The official Mastodon Android app now has QR codes for sharing profiles.

Full changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/releases

#mastodon #update

Mastodon Has A Serious SPAM Problem

"Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of things and the story behind it is absolutely wild."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KCwq9e-H5M

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Lemmy #spam #skid #scriptKiddies #DoS #security #openSocialNetworking #misskey #BrodieRobertson #YouTube

PS: if you like Brodie's content, he can also be found on Mastodon: @BrodieOnLinux

Mastodon Has A Serious SPAM Problem

Over the past week or so there has been a serious spam problem hitting mastodon and rest of the fediverse especially misskey over on the japanese side of thi...

^YouTube

RE: Kuroneko incident

#fediadmins are advised to temporarily disable sign-ups for now, or implement some anti-spam measure to limit signups to not get spammed.
Currently they are targeting #misskey and #mastodon, but other #activitypub servers may soon be targeted.

More details will be posted soon. Stay tuned. #fediblock#fediadmin#fedadmins#mastodadmin#misskeyadmin#cybersecurity#spam

#FediBlock snarfed.org and brid.gy for bridging fediverse folks to Bluesky against their will (and in likely contravention of GDPR in the EU) with typical Silicon Valley techbro sense of entitlement:

“[O]pt in results in far fewer users, and users are critical for a bridge to be useful.”¹

Relevant GitHub issue: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835

¹ https://snarfed.org/2023-11-27_re-introducing-bridgy-fed

HT @homegrown

#bridgy #snarfed #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky #bridging #optOut #optIn #consent #gdpr #eu #SiliconValley #techbros

Opt-out is a terrible default and should be reconsidered · Issue #835 · snarfed/bridgy-fed

It should be pretty obvious that a decentralized network that many use specifically to not be connected to centralized networks houses mostly people who do not wish to have their posts bridged to B...

^GitHub

We’ve just published an update about this Mastodon trial which has been running for the last 6 months – you can read it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-02-extending-our-mastodon-social-media-trial

We are going to continue our trial here for at least another six months while we share our findings internally and seek more engagement from other BBC teams. We are also planning to start researching ways to publish more BBC content using ActivityPub.

#mastodon #ActivityPub #socialmedia

Because fungal proteins are closer to animal proteins, fungi are an appropriate food for pets and humans. Koji and many fungal proteins contain all 10 canine essential amino acids in greater concentration than cow flesh.

We can grow fungi sustainably, using a fraction of the resources and land needed for cow, pig and chicken flesh - or even fish!

@mastodonindians @algorithm #plantbased #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogstodon #dogfriendly #veganfortheanimals #mastodon

We finally met #JohnMastodon at #FOSDEM, and got a mug to put into our office circulation " title=""/>

#mastodon #oslo @Mastodon

At long last, the Thunderbird blog now has a "Share To Mastodon" button!

A hearty round of applause and eternal thanks to @micah, @oopsallnaps, and @devmount for making it happen 💙

#Mastodon #Community #OpenSource

Today at #Fosdem2024 I had the opportunity to get my #Mastodon official mug " title=""/> and the honor to shake hands with @Gargron.

In my fanboy moment I shared with him my deep gratitude for saving my digital life from the evil corps that were dominating the public discourse until the rise of the #fediverse.

Thanks Eugen for paving the way to the freedom we enjoy in our communities!

I've added a feature request to #Mastodon to display geotags.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29002

#MastoAdmin

Display embedded GeoTags · Issue #29002 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch When an ActivityPub post contains geolocation metadata, that location should be displayed in the user interface. For example, the account @edent_location@location.edent.tel creates AP posts i...

^GitHub

This keeps happening. Is it a bug? or what?

Every now and then in my feed I see a toot by someone I do not follow. The toot contains no hashtags I follow. Nor is the toot boosted by anyone I follow. It just shows up in my feed.

Why?

@Mastodon @Gargron #mastodon

@Gargron When will we be able to show our love to #Mastodon by buying swag from https://freshstore.co/collections/mastodon again? #merch

...and will there be shipping options from within Europe at some point?

Mastodon

100% of the revenue will go to us and help us put more resources into developing your favourite decentralized social media software.

^FRΞSH

Frage | Friendica: Fehlende Bezüge

Ich hatte eben unten stehenden Austausch und frage mich da natürlich ob mir irgendwelche Informationen fehlen bzw. ob es bei Mastodon Bezüge gibt die ich so nicht sehe.

Wäre schon interessant zu erfahren ob man da mit Mastdon mehr sieht.

Tags: #Frage #Friendica #Mastodon #Bezüge #Fediverse #Sascha #2024-01-12 !Friendica Support

Someone set up a bridge account for my blog and has been spamming links on #Mastodon of all my posts, every couple of hours or so since yesterday.

Of course, this gives server admins a big incentive to block my domain. The way the bridge account is set up, the line between it and my domain is blurred.

Fake Account:

@fromjason.xyz@web.bridge.cy

Edited: removed "users"

First ever demo of Mastodon's UI (2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1jQ8_rAMU

#mastodon

Mastodon UI demonstration (2016)

^YouTube

I honestly think we should take advantage of the exposure we'll receive from Threads and make more accessible instances that advertise themselves to more mainstream users.

Just outright blocking Meta or only hoping they "play nice" with us is probably going to end badly. Instead, we should be trying to expand our own foothold.

#Meta #Threads #Fediverse #Mastodon

#SocialMedia provider or #socialmedia instance.

#Mastodon and #threads, and #bsky and others are brands. And brands carry baggage.

Just like we host #email. We also host #social

Very few care what is under the hood of our email servers. And it should be the same for social.

We asked Mastodon, the band, about Mastodon, the social media network, and they’re just as confused as the rest of us

https://www.loudersound.com/news/mastodon-social-media-band-twitter

#mastodon #fediverse

We asked Mastodon, the band, about Mastodon, the social media network, and they’re just as confused as the rest of us

Prog metal band? Social media network? Furry ice age elephant? Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor attempts to clear up the confusion over his group’s name

^{Metal Hammer (Louder)}

If they had hoped for #Threads to federate for getting all their connections back, this is a blow. Now they have to hope, that the people on #Threads they want to connect with, opt-in to the federation.

But it gives another incentive to #Mastodon and the #Fediverse to advertise itself. Not something, both were especially good in the past, to be honest.

For #Meta that makes it substantially easier to moderate for the #Fediverse: They only have to keep an eye on accounts, that opted-in to the federation. (Of course, only if they even want to moderate)

For people (say some journalists), who like #Mastodon and the #Fediverse, but who miss some or large parts of the former user base of #Twitter, this will create an incentive to migrate to #Threads even. There, they have potentially all connections.

So, accounts on #Threads will have to opt-in to #federation with #Mastodon and the #Fediverse.

https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C051TLnud8U

Correct me, if I'm wrong, but doesn't that change the whole debate here? Only a small part of #Threads user base will do that. The majority doesn't know about the #Fediverse, and won't care.

But that also means that there won't be a flood of content/accounts/stuff from Threads here in the Fediverse. For the most part, both will stay separated.

Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) on Threads

The current plan is you'll have to have a public account and explicitly opt in to your content being available on other servers.

^Threads

This is your algorithm. If you don't want to miss posts from someone, turn this on.

#Mastodon #FediTips

The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't roll out the red carpet for them.

#Threads #Mastodon #Krita #MastoArt #Meta

I got my #Mastodon t-shirt and sticker pack in the mail yesterday.

#Merchtodon

Wow, this @xkcd is really excellent.

#Space tip: if you’re ever lost in the inner #solar system, you can just type out the phrase “Optimistic #Aliens measure space typographically” in times new roman and use the dots as a #map

😅

from: https://xkcd.com/2863/

#Astronomy #Meme #Mastodon

We finally put up the Christmas tree! Not finished decorating, so not posting a full picture, but here are the Mastodon baubles my wife made, in their rightful place 😊

#Felting #Mastodon #Christmas

I couldn't find a good Mastodon toot scheduler, so I'm making one. Here's a preview - I'd love your feedback and collaboration!

https://github.com/glenn-sorrentino/mastodon-scheduler/tree/main

#Mastodon #mastodonapp #ux #ui #webapp #softwaredevelopment #git #schedule

Oh wow, apparently I'm in the top 50 most followed on #Mastodon https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/

What in the heck 😅

Pressure

My wife made a Mastodon bauble!

#Felting #Christmas #Mastodon

I just realized that not only I celebrate a whole year of Doodle O'Clock in November, but also it's been a year since I have been here on Mastodon!

Thank you so much for having me around here and being the absolute most lovely corner there is online ❤️

#Illustration #Drawing #DigitalArt #MastoArt #Mastodon #fanart

Cleopatra VII died in 30 BCE & the Great Pyramid of Giza was completed ~2560 BCE.

In other words, the charismatic Egyptian queen lived closer in time to the invention of #Mastodon than to the building of the Great Pyramid. #history

New Blogpost: Why not BlueSky?

https://tgrush.bearblog.dev/why-not-bluesky

#activitypub #bluesky #mastodon #SocialMedia

Do you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse? Especially if you're a beginner or unsure about techy things?

You can ask by messaging me or replying to this thread, and I'll try to help or find someone else who can help. Don't worry if a question seems silly or basic!

You can also look things up on the guide at https://fedi.tips, which has an "essentials" section at the top and a complete list of answered questions below that.

#FediTips #MastoTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips