Like-minded, wholesome and frankly fun folks gathered at Casa da Achada, in the maze-like streets of Lisbon’s old town, to collectively share strategies for leaving Big Tech behind when the time comes to build community and organise online.

https://fredrocha.net/2025/11/28/collectively-adopting-alternative-tools-to-big-tech/

#fediverse #mastodon #smallweb #rss

Intégré aussi pour les notifications #mastodon sur smartphone.

Je n'ai jamais réussi à faire fonctionner la chose avec #tusky mais ça a bien marché directement avec #Fedilab. Pourtant les étapes sont identiques :

1. Sélectionner les notifs par unifiedpush dans le client mastodon.
2. Indiquer le service ntfy à utiliser.
3. Pas d'étape 3.

Cool quoi 😎

As I peruse our non-corporate social media and see the many solicitations to 𝘽𝙪𝙮! 𝘽𝙪𝙮! 𝘽𝙪𝙮!

I felt a gentle reminder was needed 😘

(and this #meme applies to 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, but especially during #BlackFriday #CyberMonday )

Deprive the #fascist #appeasers of what they care about most - $
So don't give them $ to use against💙Us

#Mastodon #Boycott #WeDontBuyIt #Resist #NoAppeasement #BreakTheOligarchy

Alt...

If you shop at Amazon for “Cyber Monday” You are not supporting The Resistance You are complicit with the fascist appeasers — WT7

@TheDailyBurble

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Dendrobatus_Azureus/115622819270261339

#FediVerse #Mastodon #technology #programming #defederation #moderation #power #donations

@admin

When I joined years ago it was easy. I picked a server at random. I chose the server from the rotating list that you see when you go to Mastodon. It was a server that immediately allowed you to post.

Just like with MMORPG {massive multiplayer online role-playing games}, I knew that I needed accounts on different servers.

So I created other accounts on other servers which had good up times from the beginning.

There was a rotating list you could choose from that you immediately saw, when you were first confronted with a FediVerse.

The default client never adviced you to join mastodon.social on the contrary

From my POV it's still easy. However that can differ for the casual user

#FediVerse #Mastodon #technology #programming #defederation #moderation #power #donations

@meteofrance
Je veux bien que le compte de meteofrance ici soit un bot mais sérieusement, proposer #whatsapp sur un espace comme #mastodon, ce n'était pas nécessaire...

@guyjantic

There is no one entity who does that {<dis>allowing}

The fact that mastodon.social changed "without warning* the **critical policy** of rotating suggested servers, is highly suspect of a corporate entity pulling strings {read USD / EUR payment}.

This is conjecture, it is not factual, I can't prove it.

The fact however that I'm bringing my mind to that level, means that trust has been broken in the mastodon.social server, which abused the official clients they code, to plug their server, negating the many smaller servers growth.

Mastodon.social has the same weight as any other Federated Server.

We should not have let it come so far. It's become a mammoth that needs to be brought back in line.

Complacency brought us to this level

#FediVerse #Mastodon #technology #programming #defederation #moderation #power #donations

Another critical section highlighted

Guarding our Federated Network is critical for the infrastructure.
The change is IMHO not just irresponsible, it's a deliberate concentration of users.

Luckily we can reverse the trend, if needed without the blessings of mastodon.social

#FediVerse #Mastodon #technology #programming #defederation #moderation #power #donations

I see your dad and his mates have found their way to #Mastodon.

Alt...

Four white men, maybe aged in their 30s, wearing black trousers and bright, primary-coloured tops. They are pictured grinning crazily, and each has a head microphone attached. The accompanying text says (in equally bright coloured lettering) "Toot Toot! Part I: The Wiggles". It may be some kind of album or TV show. Or it could just be a bunch of men on Mastodon. Your guess is as good as mine.

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auch als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/UFzlUxW6XNLldSmBtotXBiDH

und in eigener Sache, möchte Ich hier auf meinen kleinen #PeerTube Kanal, aufmerksam machen. 😘
@tuxsoulslikegame

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#sicherheit
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Endof10
#UnplugTrump
#Windows
#AI
#Fediverse
#Mastodon

Alt...

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📢 La NOUVELLE VERSION de Phanpy est disponible ! 📢

Pour tous ceux qui cherchent une expérience #Mastodon fluide et minimaliste, notre client alternatif préféré, #phanpy, vient d'être mis à jour ! 🚀

Je suis super fier d'avoir contribué à cette release (😜) et je vous invite à jeter un œil aux nouveautés :

Quoi de neuf ? Lisez la note de version ici : https://github.com/cheeaun/phanpy/releases/tag/2025.11.26.ac85274

Just realized my #Mastodon instance posts have a 500-character limit. Tried to find how to change that, and holy fucking code, there are some political and philosophical discussions going on for 6 fucking years already: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12265

#opensource #foss #fediverse #justwhy

Speaking about #decentralization and Mastodon, does Mastodon official client onboarding flow still promote the "mastodon.social" or other single server as default option instead of rotating/randomizing across the list of known servers with option to type server manually? Without this #Mastodon will have to "block Missisipi" too eventually.
Yes, I referring to that decision of #Bluesky to block access to bluesky web UI from IP addresses in Missisipi US state due age-check laws adopted there.

Don't forget to turn your bathroom scales back 15 pounds Wednesday night at 1 AM for Thanksgiving.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Turkey #TurkeyDay #Thanksgiving #DCcomics #ThanksgivingDinner #Holidays #Batman #DCU #DCEU #Dieting #WeightLoss

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A two-panel meme with two different Batman logos. The top panel of the mem shows a thin Batman chest logo and reads, "Before Thanksgiving." The bottom panel shows a wider, fatter Batman logo, taken from the Snyderverse, and reads, "After Thanksgiving."

By default, Mastodon prevents you seeing a boosted post again until 40 other posts have flowed through your timeline. There is more info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-stop-seeing-the-same-boosted-post-again-and-again-in-mastodon

The 40 number is hardcoded into the Mastodon server software and currently cannot be altered. It seems to have worked better in the days when Mastodon was much quieter.

If you're comfortable using Github, you can vote for this number to be adjustable at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18693

#FediTips #Mastodon

"In een gezamenlijke #noodkreet waarschuwen de Nederlandse publieke en commerciële #omroepen, kranten, persbureau ANP, andere #nieuwsbedrijven en journalistenvakbond NVJ dat de „mondiale techbedrijven” een „ernstige bedreiging vormen voor de democratische weerbaarheid, de #StrategischeAutonomie en daarmee de #veiligheid van Nederland”."

Welke van de ondertekenaars zijn te vinden op het onafhankelijke #mastodon?

https://sdm.nl/brief-aan-de-informateur-namens-de-nederlandse-mediasector/

#media #BigTech #democratie #digitalesoevereiniteit

#Linux und Open Source Treff am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember 18:00 bis 20:00 in der #Bitwäscherei (https://www.bitwaescherei.ch/), Neue Hard 12, 8005 Zürich
(Karte: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.3869804&mlon=8.5201701#map=17/47.3869804/8.5201701)

Bei ReCreaZZZ im 1. Obergeschoss

Details auf https://openki.net/course/iCSJJJ8ZhTkJshJ6a/linux-und-open-source-treff und https://www.recreazzz.repair/2025/09/04/linuxtreff/

Bitte melde dich an wenn Du kommen willst, es hat nur Platz für bis zu 10 Personen.

Auf #Mastodon: @ReCreaZZZ

#Linuxtreff

I remember joining the fediverse and staring at this empty feed, feeling completely lost. Coming from algorithms that constantly fed me content, the silence was disorienting. Like everyone else knew where the party was and I was just standing in an empty room.

So I built @hypebot to fix that. It finds quality trending posts across instances and boosts them to your feed, so you get to discover what's happening across the fediverse without the algorithmic manipulation you left behind.

If your feed feels empty right now, give it a follow. It's there to help.

#Fediverse #FediTips #trending #mastodon #goingdark

I left mainstream platforms completely burned out and found the fediverse, and god it felt like I could finally breathe again without someone tracking every single thing I did.

But even here I kept wondering who actually protects my data when someone comes asking for it, and I realized I didn't want to trust anyone else with that answer.

So I run https://goingdark.social now because I wanted that certainty for myself and my community. When someone demands data or tries to shut down what we talk about, I'm the one who gets to say no and take whatever comes with that.

I pay for this out of pocket because it matters to me, and your admin is probably doing the same thing, maybe a father of three running a server from his home office, a single mom keeping her community safe between work shifts, an older gentleman who remembers what the internet used to feel like before corporations owned everything.

That's how this whole thing works, regular people running small spaces because they care, all of us building something no single company or government can control. We're doing this together and every small instance matters.

Support your local instance admin however you can. They're keeping this alive for all of us.

#Fediverse #Privacy #Decentralization #supportyourlocalinstance #mastodon #socialmedia

mastodon.social has a spammer problem. I have increased my blocks 300% today, all were from mastodon.social.

Perhaps they've always had it and I just didn't see them (due to using Akkoma at the time, which has great spam protection) but now when I'm on other services (Sharkey) it is glaringly obvious the problem is mastodon.social.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

#OverUnder 043 with @jasper

He's a technical director that @florianziegler suggested to me.

I found out that we have many interests in common, such as #fixies, #vim and #cameras.

So, of course, he had to be invited to his series.

Today, he shares his thoughts on #Kaweco Sport, #Airtags, #fixies, split #keyboards, and #crisps.

#books #bookstodon #bicycles #photography #mechanicalKeyboards #fountainPens #blog #fediverse #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-043

Servers are safer to use if a setting called "authorized fetch" (also known as "secure mode") is switched on. Ordinary members cannot activate it, it can only be activated by the server's admin.

When it's activated it makes blocks much more effective and greatly reduces unwanted interactions.

You might want to ask your server admin to switch it on. If they're unsure about it, they can find lots more info and step-by-step instructions at https://fedi.tips/authorized-fetch

#FediTips #Mastodon

Full timeline fetch in @IceCubesApp is a wonderful feature!

#Mastodon #mastodonapp #IceCubes #IceCubesApp

Ok, how do people get the weird purple quote text thing I see on mastodon lately? There seem to be zero documentation of the markup this thing supports.

#mastodon

New blog post!

It is about how this Mastodon instance is backed up daily without downtime =)

https://www.yevi.org/blog/daily-matrix-and-mastodon-backups-with-zero-downtime

#Mastodon #Matrix #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #SelfHost #HomeLab #Ansible #Proxmox #Backup #PBS #ProxmoxVE #Blog #GlitchySocial

🚨 attention #Plushtodon fans 🚨

#Mastodon's Mini Plushies have just been released: https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-stuffed-toy-mini

They come in two colors: Activity Peach and Interoperability Blue - and are absolutely adorable.

I'm only posting this message AFTER purchasing both because these items usually sell out real fast.

My little one tends to claim all my stuff, so it's a good thing they are two. I will negotiate to keep one for me.

Upside is that this official Mastodon merch helps support the team. So go!

Pending quote posts should include the URL of the post instead of just a message it is pending and the "learn more" link, imo. Then, once the OP poster makes a decision, either make it a quote post or traditional link preview, if refused.

If the poster, after a set period of time, does nothing, it should then be treated as a link preview. #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

It's possible the later actions are in there, I haven't looked too deep, but meanwhile, a link should be included initially in case the authorization is taking a while because the OP poster doesn't act.

How far will it go this time?
This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more.
That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma…

If you see it, please share it.

#SocialMedia @fediverse

First results 👇🏼

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GRaph showing the share of shares from Mastodon etc.

🆕 blog! “Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!”

How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.

Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
⸻
#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

Hat jemand damit Erfahrung eine eigene Mastodon Instanz auf einen Raspberry Pi zu hosten?
Habe einen geschenkt bekommen und würde das gerne probieren.
#raspberrypi
#mastodon

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auch als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/6M62aD9+qLS1ojbtcxVi8DLI/

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#sicherheit
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Endof10
#UnplugTrump
#Windows
#AI
#Fediverse
#Mastodon

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Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle !! 2025

Raw numbers are perhaps not enough to get across just how bad the centralisation of the Fediverse by mastodon.social is. I've done a chart to show this visually, hopefully this will make the situation clearer?

Given the circumstances, getting people to join other servers except mastodon.social would greatly help decentralise the Fediverse. It's no longer big vs medium vs small, it's more like supergiant deathstar mastodon.social vs everyone else 😞

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastodonSocial

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Graph showing twelve different Mastodon servers with their percentage of the active Fediverse on the Y axis. Mastodon.social has almost 30% of active Fediverse users while all other servers have about 1% or less. Caption under chart says "Largest Mastodon servers vs % of active Fediverse, 21st November 2025, data from FediDB.com" Another caption next to the bar for mastodon.social says "Percentage occupied by mastodon.social is growing! It used to be less than 15%! JoinMastodon.org and official Mastodon apps are STILL promoting mastodon.social!"

@FediGarden Hi there - I’ve just joined the Mastodon team full time, and part of my role is working on mastodon.social and mastodon.online. I’m just getting started and still in learning mode, but I want to say that I’m aware of this issue and the team is actively discussing how we can evolve in a way that both delivers on #Mastodon’s promise of decentralization, and provides a “safe landing place” for new users. I’m grateful for all the ideas and writing you’ve shared. I’m listening, and thank you.

Flipping.rocks is a Hometown Mastodon server for people who appreciate arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, fungi etc. and helping other people appreciate them. If you want a general Fediverse home that’s okay too.

This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters.

https://flipping.rocks

You can find out more at https://flipping.rocks/about or contact the admin account @a

#FeaturedServer #Arthropods #Amphibians #Reptiles #Fungi #Hometown #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/

How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.

Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog from each site. It is an imperfect measure - and a vain one - but lets me know where I should be spending my time. No point posting on a network which is just bots talking to each other, right?

Earlier this year I built a stats-counter for my blog. Every time someone clicks from a website which links to my blog, it records that visit in a database. I get to see which blog posts are doing numbers, and where those numbers came from.

Until fairly recently, the Mastodon social network didn't send referer details. I thought that reduced the visibility of the network and lobbied for it to change. As various Mastodon servers upgrade, and admins opt-in, it is becoming more apparent just how much traffic originates from the Fediverse.

Over the last few weeks, here's how many people have clicked from BlueSky and Mastodon to one of my blog posts.

Total

Source

1,607

bsky.app

752

mastodon.social

At first glance, it doesn't look good for our elephantine friends, does it? The butterfly sends over twice the traffic. Game over!

But, of course, while Mastodon.social is the biggest instance - it is far from the only one. What happens if we slide down the long tail? Here's all the Mastodon-ish instances which sent me over 10 clicks.

Total

Source

193

phanpy.social

120

android-app://org.joinmastodon.android/

106

infosec.exchange

62

mas.to

59

mstdn.social

55

social.vivaldi.net

49

wandering.shop

48

fosstodon.org

33

mathstodon.xyz

27

mastodon.online

26

mastodon.scot

24

app.wafrn.net

19

indieweb.social

18

social.lol

17

tech.lgbt

17

toot.wales

16

en.osm.town

16

feditrends.com

14

mstdn.ca

14

piefed.social

12

wetdry.world

11

c.im

11

mastodon.nl

51

Sites sending < 10 clicks

Ah! Add them all up and you get a grand total of 1,773 visitors from Mastodon-powered sites. That's more than BlueSky.

Now, there are some obvious caveats to the data:

• I have a smaller follower count on BlueSky than I do on Mastodon.
• My posts may appeal more to one demographic than another.
• People may have strict privacy controls which suppress the true volume of visitors.
• There's no way to measure how long someone spends reading my posts.
• RSS and newsletter visitors aren't counted.
• Clicks from apps may not always show a referer.
• Some people may be on multiple services.
• Fediverse users can follow the post directly, so don't need to visit the site to read it.

And yet… no matter how you slice it, Fediverse servers are sending as much traffic as BlueSky!

I think this is brilliant. Web services should be able to scale from small to big - and each ActivityPub-powered site helps power the open Internet.

Just for completeness, this is how Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Lemmy do over the same period:

Total

Source

1,158

reddit.com

585

android-app://com.reddit.frontpage/

76

facebook.com

76

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/

56

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/

52

youtube.com

41

t.co

38

https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/

31

linkedin.com

27

android-app://io.syncapps.lemmy_sync/

27

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/

22

https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/

22

lemmy.ca

17

android-app://com.linkedin.android/

16

lemmy.dbzer0.com

14

feddit.org

11

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/

10

discuss.tchncs.de

10

l.instagram.com

8

lemmy.blahaj.zone

6

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1m2l84b/considering_making_the_switch_does_google_pay/

6

reddthat.com

If you add up all the Lemmy instances, they send about as much traffic as Facebook and LinkedIn combined. That's not a huge surprise - those platforms hate anyone clicking away to the wider web.

Twitter is basically the Dead Internet. I'm no longer on there, but I do occasionally search it to see who is sharing my posts. The popular posts I write get shared a lot - sometimes by accounts with huge followers - yet there are no comments or retweets and barely and clicks.

I don't do Instagram or Threads, and that might be reflected in their low numbers. But I'm not active on YouTube either - yet people there occasionally link back to me.

Final Thoughts

Firstly, my stats only represent my site. Your site might be very different.

Secondly, I've ignored search engine traffic, big blogs, newsletters, and other sources.

Thirdly, and most importantly, this isn't a competition! The desire for a "winner-takes-all" service is dangerous and disturbing. An ecosystem is at its most vibrant when there are multiple participants each thriving in their own niche.

I want a thousand sites, running a hundred different software stacks, some of which only serve a dozen people, or even a lone participant.

Diversity is strength.

#activitypub #bluesky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

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Logo for ActivityPub.

@Gargron

Thank's for all your work. Thank's for creating #Mastodon 👍👍👍🙂

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/