#mastodon Timeline

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The #Mastodon stuffed toy is now available in the United States! This is a limited run of 500. Check out the #Plushtodon hashtag for more pictures!

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

A stuffed Mastodon toy is leaning over to drink some coffee.

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📚 Mastodon History

Back in February 23rd, 2016 — Mastodon first described itself as:

“Mastodon is a federated microblogging engine. An alternative implementation of the GNU Social project.”

The history of Mastodon is tied to GNU Social.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/fa33750105389110a3395ca19167f789d21a149e/README.md

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/tree/fa33750105389110a3395ca19167f789d21a149e

#DeSo #Fediverse #FediverseHIstory #GNUSocial #Mastodon #MastodonHistory

Mastodon

Mastodon is a federated microblogging engine. An alternative implementation of the GNU Social project. Based on ActivityStreams, Webfinger, PubsubHubbub and Salmon.

The core ideals of this project are:

• Independence of legacy Twitter APIs - we don't want to be compatible with Twitter clients, we want our own clients
• In that vein, a strong and clean REST API and OAuth2
• Minimalism. Just because you can do almost anything with ActivityStreams doesn't mean you should. Limit the set of possible functions to what makes sense in a microblogging engine. This will make federation as well as UI design a lot easier
• Ease of deployment. The end-goal of this project is to be distributable as a Docker image.

Current status of the project is early development. Documentation, licensing information &co will be added later

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The time is probably right.

Back in 2022, when I was still using iOS, I wasn’t completely happy with the Fediverse apps that were available. I was mostly using Akkoma, and the interface I liked the most was actually its web UI, even on mobile. So I started playing with Xcode and put together the foundations of an app tailored to my needs.

A lot has changed since then and today we have great alternatives like IceCubes, Mona, Ivory, etc. Each one has strengths and weaknesses though, so I picked up my old project again and kept pushing it forward.

So I’m happy to announce that my app will finally see the light: I’ve been using it for the past few days and, in my spare time, I’m fixing bugs and adding missing features. I’m building it around my own needs, so it doesn’t have to “appeal to everyone”. I wouldn’t call it opinionated, but it’s definitely targeted.

The app will have one key trait: #snac2 support will be a first-class feature, not an incidental one. Many apps, especially on iOS, support snac as a side effect, but the experience is often not optimal. In this case, the choice is deliberate and it strictly follows the Mastodon API support implemented by snac. So snac will work properly (within the limits of the platform, of course).

Among the features already implemented: the app is minimal and lightweight (under 10 MB, including debug code), easy on RAM, and privacy-first (for example it strips EXIF data from media before posting, so the server will never see it). On snac it also cleans up the "Boosted by Aoderelay" messages that appear when using a relay, removes the character limit, and supports posting in Markdown.

I also added support for Apple Intelligence to generate alt text, both for the media I post and for media posted by others that is missing alt text.

Everything is processed locally through Apple APIs and only on supported devices. The results aren't amazing, Apple Intelligence is extremely limited, but in my opinion it's the only privacy-friendly and ethical way to approach it. And of course, you can disable it.

On Mastodon it supports all the main features: lists, quote posts, granular notifications (you can choose what you want for each category), notification grouping, multi-account support, and it works.

It's still missing a few things (block, etc.) and has some bugs, which I’m spotting as I keep using it.
As soon as it's stable enough, I'll invite a few people to test it. I still haven't fully decided how I'll distribute it: an Apple Developer account has a yearly cost, and I hope to reuse it for other projects too. So this app might be paid, with a trial period, but if possible (I still need to check what’s feasible) I'd like it to be free if you connect to one of the BSD Cafe instances, illumos Cafe, or any snac instance, including your own.

I don't know how long it will take before it's ready... but I can already tell you what it will be called.
It already has a name, and it's... MastoBlaster.

This name was chosen for personal reasons, and also because of its similarity to Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder, which even today feels relevant and fitting for the Fediverse.

Stay tuned!

#MastoBlaster #Fediverse #Mastodon #iOS #FediverseApp #Announcement #Apple #snac #snac2

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New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97

This week's news:
- A New Social is a new non-profit for bridging platforms and protocols, and will take on the governance of Bridgy Fed
- @peertube released #PeerTube v7, their yearly update with a complete redesign
- The organisation behind #Mastodon app Mammoth and @subclub shuts down due to a lack of funding, as Mozilla has shut down their fediverse investment

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-97/

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Hey @elk fans, we have a new release on https://elk.zone -- please try it out & enjoy! :)

https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/releases/tag/v0.17.0

#elk #mastodev #mastodon

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Raw numbers are perhaps not enough to get across just how bad the centralisation of the Fediverse by mastodon.social is. I've done a chart to show this visually, hopefully this will make the situation clearer?

Given the circumstances, getting people to join other servers except mastodon.social would greatly help decentralise the Fediverse. It's no longer big vs medium vs small, it's more like supergiant deathstar mastodon.social vs everyone else 😞

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastodonSocial

Graph showing twelve different Mastodon servers with their percentage of the active Fediverse on the Y axis. Mastodon.social has almost 30% of active Fediverse users while all other servers have about 1% or less.

Caption under chart says "Largest Mastodon servers vs % of active Fediverse, 21st November 2025, data from FediDB.com"

Another caption next to the bar for mastodon.social says "Percentage occupied by mastodon.social is growing! It used to be less than 15%! JoinMastodon.org and official Mastodon apps are STILL promoting mastodon.social!"

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Thank you to everyone who shared feedback with me about why they use social media, and about how #Mastodon can improve when it comes to the size of #MastodonSocial. I'm collating the information you shared with me today to discuss with the team 💞

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❤️ Thank you to all hard working contributors who develop and maintain:

@archlinux
@centos
@debian
@elementary
@fedora
@FreeBSDFoundation
@gentoo
@linuxmint
@manjarolinux
@netbsd
@openbsdnow
@opensuse
@tails
@ubuntu

+ other distributions that provide the basis of today's digital infrastructure while allowing everyone to use, study, share, and improve them! #ilovefs ❤️

(Please help to thank those, for whom I did not find a #mastodon account 🙏)

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Bienvenidos a masto.es, servidor de Mastodon para hispanohablantes de temática general. Ampliación del límite de caracteres en una publicación a 2000 caracteres.

https://masto.es

Saber más: https://masto.es/about

Administrado por: @rober

#FeaturedServer #Español #Espanol #Castellano #Spanish #Hispanohablantes #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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🦃 Note 🇺🇸 holiday schedule changes! 📺 It's the weekly THU-THU🐘 #Mastodon/ #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 for Nov. 20-27, 2025

NEW: #HarryOrwell (HARRY O) #LeverageTV (LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION)

🚨UPDATES 🔗 &c.➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰️All times US Eastern

#Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #anime #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

Thanks to the hosts! 💐 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @analgesicsleep @rsmon77 @hyde
@greenpepper22 @revmagdalen
@lilymarswrites
@GrillChill

Watch party event listings for THU-SAT, Nov. 20-22

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Watch party event listings for SUN-TUE, Nov. 23-25

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Watch party event listings for WED-THU, Nov. 26-27

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In case you missed it, I have a website which has thousands of handpicked Fediverse accounts to follow organised into hundreds of topics:

➡️ https://fedi.directory

To find out more about an account, click on its Fediverse address.

To follow an account, copy-paste its Fediverse address into your search box in Mastodon etc.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #FediTips

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If you're curious how #Mastodon is doing by the numbers, the 2023 Annual Report is finally here. How large is our budget, and where does it go? Who works on Mastodon? For all of this and more, we've got an answer--at least as far as 2023 goes.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/12/annual-report-2023/

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Mastodon.scot is a Mastodon server mainly intended for people in Scotland or those who identify as Scottish:

https://mastodon.scot

You can find out more at https://mastodon.scot/about or contact the admin @trumpet

#FeaturedServer #Scotland #Scottish #Scot #Scots #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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Let it snow! ❄️

I have added snow to my instance during the winter holidays. It's a tiny JS canvas and fades out on scroll down. The snow is also respecting the system accessibility settings, it won't be there if you prefer reduced motion.

Here's the source code for server admins: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon/commit/9bf1563af50842a5f61b34b7cc095fb746e5d15b#diff-5fcd1b6168ec33e0eff0a05fcdeacfab68e261215bbdb719be6b3526173be770
See the snow yourself: https://mementomori.social

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #JavaScript #Coding #Programming #Snow #Winter #LetItSnow #MementomoriSocial

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updated the #Fedicat about screen using #linkskit

for friends apps I listed other #Mastodon apps whose source (including tootsdk) I benefited from looking at

screenshot of an about screen with a menu of friends apps

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"The more the Fediverse can be baked into systems already in use, as with the Wordpress plugin and Ghost 6.0, the easier it will be to make connections without platform or protocol battles." - @michael

Part 2 of Michael's post-FediCon blog series, exploring growth with a grassroots vibe, is out now! Check it out below 👇

https://www.blog-pat.ch/third-spaces-in-the-fediverse-fedicon-thoughts-part-ii/

#Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediCon #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Blog #ThirdSpaces #FediGrowth #OpenSocialWeb #Tech #LeaveX

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#Indigenous #Brown #Latina family, #Homeless

#SabiLewSounds is disabled multidisciplinary #artist & #musician; #mentalhealth & #disability #advocate; 24/7 caretaker for elderly mom w/dementia & ESA bunny

1609 hotel, food, bills
459 hotel past due
273 covers Thu-Sat
650 more due Tue

🔗🌿SabiLewSounds
🔗🌿 toadlyturtle (note: Sabi)

#HelpFolksLive2025 #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #LightWithin #Fempreneur #TraumaSurvivor #cPTSD #Mastodon #Fediverse #Boost #SupportDisabledArtists #Poverty

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Not many people know this, but Mastodon has a built-in official post scheduling system which can publish posts at pre-arranged times and dates.

Unfortunately there's no official interface for the scheduler yet, so you have to use a third party app to access the scheduler. These third party apps let you use it:

Android: Tusky, Fedilab, Moshidon & Subway Tooter

iPhone/iPad: Mona

🌐 Web: https://plan.fedilab.app

More info at https://fedi.tips/scheduling-posts-on-mastodon

#FediTips #Mastodon

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Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐

Teilen erbeten !

als PDF Datei:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/kRgZ+fsPATHElnUKYE8ziTgT/

#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für alle

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#Mastodon

Please help #Indigenous family survive; #homeless after eviction

#SabiLewSounds is disabled 24/7 caretaker for elderly mom w/ dementia & ESA bunny; multidisciplinary #artist & #musician; #advocate for #disability & #mentalhealth

https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds/goal

#lightwithin #fempreneur #traumasurvivor #cptsd #supportdisabledartists #HelpSky #FundSky #MABoost #SignalBoost #BIPOCMA #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolks2025 💕💸