I just found Mapstodon : a very nice interactive map of #Mastodon instances and their public timeline, grouped by region and interest.
I just gotta say, I don’t get on #Mastodon very often, but every time I do, I come away feeling happy and peaceful. Like I just spent some time hanging out with some interesting and laid back people who I hope to run into again.
@esmail Ah, thanks! Yeah, I'd need to use a better server for that probably.
@esmail I'll have to learn mailcow another day. I tried https://yunohost.org, but that took up way too much server memory.
@esmail That's exactly what I used this morning! :) Reading the script, I can see how it could have been much more work.
@esmail Haha! Yes, I'm having the "Wow, it works!" feeling today. :D
@delta Oh good! 'Cause as it is, that's going to be confusing for normal people.
@mcg Yeah, me learning how to do it is what I was excited about. :)
@delta
I was planning on posting a suggestion to the forums that the error message include a link with better instructions! The "You may want to send an Autocrypt setup message from there" error is very vague! How!?
@delta Cool. Understood. Do the timestamps also include the time to send read receipts? That might explain how 4 seconds feels like 1 on the devices.
@pescetarian Ha! Yes. I used this script (https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz) on a cheap KVM VPS from here (https://www.racknerd.com/kvm-vps). Just learning how to do it.
@delta Is that the tap & hold received message> "i" circle icon > Sent/Received time codes? Picture took 30 seconds according to that then, while text takes 4, but it felt way faster in the devices.
@delta Yeah, it took a few more seconds to upload the image. The little animated circle icon was probably indicating that. Whereas plain text is very close to instant. Not a problem, just obviously needs to transfer more data.
I successfully made my own server for @delta! Woo hoo! Only using 215Mb RAM on a VPS so far. #DeltaChat #WhatsApp #Signal
@Pattyagray Nice! Here's 2001 for me: http://web.archive.org/web/20010202061200/http://www.adamlein.com/ It even had a responsive design for smartphones before smartphones existed. :)
@Pattyagray I can't find any of my stuff before 2001 on the Wayback Machine and that was after I moved on from Geocities.
@Pattyagray Nice! I wish I could still find my old Geocities site. I was in the "Silicon Valley" neighborhood if I remember correctly.
Mastohost @mastohost is taking on new accounts again. You can get your own Mastodon server for $6 a month! The great thing about it is they take care of the software, you do not need to be technical to run a server.
Mastohost is where sauropods.win is hosted, and I can recommend them. Support is top-notch, and it's all been smooth sailing.
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