JC @jc@librem.one

Quick little tip: You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon.

All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters they really are.

However, you need to include https:// at the beginning of links to make them clickable.

Do you know that Mastodon can be themed?

For example, here's a Macstodon -- a Mastodon theme that resembles Classic Mac OS.

It looks beautiful 😍

Discovery of the day. The Mastodon advanced web interface (activated by a checkbox in settings on the web page). You can create feed columns with hashtags, including multiple hashtag columns. Really nice feature. #feditips

Working on building a #LinuxLibre kernel for #MNTReform using #Guix ... and so far it boots!

Have not yet managed to build a kernel without the HDMI patches, which require a binary blob, so not in line with the #FSDG for inclusion into guix.

That said, it was not too difficult, using a few patches and .dts from https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-debian-packages/-/tree/main/linux

Getting closer...

Ever wonder if your USB C cable is USB2 or USB3? Do you have some charge-only cables hiding in a box just waiting for the right moment to spoil your project plans?!
Fear no more!

I’ve made a simple board to test most of the things!

As a blind individual, I have to say that #Caturday on #Mastodon is far far more enjoyable then at #Twitter, where the vast majority of cat photos are not described.

It is also been fascinating for me to hear descriptions written by those who sent the image, immediately followed by Apple image recognition’s attempts to describe the same image. Only rarely does that add anything to the ALT, & often directly contradicts it.

There is no auto magical solution to image description. It is something best done by a human, for only that human can explain the “why” of the image: the reason that image was chosen to speak so eloquently without words for those who can see it. ALT allows you to provide those words.

For comparison:

Mastodon is 6 years old and grew out of a university student project. Per GitHub data, it currently has 2 consistently full-time devs, including the project founder, and 1 part-time. It is being funded out of a 31k USD/mo Patreon, and until recently was closer to 20k, which is used to pay for development, hosting of two large instances, and moderation.

Mastodon has had less funding than Block Party and is being compared to Twitter. Give it funding and time and it will catch up.

adulthood means hurting your back when you relax incorrectly

Hive is adding ~500k users daily, passing the 1 million user mark on Monday and then 2 million users earlier today. They're supported only by the 24-year-old founder, two employees, and zero moderators.

It's completely irresponsible for them to have unlimited signups when they can't possibly handle abuse, harassment, scams, spam, disinformation, or illegal content. https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-competitor-hive-social-run-by-24-year-old-founder-2022-11

Tumblr is implementing ActivityPub: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z1bmv2/game_changer_tumblr_soon_connecting_to/

📢The call for proposals for the Open Hardware Summit is here! Deadline December 16! We're looking for talks, workshops, demos, and your weird and wonderful ideas! Submit here > https://form.jotform.com/223106434319247

We look forward to Tumblr joining the fediverse!

#tumblr #activityPub #fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/amp/

#Debirdify is great away to find #Mastodon accounts for those one follows on #Twitter: https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/
"We searched 3200 Twitter accounts and found 391 accounts with 397 Fediverse IDs, spread over 99 instances. (see below for CSV export)" #birdsite #twittermigration

I wrote a little Mastodon/Fediverse guide, using simple, non-technical terms, so that non-technical people can learn

https://blogue.narf.ca/2022/11/starting-on-mastodon-or-pixelfed-or-in-the-fediverse-the-no-bullshit-intro-guide/

#guide #mastodon #fediverse #pixelfed #UX