Mastodon - Notes by Axbom (Page 19)

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Mastodon gGmbH is a non-profit (only since 2021), but that is not what makes it ”not possible to buy”. The software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 so any code based on it, or any modifications, have to be made freely available.

I guess a big player can come in and make a big instance and lure people there (easier-to-use, better performance, apps, etc) but they would have to surrender and make available any code changes for free.

@Gargron @jentaub

@hamsterrage

Now a billionaire could just refuse and drag things out in court. But Mastodon as we see it would still be open source and free and possible to install for anyone. The community would likely rally to best any improvements.

So there is no way a billionaire can take away the premise of open-source software and our option to use Mastodon for free. But they could use all sorts of tactics to make something else appear more attractive. Some may be seduced.

@Gargron @jentaub

@hamsterrage

I’ve not stayed updated on what is happening with Trump’s TRUTH Social, for example. Which is a Mastodon instance.

The fact that it is, however, doesn’t matter to our use of the software. And we don’t even have to be affected by it.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-truth-social-mastodon-code-breach

@Gargron @jentaub

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@micke 😂

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@opassande Underbart! 😁

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#mood

Silhouette of a large mammoth saying “TOOT” in really big letters, next to the silhouette of a small sparrow saying “Tweet” in much smaller letters.

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@zleap Fantastic, thanks for letting me know! Love it when this stuff gets used. 😊

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When posting threads (replies to your own toot), planning them out beforehand can be a hassle.

You may be helped by a tool for planning out the number of characters in each post, regardless of what tool or character limit you have.

I made a simple thing. I just call it Thread counter. You are welcome to use it as you wish.

https://xbm.se/fediverse/tc.php

#FediTips #TwitterMigration #FediTools

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@zleap

Thank you Paul.

I’ve tried being clear by stating the license both on the image and in the blog post at the top 😊

Just in case:

CC BY-SA
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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@babumenos thank you 🙏

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@prehensile 😁

Silhouette of a large mammoth saying “Toot", next to the silhouette of a small sparrow saying “Tweet”.

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@steve

Yes, Fastmail been on my shortlist. Recommended by many.

I’ve been struggling for more than a year on this decision.

My google workplace account has served me really well when it comes to my professional email, I just would like to avoid supporting them.

I’m really inside this power imbalance I teach others about, of benefitting from something enough that I’ve managed to ignore how it hurts others more vulnerable.

Email is my last major darling to kill...

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@cfiesler

Good stuff.

Just a heads up that I've updated the flowchart in that thread on the post itself. The main reason being that there appear to be many ways that an instance can become aware of a toot, so that's made a bit more clear (last step in the diagram).

Obviously not a huge concern for the context of your thread.

https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/

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@steve

Thanks Steve. Excellent question.

Outgoing email for all the different apps certainly use the Cloudron-installed email service, including my newsletters.

My biggest worry for incoming email is spam filtering, which I hope a more established email service will manage for me.

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The tools people are using to find the Mastodon/Fediverse handles of their Twitter friends.

The first two are similar, they search for Mastodon handles in profiles (with false positives). The third one lets you specify an account, encouraging repeat visits to see if friends have added theirs.

1. Debirdifier
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/

2. Fedifinder
https://fedifinder.glitch.me

3. Twitodon
https://twitodon.com

#TwitterMigration

Use at own risk (data scraping possible). Revoke access after use.

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@helenaroth

Found one yet? I boosted but haven't followed up. I'm not well-versed on instance subject matters and sustainability of instances unfortunately.

What you said in a follow-up post, searching hashtags and finding people that way, seems the most sensible. The endgame has to be everyone on their own instance 😅

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@erikkemp

Wow. 😮

Thank you for this.

@Chartodon

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@oblomov

Maybe in some future. I spent soooo many hours on this diagram this past week. 😅

But I guess you could achieve this with the PDF.

@erikkemp

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@rjbarfield1

Hi Richard, today I run my own VPS and host Mastodon and many other applications on it, at a fixed monthly cost. All outlined here (including costs):

https://axbom.com/indieweb/

If this feels too technical I recommend @mastohost for managed hosting - signups are paused right now but should be open again in a few days. The effort with Masto.host is minimal and the support is stellar.

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@arinbasu

No worries. There's a lot going on 😁

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@VickyA

Hi Vicky, it's audio. You should be able to just press the play button. No need to register.

This link to our website also has a player:

https://uxpodcast.com/301-informed-consent-kim-foulds-joyce-rafla/

@Beantin @uxpodcast

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@arinbasu

Hi Arindam, As I write in the blog post Plume was there in earlier versions but removed because the developers have stopped maintaining it. On the site they recommend Write Freely and Wordpress.

@onlyfeatures @djsumdog @wzqtparor@mstdn.io

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