Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

The architecture of #Mastodon

https://softwaremill.com/the-architecture-of-mastodon/

Yay - GitHub verification now works (h/t to @nova)

RT @rob_sheridan@twitter.com

This is *exactly* as I imagined, and provides the most straightforward explanation for anyone still trying to grasp at complicated theories on how the "SpaceX genius" could possibly be so bad at this. https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rob_sheridan/status/1595319316249186304

Right now, someone at Google is looking at Mastodon, thinking, "mmm, this could be a chat app...".

A Shrek salad #stablediffusion

also the admins of birdsite and zucksite could read your DMs too so why is this even an issue you care about now

This seems like an appropriate first comic for mastodon.

What's missing from these pictures?

No on-street parking makes all the difference in the cities of #Japan. The 1962 "proof-of-parking" law means you buy a car, you've got to show you've got a place—off public streets—to warehouse it.

Matthew Inman is awesome. (I don't think he's on the Fediverse, but https://theoatmeal.com if by some weird fluke you're not familiar with his work.)

So this is happening

lmao people are tweeting out entire movies because the Genius CEO’s microservice purge took out the copyright monitoring service https://twitter.com/AsleepMods/status/1594108188915372034

Believe me, as the Fediverse's network effect grows, it will be seen as a go-to alternative whenever Big Social screws over their userbase.

This wasn't a concern for them one month ago, but it's a concern now.

Today, 2022-11-18, we are seeing a sustained 10,000 new accounts *per hour* across almost 1,700 active #Mastodon instances. That’s 5 times more per hour than in the week before. More than 7,000,000 accounts in total on active instances. These are truly fascinating numbers.

PLEASE BOOST: Right now Mastodon is only receiving appr. $21,000/month through Patreon.

This is not enough to handle the 1 million new accounts that will be made this week.

Currently, only 4,720 patrons are donating to Mastodon.

However, if everyone chips in $2/month, this will ensure the continued survival of Mastodon!

Be a hero! Donate now! https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

One thing that's getting a little lost in this mix, is that some of the people desperately holding on at Twitter are because they are trapped by either healthcare or visas.

That there are systemic traps that trap worker in America so they feel unable to move freely to new employers who want them and would have better pay or conditions is *nuts* and deserves a lot more attention than it gets.

http://lettuce.wtf doesn't look super healthy right now, but I think it's probably still a good bet at this point