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clacke: I just read infosec.exchange/@jerry/112887… again and it just hit me that "new kid on the block" Mastodon has been around for over 8 years already! The "Mastodon Network" era is now most of Fediverse history!The Fediverse is 16 years old since May[1] and Mastodon has been up for 8 years since March[2], so 2024 marks the year when Mastodon has been on the Fediverse for the majority of the time the network has been around.Of course, for the vast majority of fedizens, Mastodon has always been around and their first server was a Mastodon server, and for many, the part of the Fediverse that runs on Mastodon is the #MastodonNetwork , but as of this year we have passed a milestone where that perspective is not entirely objectively wrong by yet another measure.#mastodon #fediverse #mastodon8years #fediverse16years[1] web.archive.org/web/1/identi.c… [2] web.archive.org/web/1/mastodon…
clacke's status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 01:12:51 EDT
I just read infosec.exchange/@jerry/112887… again and it just hit me that "new kid on the block" Mastodon has been around for over 8 years already! The "Mastodon Network" era is now most of Fediverse history! The Fediverse is 16 years old since May[1] and Mastodon has been up for 8 years since March[2], so 2024 marks the year when Mastodon has been on the Fediverse for the majority of the time the network has been around. Of course, for the vast majority of fedizens, Mastodon has always been around and their first server was a Mastodon server, and for many, the part of the Fediverse that runs on Mastodon is the #MastodonNetwork , but as of this year we have passed a milestone where that perspective is not entirely objectively wrong by yet another measure. #mastodon #fediverse #mastodon8years #fediverse16years [1] web.archive.org/web/1/identi.c… [2] web.archive.org/web/1/mastodon…
clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
clacke: I just read infosec.exchange/@jerry/112887… again and it just hit me again that "new kid on the block" Mastodon has been around for over 8 years already! The "Mastodon Network" era is now most of Fediverse history.The Fediverse is 16 years old since May and Mastodon has been up for 8 years since March, so 2024 marks the year when Mastodon has been on the Fediverse for the majority of the time the network has been around.Of course, for the vast majority of people on the Fediverse, Mastodon has always been around, and for many, the part of the Fediverse that runs on Mastodon is the Mastodon network, but as of this year we have passed a milestone where that perspective is not entirely wrong by yet another measure.#mastodon #fediverse #mastodon8years #fediverse16years
clacke's status on Friday, 23-Aug-2024 01:01:06 EDT
I just read infosec.exchange/@jerry/112887… again and it just hit me again that "new kid on the block" Mastodon has been around for over 8 years already! The "Mastodon Network" era is now most of Fediverse history. The Fediverse is 16 years old since May and Mastodon has been up for 8 years since March, so 2024 marks the year when Mastodon has been on the Fediverse for the majority of the time the network has been around. Of course, for the vast majority of people on the Fediverse, Mastodon has always been around, and for many, the part of the Fediverse that runs on Mastodon is the Mastodon network, but as of this year we have passed a milestone where that perspective is not entirely wrong by yet another measure. #mastodon #fediverse #mastodon8years #fediverse16years
lnxw48a1: I haven't seen an announcement, but a friend who uses the "Ubuntu Social" https://ubuntu.social/ #Mastodon instance reports that the instance will be shutting down soon. He was concerned about the strict rules that most major Mastodon sites have, so I pointed out that he isn't limited to Mastodon. I also told him that there are some wide-open instances, but that they tend to attract some vile people. It is probably best to find an instance with rules that are "loose enough" to let you be yourself but strict enough to kick those vile people out. I'm not a fan of dictatorial admins, but if you don't have some sort of rules, you get nicecrew.digital or poa.st (or left-wing equivalents of these right-wing sites). One could easily wish that these extremists (right and left) would be exiled to some island, where they can torment one another but cannot contact the rest of us.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 17:57:36 EST
I haven't seen an announcement, but a friend who uses the "Ubuntu Social" https://ubuntu.social/ #Mastodon instance reports that the instance will be shutting down soon. He was concerned about the strict rules that most major Mastodon sites have, so I pointed out that he isn't limited to Mastodon. I also told him that there are some wide-open instances, but that they tend to attract some vile people. It is probably best to find an instance with rules that are "loose enough" to let you be yourself but strict enough to kick those vile people out. I'm not a fan of dictatorial admins, but if you don't have some sort of rules, you get nicecrew.digital or poa.st (or left-wing equivalents of these right-wing sites). One could easily wish that these extremists (right and left) would be exiled to some island, where they can torment one another but cannot contact the rest of us.
fu: #Mastodon for #Alexa by @itsumonotakumi@pawoo.net looks awesome, perhaps exactly what I have been wanting to catch up on #sns while driving takulog.info/mastodon-for-alex…
fu's status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 08:33:45 EDT
#Mastodon for #Alexa by @itsumonotakumi@pawoo.net looks awesome, perhaps exactly what I have been wanting to catch up on #sns while driving takulog.info/mastodon-for-alex…
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fu's status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 15:40:18 EDT
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fu: Is anyone else having Friendica/Lemmy federation issues?!Fediverse !Fediverse (JP) I am subscribed to many #lemmy communities from Friendica. I really love how it works, showing up as Friendica #Forums and basically just being exactly what I want (and one of the reasons why having your #friendica account enabled 👍 & 👎 is important for the upvote/downvote #features). It is WAY better than trying to follow such communities from #mastodon and I personally like the convince of one account and the UI better than Lemmy's native. It feels like it used to work seamlessly, however over the last few months something doesn't seem to work as well. I don't see nearly as many posts in my Network feed anymore, not all of my posts ever seem to actually be shown on the community page I put new posts to when I go there after being surprised, I haven't had any reactions/comments after a time, and a whole lot of comments and reactions to stuff I have posted successfully never show on my side when they do. I'm not sure if it's a recent change to #Friendica or #lemmy that has affected it, or perhaps if it's related to the #RedditMigration and the sheer number of additional users/connections/traffic the various Lemmy instances have than they did a few months ago. I haven't filed an issue because I am not sure where to even start. It could even by my attempts to always cross post, by putting various tags for @ and ! in posts like this, which iirc used to work just fine too, but even I only post to one I'm still seeing extreme delays, and/or lack of federation at all. also, frequently DELTE & RE-DRAFT rather than EDIT, particularly due to having friends on #Diaspora* and #GNUsocial that don't support EDIT, and somehow, I feel like that might have an impact too? #DazedAndConfused #andStatus @AndStatus project @redditmigratoin@kbin.social @Friendica Support
fu's status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 14:19:38 EDT
Is anyone else having Friendica/Lemmy federation issues? !Fediverse !Fediverse (JP) I am subscribed to many #lemmy communities from Friendica. I really love how it works, showing up as Friendica #Forums and basically just being exactly what I want (and one of the reasons why having your #friendica account enabled 👍 & 👎 is important for the upvote/downvote #features). It is WAY better than trying to follow such communities from #mastodon and I personally like the convince of one account and the UI better than Lemmy's native. It feels like it used to work seamlessly, however over the last few months something doesn't seem to work as well. I don't see nearly as many posts in my Network feed anymore, not all of my posts ever seem to actually be shown on the community page I put new posts to when I go there after being surprised, I haven't had any reactions/comments after a time, and a whole lot of comments and reactions to stuff I have posted successfully never show on my side when they do. I'm not sure if it's a recent change to #Friendica or #lemmy that has affected it, or perhaps if it's related to the #RedditMigration and the sheer number of additional users/connections/traffic the various Lemmy instances have than they did a few months ago. I haven't filed an issue because I am not sure where to even start. It could even by my attempts to always cross post, by putting various tags for @ and ! in posts like this, which iirc used to work just fine too, but even I only post to one I'm still seeing extreme delays, and/or lack of federation at all. also, frequently DELTE & RE-DRAFT rather than EDIT, particularly due to having friends on #Diaspora* and #GNUsocial that don't support EDIT, and somehow, I feel like that might have an impact too? #DazedAndConfused #andStatus @AndStatus project @redditmigratoin@kbin.social @Friendica Support
fu: Meta talkWhy so much concern about if #Fedi is successful? I don't think #sucesful is a thing if you aren't trying to sell goods or services, and under that, I hope its never successful. #Fediverse #meta #mastodon #GnuSocial #Friendica #Kbin
fu's status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 22:19:41 EDT
Meta talk Why so much concern about if #Fedi is successful? I don't think #sucesful is a thing if you aren't trying to sell goods or services, and under that, I hope its never successful. #Fediverse #meta #mastodon #GnuSocial #Friendica #Kbin
lnxw48a1: Thor from #Norway was talking about his tight financial situation and the costs of operating his #Mastodon instance being too high for him. Someone suggested that he make his members aware of the situation. There's no guarantee they'll fund it, but they may. I know he's uncomfortable with #e-begging, but it doesn't have to be #Wikipedia level annoying, just enough to let them know the situation and the option to keep it going via member support.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 00:59:26 EDT
Thor from #Norway was talking about his tight financial situation and the costs of operating his #Mastodon instance being too high for him. Someone suggested that he make his members aware of the situation. There's no guarantee they'll fund it, but they may. I know he's uncomfortable with #e-begging, but it doesn't have to be #Wikipedia level annoying, just enough to let them know the situation and the option to keep it going via member support.
fu: yet another example of why #friendica is so much better than mastodon. This is the last post in a long thread about #Reddit charging for API access. They are like the 30th person to recommend #Lemmy, which is super noticeable here since #friendica does proper status #threading, but it sure isn't clear on #Mastodon, particularly depending which user in the thread you #follow. ♲ @deadsuperhero@social.treehouse.systems: that's just so insane to me. Clients are a huge boon to platforms; pricing developers out is actively hostile to almost everyone.If things go from worse to worst, maybe it might be worth considering building for the fediverse, kind of like what Tapbots is doing? There's a Reddit alternative called Lemmy that pretty much replaces most of Reddit's main functionality.join-lemmy.org/
fu's status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 15:40:35 EDT
yet another example of why #friendica is so much better than mastodon. This is the last post in a long thread about #Reddit charging for API access. They are like the 30th person to recommend #Lemmy, which is super noticeable here since #friendica does proper status #threading, but it sure isn't clear on #Mastodon, particularly depending which user in the thread you #follow. ♲ @deadsuperhero@social.treehouse.systems: that's just so insane to me. Clients are a huge boon to platforms; pricing developers out is actively hostile to almost everyone. If things go from worse to worst, maybe it might be worth considering building for the fediverse, kind of like what Tapbots is doing? There's a Reddit alternative called Lemmy that pretty much replaces most of Reddit's main functionality. join-lemmy.org/
lnxw48a1: Wikimedia planning a #Mastodon instance https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337586
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 14:41:54 EDT
Wikimedia planning a #Mastodon instance https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T337586
fu: I found the thread!and the folks who where helpful probably didn't see this new thread because I hadn't actually friended them yet. That is now corrected as well as STARRING the thread in question. @admin :heart_cyber: @zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit" ♲ @fu@libranet.de: Is anyone aware of a #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instance accessible via #TorHiddenService (.onion) #onion @The Tor Project
fu's status on Friday, 12-May-2023 14:06:15 EDT
I found the thread!and the folks who where helpful probably didn't see this new thread because I hadn't actually friended them yet. That is now corrected as well as STARRING the thread in question. @admin :heart_cyber: @zebulon 1ᵉʳ, dit "le maudit" ♲ @fu@libranet.de: Is anyone aware of a #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instance accessible via #TorHiddenService (.onion) #onion @The Tor Project
lnxw48a1: https://infosec.exchange/@CuteGarlicLove/110168993826283438 Anyone running an older version of #Mastodon should read this.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 14:58:46 EDT
https://infosec.exchange/@CuteGarlicLove/110168993826283438 Anyone running an older version of #Mastodon should read this.
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/290076 [www forbes com] From 2022-09: Forbes co-sponsored a session for decentralized socnets ... included some early #Twitter builders Article's writer clearly didn't have good sources for some things, though. For example, there were "more than 40" #Mastodon instances. I'm positive there were more than 4000 at the time.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 06-Apr-2023 17:01:10 EDT
https://nu.federati.net/url/290076 [www forbes com] From 2022-09: Forbes co-sponsored a session for decentralized socnets ... included some early #Twitter builders Article's writer clearly didn't have good sources for some things, though. For example, there were "more than 40" #Mastodon instances. I'm positive there were more than 4000 at the time.
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fu: Meta: Fediverse Yes #itWorksLikeEmail but still I really don't understand how #friendica works. For example on this thread libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1… the original post was sent to 103 remote servers, my friend digit@iviv.hu commented on it. My response to his comment was sent to 24 servers, but my response to my own comment was sent to 105 servers. I suspect him being on Diaspora* and most of my contacts being on platforms like #Mastodon than only support #ActivityPub has an influence here. If I try to reference the same post from my Masto account, I thought it would look super weird, like I was talking to myself in a way that didn't make any sense, but I actually only see the OP https://hostux.social/@fu@libranet.de/109835482564374801 https://hostux.social/%C2%ABblock-4359556512123479765-0%C2%BB while when I search for my later comment I see it libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2… and the comment of my own I was replying to, but not the OP !Friendica Support
fu's status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 19:48:26 EST
Meta: Fediverse Yes #itWorksLikeEmail but still I really don't understand how #friendica works. For example on this thread libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1… the original post was sent to 103 remote servers, my friend digit@iviv.hu commented on it. My response to his comment was sent to 24 servers, but my response to my own comment was sent to 105 servers. I suspect him being on Diaspora* and most of my contacts being on platforms like #Mastodon than only support #ActivityPub has an influence here. If I try to reference the same post from my Masto account, I thought it would look super weird, like I was talking to myself in a way that didn't make any sense, but I actually only see the OP https://hostux.social/@fu@libranet.de/109835482564374801 https://hostux.social/%C2%ABblock-4359556512123479765-0%C2%BB while when I search for my later comment I see it libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2… and the comment of my own I was replying to, but not the OP !Friendica Support
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 15:19:28 EST
@bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1: #Medium has one or two #Mastodon instances! https://medium.social/ and https://me.dm/ ... I can't tell while using my phone whether the two converge to the same site.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 16:38:32 EST
#Medium has one or two #Mastodon instances! https://medium.social/ and https://me.dm/ ... I can't tell while using my phone whether the two converge to the same site.
fu: I hope you do, that would be pretty awesome. #mastodon is heavy and it really has fewer features than pretty much everything else on the 'verse !gnusocial@gnusocial.club gnusocial.club/notice/2084234
fu's status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 13:24:38 EST
I hope you do, that would be pretty awesome. #mastodon is heavy and it really has fewer features than pretty much everything else on the 'verse !gnusocial@gnusocial.club gnusocial.club/notice/2084234
lnxw48a1: https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 21:20:57 EST
https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
Mastodon Brought a Protocol to a Product Fight
fu: Is anyone aware of a #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instance accessible via #TorHiddenService (.onion) #onion @The Tor Project
fu's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 18:51:20 EST
Is anyone aware of a #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instance accessible via #TorHiddenService (.onion) #onion @The Tor Project
lnxw48a1: @fu @Fu@hostux.social #Mastodon does not support the #Qvitter API, so one cannot swap front-ends.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 10:52:17 EST
@fu @Fu@hostux.social #Mastodon does not support the #Qvitter API, so one cannot swap front-ends.
fu: Just a reminder if you are using #Mastodon and you aren't using it in #Windows95 mode you are doing it wrong @lily https://libranet.de/photos/fu/image/12764735106377d2b0cd1cc430048870
fu's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 10:28:39 EST
Just a reminder if you are using #Mastodon and you aren't using it in #Windows95 mode you are doing it wrong @lily https://libranet.de/photos/fu/image/12764735106377d2b0cd1cc430048870
fu: I'm guessing not as there hasn't been any active development since 2017, but there seems to be a renewed interest translated.turbopages.org/prox… ♲ @Fu@hostux.social: Is it possible to configure #mastodon to use the #qvitter front end, or does that only work with #GNUsocial
fu's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 10:03:45 EST
I'm guessing not as there hasn't been any active development since 2017, but there seems to be a renewed interest translated.turbopages.org/prox… ♲ @Fu@hostux.social: Is it possible to configure #mastodon to use the #qvitter front end, or does that only work with #GNUsocial
lnxw48a1: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 14:39:32 EST
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1: Also, #Vivaldi now has its own #Mastodon instance. I think #Brave Browser had an unofficial instance at one time, and #Mozilla intends to open theirs early in 2023. I'm still not "there" yet, but I am doing some #PHP stuff. Maybe I'll be able to help make !GNUsocial and #Friendica competitive candidates for $ORGANIZATION deploying their own #Fediverse presence.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 15:42:51 EST
Also, #Vivaldi now has its own #Mastodon instance. I think #Brave Browser had an unofficial instance at one time, and #Mozilla intends to open theirs early in 2023. I'm still not "there" yet, but I am doing some #PHP stuff. Maybe I'll be able to help make !GNUsocial and #Friendica competitive candidates for $ORGANIZATION deploying their own #Fediverse presence.
lnxw48a1: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html [finance yahoo com] Mask Group purchased the #Pawoo #Mastodon instance in Japan, giving them control of three of the largest instances in the #Fediverse.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 12:46:07 EST
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html [finance yahoo com] Mask Group purchased the #Pawoo #Mastodon instance in Japan, giving them control of three of the largest instances in the #Fediverse.
Mask Network Acquires Pawoo.net, one of the largest Mastodon instances
lnxw48a1: A #Mastodon admin ( "Tootmaster" ? ) learns that #Amazon's S3 file storage is not always cheaper. https://blog.freeradical.zone/post/goodbye-s3/
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 00:11:04 EST
A #Mastodon admin ( "Tootmaster" ? ) learns that #Amazon's S3 file storage is not always cheaper. https://blog.freeradical.zone/post/goodbye-s3/
lnxw48a1: https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 23:26:36 EST
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)
lnxw48a1: Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 22:27:57 EST
Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1: > Later on Truth Social Mr Trump said the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were "very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting". > The "one-of-a-kind" assets in the digital world can be bought and sold like any other piece of property, but have no tangible form of their own. > They can be thought of as certificates of ownership for virtual or physical assets. > Advocates say NFTs are the digital answer to collectibles, but critics have warned about risks in the market, which emerged from the wider world of cryptocurrency. Activity in the space has dropped this year, alongside a plunge in cryptocurrencies. As I understand it, the actual files of #NFTs tend to be hosted on #IPFS, but if someone doesn't "pin" the files, they can eventually be deleted. And some have been hosted on a regular website, which really stinks if and when the site shuts down or even rearranges and replaces its former content with something new. > A report for the US Congress this year noted that NFT sales have been used to collect credit card and other financial information, and been subject to other scams. Which isn't surprising. Every other sales channel has been abused that way, from restaurant purchases to retail stores, to mail order. This line makes it sound like those are unique threats to NFTs, but they are part of the danger when one uses a credit card to buy anything. By the way, #Trump's #Truth_Social #socnet is supposedly a modified version of the #Mastodon software. As far as I know, it does not federate (so there's no need to get excited about #blockwars and push #fediblock).
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 15:03:54 EST
> Later on Truth Social Mr Trump said the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were "very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting". > The "one-of-a-kind" assets in the digital world can be bought and sold like any other piece of property, but have no tangible form of their own. > They can be thought of as certificates of ownership for virtual or physical assets. > Advocates say NFTs are the digital answer to collectibles, but critics have warned about risks in the market, which emerged from the wider world of cryptocurrency. Activity in the space has dropped this year, alongside a plunge in cryptocurrencies. As I understand it, the actual files of #NFTs tend to be hosted on #IPFS, but if someone doesn't "pin" the files, they can eventually be deleted. And some have been hosted on a regular website, which really stinks if and when the site shuts down or even rearranges and replaces its former content with something new. > A report for the US Congress this year noted that NFT sales have been used to collect credit card and other financial information, and been subject to other scams. Which isn't surprising. Every other sales channel has been abused that way, from restaurant purchases to retail stores, to mail order. This line makes it sound like those are unique threats to NFTs, but they are part of the danger when one uses a credit card to buy anything. By the way, #Trump's #Truth_Social #socnet is supposedly a modified version of the #Mastodon software. As far as I know, it does not federate (so there's no need to get excited about #blockwars and push #fediblock).
lnxw48a1: https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 14:39:47 EST
https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1: Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 00:43:53 EST
Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1: That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:43:32 EST
That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1: Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:42:05 EST
Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
fu: ♲ @anonymiss@despora.de: Why is a #surveillance #cop working for #RaspberryPI? source: raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_… This caused a #shitstorm on #Mastodon. In the end raspberrypi.social was blocked on mastodonapp.uk -> mastodonapp.uk/about/more Blocked Server: raspberrypi.social - Reason: #Harassment & Generally poor #Fediverse members.#news #community #fail #problem #microblogging #job #ethics #communication #internet
fu's status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 17:40:58 EST
♲ @anonymiss@despora.de: Why is a #surveillance #cop working for #RaspberryPI? source: raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_… This caused a #shitstorm on #Mastodon. In the end raspberrypi.social was blocked on mastodonapp.uk -> mastodonapp.uk/about/more Blocked Server: raspberrypi.social - Reason: #Harassment & Generally poor #Fediverse members. #news #community #fail #problem #microblogging #job #ethics #communication #internet
lnxw48a1: https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260 @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine." This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before. I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already. Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 20:58:05 EST
https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260 @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine." This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before. I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already. Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
lnxw48a1: https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303 The monthly active users figures for #Mastodon seem to have peaked and started heading downward, even as new accounts continue to be opened. I wish they'd use a tracker that doesn't filter out everything that is not Mastodon. As I recall, when the number of accounts for Mastodon hit 5,000,000 the number for the #Fediverse as a whole was over 11,000,000 ... but those numbers will always be larger than MAU, so I'd also like to see those numbers Fediverse-wide.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 20:40:08 EST
https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303 The monthly active users figures for #Mastodon seem to have peaked and started heading downward, even as new accounts continue to be opened. I wish they'd use a tracker that doesn't filter out everything that is not Mastodon. As I recall, when the number of accounts for Mastodon hit 5,000,000 the number for the #Fediverse as a whole was over 11,000,000 ... but those numbers will always be larger than MAU, so I'd also like to see those numbers Fediverse-wide.
lnxw48a1: https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/ [eiara nz] The official !RasPi account on the official #Raspberry_Pi #Mastodon instance got crossways with a lot of people today. I don't know if it will be enough to make a noticeable dent in the demand for their products, but they have definitely made some former customers consider other #SBCs instead.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 23:28:47 EST
https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/ [eiara nz] The official !RasPi account on the official #Raspberry_Pi #Mastodon instance got crossways with a lot of people today. I don't know if it will be enough to make a noticeable dent in the demand for their products, but they have definitely made some former customers consider other #SBCs instead.
A Case Study on Raspberry Pi’s Incident on the Fediverse
lnxw48a1: #Mastodon issue for #activitypub-troll denial-of-service vulnerability. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/21977 with 2 pull requests. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/22025 and https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/22026 #security
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 22:15:33 EST
#Mastodon issue for #activitypub-troll denial-of-service vulnerability. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/21977 with 2 pull requests. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/22025 and https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/22026 #security
Any idea to stop activitypub-troll.cf or likewise attacks? · Issue #21977 · mastodon/mastodon
Fix unbounded recursion in account discovery by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #22025 · mastodon/mastodon
Fix unbounded recursion in account discovery (v3.5 backport) by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #22026 · mastodon/mastodon
lnxw48a1: @administrator @aab I'm just guessing, but it could be related to an exploit someone launched against #Mastodon and #Misskey yesterday. From what I read, it brought several instances to their knees. Misskey released a #security patch yesterday.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 17:26:16 EST
@administrator @aab I'm just guessing, but it could be related to an exploit someone launched against #Mastodon and #Misskey yesterday. From what I read, it brought several instances to their knees. Misskey released a #security patch yesterday.
lnxw48a1: Tagging this thread with #Fediverse #Security ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #JavaScript, they were able to knock some #Misskey and #Mastodon instances to their knees. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #GNUSocial instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #Twitter's culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #Mastodon instance, except it was Twitter and #Tumblr at that time.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 11:22:39 EST
Tagging this thread with #Fediverse #Security ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #JavaScript, they were able to knock some #Misskey and #Mastodon instances to their knees. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #GNUSocial instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #Twitter's culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #Mastodon instance, except it was Twitter and #Tumblr at that time.
lnxw48a1: https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby #Misskey security update. Someone created "instances" which trigger a denial of service in Misskey and possibly #Mastodon. From what I hear, #Pleroma is not vulnerable. #GNUsocial is likely also vulnerable. We can expect a lot more of these kind of things now that the #Fediverse is getting attention.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 17:25:49 EST
https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby #Misskey security update. Someone created "instances" which trigger a denial of service in Misskey and possibly #Mastodon. From what I hear, #Pleroma is not vulnerable. #GNUsocial is likely also vulnerable. We can expect a lot more of these kind of things now that the #Fediverse is getting attention.
UPDATE TO 12.119.*2* / lapy. 🥝:verified_neko: (@lapy)
lnxw48a1: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html [www cnn com] This is a month ago, but this is a CNN reporter's take on #Mastodon (and the #Fediverse, though they apparently do not yet know that there's a lot more than Mastodon).
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 16:12:54 EST
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html [www cnn com] This is a month ago, but this is a CNN reporter's take on #Mastodon (and the #Fediverse, though they apparently do not yet know that there's a lot more than Mastodon).
A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that's on 🔥 | CNN Business
lnxw48a1: @clacke I agree. I typically want to see what a site looks like and what its users are publicly posting before I decide to join. But I also think most existing users of #Mastodon and #Pleroma don't use posting scopes to their advantage. If you don't want unmentioned non-followers to view your posts, choose a follwers-only scope. If you don't want your posts in the public timelines, choose a non-public scope.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 13:39:55 EST
@clacke I agree. I typically want to see what a site looks like and what its users are publicly posting before I decide to join. But I also think most existing users of #Mastodon and #Pleroma don't use posting scopes to their advantage. If you don't want unmentioned non-followers to view your posts, choose a follwers-only scope. If you don't want your posts in the public timelines, choose a non-public scope.
lnxw48a1: @sims04@gnusocial.net @gnu2 GS groups can usually be joined from any GS instance, but as @administrator mentioned, glitches may happen. #Mastodon intentionally does not support GS groups, and same for #Pleroma.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 09:47:26 EST
@sims04@gnusocial.net @gnu2 GS groups can usually be joined from any GS instance, but as @administrator mentioned, glitches may happen. #Mastodon intentionally does not support GS groups, and same for #Pleroma.
lnxw48a1: #Pjuu ( #OtterSite ) starts planning a rewrite that adds #federation ( probably only #ActivityPub ). Looking to become an alternative to #Mastodon and #Pleroma, while still joining the #Fediverse. https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002 [pjuu com]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 15:23:02 EST
#Pjuu ( #OtterSite ) starts planning a rewrite that adds #federation ( probably only #ActivityPub ). Looking to become an alternative to #Mastodon and #Pleroma, while still joining the #Fediverse. https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002 [pjuu com]
lnxw48a1: Oh, look! Evan has his own #Mastodon server now. https://prodromou.pub/@evan
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 11-Nov-2022 23:27:04 EST
Oh, look! Evan has his own #Mastodon server now. https://prodromou.pub/@evan
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/288425 [ar al] Aral Balkan explains why the current designs of #Mastodon and #ActivityPub promote centralization.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 20:33:57 EST
https://nu.federati.net/url/288425 [ar al] Aral Balkan explains why the current designs of #Mastodon and #ActivityPub promote centralization.
Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
heluecht: Ein kleiner Tipp an alle, die den #twexit vorgenommen haben und z.B. #Mastodon, #Pleroma oder #Friendica nutzen: Tragt in eurem #Twitter Profil eure #Fediverse Adresse im Format @user@domain.tld ein. Dann kann man euch über fedifinder.glitch.me/ finden.
heluecht's status on Tuesday, 08-Nov-2022 08:22:46 EST
Ein kleiner Tipp an alle, die den #twexit vorgenommen haben und z.B. #Mastodon, #Pleroma oder #Friendica nutzen: Tragt in eurem #Twitter Profil eure #Fediverse Adresse im Format @user@domain.tld ein. Dann kann man euch über fedifinder.glitch.me/ finden.