Teaser:
This #Plushtodon, a recent immigrant to Canada, is checking out our Mastodon feed. How did they get my password?
They are excitedly looking for updates on how our community is convincing politicians to dump U.S. based social media and join the #Fediverse. It's almost like they have a vested interest in your activities and efforts. Hmm....

#MastodonCanada #MastoCanadaGOV #DigitalSovereignty #Technology

It seems, that both live-feeds have been switched off for me by admins.

I have no idea why. Nobody reached out to me and informed me.

Is this the friendly, open, transparent, communicative #fediverse they always talk about?

@Gargron
#blocking #admins #mastodon

🎂 Hey, @EPFL has been on Mastodon with its own instance for more than a year already!

#epfl #Mastodon #plushtodon #fediverse #birthday

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/…

I had an interesting conversation on here recently that made me realize that maybe not everyone who uses Mastodon knows that you can use filters as a way to add content warning to other people's posts?

stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fedi…

#fediverse #mastodon #ContentWarning #SocialMedia

On fediverse content warnings and filters

Content warnings are a useful tool. And very divisive.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

Shown him off to my Grandparents today, First question I got from my nan is "What's his name?", I still haven't gave him a name.

Let them have a hug from him and they loved how soft he is. I think it's almost time to name him.

#plushtodon #mastodon #fediverse #plushy

!Friendica Support

I was investigating the "Channel" feature, and I noticed a channel with the name "Dansk" (Danish). The query is friendica.dk/network?channel=l…

As far as I can see it gives me a list of posts across the #fediverse with a language specification matching my language settings in my profile. For another one of my accounts (with English specified) the channel is called "English".

Is it possible to create a query/URL (so, not a channel per se) that will give me posts based on a specific language code? So something like

friendica.dk/network?language=… (Danish ISO code)
friendica.dk/network?language=… (German ISO code)
friendica.dk/network?language=… (English ISO code)

Just noticed the new friendica version has been released 😀. See github.com/friendica/friendica…

For u3a.social I'll be doing an upgrade on a test instance as soon as I can and then plan for the live upgrade (I'll also want to switch to native rather than docker database).

The nice thing about test upgrades is you get to test your backups !

@U3ACommunities Computing #friendica @Friendica Support #fediverse

Release Friendica 2026.01 released · friendica/friendica

We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Blutwurz" 2026.01. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains fixes for secur...

^GitHub

🔊 Es hat ein bisschen gedauert, aber jetzt ist das Ding da:

Unser #WhitePaper zum Projekt #ReinventSocialPlatforms. 🙌

Unsere Erkenntnisse aus 6+ Monaten Recherche, Analyse und Prototypengebastel.

Themenfeld: #Fediverse, #SocialMedia, #Journalismus, #Medien, #Demokratie, #DigitaleSouveränität.

Viel Freude mit dem Report. Ich bin gespannt auf euer Feedback.

⬇️
swr.de/unternehmen/innovation/…

🗣AM ENDING 2025 WITH A BOOST & FAVE

look who just arrived in time to welcome the new year: my THING1 & THING2 in #plushtodon form, #Boost & #Fave.

it was hard to get a good pic of us together by myself, so i hope you don’t mind the potato quality of my tablet’s pics.

i haven’t stopped smiling since i opened the package.

🗣HAPPY NEW #FEDIVERSE YEAR TO YOU ALL

Yay! My #Mastodon trifecta is now complete! My blue & orange (is it orange‽) #Plushtodon came in last night, & I opened it yesterday, but I was too tired to post about it as I just got off work.

But yes, I am excited that the two smaller Plushes arrived! Thanks @Mastodon for creating these!

Also…we need more #ActivityPub apps to create real world wearables or plushies, as they are great conversation starters for folks who are not familiar with the #Fediverse.

Mastodon is transitioning to a new governance structure.

itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-…

#mastodon #fediverse #opensource

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role

Mastodon's creator steps back from CEO role, transfers assets to non-profit organization.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

.@Gargron por mi te puedes ir lejos y no volver-
#Mastodon no es mas que otra red de las redes del fediverso que desaparecerá y surgiran de nuevas al lado de las que ya hay, mastodon se metió en el fediverse, siendo una calcomania de Twitter y wsin #GNUsocial nunca hubiera sido nada, sin el #fediverse y ahora parece ser segun ustedes que mastodon hizó al fediverse y NO-

#fediverse >> fediverse.party/
Mastodon solo es un pedacito del fediverse-

No se dice eso en las migraciones

- Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks

Let's make social media free, federated and fun! Fediverse.Party is your guide into the world of decentralized, autonomous networks running on free open software on a myriad of servers across the world. No ads and no algorithms.

^{fediverse.party}

thank you, God bless and godspeed!

Yes, #fediverse is the last bastion for community platforms against the corporate model that eventually, and inevitably, devalues into a self-sustaining greed cycle.

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

a similar thing happens to #YunoHost instances too. Google looks at all the similar-looking login screens and thinks "landing page looks like other landing page, so it must be a phishing scam"

The worst part is that #Firefox uses this same "safe browsing" list as well

I wouldn't be surprised if it starts happening to instances of popular #Fediverse software too, although those have the advantage that their landing pages tend to be quite a bit more customised

forum.yunohost.org/t/google-fl…

Google flags my sites as dangerous (Deceptive site ahead)

EDIT by YunoHost Teams: if your yunohost instance has been flagged as dangereous by Google safebrowsing: we need more info on this topic. Please, give us the maximum of information. You can wrote a private message to @Dev if you prefer.

^{YunoHost Forum}

I started a pol.is conversation on the topic "Fediverse acceleration(?) " ⬇️ (You don't need an account)

pol.is/6skfwtthmn

pol.is is a FOSS web-app to help find consensus global & subgroup opinions within a set of participants 🤝

I've heard a lot about it over the years, but have had no experience with it. It looks like you rate statements positively 👍 or negatively 👎 and can write your own ✍️ After 7 participants, report data should become available.

#polis #governance #foss #fediverse

@carmen_hercar hat gebeten persönliche Symbol fürs Internet mitzubringen.

@melaniebartos mit ihrem Symbol für das Internet und einem besonderen Ort dort, dem #Fediverse. ✨

Das #Plushtodon ist das Maskottchen von #Mastodon " title=""/> Dieses Exemplar der @uniinnsbruck hört auf dem Namen Federike. 🤗

@wuv

Had a few submissions for this already, which is lovely. Any other #animators on the #Fediverse or beyond? Send in your work and it might be broadcast on the #Fedi's answer to MTV (with your preferred support link onscreen)!

More info below:

mastodon.social/@limebar/11527…

#Art #FediArt #Animation #Animated #Blender #VFX #VisualArt #MotionGraphics #MusicVideo #MusicVideos #Idents #IndieArt #IndieAnimation #AnimatedVideo

🌊 🦣 🙏

#plushtodon #mastodon #fediverse

This comic 👆 by @jensorensen sums it up perfectly when it comes to decisions for or against certain social media networks. Let's do better!

Our #SocialMediaMatrix helps communications managers weigh up the options:
social-media-matrix.king-consu…

#SocialMedia #responsibility #Fediverse #Instagram #Meta #X #Twitter #Threads #Facebook #TikTok #WissKomm #Bundestag #DigitalSovereignty #Demokratie #TagderDemokratie #DemocracyDay #SciComm #Science #Communication

Social Media Matrix • King Consult

Social media in comparison: Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads or X? Why the Fediverse is the best long-term choice for authorities, associations, science and journalism.

^{social-media-matrix.king-consult.de}

"There are several possible dates you might pick, but for me it will always be September 5th 2014 - when I committed the first sketch of a specification I called ActivityPump and pushed it to Github."

Happy 11th birthday, ActivityPub!

akko.erincandescent.net/object…

#ActivityPub #fediverse #anniversary

Erin 💽✨ (@erincandescent@erincandescent.net)

The obvious choice for ActivityPub’s birthday would be the 23rd of January 2018 - the day it was annointed as a W3C recommendation. That doesn’t seem quite right though - its not as if the spec cam...

^{akko.erincandescent.net}

With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media.

Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!

ghost.org/changelog/6/

Ghost 6.0

Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers

^{John O'Nolan (Changelog)}

I recently sat down and recorded a podcast with @geoff_eg to talk all about the Fediverse - what it is, how photographers can use it, and how it is different than your typical social network experience. Those of you looking to explain it to others might enjoy the listen/watch:

mattpaynephotography.com/galle…

#fediverse #photography

A little postal pigeon I drew to illustrate my gift card product page!
I had so much fun sticking with a single brush for this one! The 6b procreate brush really is amazing 👌

#art #Illustration #drawing #DigitalArt #Pigeon #Bird #Birds #artist #fediverse #fediart #Mastoart #Pixelfed #BirdsOfMastodon

Are there any #beetle specialists in the #fediverse? Had this in the moth box this morning. At least 4cm long (measured at 4, possibly 4.2cm) App says King Diving Beetle but they're quite rare round here. More likely Great, but I see gold edge rather than yellow and seems too big. Grateful for any assistance

Edit - location: Hastings, UK

#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #askfedi #alttext

Happy Caturday Mastodon Friends

At the summer cottage, Halla gets the top bunk all to herself

#caturday #summer #cottage #weekendvibes
#photography #cats #finland #fediverse #fujifilm

📢 We've sat down with our artist @dopatwo and created a sticker pack for @signalapp. Now you can send cute elephants to your friends, and promote the #fediverse at the same time. We ❤️ Signal, too!

signal.art/addstickers/#pack_i…

Looks like I picked the wrong week to start using Friendica.

Crashes across all interfaces, takes forever to load. Maybe, if you collapsed all comments by default, just maybe it wouldn't be crunching so hard. Bluesky integration fails completely. Oh well, seemed perfect for me, in the abstract. I learned quite a lot about the potential. Think I just need to make Mastodon my one stop-shop instead.

@helpers @admins

#Friendica #Fediverse