Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer @magicaltrout@social.cleverlibre.org

I think there’s a real chance mastodon could reach critical mass. It’s not about which platform has better features, but where the people are. I joined Mastodon forever ago, but ended up returning to Twitter because that’s where everyone was. This time it actually feels the other way around.

Mastodon – Simplified Federation! a plugin for Firefox

Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/

This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?

Check them out!

Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm

All right, Mastodonians (this is a thing, isn't it? 😂), time for introduction! I'm a Cloud Architect and DevOps Engineer based in Europe, and I'm interested in a wide range of subjects, including cloud services and solutions, distributed systems and so on. I like board games reading, travelling, and listening to great music in my free time. Let's discuss AWS, cloud, DevOps, sustainability, climate tech, IT, kubernetes, technology, books, book recommendations, and more!
#cloud #devops #tech

ah, i was wondering if there was an equivalent of the #failwhale i guess so!

It's not easy this stuff.

I’m also going to need everyone here to step up their meme game. That’s how we really win.

Starting to see trolls on here in the last few days. I learned long ago on twitter that you don't engage them in any way. Block them immediately, without a second thought. If they're using racist/sexist/etc language, report them. Oh, and the ability to block an entire server in one click is amazing (last option on the three dots button by the troll's name). I've already blocked one server with an obviously trollish name. (PS my first cw post. Seems like a great feature!)

Few things to clarify common #Mastodon misconceptions.
Yes, you can:
- discover & follow accounts across servers
- switch between local or federated news timelines
- easily block users, even de-federate entire server
Try it for yourself, it’s easy, in mobile app or Web UI:
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RT @mchmarny
For those who find #mastodon server selection during sign up too complex:
- go to https://joinmastodon.org/servers
- select topic of interest
- click '…
https://twitter.com/mchmarny/status/1588492803021344768

#feditip: add .rss to the end of most pages you see on a Mastodon server to get an RSS feed for your RSS reader.

Level 2: go about your day without internet, then in the evening settle down at your Computer Desk with a nice cup of tea to RSS-digest the day's shitposts.

Level 3: Aggregates your RSS feeds into epub format. Load the output onto your 2000's e-ink e-reader via USB cable. Sit in an overstuffed armchair with a nearby lamp, say aloud "Ah, yes, today's internet" and sip your port.

Hello, world.

I'm dipping my toe into the federated waters, so I might as well do an #introduction.

I'm a data engineer primarily dealing with #Spark in #Scala. When I'm not extolling the virtues of functional programming at work, I'm probably watching birds, playing board games, or scorekeeping at a baseball game.

I'm not much of a poster, but hey, maybe someday I'll start clogging your timeline up with some of my (currently bad) bird photography!

Here is my #introduction

I'm a computer programmer by trade. Sold my first programme in 1982 at age 14 (the text adventure Magic Mirror, http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/advent/mm/ ). I work mostly in software for libraries, especially using standards and open APIs.

I'm also a palaeontologist, specialising in the gigantic sauropod dinosaurs. I've named a few dinosaurs including Xenoposeidon. Publications at http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/ — blog at https://svpow.com

I'm also a musician (folks clubs etc.)

Hi, Jorge here. My #Introduction

I am originally from Spain, but I have been living for nearly 20 years in the #UK, lately in #Sussex.

I work with satellite images, producing geological maps and cross-sections. I work in mineral and oil&gas exploration.

My interests are #cycling, #photography, #synth music/instruments and current affairs.

I write in #English and #Spanish.

#geology #EarthScience
#remotesensing #earthobservation
#space
#synthesizer

📣 For fellow Mastodon rookies - I understand that ‘favouriting’ things doesn’t amplify them to your followers in the way that ‘liking’ would have on Twitter

So if you want to share something, you need to ‘boost’ it

Trying to get my head round a different threshold for sharing things on here!

#TwitterMigration #MastodonRookie