbear.net @mutualaid@ovo.st @mutual_aid@starflower.space @mutualaid@kolektiva.social

What are some good accounts to follow for retro computing?

#boost #fediverse #retro #computing #computers

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If instance admins allow AI Agents on their platform and they keep harassing us I have no other choice then to silence that instance

Again, I do not pay these massive costs each month to host robots

Let's keep the #Fediverse human shall we?

#AI #LLM

#Android #Fediverse
Suite à un pouet de @framasky, je retente #Fedilab comme client Android (parce-que c'est de loin le plus customisable).
(J'étais avec Pachli).
Fedilab semble avoir pratiquement réglé les problèmes de saut de scrolling qui m'agacaient.

Fedilab et Pachli sont les clients Android qui récupèrent et suivent le mieux la chronologie de la timeline.

#Fediverse

#Morning #Bonjour #Fédiverse #PetitDéj #Lille #Japon #Thé #TeaTime 🥐🍞🥞☕🍵

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I need a Pixelfed instance that is gay-oriented. Please help suggest.

(although I usually post my amateur photography)

#pixelfed #fediverse

Hello, #fediverse 👋

I’m Austin. I’m a researcher & academic who stumbled his way into writing for a living.

I really resonated with @bobdoto’s description of writing without a system: each time I wrote something, it felt like a miracle, & I was unsure if I could do it again.

I’m about a month into using a #zettelkasten to write and manage my thoughts and research & I’m enjoying it.

I’m interested in learning about other people’s processes for writing & thinking!

#introduction

Help!
I've fallen on the Fediverse and I can't get off!
#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon

Centralisation makes abuse cheap. Decentralisation makes abuse expensive and cost-prohibitive. That's why the influencer business model doesn't really work in the #Fediverse. Here you can't buy sentiment. But many try (and waste money while trying, good ;)

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Hey #fediknowledge !!

I was working in the garden and stumbled upon these kind of tiny cups with some small white eggs (???) in them.

What are these things and what animal made them?

Please boost!

I know there has to be some bubble in #fediverse where someone has the answer :-)

#eggs #nests #insects #snails #fedi

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Yearly Fundraiser for our Backups - gofund.me/d96c58985

Hello friends,

We need to pay for our backups every year. We backup with borgbase.com all of our websites. Two servers, a total of around 3TB of data.

We backup:

- tromsite.com
- videoneat.com
- tromjaro.com
- trade-free.org
- directory.trade-free.org
- trom.tf - all of our services: Friendica, Peertube, Nextcloud, etc.

See all of our projects here tromsite.com/

Many thanks!

#campaign #foss #fediverse #fedi #tromsite

@ausrtho Welcome to the #fediverse!

Don't forget to do an #introduction that will help you to get discovered here.

#mastodon

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Guten Morgen! ☀️

Kleiner Fediverse-Funfact zum Kaffee: Wenn du jemandem auf Mastodon folgst, kommunizieren im Hintergrund zwei Server miteinander – wie zwei Nachbarn, die Briefe über den Zaun werfen. Kein Konzern in der Mitte, der mitliest, Werbung schaltet oder den Zaun plötzlich kostenpflichtig macht. 🧱📬

Dezentralisierung klingt tech-y, fühlt sich aber einfach nur... normal an.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Dezentralisierung

BONJOUR LE #fediverse
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

RE: https://mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/116190468800307674

We accepted these constraints for #Fedilab: donation links removed, Mastodon account registration disabled, and #PeerTube search results filtered. The rules are enforced by a bot: you receive a screenshot of what was flagged, and you either fix it or your app is rejected. We will not accept the same for #HolosSocial. Asking a #Fediverse app to moderate its content is like asking a browser to moderate the web.

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also trying to get used to using #hashtags again :'D
could have written #fediverse and #pixelfed, but of course I didn't think of that 🙃

Earth and Sky I - new abstract art available: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/earth-and-sky-i-lisa-s-baker.html

#abstract #abstractart #landscape #earth #sky #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #southwestdecor #teal #rust #gold #pattern

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ClimateJustice.social is a Mastodon server for climate justice activists and those concerned about global warming and the current environmental crisis.

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters, and has been online since 2020.

https://climatejustice.social

You can find out more at https://climatejustice.social/about or contact the admin account @PaulaToThePeople

#FeaturedServer #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Green #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

On #Mastodon there are now
420 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

255 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@irozhlas (CZE)
@cretanews (GRE)
@TheManilaTimes (ENG)
@mondoweiss (ENG)
@telepolis (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

The latest episode of the Europeans podcast (@europeanspodcast@mastodon.social) features a really nice interview with Eugen Rochko (aka “Europe’s anti-Elon") where he goes into his thoughts about Mastodon, the Fediverse, and his own position in all of it. It’s a really interesting discussion, and an excellent example of how one can talk to people about the Fediverse without making it sound incredibly intimidating.

The interview starts around 0:40:50.

Our #fediverse network is live and thriving!
https://thistleandmoss.org - visuals on #pixelfed
https://loops.thistleandmoss.org - the world of #loops
https://video.thistleandmoss.org - videos on #peertube
https://thistleandmoss.com - for engaging #longform content.
https://live.thistleandmoss.org - #owncast
#queer #lgbtqia #trans

Commercial social media is one of the biggest sources of data exploitation. By staying active there, we continue to indirectly support this invasion of privacy.

🌱 Learn more on how you can minimize your presence and slowly build better social networks.

🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Improve Your Social Media: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-improve-your-social-media-and-build-resilient-communities/

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #Mastodon #Fediverse

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C'était très sympa ce pot
le chef du service de A a fait un discours très élogieux et très mérité ses collègues et même des étudiants ont dir quelques mots très gentils il y a eu plein de saluts pleins de remerciements même des petits cadeaux un stylo montblanc offert par une collecte c'est drôlement bien
puis on bu et porté des toasts à son travail au ministère et voilà cest fini
derniers saluts et au revoir tôdai
on va manger un morceau toutes les deux maintenant puis love hotel
demain matin comme ça on se réveillera plus tard
on est crevees
pas assez dormi toutes ces dernières nuits
je vous raconterai ma surprise de fe matin demain il me faut quand-même un peu de temps pour écrire
BONNE NUIT LE #fediverse
JE VOUS AIME
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Hello, Fediverse!

I think it's time for an #introduction to the broader audience of the fediverse.

We're the Dark Blue Project, an independent project based in Germany, which publishes content about free and open source software and educate about it. Our primary mission is to inform people about free and open source software and help them with using it.

At the time of writing this, the project is under active construction. Feel free to let a follow here and stay tuned for exciting things coming in the future.

See you!

#opensource #freesoftware #fediverse

More censorship from mastodon-social?

This time the Iran hashtag is disabled.

@staff have been notified of multiple instances over the last few days - and always the hashtags are related to resistance against colonialism and genocide.

original post https://mastodon.social/@charlesdelavalleepoussin/116221439578958104

#mastodon #censorship #iran #fediverse

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FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

#Fediverse #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Hosting #ITNotes #Networking #NoteHUB #Server #Snac #Snac2 #Social #Web

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🌍 Petit appel à la communauté #Fediverse 🐘

J’aimerais créer un compte sur une instance #PeerTube pour y publier mes contenus autour d’un sujet qui me tient à cœur : la souveraineté numérique.

J’ai déjà fait plusieurs demandes d’inscription, mais les validations peuvent parfois prendre jusqu’à 13 jours… 😅

Si une âme charitable a la possibilité de me donner un petit coup de pouce ou même de m’accueillir sur son instance je lui en serais vraiment reconnaissant 🙏

Merci d’avance pour votre aide

si #prestashop supportait #activitypub on pourrait avoir l'équivalent de #etsy sur le #fediverse 🤔

#artisanat #alternative

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

BONJOUR LE #fediverse
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#ThoughtProvoker

The #fediverse is a consensus between app #developers on the app #features they want to spend time on to connect with the next app.

Taking care of their own herd, the users that flocked to their platform, they form narrow #interoperability bridges, so a user may graze a bit of the grass in the adjacent meadow that is owned by a fellow dev.

Until now this #app-centric land ownership model works quite well, as a recent #poll with delightful outcome among the lifestock has shown. And for every new land owner we can just build exponential more bridges to connect them all. Right?

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116154415408228188

#SX #SocialCoding #PeopleNotUsers #ReimagineSocial

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🫧 socialcoding.. boosted

🫧 socialcoding.. » 🤖 🌐 2026-03-01
@smallcircles@social.coop

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

Bustling city:	275
Cozy village:	1044
Ghost town:	64
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@applepine yes. I held this poll a couple days ago, with delightful results on the social experience of the current #fediverse: Dispersed cozy villages with here and there a bustling city..

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116154415408228188

That is a great outcome, and something to cherish and protect.

Currently I feel the slow growth of the #ActivityPub fediverse is healthy and natural growth we can cope with. And #Bluesky being the lightning rod for corporate attention, borrows more time to mature and evolve.

The #SocialWeb dynamics will totally change if the technology adoption lifecycle gets beyond early adopter phase, and 1,000's of commercial vendors start to launch products in this new market space that we, pioneers, made available to them.

The question is whether we can handle that. I think currently we cannot and we have to hand over fedi's fate to the market and hope for the best.

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🫧 socialcoding.. boosted

🫧 socialcoding.. » 🤖 🌐 2026-03-01
@smallcircles@social.coop

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

Bustling city:	275
Cozy village:	1044
Ghost town:	64
Other (please comment):	96

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After reading @svbck post about his #notes, I discovered the 'On this day' feature of #DayOne.

I did the same with mines using a #shell function.

This is day 025/100 of the #100DayToOffload challenge.

#blogging #plaintext #pkm #zettelkasten #fediverse #obsidian

https://lazybea.rs/ils8

Once again, I humbly come to you to ask: do you know of any bloggers that write regularly about the #Fediverse, #ActivityPub, #ATproto, or anything of that nature?

As the network grows, it feels like it’s harder and harder to find individual voices and perspectives. If you’re writing stuff about the network, its evolution, the culture, and the people on it, I’m interested in following you.

If you've recently joined the fediverse, and are maybe on a smaller server, things might feel a bit isolated.

Fediverse does require a little more effort compared to traditional social media. This is where the community has really stepped in and created some great tools, like these bots that share trending posts from servers across the fediverse.

https://fedidevs.com/s/ODI5/

Here are a few more tips and resources for filling up your home feed:

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-join-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/#who-to-follow

#fediverse #FediverseTips #mastodon #MastodonTips

AI bot account warning…

Some moderators were discussing a string of fediverse sign-ups by a single account on multiple instances: “andy_agent.”

It stems from a platform for AI bots to autonomously create their own internet presence. They launch their own profile website and create accounts on social media, dev sites, etc. So we will undoubtedly see more of them.

It’s wild that I even have to write this.

#AI #Bot #AutonomousAI #Mastodon #Fediverse #AndyAgent

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Hero block from the platform website, explaining that AI agents can autonomously create their own email address, SMS, chat tools.

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Yesterday I couldn't fall asleep.

Tried the usual things. Put the phone down. Pick it back up. Scroll a bit. Repeat. My brain clearly had a couple background processes running.

Even the #fediverse didn't calm it down.

Eventually I opened #Libby to browse my local library. I noticed it now has AI search and recommendations (didn’t try it, not the point of this story).

What caught my attention instead: magazines.

I opened one, I think it was #NatGeo, and started reading an article about why #Vikings disappeared from Greenland, and why it’s even called Greenland in the first place.

Ten minutes later I was asleep.

It reminded me how much I like small, contained stories. A beginning, an end, a few interesting facts. No infinite scroll.

Books sometimes feel like a HUGE commitment these days unless they’re audiobooks. But a random magazine article? Perfect patch for an overactive brain.

I've got dead accounts on friendica instances. Does anyone know how to delete them completely? I thought I had but they still seem to be active. Both instances were terribly overcrowded or something, would almost never load. When I deleted them, the interface for that was equally as funky so I'm not surprised they still show up out there.

#fediverse

The amount of disinformation, deep fakes, and other misdirection I hear about from friends and relatives that they get from traditional social media is insane.

They have to tell me about it because I am almost always completely unaware, even though I am “on the Internet” just as much if not more than them.

This is a deep advantage of using Mastodon/the Fediverse right now. And it is not because fake stuff doesn’t exist here.

It is just not automatically sent to me by every owner, bot, and user. And if it is, it is generally swatted down hard.

#fediverse #mastodon #realInformation

Here's the screenshot.

#fediverse

⚠️ **Wartungsankündigung**

Heute Nacht führen wir **kurzfristig notwendige** Wartungsarbeiten durch.
Ab **2026-03-13T01:00:00+01:00** werden beide Server neu gestartet.

Es kann daher kurzzeitig zu Einschränkungen kommen.
Wir halten die Downtime so kurz wie möglich! 🛠️

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📊 Statusseite: https://status.anoxinon.de
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#️⃣ **Hashtags:** #Anoxinon #Wartung #AdminLife #Fediverse #ISO8601 #Mastodon #XMPP #Jabber

#Fediverse #Mastodon #identica #statusnet #pumpio

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Plus les jours passent moins on dort
on se leve dans 5 h 15...
BONNE NUIT LE #fediverse
JE VOUS AIME
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#poem #poetry #individuality #authenticity #sovereignty #tolerance #reconciliation #letterlab #source #zero #writing #letterportals #wordpuzzles #programming #perception #encryption #code #polarity #one #unity #binity #trinity #quadrinity #singularity #duality #ternity #quaternity #p01 #fediverse #exquisitesocial

#integrity #dignity #decency #honor #respect

@smallcircles private property social media is *designed* to make you stay there as long as possible — creating familiarity and making you remember and think about it more frequently.

Since #fediverse intent to be healthier, it does't break your #autonomy about your time and probably never makes you addicted. The consequence is that it's harder to stay using it more than how much we used corporate social media. Plus, the fact that popular people aren't much here.

Both of the things we "lack of" are interesting only for #capitalism , not the liberating place we're making.

What I think can be done about Fediverse popularity is attracting more progressive and popular people here — by actually presenting it to them.

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#reason #balance #ratio #realmen #realman #realhuman #reallyman #reallyhuman #self #accountability #responsibility #integrity #dignity #decency #honor #respect

I see the #fedi announcement by a commercial marketing agency of a venture capital based app store joining the fediverse.

Is the #fediverse we have capable of avoiding #enshittification as it grows and attracts an increasing number of corporations, who make it their market?

Is our #ActivityPub landscape resistant to corporate capture and eventual takeover and domination? Just like the Corporate Web, also decentralized.

There are nice niches on the web, like a bloggosphere, bulletin boards, and news readers, that all still exist. But web as a whole is predominantly corporate, arguably not commons based, for the people by the people.

Social experience design defines "commons based" as "where people are in control of their future on a path of healthy evolution and natural growth". A core principle is being sustainable at all times, and timely acknowledge and mitigate risks.

Is fediverse commons based? Did we cocreate the Future of Social networking?

#SX #SocialCoding #poll #AskFedi

PeerTube 8.1 Decentralized Video Platform Improves Podcasts

https://linuxiac.com/peertube-8-1-decentralized-video-platform-improves-podcasts/

#peertube #fediverse #streaming

Jemensch sollte "#TheMorpheus" mal ins #Fediverse einladen...

• Weil der macht durchaus gut verdaulichen Content den auch #TechIlliterates konsumieren können...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhVOkm8B9z4

#Kommentar #Linux #Windows #SwitchToLinux #DecadeOfTheLinuxDesktop #YearOfTheLinuxDesktop #FLOSS #tech #Edutainmant #Entertainment #deutsch

#AltStorePAL, an alternative #iOS #appstore, has integrated with the #fediverse, becoming the first #federated #appmarketplace.

🔔 #Developers can now communicate app updates and news through AltStore PAL’s #Mastodon server, allowing users across the open social web to interact with these posts.

👉 https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

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#reason #balance #ratio #realmen #realman #realhuman #reallyman #reallyhuman #self #accountability #responsibility #integrity #dignity #decency #honor #respect

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

It's sunny (though some rain is expected). I've had my espresso, and my mood is currently positive. All the bad thoughts I had yesterday evening are now something like "well, I can deal with it". And that's good.

I've almost finished my next IT Notes blog post. I'll try to review and polish it so I can finally make it public.

Meanwhile, have a great day!

#GoodMorning

Just reenabled 1000000 post count of characters after #mastodon #fediverse update.

Things are going really well.

BONJOUR LE #fediverse
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

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We are #Ikiya and we are finally on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse !

We are a small #Japanese shop located in Treviso, near Venice, and we focus on bringing to Italy a selection of Japanese teas (such as #matcha), ingredients for your recipes, kimono and haori, handmade pottery and much more.

We would like to start leaving mainstream social media for good to connect with our customers in a different way, and this is our first step towards a better communication.

Happy to be here!

#introduction

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Elisabetta, a person with short gray hair, stands in a tea shop with a cheerful expression. She is wearing a black top and holding two items: a small, elegant tea tin with a floral design and a transparent bag filled with loose tea. Behind her, wooden shelves display an assortment of colorful tea tins, boxes, and accessories, contributing to the shop's cozy and organized ambiance.

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Antonella, a person with long curly hair and glasses, stands indoors in a tea shop. She is wearing a light gray turtleneck sweater and is smiling at the camera. In her hands, she holds a yellow bag of Japanese tea with Japanese characters printed on it and a small, intricately designed tea tin. The background shows shelves with various tea products and decorative items, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

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If you've ever wondered what means, it's the logo of the Fediverse!

There is no central authority to decide an official logo, but is by far the most commonly used logo and most widely accepted.

The designer of the logo uploaded high quality versions of it to Wikimedia Commons:

➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal.svg (colour)

➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal_(mono_version).svg (monochrome)

Fediverse projects often use this as the basis for their own logos by tweaking it a bit.

#FediTips #Fediverse

Hello mstdn.ca! 👋 🇨🇦

Happy to be settling into this Canadian corner of the Fediverse after moving over from another Mastodon instance. I’m enjoying the fresh start and excited to connect with this community.

A bit about me: I’m a Senior Law Lecturer, a retired (and recovering!) lawyer, proud Canadian, pickleball addict, lifelong #Habs fan, #Rush devotee, cancer survivor, and an amateur single‑malt #Scotch aficionado.

I mostly post about news, current events, and law — sometimes all at once — and I’m always up for thoughtful discussion and good conversation.

Looking forward to meeting folks here!

#Introduction #MastodonCanada #Fediverse #Law #News #CurrentEvents #Pickleball

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Ich begrüße es sehr, dass nun auch die Süddeutsche Zeitung #SZ wie zuvor auch der #Deutschlandfunk das algorithmische Konzernmedium #X wegen dessen „Verrohung“ verlässt.

Aus meiner Sicht sollte #Europa konsequent auf #FOSS - Medien und das Fediverse setzen, auch um seine Daten & Demokratien zu schützen.

Dazu gehört dann freilich auch, dass wir auf Mastodon selbst dialogischer & fairer werden. Mein erstes Shitstörmle erlebte ich hier, als ich als Vegetarier als „nicht vegan genug“ angegangen wurde. Und vor Kurzem wechselte ich meine Instanz wegen willkürlicher Löschungen völlig demokratischer Posts, in denen ich #digitaleGewalt auch gegen die Familie von Manuel #Hagel (CDU) zurückgewiesen hatte.

Lasst uns auch selbst leben, dass „wir“ im Fediversum einladender, dialogischer & also weniger dualistisch sind als thymotische Konzern-Algorithmen. (1/2) #Fediverse #Fediversum #Konzernmedien #Verrohung #Dialog #Mastodon #Dualismus #Thymos #Empörungssucht https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/zunehmende-verrohung-der-plattform-sueddeutsche-zeitung-verlaesst-x-100.html

@PhoebeEule @Roboost

Und schon heute lese ich auch hier im Fediverse unter Hashtags wie „AtomUschi“ wieder sexistische Erniedrigungen einer Christdemokratin - immerhin gewählte Präsidentin der EU - Kommissionspräsidentin. Triggert aber die meisten Linken nicht, weil ja „nur“ eine Andersdenkende. Da „darf man(n)“ das…

Wie bei jedem Dualismus gilt auch für den Sexismus : Wer ihn nur bei Andersdenkenden verurteilt, wer nicht ohne sexistische Herabwürdigungen von Politikerinnen diskutieren mag, ist Teil des Problems…

Und, sorry, ich habe als Moderater hier von diesem selbstgerechten Mackertum längst mehr als genug. So zerbläst auch das #Fediverum…

#Dualismus #Sexismus #Rechte #Reaktanz #Linke #Arroganz #vonderLeyen #Präsidentin #Namenswitze #Fediverse #Mastodon

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/rede-der-eu-kommissionspraesidentin-ursula-von-der-leyen-cdu-evp-fuer-den-globalen-ausbau-erneuerbarer-friedensenergien/

Ich frage hier nach einfachen, digitalen Lösungen zum Erfassen privater Ausgaben und das #Fediverse schlägt mir ein Kommandozeilentool für Linux vor. 🤨

Wenn die Bundesrepublik Diplomatische Beziehungen zu Nerdistan auf nimmt, bewerbe ich mich als cheffe de mission.

Es braucht jemanden, der den Nerds erklärt, was wir denken und wie die anderen 85% ticken und der sie nimmt, wie sie sind.

Ich halte mich langsam für… ähhh qualifiziert

Does the Fediverse ever show up in search engine results for anyone else?

Just realizing I've never seen it in the wild.

#fediverse

Hey everyone,

@casey and @rania40 had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• 🍉Braa🇵🇸🍉 (@braa)
• Mona (@monaashqer)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

A bit spammy, maybe, but not intended to be:

In Germany, a company that makes brooms and other cleaning utensils called Andreas Bürsten @buersten is very active on the #Fediverse. During the many discussions here, they listened to the wishes of our weird and wonderful community. May I present: The "Regenbogen". Clean your house and patio in style. With a statement of inclusion :) (They only ship to Germany and no, I am not getting paid. I just *love* their approach)

https://buersten.de/Saalbesen-400-mm-Regenbogen-PET-Farbmix-Universalstielhalter-mit-Ueberwurfmutter-O-24-mm

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A 400 mm broom in 6 rainbow colors, made in Germany.

Boah, @GrueneBundestag echt jetzt?
Ich unterstütze euren Energiewendeappell gerne. Teile ihn auch gerne. Würde auch gerne eure Funktion zum Teilen nutzen.
Aber es gibt nur die Auswahl, die im Screenshot zu sehen ist. Echt jetzt? Euer ernst? Was soll das? Nur Algorithmus getriebene BigTech Netzwerke, die an Datensammelwut nicht zu übertreffen sind.
Wo ist das #Fediverse? Wo ist #Threema? Wo ist #Signal?

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Ein Screenshot der Funktion zum Teilen eines Inhaltes der Grünen. Zur Auswahl stehen nur die Netzwerke WhatsApp Instagram Facebook LinkedIn TikTok

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rpolenz/116184881695431703

Ich nehme mal diese Diskussion - bitte lest sie nach - zum Anlass für eine Rückmeldung an die Mastodon-Community, soweit sie sich an Diskussionen zu meinen Posts beteiligt: Positiv: Sehr sensibel was Inklusion betrifft (ja, ich schreibe jetzt Alt-Texte). Aber: eine hohe Anspruchshaltung gegenüber dem Staat, sehr pessimistische Grundhaltung. Wenig konstruktiv-positive Diskussionen. Ein Fußballverein mit diesem Klima in der Mannschaft würde absteigen #Mastodon #fediverse #Demokratie

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Ruprecht Polenz » 🌐 2026-03-06 / 2026-03-06
@rpolenz@mastodon.social

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rpolenz/116176230920842301

#Wehrdienst ? Nicht für diesen Staat - kommentieren viele und dann folgt eine Liste, was alles schief laufe. Aber nur wenige könnten fliehen. Es müssen Menschen verteidigt werden, Frauen, Kinder, Alte. Und niemand von Euch sollte sagen: das werde doch nicht passieren. Das haben die Ukrainer auch gedacht, ehe sie von 🇷🇺 überfallen wurden. Und ihr Staat hat ganz sicher nicht besser funktioniert als 🇩🇪Wir müssen uns verteidigen können, damit wir uns nicht verteidigen müssen. #Wehrpflicht #Bundeswehr

Ruprecht Polenz » 🌐 2026-03-05
@rpolenz@mastodon.social

Es wird keine #Wehrpflicht geben, wenn sich genügend Freiwillige melden. Das hängt vor allem davon ab, was sie von ihren Mitschülerinnen und Mitschülern zu hören bekommen. Findet ihre Entscheidung Anerkennung, werden sie zur #Bundeswehr gehen. Stößt sie auf Ablehnung, folgen viele eher der herrschenden Meinung in ihrer Klasse. Die Demos machen Wehrpflicht wahrscheinlicher.

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@rpolenz Es haben jetzt sehr viele etwas dazu geschrieben und ich habe keine zeitlichen Kapazitäten, um zu prüfen, ob all meine diesbezüglichen Gedanken schon enthalten sind - also lege ich einfach los:

1. Nach meinem Empfinden sprüht das #Fediverse geradezu vor aktiven Menschen, die eben nicht einfach nur meckern, sondern Veränderung anstreben. Denen muss man aber folgen, wenn man sie wahrnehmen möchte - den anders als bei #BigTech gibt es eben keinen #Algorithmus, der das macht.

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BONJOUR LE #fediverse
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Guys if you run your own #federation #instance, like #Mastodon or #Pleroma it is the most freeing feeling in the world to see the latest #firehose of your choosing in addition to your own #local #timeline of your choosing as well. It's the best of both worlds. The one #BlueSky offers and the one the #fediverse does as well.

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Retro.pizza is a nerd culture Mastodon server where we strive to uphold the values of the fictional heroes we admire: to value diversity like the X-Men, to be as kind as the Doctor, to defend the weak like Optimus Prime and fight against fascism like Princess Leia.

This server has a post size of up to 1024 characters.

https://retro.pizza

Find out more at https://retro.pizza/about or contact the admin @trixter

#FeaturedServer #NerdCulture #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

I'm a bit late but ...

Tonight's #EuroKino 🎥

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

You can watch it here:

https://archive.org/details/treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-1948

#WatchParty #watchParties #cinema #movies #film #art #fediverse #mastodon #mastoart

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Big news for Mastodon GmbH. They have formally joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

If you’re not in the design/tech world, trust me when I say this is a big step for the fediverse. The W3C establishes the standards used for the internet.

This is a solid path forward for small tech.

https://github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/main/meetings/2026/2026-03-06-WG-kickoff.md

#Mastodon #News #Technology #Fediverse #W3C #SmallTech #FOSS

#Mastodon is the Internet Explorer of the #Fediverse ​​

A reminder that it only takes a few minutes to (try to anyway) verify something you see online. Go to various news sources at least.

We are biased to assume that a news item that shows 'the other side' in a bad light is true. Our brains are like that.

And be careful with wikipedia as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies

Double and triple check your sources people!

#Fediverse #Misinformation #Disinformation #Propaganda

#ActivityPub support in #Madblog

https://blog.fabiomanganiello.com/article/Madblog-federated-blogging-from-markdown

I am glad to announce that Madblog has now officially joined the #Fediverse family.

If you want to test it out, search for this URL on your Fediverse client.

Madblog has already supported #Webmentions for the past couple of weeks, allowing your blog posts to be mentioned by other sites with Webmentions support (WordPress, Lemmy, HackerNews…) and get those mentions directly rendered on your page.

It now adds ActivityPub support too, using #Pubby, another little Python library that I’ve put together myself (just like Webmentions) as a mean to quickly plug ActivityPub support to any Python Web app.

Webmentions and Pubby follow similar principles and implement a similar API, and you can easily use them to add federation support to your existing Web applications - a single bind_webmentions or bind_activitypub call to your existing Flask/FastAPI/Tornado application should suffice for most of the cases.

Madblog may have now become the easiest way to publish a federated blog - and perhaps the only way that doesn’t require a database, everything is based on plain Markdown files.

If you have a registered domain and a certificate, then hosting your federated blog is now just a matter of:

mkdir -p ~/madblog/markdown
cat <<EOF > ~/madblog/markdown/hello-world.md
# My first post

This is my first post on [Madblog](https://git.fabiomanganiello.com/madblog)!
EOF

docker run -it \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -v "$HOME/madblog:/data" \
  quay.io/blacklight/madblog

And Markdown files can be hosted wherever you like - a Git folder, an Obsidian Vault, a Nextcloud Notes installation, a folder on your phone synchronized over SyncThing…

Federation support is also at a quite advanced state compared to e.g. #WriteFreely. It currently supports:

• Interactions rendered on the articles: if you like, boost, quote or reply to an article, all interactions are rendered directly at the bottom of the article (interactions with WriteFreely through federated accounts were kind of lost in the void instead)

• Guestbook support (optional): mentions to the federated Madblog handle that are not in response to articles are now rendered on a separate /guestbook route

• Email notifications: all interactions can have email notifications

• Support for quotes, also on Mastodon

• Support for mentions, just drop a @joe@example.com in your Markdown file and Joe will get a notification

• Support for hashtag federation

• Support for split-domain configurations, you can host your blog on blog.example.com but have a Fediverse handle like @blog@example.com. Search by direct post URL on Mastodon will work with both cases

• Support for custom profile fields, all rendered on Mastodon, with verification support

• Support for moderation, either through blocklist or allowlist, with support for rules on handles/usernames, URLs, domains or regular expressions

• A partial (but comprehensive for the provided features) implementation of the Mastodon API

If you want you can follow both the profiles of my blogs - they are now both federated:

• My personal blog: @fabio (it used to run WriteFreely before, so if you followed it you may need to unfollow it and re-follow it)

• The #Platypush blog: @blog

Et voilà ! Notre liste toute entière s'est engagée auprès de l'April pour les logiciels libres aux #électionsmunicipales et communautaires à #Orléans !

https://www.candidats.fr/post/2026/02/24/%C3%89lections-municipales-et-communautaires-2026-Liste-des-signataires-du-Pacte-du-Logiciel-Libre

Retrouvez l'état actuel de notre programme numérique ici :
https://orleans-solidaire-ecologique.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/NUMERIQUE.pdf

Avec du #Mastodon, de læ #Fediverse et du #Panoramax et bien sûr de la #désescaladenumérique et des #logicielslibres

On regarde aussi vers les propositions d'autres associations comme le #collectifattention et #nosServicesPublics.

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Captue d'écran du site candidats.fr sur la liste des signataires du pacte du logiciel libre, concernant le Loiret. Texte : Loiret (45) Fleury-les-Aubrais Nouveau Fleury Populaire, liste conduite par : Bastien Fauconnier. Orléans Orléans en commun, liste conduite par : Valentin Pelé. OSE, Orléans Solidaire Écologique, liste conduite par : Jean-Philippe Grand

> Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down

https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-is-stepping-down/

A VC as CEO? This is going to go well. /s

#bluesky #mastodon #fediverse #microblogging #technology #capitalism #enshittification

dear #fediverse,

is there a term for that serendipitous phenomenon when one completes a post and it just happens to have perfectly maxed out the character limit without any edits? (i.e. you type your last word and complete the sentence with punctuation, and the character limit counter is magically glowing at ‘0’)

love, fae.

#mastodon

Morgens 9 Uhr in #Deutschland 😊
Eine Woche der besten Fruehstueckskultur hab ich noch, dann geht es wieder nach Hause.

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag. Alles wird gut 🖖

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Bonjour le Fediverse \! 👋

La Matronne débarque sur Mastodon.

On est une association loi 1901, un lieu communautaire LGBTQIA+ à côté de Toulouse. Un safe space où on se retrouve le jeudi après-midi et le samedi soir depuis plus de 15 ans.

On a quitté Facebook et Instagram. On préfère être ici, dans un espace qui respecte ses utilisateur·ices.

À très vite 💜

#LaMatronne #LGBTQIA #Toulouse #SafeSpace #AssociationLGBT #Mastodon #Fediverse #TransRights

Ghosts in my phone

#mobile #fediverse #mastodon #blog
https://lazybea.rs/ghosts-in-my-phone

https://rochacbruno.com/deploy-your-own-fediverse-instance-with-snac.html

Liebes #Fediverse
drei wunderbare Menschen aus dem Kontext der #wirkSamen sind #neuhier im Fediverse. Gemeinsam geht es uns darum, Bildung zu einem Teil der Lösung für nachhaltige Zukünfte zu entwickeln.

@Katrin macht sehr hilfreiche Arbeit zum Thema #Haltung

@Melanie ist in der beruflichen Bildung im #FediLZ vernetzt und arbeitet z.B. auch zu #OER

@Stefanie ist Sprachwissenschaftlerin und entwickelt eine berufliche Schreibdidaktik.

Schön, dass ihr hier seid. Willkommen! ❤️

I do not expect this photo gets a lot of likes... At first it was a bit unpopular but now it is the second most liked picture on my Pixelfed profile.

https://pixelfed.social/p/tropical_wolf/928650787010714126

#fediverse #pixelfed

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On #Mastodon there are now
420 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
121 instances.

264 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@lupa (CZE)
@Guaixe (BAQ)
@uebermedien (GER)
@TransportOnline (NLD)
@TexasObserver (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Wenn man als #vhs den #Mastodon-Account ergänzen will durch Präsenz auf #Peertube und evtl. #Pixelfed - welche Instanz(en) wählt man da denn?
Vermutlich hat @admin keine Kapazität frei, uns da was zu bauen - aber hat wer Empfehlungen?

#Fediverse #DID #DUT

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states_en
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Introducing PortaFed — cryptographic account portability for #ActivityPub

When your server shuts down, your identity and posts are gone.
PortaFed fixes this with a MigrationProof: a Merkle commitment
over your full export, signed by your ed25519 key, verifiable
by any destination server without contacting the origin.

No blockchain. No registry. No core spec changes.

Spec + Rust implementation:
https://codeberg.org/portafed/portafed

Feedback welcome — especially from server maintainers.

#Fediverse

Every day I’m more convinced that the Fediverse’s slow mainstream adoption isn’t really about usability.

People say it’s because it’s hard to join, the terms are confusing, or the apps aren’t polished enough. Maybe a little. But honestly… look at the platforms people already use.

Finding anything on LinkedIn is painful.
Trying to locate the original video on TikTok is a scavenger hunt.
Facebook is still full of weird bugs and odd UI choices.
Instagram hides posts behind algorithms.
Twitter/X constantly changes the rules of engagement.

None of these platforms are exactly “easy.”

People stay because their friends are there. Because the big creators are there. Because that’s where the conversation already lives.

And, if we’re honest, because these platforms are engineered around a very effective reward loop: notifications, likes, infinite scroll. A dopamine machine. You learn the confusing terms and awkward interfaces because there’s a constant reward for doing so.

So yes, making the Fediverse easier to join absolutely helps.

But what would help even more is something simpler:
more mainstream, recognizable, official accounts showing up here.

That’s how networks grow.
People follow people not platforms.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon

My #fediverse #search #engine plans are going well. Making great #progress with the initial dataset. Next comes #querying it through a UI.

@aSweetGentleman I have to admit, to be on the #fediverse since Dec 2024 and only discover #monsterdon now is kinda impressive. I gotta believe that, for basically every mastodon server, it is the most intense traffic hour of the week. 😃 I swear we are the single biggest reason that anyone learns how to mute a hashtag.

#MastoHelp Je me souviens d'une intervenante (via un extrait vidéo d'une conférence) qui parlait de protection des données personnelles et qui disait notamment avec gravité "Les données, c'est des gens" (pour expliquer notamment que des données mal protégées pouvaient mettre des personnes en danger).
Est-ce que ça évoque quelque chose à quelqu'un, un nom, un lien ?...
Merci pour vos retours 🙏
Le repouet fait du bien au #Fediverse 😋

#OverUnder 056 with @gregmignard.

He's a dad, a husband, and a #photographer from Brittany.

#Today, he shares his thoughts about B&W photography, #fountainpens, #podcasting, #freelancing, and #crepes.

He also replied to Steve Ledlow's question.

#bloggers #bookstodon #books #blog #fediverse #photography #B&W #monochrome #writing #bloggers #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-056

Hey everyone,

@casey and @aseelfromgz had the honour of speaking to three families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Shima (@shimaqassas)
• Sanaa (@amazing_sanaa)
• Riyad Mousa (@RiyadMousa)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

Welcome to the #Fediverse @Maik!
Maik is our new trainee in the social media team of the European Commission!
Go say hello! He speaks German (and Bulgarian) too 😉 💜

#NewHere #NeuHier

#Fediverse #Monday #Coffee

BONJOUR LE #fediverse
profitez fort de celles ou ceux que vous aimez
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@xupamayne highly recommend expanding your about me section of your profile -- see mine and others for ideas. You can be quite verbose and its the first thing people see about you when you add them for example.
I also recommend searching any hash tags you love and looking for interesting people. Note that you can *follow* hash tags just like you follow people, and those subjects will show up in your feed.
#fediHelp #fediverse #fediFollow

@unixwitch man do I ever want boost-with-cw now.

#fediverse #mastodon #suggestion #fediFeature

@xupamayne highly recommend expanding your about me section of your profile -- see mine and others for ideas. You can be quite verbose and its the first thing people see about you when you add them for example.
I also recommend searching any hash tags you love and looking for interesting people. Note that you can *follow* hash tags just like you follow people, and those subjects will show up in your feed.
#fediHelp #fediverse #fediFollow

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Hey #Fediverse! See you all at the 1985 California Computer Show.

#UNIX #RetroComputing

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When someone asks me what the #Fediverse, #Mastodon or #ActivityPub is I'll use this illustration from UNIX Review, April 1985.

#UNIX

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Some dragons breathe fire…This one breathes color. 🐉✨ Neon Ember Dragon - New Art Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/neon-ember-dragon-lisa-s-baker.html

#dragon #neondragon #dragonart #fantasy #fantasyart #neon #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #boldcolors #vibrant #mysticaldragon

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Neon Ember Dragon by Lisa S. Baker A radiant dragon emerges in a mosaic of molten gold, ember orange, electric turquoise, and deep violet, each scale catching the light in a shimmering prismatic glow. Its powerful profile and luminous eye create a striking fantasy portrait, blending mythical presence with vivid color shifts and bold textural detail against a dramatic dark background.

In not so secret news, I'm working on a #fediverse #search #index service that pulls in posts from all known #instances of #content that is public across thousands of servers. I'll let you know when it goes live.

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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