Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
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@servant It is character 1D159 Musical Symbol Null Notehead. People sometimes use it where something doesn't let you send just spaces, as it is an invisible character. But many systems, when they don't recognize a character, show a vertical box.
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Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.
@agx I'm excited about the Librem 5 and related projects. If I had the money I would be rocking a Librem 5 USA :D
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Mastodon – Simplified Federation! a plugin for Firefox
Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/
@petetaylor It isn't how it works on mobile (& desktop).
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Also Mastodon is the only social media where I've seen Ublock have nothing to block
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This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?
Check them out!
Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm
@ArtisticAlexis I forgot something. If your server (mas.to) blocks another server (say, gab.com), then you cannot follow any user who is in the blocked server (IIRC).
@ArtisticAlexis @mstine So in Mastodon, you can follow accounts across servers; meaning that if you are on mas.to you can follow someone on mstdn.social.
However, in whatever Mastodon app you use there should be a tab (say) called Local Timeline. This shows you activity in your own server. So your Local Timeline is only going to show posts from users on mas.to.
@kyle Cool, thank you!
@servant Goodnight 👋
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One thing that was super common on Mastodon / Fediverse prior to this mass migration was adding image descriptions to help be accessible to our many blind and partially sighted users here. Many people won't boost posts without them.
Please consider adding alt text to your images when you can. 
@kyle
> It can even be programmed with punch cards
Woah! What is its "instruction set" like? Did you get it with documentation?
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Some advise for new peeps on Mastodon:
The people you're following would generally *love* to follow you back IF you:
* Post an #Introduction toot and pin it
* Fill out your profile's bio
* Put in a profile picture
Whenever I get a follow request and there's no profile pic, no bio, no intro, and no toots posted yet in general, I don't follow back, because I don't know anything about that person. It's like being introduced to a person wearing a bag over their head. ;)
#Boost please :D
@Big_Diggity Until Heaven, a lot of the effort of the "good guys" is about preserving and encouraging good. Evil is inevitable until Heaven.
I believe in federation as a way to help social media, so seeing a bunch of people move to Mastodon is very cool! But it is no silver bullet.
@Big_Diggity Totally. Sadly though, there is no escaping human nature... I have encountered some disappointing content recently. I'm thinking it is downhill from here. 🤞
@servant I feel like there has been more snow in my area over the years....
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
