ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

How to migrate from one Mastodon server to another without losing followers:

1. Sign up on new server
2. On NEW server: Go to Account -> Moving FROM another account
3. Enter old account's handle
4. On OLD server: Go to Account -> Moving TO another account
5. Enter new account's handle and submit

#YoMigroaMastodon

#TheorizingTheFediverse

H1: There are distinct pulses of Twitter-to-Mastodon migration driven by events in Twitter’s history.

H2: Later cohorts of users will have lower familiarity + commitment to FOSS values + projects than earlier cohorts.

H3: New users will default to joining a general instance first and then micro-migrate to a more specific instance later.

H4: Greater circulation of folk documentation for using Fediverse affordances will attract and retain more new user activity.

Basically, news orgs will need to break the habit of reporting stuff that happens on Twitter as news.

If enough of them manage to do so, that would actually be a real improvement: they would have to go back to hunting news closer to its source, rather than just waiting to have it spoon-fed by The Algorithm.

Dear #TwitterMigration folks, an important tip on #privacy on the fediverse:

There is none.

This is a public medium; please treat it as such. Just as you have no privacy on Twitter (Elon Musk can read all your DMs), you have no privacy on the instance you’re on (your administrators can read all your posts).

You can set the visibility of a post but that’s a viewing suggestion, not a privacy guarantee.

Think of your posts as postcards, not sealed letters, and you should be fine.

#fediTips

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language

https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit/

Email selfhosting software you can consider:

Boost is very appreciated.

iRedMail
https://www.iredmail.org

Mail in a Box
https://mailinabox.email

Mailcow
https://mailcow.email

Modoboa
https://modoboa.org

Poste.io
https://poste.io

Wildduck
https://wildduck.email

Mailslurper
https://www.mailslurper.com

Docker MailServer
https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver

Lavabit Magma
https://github.com/lavabit/magma

Yunohost GNU/Linux
https://yunohost.org

All of them are #FOSS.

#Email #Server #Selfhosting

Have you packed your bags and relocated here from Twitter? You might be interested in reading this paper about what happens when communities migrate across platforms. :) https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/CSCW2020_MovingAcrossLands.pdf #twittermigration

> Here it is: Twitter engineers were told today to *print out* their last 30 to 60 days of code, so they could show it to Elon Musk himself.
>
> Then they were told wait, no, actually, please shred all that code you just printed out. https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1586127052767318016

And here's a well known Twitter employee posing with said code https://twitter.com/leahculver/status/1586145696163373056

This is amazing

My Mastodon Posts June 2020

- Graphics Tools Poll https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104322353322133383
- List of Distros Officials https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104309257301275277
- Graphics Tools List https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104341045707458765
- User Friendly Resources https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104303641285042714
- Awesome Free Software https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104352228377420642
- Peertube Guide for YouTubers https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104235340156599605
- Librehost Overview of Mine https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104034618932368527
- Libre Speed Test https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104019444489789834
- Alternative World vs Gafam https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104001452551058243

#freesw #foss #mastodon

What is the Fediverse?

https://fediverse.info

Welcome to the Fediverse and feel free to boost.

#Introduction

Also: Gary Larson's posting new stuff these days at https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff

@KeraDamo@mastodon.social @MarcV

These two do a good job of breaking down why NFTs are bad. They're long, but detailed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwMjPWOailQ

With today's developments at Twitter, we have some new faces at QOTO. If you are one of them, welcome! Please take a minute to familiarise yourself with the [rules](https://qoto.org/about/more#rules).

I'm a fluid dynamicist and a volunteer moderator here. Mostly this just means I spend some time deleting spammers, but I also deal with reports of rules violations. If you're considering reporting another user, please read [this post](https://qoto.org/@khird/108194488065404744) for a description of how users from different instances are subject to different rules.

If you have questions, ask away! We have a genuinely helpful community here and it's likely someone will be able to point you in the right direction.

I am looking for more moderators for mastodon.social. Please e-mail staff@mastodon.social if you are interested, but please only apply if you have consistently been here for a while.

Today, $META fell under $100.

In one year, it's lost 68% of its value—it's down 22% this year.

Analysts are blaming the metaverse, but the problem is more profound than that.

My advice to anybody coming here from Twitter to escape the Musk purchase:

This is not Twitter. Take some time to feel out the vibe, follow the examples of people already on here.
Be mindful of others and use content warnings. Caption your pictures. Don't be a tool.
This is not a walled garden. The site you first sign up to may just be training wheels. You might find another that suits your interests better, no problem. Mastodon.social isn't for everybody and that's fine.

#welcome

"Now you can run Ubuntu on a #RISCV computer that costs less than $20" (Allwinner D1 XuanTie C906)

https://liliputing.com/now-you-can-run-ubuntu-on-a-risc-v-computer-that-costs-less-than-20/

Slowly but surely #Putin is losing control, Russian dissident groups are becoming more active in sabotage of Russia's continued invasion of #Ukraine, such as the #STW group. https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-dissent-criticism-ukraine-war-1754855