Happy Birthday! Thank you for all your hard work and effort toward #Mastodon and the #Fediverse

I hope you take the day off and enjoy your special day!

By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.


For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.

Let’s lead by example 🙂

Because you are already one of those giants on whose shoulders Millions of people stand upon. 👍

Happy birthday!

#Fediverse #Mastodon

I just realized that some Mastodon servers are based in the United States (see below)

Mastodon.social (316k MAU)
Mas.to (13k MAU)
Mastodon.online (12k MAU)
Techhub.social (5.6k MAU)
Mastodonapp.uk (3.9k MAU)
Universeodon.com (3.8k MAU)
Mastodon.cloud (2.5k MAU)

With things happening on the data privacy front in the United States, would you advise people to transfer to a non-US server?

#Polls #Mastodon #AskFedi #MastoHelp #Fediverse #OnlineSafety #CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #Survey #Poll

• Yes, move to a non-US server (25%, 45 votes)
• Yes, move to a server located in a GDPR country (45%, 81 votes)
• No need to do that (10%, 18 votes)
• I don't know (18%, 33 votes)

OJO!

@internetciudadana convoca para este viernes 24 este taller (libre y gratuito) de iniciación a Mastodon y otras redes del Fediverso, ¿te apuntas?

#VamonosJuntas (si te queda mal la fecha lo repetirán el 8 de febrero)

¡Chau X! ¡Hola Fediverso!

#juntas en #Mastodon

This past week I have heard the same question thrown around over and over again: "what's the point of setting up a #Pixelfed account if the software is interoperable with the rest of the Fediverse? Why not just post photos on Mastodon or Sharkey or __?"

Well, #Pixelfed allows you to have a beautiful, curated feed of your photos.

See:
1️⃣ my self-hosted Pixelfed feed
2️⃣ the way my #Mastodon feed appears on Pixelfed

as evidence.

Thank you @dansup for giving us an awesome Fedi photo platform 🙏

Only about half of #Mastodon stuffed toys are still in stock in the US. Help us pay our bills *and* get a friend-shaped travel and business companion! #Plushtodon

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

Do not settle for less! Bluesky has a 300 character limitation on posts while Mastodon has a 500 character limit.

#mastodon #bluesky

Wishing for a Mastodon plushie this Christmas?🎄

We’re giving away one for free to a random person who boosts and favorites this post! Winner will be announced on December 25th.

If you’d like to support our server and projects like these, donations are always welcome:

✊🎁 Support Here

Thank you all for turning this year into what it has been!

#Plushtodon #ChristmasGiveaway #GiveAway #Mastodon #FediLove

He's here... They're here...

John Mastodon #Plushie arrived just in time for #almostchristmas

#johnmastodon #mastodon #plushtodon #funny #photo #Christmas #happyholidays #Merrychristmas

2023?

It's almost 2025 where I am

How about where you are?

And where does the money come from?

#Mastodon #Money

If you're curious how #Mastodon is doing by the numbers, the 2023 Annual Report is finally here. How large is our budget, and where does it go? Who works on Mastodon? For all of this and more, we've got an answer--at least as far as 2023 goes.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/12/annual-report-2023/

Yay! My #Plushtodon from #Mastodon was delivered today!

I was not expecting it until after #Christmas 🎄, but I am glad that @Mastodon was able to expedite deliveries for those of us in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.

Thanks @Gargron!

Hmm…now I need to figure out what to name it‽ Mister Masto‽ Super Masto‽ Nasty Masty‽ 😂 I will not use the latter, lest folks think I won this from a Dirty Santa 🎅🏾 game! 🤣🤪

Masty the Mastodon has arrived!

I'm so excited to finally have this.

#Plushtodon #Mastodon #Mascot #Plushie #Toy #StuffedAnimal #StuffedToy

The #Mastodon stuffed toy is now available in the United States! This is a limited run of 500. Check out the #Plushtodon hashtag for more pictures!

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

Mastodon #research 🚀

I’m working on my master’s thesis at the University of Vienna, and I’d love your input! My research focuses on sustaining long-term user activity on Mastodon, contributing to a more active Fediverse. If you have a few minutes, please take my short survey:
👉 https://sosci.univie.ac.at/MastodonActivity/

Your thoughts will contribute to meaningful research. Feel free to boost this post so we can reach as many users as possible. Thank you so much! 🙌

#Mastodon #Survey #FediverseResearch

#Mastodon propone un nuevo estándar de atribución

#fediverso

https://angelesbroullon.gitlab.io/entredragonesypinguinos/2024/12/04/20241204-atribucion-creadores-del-fediverso/

“Amidst geo-political changes, organizations face dependencies on large, centralized communication platforms.”

Having written that, wouldn’t it be great if #Nextcloud added a link to their #Mastodon account amongst the three centralized communication platforms already featured at the top of their blog posts to help promote a decentralized communication platform?

(Points for having a link at the bottom of the page.)

@mike

In December 2021 I set myself a goal: Add a year-in-review feature to #Mastodon before the next December. It's December 2024 and it's finally, slowly rolling out. It's not all that it was meant to be, because we couldn't prioritize it over all the other things we work on, but I didn't want to miss another year.

#Wrapstodon

We believe the internet should be a place where everyone feels safe, respected and empowered to connect.

That’s why this #GivingTuesday we’re launching a campaign to fund a vital new role at #Mastodon:

✨ Trust & Safety Lead ✨

With the recent US elections and many changes to come, protecting our community has never been more important.

We officially kick off on *Tue, Dec 3rd* but if you’d like, you can make an impact today. Thank you for your support!

https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon

I might be late to the party, but the Mastodon soft toy / plushie is now shipping to the UK:

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

£45 inc shipping.

#Mastodon #JohnMastodon

Mastodon stuffed toy

We created a stuffed toy of the highest caliber. Deliberately friend-sized and friend-shaped, with a soft surface material and soft, squishy stuffing, the toy measures a height of 35cm.

^{Mastodon Merch}

The criticisms from this 2022 article are still true today at the end of 2024.

The signup process is too hard and servers are too opaque for users to make good decisions when they come to the Fediverse. One example: some major server instances have blocked threads.net and *then* blocked servers that federate to threads.net. Policies are not evenly applied or even visible to users when they sign up for a server.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90808984/using-mastodon-is-way-too-complicated-to-ever-topple-twitter

#fediverse #mastodon

The moderators of mastodon social continue to silence pro-Palestinian accounts, this time @ayoub

Mastodon doesn't feel like the effective and reliable communications platform you proclaimed a few days ago, @Gargron

#Palestine #Mastodon

Only 3 weeks until the 2nd edition of the #FediJam, a game jam exclusively for users of the Fediverse! During December, team up with others or go in alone, and... CREATE – A – GAME! Analog or digital, using whatever (non-AI) tools you feel comfortable with, in as little or as much time as you can afford. Everybody is welcome! 🙂

➡️ JOIN NOW: itch.io/jam/fedi-jam-2

Boosts VERY appreciated! ❤️ Spread the word!!!

#GameDev #GameDesign #GameJam #Art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #Fediverse #Mastodon

#Mastodon, we have a troll problem.

Increasingly I discover Russian sympathisers and trolls who reply to my posts with content I cannot see. I only discover these replies because other users react to them.

Attached is an example where @Gurre replies to a troll (pic 1), but I cannot scroll upwards and see the troll's post.

This seems to allow an attacker to attach content to my posts, without me being able to see it and block him.

I have seen this exploit a number of times.

@Gargron.

The #FediJam, a game jam exclusively for users of the Fediverse, will soon enter its second round! During December, team up with others or go in alone, and... CREATE – A – GAME! Analog or digital, using whatever (non-AI) tools you feel comfortable with. The jam's page just went live, so what are you waiting for?!? ➡️ JOIN NOW: https://itch.io/jam/fedi-jam-2 🙂

Boosts VERY appreciated! ❤️ Spread the word!!!

#GameDev #GameDesign #IndieGames #BoardGames #GameJam #Fediverse #Mastodon #Introduction

FediJam 2

A game jam from 2024-11-30 to 2025-01-07 hosted by njamster. The FediJam is a month-long game jam for users of the Fediverse . Make a game (analog or digital, any tools, but no AI) in as little or as much time a...

^itch.io

🌟Hello #AcademicMastodon🌟

I'm Hannah and currently working on the research project to understand the role of #Mastodon in #academia during my internship here.

If you haven’t done so already, please consider participating in the project. I would love to hear from you:

🔗https://rug.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9M1VEyMQ8k4xv94

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated in the survey! It is really insightful to read your opinions and experiences.

#AcademicChatter #OpenScience #Plushtodon #SocialMedia