#mastodon
If you want to transfer your Mastodon account to a different Mastodon server, there's a step-by-step non-technical guide at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
There are a lot of steps, but each step is hopefully clear and easy to understand.
The guide also answers many questions people have about transferring their account. (If I've missed something please let me know!)
every morning 1 - 5 bots sign up at the same time. I could fix this by closing signup or requiring approvals but I both don't want to and want to be included in the upcoming mastodon local instance sign up program.
Once https://gardenstate.social is in the program I only expect bot signup to increase.
So I'm finally working on a tool to check and auto silence or ban accounts.
What are your top indicators a new account is a bot?
#Mastodon turns one decade old on Monday!
#Mastodon turns one decade old on Monday!
Commercial social media is one of the biggest sources of data exploitation. By staying active there, we continue to indirectly support this invasion of privacy.
🌱 Learn more on how you can minimize your presence and slowly build better social networks.
🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Improve Your Social Media: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-improve-your-social-media-and-build-resilient-communities/
#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #Mastodon #Fediverse
Commercial social media is one of the biggest sources of data exploitation. By staying active there, we continue to indirectly support this invasion of privacy.
🌱 Learn more on how you can minimize your presence and slowly build better social networks.
🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Improve Your Social Media: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-improve-your-social-media-and-build-resilient-communities/
#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #Mastodon #Fediverse
There is the complete list that Mastodon is suggesting I (potentially) follow.
It's "Whom To Follow" not "Who To Follow".
I.e., WHOM not WHO.
...
Also, I wonder how Mastodon picked those choices to me to (potentially) follow.
Mastodon has a new human-over-AI contribution policy.
tl;dr:
- The human contributor is the sole party responsible for the contribution.
- If AI was used to generate a significant portion of your contribution (i.e. beyond simple autocomplete), we require you to disclose it in the Pull Request description.
- If you cannot guarantee the provenance and legal safety of the AI-generated code, do not submit it.
- Cases of repeated violations of these ... guidelines could result in a ban from our repositories.
Mastodon now has a quoting feature, you can find out how to use it in the guide at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-cant-i-quote-other-posts-in-mastodon
The guide also answers lots of questions about quoting in Mastodon.
Mastodon has a new human-over-AI contribution policy.
tl;dr:
- The human contributor is the sole party responsible for the contribution.
- If AI was used to generate a significant portion of your contribution (i.e. beyond simple autocomplete), we require you to disclose it in the Pull Request description.
- If you cannot guarantee the provenance and legal safety of the AI-generated code, do not submit it.
- Cases of repeated violations of these ... guidelines could result in a ban from our repositories.
Did you know that you can follow all Fireside Fedi #podcast episodes directly from where you're reading this post? Just follow @firesidefedi@tubefree.org like you would any other user and you never have to leave your platform of choice! #fedi #fediverse #peopleOverPlatforms #vodcast #fedicast #FsFd #FiresideFedi #chat #peertube #mastodon #vods
Did you know that you can follow all Fireside Fedi #podcast episodes directly from where you're reading this post? Just follow @firesidefedi@tubefree.org like you would any other user and you never have to leave your platform of choice! #fedi #fediverse #peopleOverPlatforms #vodcast #fedicast #FsFd #FiresideFedi #chat #peertube #mastodon #vods
The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more.
#MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/trunk-tidbits-february-2026/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116204764577950180
Some really great updates in Mastodon's latest Trunk & Tidbits blog post, including, from the W3C Social Web working group notes, a note on LOLA, a "proposal for live online account portability between two ActivityPub servers".
https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola
https://fediforum.org/2024-09/session/3-a/
#mastodon #fediverse #TrunkAndTidbits #LOLA #AccountPortability
The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more.
#MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/trunk-tidbits-february-2026/
The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more.
#MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/trunk-tidbits-february-2026/
OK, for real, why does #Mastodon use an attachment type of "Document" when posting a video?
I think the spec says "Video" is OK to use.
https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-video
Or am I misunderstanding something fundamental?
You can attach images, video files or audio files to Mastodon posts:
🖼️ Images can be PNG, JPG, HEIF, WEBP, AVIF or GIF (including animated GIFs)
📺 Video clips can be MP4, M4V, MOV or WebM files
🔈 Audio clips can be MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, AAC or 3GP files
The maximum file size for each image is usually 16 MB, for video or audio it's usually 99 MB. There is no restriction on running time, just file size.
More info on attachments at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-post-images-videos-or-audio-in-mastodon-what-can-i-attach-to-a-post-how-do-i-post-gifs
Every day I’m more convinced that the Fediverse’s slow mainstream adoption isn’t really about usability.
People say it’s because it’s hard to join, the terms are confusing, or the apps aren’t polished enough. Maybe a little. But honestly… look at the platforms people already use.
Finding anything on LinkedIn is painful.
Trying to locate the original video on TikTok is a scavenger hunt.
Facebook is still full of weird bugs and odd UI choices.
Instagram hides posts behind algorithms.
Twitter/X constantly changes the rules of engagement.
None of these platforms are exactly “easy.”
People stay because their friends are there. Because the big creators are there. Because that’s where the conversation already lives.
And, if we’re honest, because these platforms are engineered around a very effective reward loop: notifications, likes, infinite scroll. A dopamine machine. You learn the confusing terms and awkward interfaces because there’s a constant reward for doing so.
So yes, making the Fediverse easier to join absolutely helps.
But what would help even more is something simpler:
more mainstream, recognizable, official accounts showing up here.
That’s how networks grow.
People follow people not platforms.
This is a Bonfire Federated social instance for those that enjoy gnarly adventures. Whether it's shredding mountains or slaying guitars, from action sports to art.
