mastodon

After three months and 1.6k posts later on snac, I'm super happy. Main things that I like about running snac for my Fediverse presence:

Light on resources. I can run this on a potato if I wanted and it would run great (I'm not, but I could.)
Backups are easy. Tar up the directory. Done.
Migrations are easy. Install nginx, build snac, untar backup. Done.
Quirky web interface. It takes a little to get used to it, but it is very functional and it's got character. I thought I would use Phanpy with it more, but I'm not. I enjoy the snac web interface.
Works (mostly) with Mastodon clients.
No crazy caching of photos, avatars and other media. This is a really big deal because my disk usage is so much lower than when I ran Mastodon.
No database. NO DATABASE. So good.
Fast. snac is really fast doing everything. It's nice.
@grunfink is awesome. Friendly and responsive.

#fediverse #snac #snac2 #snacadmin #mastodon #phanpysocial #selfhost #selfhosted

You can embed Mastodon posts in your website or blog by doing the following:

1. Log in through your server's website
2. Go to the post or reply you want to embed and click on it to show it in an enlarged view
3. Click ⋯ on the post and select "Get Embed Code"
4. Copy-paste the HTML code into your website or blog

Lots of common questions answered about this at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-embed-mastodon-posts-on-a-website

If you have problems embedding, see the article for suggestions.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Happy 9th anniversary to the first Mastodon post!

Via https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110985808809440467

#mastodon #fediverse #anniversary #OTD #OnThisDay

I am creating a #ActivityPub minimalistic implementation of a badge system similar to Credly, built using #dotnet and leveraging the #Fediverse

I have issued a first badge, the idea is to decentralize the verification systems, and allow organizations to self-certify. It is incredible that organizations like Microsoft or Non-Profits pay thousands of dollars to companies like Pearson to just provide "verified" badges. Similar to mastodons installed in social-dot-something, thinkg of badges<dot> mozilla<dot>com , certifications<dot>myschooldistrict<dot>com. Or even a podcast emitting a badge for its guests, with the verification in the domain.

ActivityPub already offers a secure way to sign artifacts and interact between actors. The fediverse already have people with profiles, a social graph as @mike says, ready to use. Think of how LetsEncrypt disrupted that market of few actors selling certificates for websites.

I have a functional poc,
@fediverse is not a mastodon, pledora or blog, it is an actor in a badge system, but you can follow it in Mastodon. Its badges will show in #mastodon but they are not notes or articles. If you want to learn more, follow me, I will be sharing the progress here. Or follow the github project here: https://github.com/tryvocalcat/activitypub-badges

Who wants a badge of early adopter?

O sea, dónde habéis visto que una red social implante unos cambios en los términos de uso (para protegernos de la IA robando contenido) y se abra a debatir cómo mejorarlos.

Dónde!? Maravilla el #Fediverso y #Mastodon, así lo digo 👌🏼

Vía @Mastodon
https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821

Arabi.gay is a Glitch Mastodon server for Arabs, people from the SWANA region or Arabic speakers (including all dialects) who are LGBTQIA+. Anyone over 18 is welcome to join.

https://arabi.gay

You can find out more at https://arabi.gay/about or contact the admin account @ishraaf

#FeaturedServer #Arabic #Arab #LGBTQIA #Gay #SWANA #SouthWestAsia #NorthAfrica #العربية #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Dads.cool and cooler.mom are Hometown Mastodon servers for parents of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities:

https://dads.cool

https://cooler.mom

You can find out more at https://dads.cool/about and https://cooler.mom/about or contact the admins @alex & @sydney

#FeaturedServer #Parenting #Parents #Kids #Children #Families #Hometown #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Rail.chat is a Mastodon server for anyone interested in passenger and freight trains, their connection to transit and other non-car options, and their benefit to society:

https://rail.chat

You can find out more at https://rail.chat/about or contact the admin @conductor

cc @trains

#FeaturedServer #Trains #Rail #Railways #Railroads #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

@SabiLewSounds & fam are #disabled, #BIPOC, #homeless

$686 Hotel by tomorrow 03/18 at 11AM ET

$936 All Needs

https://PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds
https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #SabiLewSounds #SupportDisabledArtists #WeKeepUsSafe #CommunityCares #CollectiveCare #IndigenousMutualAid #Mastodon #Fediverse #Boost #Indigenous #Disability #MentalHealth

@MutualAidVisibility @MutualAidNet @[email protected] @disability
@smote @mutualaid

BigShoulders.city is a Hometown Mastodon server for Chicagoans, current, former and future. All sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility and ages are welcome. A community of friends and neighbors across the Windy City.

https://bigshoulders.city

Find out more at https://bigshoulders.city/about or contact the admins @moderation & @alex

#FeaturedServer #Chicago #Illinois #Chicagoan #Chicagoans #Hometown #HometownMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Toot.Kiwi is a brand new Mastodon server for anyone with connections to Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Pōneke in New Zealand / Aotearoa:

https://toot.kiwi

You can find out more at https://toot.kiwi/about or contact the admin @fancypants

cc @aotearoa

#FeaturedServer #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Wellington #TeWhanganuiaTara #Pōneke #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Will the last small site turn off the lights?

The UK Online Safety Act imposes the same duties and penalties on blogs, forums and fedi instances as huge platforms.

Many small, safely moderated sites will shut down or block UK users.

Crushing competition is the last thing we need for a safer Internet!

Act now before 17 March ⬇️

#SaveOurSites 🌐

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp

#fediverse #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #mastodon #activitypub #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality

TurtleIsland.social is an Indigenous owned & operated Mastodon server for Indigenous people. TurtleIsland.social is ad-free, corporate-free, bigotry-free, and culture respectful.

https://turtleisland.social

You can find out more at https://turtleisland.social/about or contact the admins @TurtleIsland, @Yehuda or @Tzipporah

#FeaturedServer #Indigenous #Native #FirstNations #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

What I see, when someone writes "subtoot"...

And that's one of many reasons I love this community...

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #subtoot #mastodon #submarine

A couple of years back I wrote a blog post about linking my static blog posts to Mastodon threads so that the threads can serve as blog comments.

I realise I never pinned that post to my profile, and I have since deleted the Mastodon thread, so I'm sharing it again. I'm pinning it this time!

https://berglyd.net/blog/2023/03/mastodon-comments/

#Static #Blog #Hugo #Comments #Mastodon

While I was lying in the hammock yesterday (clicking on my iPhone), I started thinking about the current state of the "Twitter diaspora", the cross-posting, bridging and separation… and I ended up with this blog post 😅

TLDR: let's try to settle on the open networks, Bluesky & Fedi, let's connect them well, and let's move away from Twitter.

https://mackuba.eu/2025/06/30/socials-2025/

#Bluesky #Mastodon #Bridgy #BridgyFed

Veganism Social is a Mastodon server for vegans to make friends and interact with the wider Fediverse. Posts can be up to 10,000 characters long.

https://veganism.social

You can find out more at https://veganism.social/about or contact the admin @nm

cc @vegan

#FeaturedServer #Vegan #Veganism #Vegans #Food #AnimalRights #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Is there an account you follow that boosts other people too much? Do you like reading their own posts, but you don't want to see their boosts?

In Mastodon you can hide an account's boosts by doing the following:

1. Go to their profile page
2. Click the ⋯ button on their profile
3. Select "Hide boosts"

You will still see their posts, it will only hide boosts. If you change your mind, go to ⋯ and select "Show boosts".

They will never know you have hidden their boosts 🙂

#FediTips #Mastodon

Forget ghost!

NodeBB is not only FLOSS, it's also a great federated forum software!

Just look up [email protected]

This is a profile on NodeBB but you can watch so many posts and if you select

"Open original page"

it will take you to the forum and make Mastodon and the fedi look nice!

I feel like NodeBB could be the next Mastodon!

It's amazing!

#Mastodon #FLOSS #NodeBB #TheNextMastodon

If you're using Mastodon through a computer, did you know you can access almost all of its functions through keyboard shortcuts? There's a complete list of shortcuts plus more info here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/using-mastodon-through-a-keyboard

Some of these will only make sense in Mastodon's multicolumn mode, but most of them work in all modes.

NOTE: You don't have to use any of these shortcuts, everthing can be done through the mouse too. The keyboard shortcuts are just for people who prefer them 🙂

#FediTips #Mastodon

Nerdculture.de - Wenn Du erwartest, von anderen freundlich behandelt zu werden, behandle auch die Anderen freundlich. Hier ist kein Platz für Hassreden oder für Nazis. Keine Bots im Allgemeinen! (nur nach vorheriger Genehmigung).

Be excellent to each other, live humanism, no nazis, no hate speech.

https://nerdculture.de

Über: https://nerdculture.de/about

Verwaltet von: @ij

#FeaturedServer #Deutsch #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Kind.Social is a Mastodon server with a broad community - queer, disabled, neurodivergent, crafters, techies, friends of all sorts. Our aim is to foster a genuinely enjoyable shared social experience.

This server has been operating since 2018.

https://kind.social

You can find out more at https://kind.social/about or contact the admin @Texan_Reverend

#FeaturedServer #LGBTQIA #Disabled #Neurodivergent #Crafters #Techies #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

https://fedihost.co #Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.3.9

Learn more about this release here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.9

#hosting #SelfHosting #GetFederated #ActivityPub #Fediverse #FediHost

Odd. Noticed that when viewing @mosseri from Mastodon his last post was on April 23, despite posting on Threads many times since and within the last 24 hours.

And if I follow him from here, his account doesn't show under my following list, despite indicating that I'm following on his profile.

Glitch? Intentional? How many other federated @threads accounts are like this? (Other threads.net accounts that I'm following seem okay.)

#Mastodon #Threads #fediverse

Does anyone know if there's any maintained Ruby library for the Mastodon API? The one I could find wasn't updated in like 5 years…

#RubyLang #Mastodon #MastodonAPI