Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

I love Mastodon because it reminds me of when the internet was weird and fun.

Me, a #Mastodon newcomer: "I'd better not follow too many people until I get the hang of this"

You, driving by my feed: #introductions I like #Linux and #FOSS and #Coffee and #Coding and #ElectronicMusic and #Science and #Socialism and #Cats and #Games and #AllTheThingsYouLike and damn I'm hitting that Follow button again.

Woah - German government has got its own Mastodon instance and most of the ministries and many agencies already have accounts.
Verification problem at least partially solved - just need to check the domain is right!
I've also seen newspapers like theatlantic.com set up instances themselves. Looks like verification will be worked out sooner or later.
https://social.bund.de/explore

Good blog post on how to get the most out of this #openweb life https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#how-do-i-move-my-account-to-a-new-server

Been here for over an hour now and I haven't seen a single argument take place yet. This place is freaking me out a bit

Why is Mastodon, a free platform run by volunteers that I didn't even know existed last week and has experienced explosive growth in a few days, slow?

Ok folks who are some of your favorite people who have been on here for a while tooting about technology and online culture? Looking for smart people to follow and would love recs!
#technology #tech #twittermi #twitterrefugee #twitter #news #media #journalism #journalist #technews

My #introduction - I am an immigrant #scientist supporting professional development of graduate students and postdocs for academic thriving & diverse career goals, and broadly think about Grad Ed reforms. Prior to this life, was RNA biologist.

Hope to build (and learn from) a vibrant and supportive #academicMastodon #scimastodon community, similar to one I found on #AcademicTwitter #ScienceTwitter .

Hi everybody! New here at #stereophonic, tried #mastodon and #misskey, now I'm very keen in learning about the #pleroma part of the #fediverse.

If you're going to post about sensitive subjects please use a CW (Content warning) feature. So people have the choice of seeing it.

Additionally, please do not use an asterisk (*) in words to censor them to evade text search. Mastodon doesn't have a search for text in toots and it messes with filters people have in place.

Thank you!

@peterdrake

There are about a dozen really bad actors, once you block those servers you cover the bulk of the content. Works well. The main reason we **dont** block servers was at the LGBTQ's communities request. At the time Milo was on Gab and they used accounts here to follow him so they could see when he doxxed someone and use it to warnt he community (as was the norm at the time and a big deal). In fact its why we added the subscribe feature, specifically so they could follow people without being identifiable as doing so.

Its one reason we dont block, its like putting blocks in a web browser, it hurts the victims too.

@zleap @meeper @nova @sarvo @waifu

It's comforting knowing that nobody here is paying to get in front of my eyeballs, and there's no way to earn cred except to post interesting stuff, converse, engage, and be kind.

#mastodon #SocialMedia #AdFree

Hello, all! Seems like a moment for an #introduction….

I’m a freelance journalist who mostly writes about #nature, #animals, and our #environment through the lens of #science and #ideas. (I am also on Team Oxford Comma.)

At the moment I’m in the home stretch of Meet the Neighbors, my book for W. W. Norton about what animal personhood — understanding them as fellow thinking, feeling beings — means for nature.

If anyone is interested or has questions about hosting their own #Mastodon instance, feel free to @ me with any questions.

I probably won't have all the answers but will try to at least point you in the right direction.

#MastoAdmin #SelfHost

Someone just came to me with an idea and I kinda like it and are willing to do it but I want your opinion first!

Many people are following the 'famous' from Twitter to Mastodon but are having a hard time finding them..

I just bought the domain 'officials.social' and I could setup and invite only instance for more 'high profile' people so to say so everyone can more easily find them?

Before I proceed I like your input❤️

@zleap

That makes me happy to hear :)

@meeper @nova @sarvo @waifu

Weird why in the world would QOTO be on here. We have very clear anti-hate speech rules and enforce it strictly.

@meeper
@nova @sarvo @waifu

Look, does anyone remember Usenet?

You could run your own group. You could join any groups. It was up to your local Usenet admin which groups were carried at your site (usually a university or government domain) and how widely your local groups got promoted.

It was also up to you/your admin what you DIDN'T see in your usenet feed. Lots of sites didn't carry alt.sex.*, for example.

If your're old enough, "the fediverse" is kinda familiar.