*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

* Todon.nl - Admin Reacts to Polite Inquiries. *

***Surprises on Fediverse always.***

Like, this morning when I start visiting the various instances where I have accounts, friends, a presence.

And then I switch my *Pinafore client*, which is really useful for someone like me. *Easy to connect, one click instant switching*.

Except, it shows '*Internet Request Failed - Showing offline content*' when Todon.NL is the selected instance. A sign something is wrong, like the Net connection at our end being down, or even a remote server being offline for maintenance or other reason. That wasn't the case here though.

All the Details, plus *an official* ** Moving account announcement ** *for my current, main personal account*.

As usual, I love Writing, and this is Long Form prose. Lavishly illustrated, References and links included. A Web Magazine page I am proud of.

That is the *** Topic of today's Blog *** https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/todon-nl-admin-reacts-to-polite-inquiries .

*This post is dedicated to Niklas @nipos -- https://muensterland.social/@nipos/ , so was so gentle and welcoming when I joined Muensterland.social.*

OP link : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104377237433349881

#rgxJournal #FediReporter #GlitchSocial #Love

@realcaseyrollins

>> I'd be more interested in this if they supported #Soapbox or even just #Pleroma

And I just got some info -- a new account followed my new muensterland.social account (SOON to be my Main -- @rgx@muensterland.social ) .

And on visiting his/hers profile I found this :
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Hey! I'm Ilja! I'm admin and moderator of this instance, cyborg, and general waste of space, but trying to fix the latter. This is a single-user instance running on YUNoHost ( http://yunohost.org/ ), the most awesome OS for self-hosting and I strongly advise to try it out if you want to self-host. Whether you're a newbie (like I was) or an advanced sysadmin who just wants to get things done.
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So -- YUNOHost is a valid, Pleroma friendly host service!

http://yunohost.org/

Will add this to an upcoming Blog post.

Ilja is at : https://ilja.space/users/ilja

@waltercool @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@realcaseyrollins

>> Yeah they only support vanilla #Mastodon, I thought

And that is so poor, slow, trembles if compared to the alternatives.

My "Pleroma as an Alternative to Mastodon" blog page, only a couple of days old, is high up on my stats -- 2nd place and moving up!

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/discover-pleroma

BTW -- Today's blog is hot read too.

@alex @rgx@muensterland.social @waltercool @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@alex

Looking forward to it -- too many people just use it as the easiest way to get a flahsy new mastodon and impress their friends.

(even if Hugo and his staff are doing all the hosting, installation, config and day to day backups, etc).

He's competent, and a valuable service for those less inclined to look under the hood.

But No Glitch-Social or Pleroma instances are offered there, I think.

@realcaseyrollins @rgx@muensterland.social @waltercool @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@alex

>> Read their terms of service.

Will do, but I had an inquiry about raising the damned 500 characters max toot limit in one of his instance, and itt was declined.

Too much work to be doing it manually, every time Eugen releases a revised version -- and he insists on burrying this limit in not one, but many locations in various source code files.

At this point, I gave up on mastodon, and moved to Glitch-Social and Pleroma.

@realcaseyrollins @rgx@muensterland.social @waltercool @rgx@write.tedomum.net

@realcaseyrollins

Thanks Casey!! I just went to check, thought I had Catgram in my collection post, but not yet, will be adding it!

In the Mean Time -- Cat Lovers, see a Follow Felines post here :

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/fediverse-cats-follow-on-friday-suggestions

Or -- in the local Discourse Forums :

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/cat-posting-accounts-for-fff-felines-follow-on-fridays/286

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow
@stux

* A new Blog post and some new developments *

Please READ this on the Original Post here : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104377237433349881

** Read on the original source.

I will be replying and following it up on that thread.

OP : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104376544210598454

@hansw

Nicely said, Hans. Thank you.

@coldwave @zleap

@iankenway Most excellent choices, well done. What a cool story, thanks Ian!

@zleap Trying is the best we can do, present the information the best we can and let them engage or not.

Great work, Paul, thank you. 👍

@feld

Wow, what a lovely reference -- just read, thank you for it. Loved!

>> Parkinson provides the example of a fictional committee whose job was to approve the plans for a nuclear power plant spending the majority of its time on discussions about relatively minor but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what materials to use for the staff bike shed, while neglecting the proposed design of the plant itself, which is far more important and a far more difficult and complex task.

@phlegmaticvolk

@zleap That is not a problem for Public posts. I really would recommend you read a bit about using a crossposter -- as it's lot less work for you, and it preserves the original with a link to the source there as well.

Simple to use, a keyword in a hash tag is what is needed to trigger a crosspost. See all my cat pictures and other imported posts. Great tools to spread information.

@globcoco la page est en direct maintenant