An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on) ( www.staygrounded.online )
PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.
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PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/1133610...
There's a common false dichotomy about #Threads: cut them off, or leave it to user choice.I can't speak to other software, but Mastodon offers a third option: limiting Threads. This can be done for all users of a server....
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9483559...
The problems faced and solutions mentioned seem particularly relevant to !fediverse and !fediverse
Eternal September or the September that never ended is Usenet slang for a period beginning around 1993 when Internet service providers began offering Usenet access to many new users. The flood of new users overwhelmed the existing culture for online forums and the ability to enforce existing norms. AOL followed with their Usenet...
Very nice improvement and I hope more fediverse software starts supporting this. tl;dr popular videos are also uploaded by the viewers, thus lowering the server load, similar to Bittorrent, but all in the browser.
From the Average Lemmy Servers Online by Day graph...
They’re doing really well! Do you think Lemmy should also implement alt text?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1025004...
Integration between WordPress and ActivityPub has been a long time coming. It’s existed in several different iterations over the years, but the latest attempt is directly sponsored by Automattic, the owners of WordPress. This article covers some basic how-tos and explains some various quirks in the integration.
CalcKey adopts a new name, new logo, new site, and new project infrastructure. While the name is somewhat odd, this feels like a really big step forward for the project.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/9347983...
This is shameless self-promotion, but part of a working theory I have that Mastodon users have more to offer Lemmy than your average Reddit user. See my other post about it here: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2174573...
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/6795142...
Just passing on a tip from FediTips I didn’t know about. Using the format...
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2665269...
ghostarchive...
How do people feel about Akkoma? It seems to be a fork of pleroma that’s been showing up in comments lately. If you’ve tried it please share your experience.
It’s a sad time for the social network formerly known as T2, but not all hope is lost.