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  • Fedi.TipsF

    If you're looking for accounts to follow, you might like to check out my other account FediFollows:

    ➡@FediFollows

    It regularly posts themed lists of good accounts to follow, and it also has a website with thousands of recommended accounts sorted into topics:

    ➡https://fedi.directory

    To follow an account listed on the website, copy-paste the "Fediverse address" on its listing into the search box in Mastodon and then click "Follow".


    @FediTips @FediFollows would it be possible to add @catl to the spanish directory or any other that might be relevant (activism / news) ?They are an anarchist collective of collectives in Mexico city.Thanks for your work!
  • Smartphone PhotographerA
    Getting lost in the intricate details of the Irish woodland. The way the moss hugs these twisting branches is just magical. It’s like a natural suspended labyrinth. 🌳💚

    #photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #Nature #Forest #Moss #Trees #Woodland #Green #Texture
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    Getting lost in the intricate details of the Irish woodland. The way the moss hugs these twisting branches is just magical. It’s like a natural suspended labyrinth. #photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #Nature #Forest #Moss #Trees #Woodland #Green #Texture
  • Darnell Clayton :verified:D

    Another day, another social platform embracing the (it is currently in Beta).

    It is called Gander Social, & it is hosted in 🇨🇦: https://gandersocial.ca/

    Unlike , Gander Social will use the standard Atmosphere protocol, which means they will be able to easily interact with users. They plan on launching sometime this year.

    I am curious as to why they chose Atmosphere over the .

    Discovered via @grrlscientist (on their account).


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    @darnell @grrlscientist They rejected mastodon so there could be a way to make money from their users.
  • OmniglitchO

    #introduction

    Hello! I’m Omni. I’ve just landed on #Akkoma after a long weekend spent building the server this instance lives on.

    I’m strictly a hobbyist—I don’t write code for a living, but I do spend way too much time in a terminal pretending I’m in a sci-fi movie. I maintain a setup script for #Fedora 43 that’s basically my personal checklist for turning a fresh install into a #gaming powerhouse (Steam, Wine, the works) and a tinkering lab.

    When I’m not trying to squeeze more frames out of my Linux box, I’m building “Creator Ops” stacks or making neon-soaked cyberpunk themes for #Owncast.

    You can find all my hobby projects at git.omniglitch.me for free, because I’m officially done with walled gardens and big-tech subscriptions.

    But mostly I’m here for gaming clips, cool Linux setups and open source enthusiasts.

    #fediverse #linuxgaming #opensource #selfhosting


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    @_MoonArcadia_@mastodon.online έχω διάφορα services self-host αλλά αν εννοείς τύπου akkoma κλπ, μόνο αυτό
  • Dawid WiktorD

    One week and the Council of Europe will be voting on whether to ban conversion "therapy", a very cruel practice that should never be practiced.

    Unfortunately, there are groups that are trying to pressure MPs to vote against the proposal. The lobbying battle is ongoing.

    You can email or call MPs representing your country in the Council and ask them to vote in favor of banning the conversion "therapy". By doing so, you can help in convincing them to support LGBTQ rights and stand against cruel practices that violate dignity and human rights.

    Your voice matters.

    National delegations of MPs: https://pace.coe.int/en/pages/national-delegations


    One week and the Council of Europe will be voting on whether to ban conversion "therapy", a very cruel practice that should never be practiced.Unfortunately, there are groups that are trying to pressure MPs to vote against the proposal. The lobbying battle is ongoing.You can email or call MPs representing your country in the Council and ask them to vote in favor of banning the conversion "therapy". By doing so, you can help in convincing them to support LGBTQ rights and stand against cruel practices that violate dignity and human rights.Your voice matters.National delegations of MPs: https://pace.coe.int/en/pages/national-delegations#LGBTQ #LGBT #CouncilOfEurope #CoE #Europe #EUpol #HumanRights #democracy #fediverse
  • 𝔇𝔞𝔯k𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔣D

    I don't know about other filmmakers or content creators, but I have never seen a dime from YouTube. Even when I pushed out regular content filming live events, even when I had huge numbers of followers and views, the only thing I ever got from YouTube was a bunch of nasty comments.

    But unless they use ad-block, every person watching my videos sees ads they don't want for things they don't want. Google is making bank off my work, and I just want people to see it.

    If you're like me, consider switching to a reputable instance that federates like @BTFree or @MakerTube

    Be like Mike. Sing up. Add your content. Follow, share links, and subscribe to real people making real content on the


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    @darkwolf@hear-me.social THANK YOU! I'm here to help anyone else set up theirs. Matrix has a growing community for ActivityPub folks. Peertube included. Let's all grow and work together. If I don't know an answer, I know a place we can find it!
  • #OMN (Open Media Network)I

    The networks we use shape who we are – and the networks we are given by #dotcons are designed to make us spectators. Every interaction is reduced to a metric: a like, a share, a click. We are data points to be monetised, attention to be harvested, behaviour to be predicted and sold. In these systems, connection is shallow, fleeting, and ultimately extractive.

    The #4opens offer a different path. When your networks are open, knowable, and modifiable, you stop being a statistic and start being a person again. Not just a profile, not just a follower count – a participant in a living community. You can see who is contributing, who is caring, and who is struggling. You can understand the shape of your social environment and intervene meaningfully, rather than being nudged along invisible pipelines designed to maximise someone else’s profit.

    Open systems give us tools to know each other better. Not superficially, through algorithmic suggestions, but genuinely: by making relationships and contributions visible, traceable, and shareable in ways that respect the participants. Collaboration becomes possible without asking for permission. Knowledge, help, and support flow where they are needed. Trust can be rebuilt across distance and time, because the infrastructure encourages transparency, accountability, and mutual care.

    This isn’t only about technology, it’s about escaping the isolation of the #dotcons. Social media was sold to us as connection, but it atomised communities into consumable fragments. It told us we belonged to brands, not to people. The #4opens remind us that belonging is not transactional, and connection is not a product.

    In open communities, relationships matter more than metrics. Reciprocity replaces algorithms. Long levity replaces virality. Care replaces performance. People organize not for attention, but for mutual survival, growth, and flourishing.

    You can get a glimpse of the change and challenge in bodied in such projects as the #Fediverse. It can be radical: networks of care that scale, knowledge that accumulates instead of being enclosed, resilience that emerges from participation rather than extraction. Belonging becomes real again, and communities can function as spaces of power and support rather than channels for profit.

    The choice is ours: continue to live as data points in someone else’s spectacle, or reclaim the digital commons as a terrain for genuine human connection. With the #4opens, the infrastructure is ready. The question is whether we will use it to rebuild what has been lost.


    The networks we use shape who we are – and the networks we are given by #dotcons are designed to make us spectators. Every interaction is reduced to a metric: a like, a share, a click. We are data points to be monetised, attention to be harvested, behaviour to be predicted and sold. In these systems, connection is shallow, fleeting, and ultimately extractive.The #4opens offer a different path. When your networks are open, knowable, and modifiable, you stop being a statistic and start being a person again. Not just a profile, not just a follower count – a participant in a living community. You can see who is contributing, who is caring, and who is struggling. You can understand the shape of your social environment and intervene meaningfully, rather than being nudged along invisible pipelines designed to maximise someone else’s profit.Open systems give us tools to know each other better. Not superficially, through algorithmic suggestions, but genuinely: by making relationships and contributions visible, traceable, and shareable in ways that respect the participants. Collaboration becomes possible without asking for permission. Knowledge, help, and support flow where they are needed. Trust can be rebuilt across distance and time, because the infrastructure encourages transparency, accountability, and mutual care.This isn’t only about technology, it’s about escaping the isolation of the #dotcons. Social media was sold to us as connection, but it atomised communities into consumable fragments. It told us we belonged to brands, not to people. The #4opens remind us that belonging is not transactional, and connection is not a product.In open communities, relationships matter more than metrics. Reciprocity replaces algorithms. Long levity replaces virality. Care replaces performance. People organize not for attention, but for mutual survival, growth, and flourishing.You can get a glimpse of the change and challenge in bodied in such projects as the #Fediverse. It can be radical: networks of care that scale, knowledge that accumulates instead of being enclosed, resilience that emerges from participation rather than extraction. Belonging becomes real again, and communities can function as spaces of power and support rather than channels for profit.The choice is ours: continue to live as data points in someone else’s spectacle, or reclaim the digital commons as a terrain for genuine human connection. With the #4opens, the infrastructure is ready. The question is whether we will use it to rebuild what has been lost.
  • Dawid WiktorD

    Another good reason to move to fediverse. Unlike Threads, the feed will remain clean and without annoyances.

    Ad-free is a good feature nowadays.


    Another good reason to move to fediverse. Unlike Threads, the feed will remain clean and without annoyances.Ad-free is a good feature nowadays.https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/threads-rolls-out-ads-to-all-users-worldwide/#fediverse #Vebinet #Mastodon #Threads #socialmedia
  • VebinetV

    Vebinet is and will be ad-free and respecting you.

    ok, now you can continue scrolling to look at kittens and capybaras.


    Vebinet is and will be ad-free and respecting you.ok, now you can continue scrolling to look at kittens and capybaras.#Vebinet #fediverse #Mastodon #socialmedia
  • IFTASA

    This post is part of an ongoing series exploring the findings and forecasts from the 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report.

    Now that we have three years of data, we’ll not only dive into the 2025 results, but also take a broader look at how key patterns have shifted over time. From volunteer burnout to federation policies, this series will highlight what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and what that means for the future of trust and safety on the social web.

    Volunteers, burnout, and the people holding the line

    Who is doing the work to keep the social web safe? Who responds to reports, blocks malicious actors, answers legal requests, and supports users in distress?

    According to the 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report, it is mostly unpaid, overstretched volunteers. This year’s findings confirm what many already know from experience: the people making moderation possible are holding up a system that is growing heavier by the day.

    Moderators are doing everything, often alone

    Most of the people keeping platforms safe are not working in large teams or focused roles. They are volunteers running small or medium-sized services who also manage hosting, community building, and legal issues.

    • More than half of all respondents said they were the only moderator or part of a very small team
    • Only 13% said their main focus was moderation
    • The rest balance moderation with technical administration, community management, and legal/compliance activities

    There is no clear boundary between roles on most services. Instead, safety work is something moderators have to squeeze in along with everything else.

    In 2025, 45% of respondents reported handling three or more roles, down from 52% in 2023. This includes those selecting all four roles (moderation, systems admin, community management, and legal/compliance).

    This slight but consistent decline may indicate some separation of duties as communities mature. However, it could also reflect role fatigue, reduced participation, or the departure of volunteers who were previously covering multiple responsibilities.

    The mod-to-member ratio is getting worse, not better

    Based on service account totals, the average ratio of moderators to accounts is now 1:24,288 (total accounts). In 2023 this was 1:6,167. This change is likely not due to improved efficiency, it more likely reflects a growing burden on the same limited pool of volunteers.

    While some of the largest instances have dedicated teams, the majority of services are run by one or two people. There is no easy way to scale up this labour, and no capacity to absorb new or worsening threats.

    Moderators are burning out

    One in five respondents reported that their moderation work had a negative impact on their mental health. This includes trauma, exhaustion, or withdrawal from community life. This number has been consistent since 2023, roughly 20% report the same each year.

    The harms moderators are exposed to include spam floods, disinformation campaigns, hate speech, harassment, and occasionally CSAM or reports of serious real-world harm. Most teams do not have access to legal advice, mental health resources, or trauma-informed processes.

    “There is no backup. If I disappear for a week, everything piles up” said one respondent. Many moderators do not feel safe or supported. Even those who continue to moderate effectively report a high cost to doing so.

    We are not onboarding enough new people

    Although the report shows a modest increase in average experience overall, it also reveals a decline in the number of new moderators entering the ecosystem. In many communities, experienced moderators have been doing the work for years, often without formal support or clear succession planning.

    Moderator experience appears to be splitting into two distinct groups: a growing number of early-career moderators with fewer than three years of experience, and a smaller but rising group with six to ten years.

    Those in the middle, particularly with three to six years of experience, are falling away sharply. Without stronger onboarding and retention support, the gap between newer volunteers and long-time moderators is likely to widen.

    If we don’t improve the pathways for new moderators to enter, learn, and stay, the system may not hold. The number of people doing the work will continue to shrink, even as threats increase.

    This is not sustainable

    Decentralised platforms pride themselves on being community-led and member-directed. But community care requires people. And right now, those people are overwhelmed.

    If we want the social web to remain open, resilient, and safe for marginalised users, we need to support the humans at its core.

    What will help: shared tools and templates for policy, onboarding, and moderation; access to wellbeing support and peer networks; sustainable funding for training, stipends, and community-led projects; less duplication and more shared infrastructure across services.

    We’ll be sharing more posts in the coming weeks, each looking at a different part of the report. From big-picture trends to behind-the-scenes insights, our goal is to make the findings useful, readable, and relevant to the people doing the work. If you’re part of that work, or thinking about getting involved, we hope you’ll follow along.

    Support the people doing the work

    IFTAS supports the moderators, administrators, and community volunteers who make the social web safer and more resilient. If you believe this work matters, please consider making a donation. Even small contributions help fund training, tools, and care for the people holding the line.

    Donate to IFTAS today.


    This post is part of an ongoing series exploring the findings and forecasts from the 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report. Now that we have three years of data, we’ll not only dive into the 2025 results, but also take a broader look at how key patterns have shifted over time. From volunteer burnout to federation policies, this series will highlight what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and what that means for the future of trust and safety on the social web.The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Report Is HereBehind the Numbers: Who Moderates the Social Web?Volunteers, burnout, and the people holding the lineWho is doing the work to keep the social web safe? Who responds to reports, blocks malicious actors, answers legal requests, and supports users in distress? According to the 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report, it is mostly unpaid, overstretched volunteers. This year’s findings confirm what many already know from experience: the people making moderation possible are holding up a system that is growing heavier by the day.Moderators are doing everything, often aloneMost of the people keeping platforms safe are not working in large teams or focused roles. They are volunteers running small or medium-sized services who also manage hosting, community building, and legal issues.More than half of all respondents said they were the only moderator or part of a very small teamOnly 13% said their main focus was moderationThe rest balance moderation with technical administration, community management, and legal/compliance activities There is no clear boundary between roles on most services. Instead, safety work is something moderators have to squeeze in along with everything else.In 2025, 45% of respondents reported handling three or more roles, down from 52% in 2023. This includes those selecting all four roles (moderation, systems admin, community management, and legal/compliance). This slight but consistent decline may indicate some separation of duties as communities mature. However, it could also reflect role fatigue, reduced participation, or the departure of volunteers who were previously covering multiple responsibilities.The mod-to-member ratio is getting worse, not betterBased on service account totals, the average ratio of moderators to accounts is now 1:24,288 (total accounts). In 2023 this was 1:6,167. This change is likely not due to improved efficiency, it more likely reflects a growing burden on the same limited pool of volunteers. While some of the largest instances have dedicated teams, the majority of services are run by one or two people. There is no easy way to scale up this labour, and no capacity to absorb new or worsening threats.Moderators are burning outOne in five respondents reported that their moderation work had a negative impact on their mental health. This includes trauma, exhaustion, or withdrawal from community life. This number has been consistent since 2023, roughly 20% report the same each year.The harms moderators are exposed to include spam floods, disinformation campaigns, hate speech, harassment, and occasionally CSAM or reports of serious real-world harm. Most teams do not have access to legal advice, mental health resources, or trauma-informed processes. “There is no backup. If I disappear for a week, everything piles up” said one respondent. Many moderators do not feel safe or supported. Even those who continue to moderate effectively report a high cost to doing so.We are not onboarding enough new people Although the report shows a modest increase in average experience overall, it also reveals a decline in the number of new moderators entering the ecosystem. In many communities, experienced moderators have been doing the work for years, often without formal support or clear succession planning. Moderator experience appears to be splitting into two distinct groups: a growing number of early-career moderators with fewer than three years of experience, and a smaller but rising group with six to ten years. Those in the middle, particularly with three to six years of experience, are falling away sharply. Without stronger onboarding and retention support, the gap between newer volunteers and long-time moderators is likely to widen. If we don’t improve the pathways for new moderators to enter, learn, and stay, the system may not hold. The number of people doing the work will continue to shrink, even as threats increase.This is not sustainable Decentralised platforms pride themselves on being community-led and member-directed. But community care requires people. And right now, those people are overwhelmed. If we want the social web to remain open, resilient, and safe for marginalised users, we need to support the humans at its core. What will help: shared tools and templates for policy, onboarding, and moderation; access to wellbeing support and peer networks; sustainable funding for training, stipends, and community-led projects; less duplication and more shared infrastructure across services.We’ll be sharing more posts in the coming weeks, each looking at a different part of the report. From big-picture trends to behind-the-scenes insights, our goal is to make the findings useful, readable, and relevant to the people doing the work. If you’re part of that work, or thinking about getting involved, we hope you’ll follow along.Support the people doing the workIFTAS supports the moderators, administrators, and community volunteers who make the social web safer and more resilient. If you believe this work matters, please consider making a donation. Even small contributions help fund training, tools, and care for the people holding the line.Donate to IFTAS today.
  • Chris AlemanyC

    3 Day Warning for the Migration!
    Look for the 📣icon at the top of the socialbc.ca webpage.

    You can also see the announcement, updates, and FAQ at our little migration page here: https://socialbc.org/socialbc/migration.html

    Expect downtime to begin Saturday at 9PM (Pacific) as the server is backed up and migrated to our new space in Vancouver! A huge thanks to @mastohost for being our home over the past year, and more thanks to @jrenken and Sandwich.net for providing the new space!


    @britt fingers crossed!
  • Kevin Karhan :verified:K

    Any or on the that are making some nice tunes in these times?

    • I'd love to your content!

    Espechally since all I cound find on a quick search is ¹ and weird ²


    @kkarhan I first read "weird AI propaganda" as "Weird Al propaganda" and wondered how he'd become involved in this, lol
  • Jon S. von TetzchnerJ

    More and more people are seeking alternatives to Big Tech, given their role in the current state of the world.

    Many are finding us at @Vivaldi a viable option and I welcome you to try us out. If you already have, please share with your friends. They will, hopefully, join us and thank you.

    You can read more about us below. We are also the only Web browser with its own Mastodon server, meaning we support the Fediverse.

    https://vivaldi.com/company/


    @jon @Vivaldi I’m workin’ on it, Jon!!!
  • Alex PlaumL

    🔊 Es hat ein bisschen gedauert, aber jetzt ist das Ding da:

    Unser zum Projekt . 🙌

    Unsere Erkenntnisse aus 6+ Monaten Recherche, Analyse und Prototypengebastel.

    Themenfeld: , , , , , .

    Viel Freude mit dem Report. Ich bin gespannt auf euer Feedback.

    ⬇
    https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/innovation/whitepaper-fediverse-100.html


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    @lxplm @DresdnerForschungswerk ist das was für Deine Arbeit?
  • Yehuda TurtleIsland.socialY

    Please Boost!

    Many are probably familiar with how unfriendly the / is to non-white cultures.

    In my opinion, if you really care about wiping out Fediverse white supremacy with actions and not just empty words... you should be following ALL https://TurtleIsland.social moderators and admins.

    @ashley (Cree)
    @amandamakepeace (Tsalagi)
    @dillyd (Great Ally)
    @Tzipporah (Mvskoke)
    @Yehuda (Mvskoke)


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    @Yehuda @ashley @amandamakepeace @dillyd @Tzipporah Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma citizen now living in Canada here!
  • Markus EiseleM

    🏃♂️ Building - federated activity tracking for the Fediverse

    Think Strava, but:
    ✅ Federates with Mastodon
    ✅ Self-hosted
    ✅ Your data, your rules
    ✅ Apache licensed

    Thanks @javahippie for the inspiration!

    🛠️ Java + Quarkus + Vert.x + ActivityPub
    🌐 https://open-pace.com
    💻 https://github.com/myfear/open-pace

    Post a run → friends on Mastodon see it
    Own your miles, share your journey

    Contributions welcome. Let's build in the open!


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    @SimonTB @javahippie no fosdem for me unfortunately. Keep an eye out for the first commits. Still mulling over a testing strategy that is manageable and not too complex.
  • AliceT

    OK this is the longest of long shots and will only mean anything to folk or even (ers)…anyone got ANY idea where I could get my hands on photos of DART TRAIN INTERIORS FROM 1980’s?? Not finding anything much online. Building a paper diorama of a train carriage from this era for a film project. Any leads gratefully recieved!

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    @johnke thank you for confirming! This is really useful - thank you so much! God I love it here!
  • LASSEN_BandL

    Ihr Lieben, wir sind echt dankbar für Eure Unterstützung! 🥰🙏

    Die meisten Käufe unseres Albums kommen bisher aus dem , so weit wir das erkennen können. (Nein, wir stalken euch nicht 😅). Das ist einfach großartig! 🤗

    Über haben wir hingegen noch nichts eingenommen (wegen der 1000-Streams-Regel), was wohl noch etwas verzögern wird. 💸


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    @effjay Von der Vergütung her ja. Ansonsten sind Deezer auch auf der guten Seite. Nicht gut sind die anderen Techbros wie Apple, Amazon etc. Da macht’s dann auch keinen großen Unterschied zu Spotify. @bulkatos
  • Stefan BohacekS

    Have there been any statements from fediverse admins on how they'd handle certain people, organizations, or government agencies that have generated controversy on Bluesky in the past, or, say, today?


    @stefan I have no idea what this means.
  • MediaOnMastodonM

    On there are now
    413 verified accounts from organizations in
    21 languages and on
    121 instances.

    258 were active today.

    Some accounts, that were active today are
    @freezenet (ENG)
    @cabinradio (ENG)
    @macandi (GER)
    @drwindows (GER)
    @kuketzblog (GER)

    Find the whole list on:
    ➡https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

    Built by @mho


    On #Mastodon there are now 413 verified accounts from #news organizations in 21 languages and on 121 instances.258 were active today.Some accounts, that were active today are @freezenet (ENG)@cabinradio (ENG)@macandi (GER)@drwindows (GER)@kuketzblog (GER)Find the whole list on:️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.htmlBuilt by @mho#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon