ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

@trinsec @freemo @cy@mstdn.io two of the reasons why qoto is one of my favorite instances is the science focus and the 65,000+ character limit.

Random thought: Could markdown support in #Mastodon be a good thing?

For those of you who did not know otherwise because Mastodon is your only social media outlet, I and Krissy have bought a church and are refurbishing it. Here is some of the new framing for the balconies. Also, no, we're not starting a cult. Why does everyone assume that?

My tldr; for new Mastodon users:

Toots = Tweets
Boosts = Retweets
Stars = Hearts

Home feed is who you follow (think Twitter).

Local feed is everyone on your instance (i.e. server)

Federated is posts from people on *other* instances followed by at least one person on *your* instance.

You don't have to use Local or Federated, but they can be helpful for finding people to follow.

You can follow/interact with anyone on any instance by using their full handle:

@username@instancename

Expert opinion on whether ruzzia is able to keep it's aircrafts flying under sanctions (very unlikely for longer then a year and only through salvaging stolen aircrafts)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=voLnakwGIMM

fediverse.space is an interactive map of the #fediverse.

You can search for instance names & descriptions, there's also a list, including statistics.

@fediversespace
https://mastodon.social/@fediversespace
https://gitlab.com/fediverse.space/fediverse.space
https://fediverse.space/
#moa #Mastodon

The Fediverse is really different some the established social medias like twitter.

Twitter is basically all about people trying to promote themselves, promote their brand or similar.

Fediverse is not about that - it is really about community, and the amount of people supporting each other emotionally, finance or just being a great person towards each other.

There is no such place that can compare to this, take care of it and each other

Before joining Mastodon had you participated or were active on BBS (dial-up) or forums (vBulletin style) in the past?

Boosts are appreciated for better sample sizes.

Turkish Philanthropist Osman Kavala Sentenced to Life in Prison https://hyperallergic.com/727114/turkish-arts-philanthropist-osman-kavala-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

Did you know that the FSF has a PeerTube account? #PeerTube is a decentralized, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, and you'll find us on the Framatube instance: https://u.fsf.org/36m

Repeat after me:
The #fediverse — a/k/a The #Federation — is more than #Mastodon!

fediverse.party

#introduction
Hi! I'm Vale, a PhD student in particle #physics, working on developing detectors for #neutrino and search for #darkmatter experiments. I'm in my last phd year so in the following months i'll probably ramble and complain about my thesis a lot.
In my free time I enjoy playing #videogames, watching #anime and reading #SciFi and #fantasy books.
I also play pitcher for a local amateur #softball team.
I speak fluently english and italian, and know a bit of spanish, russian and japanese.

#introduction
Just joined looking for an alternative to the other social media sites. Screw the narcissistic billionaires.
I like #tech #STEM #space #hockey among other things. And I'll occasionally post about #mentalhealth as that's important to me.
✌️

@atomicpoet The point about losing a profile when changing servers is valid, but:

- The problem has in fact been solved already in a different Fediverse project ( https://zotlabs.org/page/zot/specs+zot6+home ), but the implementations for various reason have seen less adoption than ActivityPub/LitePub implementations

- The other example they cite (email) for the same problem already points out the reason why people generally don't have much of an issue dealing with this problem: They are used to it.

@rysiek That thing has a big ton of resources and nothing to show for it. It's vaporware pure and simple.

Meanwhile, look at what @Gargron and @dansup have been able to do with their projects.

Just a reminder that Twitter perceives the Fediverse as a threat, and their project Blue Sky is actively spreading FUD about ActivityPub on their website. https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-6-2022-a-self-authenticating-social-protocol

Since this blog post was released, I've seen blue checks repeat these talking points.

I've seen them write, "The Fediverse could disappear tomorrow!"—as if one site has more persistence than thousands.

Or that if one instance crashes, the whole Fediverse follows.

It's all FUD, of course—a way to keep people on Twitter.