@bryanjclark dooo iiitttt
@cooper104 No side effects other than a visible bump of my arm. Get it!
@SaysDana Mastodon is just one implementation of a technology standard called ActivityPub.
The fediverse is a name for all the servers that implement this standard and can communicate with each other.
Your handle is "@ your user name @ your server name" (I can't put an actual one because it gets shortened to just your user name in the Mastodon UI.)
Mastodon will update to 4.0 soon! Here are the most exciting new features (in addition to fixes & changes):
- ability to follow hashtags
- ability to filter by language
- ability to translate posts
- ability to post HEIC files (i.e. your iPhone’s native photo format)
- define user roles (big deal for admins)
- define sign-up process on your Instance (admins again)
See all changes here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0rc1
Thanks, @Gargron and @Mastodon Team. #Mastodon4
#TIL The Swedish government’s budget bill was officially named “His Royal Majesty's gracious government bill" until 1974.
@kkomaitis Since Mastodon is just software, it doesn't seem like it would qualify as a VLOP. I guess specific server operators running Mastodon might eventually qualify as a VLOP, but given Mastodon software only scales vertically at the moment, that's a ways off.
#TwitterMigration tips:
1. Put your fediverse handle in your Twitter bio so tools can help people relocate you.
2. Switch your tweeting habits to post to Mastodon first and use https://Moa.party to cross-post automatically to your Twitter.
✨ The first release candidate of Mastodon 4.0 is now officially available for testing! Find out what's new on the changelog:
To Twitter migrants complaining about learning how to use the Fediverse—do you forget what it was like to first join Twitter?
Questions that arose back in 2008:
1. What can I possibly say in 140 characters?
2. What is a hashtag, and why does it even exist?
3. How does anyone find anything?
4. Who do I follow?
5. What's a feed?
Twitter came with a learning curve.
Why should #developers be interested in the #Fediverse? I spoke to @darius, who (y'all probably know!) runs a Mastodon instance called Friend Camp, about why developers should experiment with open protocols like ActivityPub & how becoming a hosting provider is a way in. https://thenewstack.io/why-developers-should-experiment-with-the-fediverse/
How to verify your account to an existing website, and it not cost even $8 bucks a month.
@Atrios Officially in ActivityStreams, they are "notes". https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-note
I use "posts".
Finally got to see the “Bros” gay romcom movie in Sverige and enjoyed it. 👨❤️👨
“Love is *not* love” is genius commentary. https://screenrant.com/love-is-not-love-billy-eichner-bros-meaning/
The @eff's Cory Doctorow has prepared some excellent examples for how #interoperability between social media platforms could look like in practice. #UX #UI
Full report here: https://www.eff.org/interoperablefacebook
The New Stack: "While chaos reigns at Twitter, we look at options for an open protocol for public conversation — including Bluesky, ActivityPub and Matrix."
https://thenewstack.io/twitter-turmoil-we-need-an-open-protocol-for-public-discourse #noxp
Stripe does not deserve any kudos for its handling of its layoff.
I cannot say any more, but trust me on this one as a manager who voluntarily left in October.
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