I can't believe that my favorite Metal band created their own social media.

@PSYCHOV3N0M

Жыл бұрын

BLOOD AND THUNDER!!! 😂😂😂

@darylesells19

Жыл бұрын

This is right where my mind went!

@jyminewtron1416

Жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣 saw them in concert one time at a rock event. Lol never heard them before that, became a fan after. Lol also I'm glad someone else thought of the joke so i wasnt alone in that thought 😆

@joosepgeorg

Жыл бұрын

🤟

@NinjaRunningWild

Жыл бұрын

They wanted everyone to be Ahab.

An 4 years after this video comes out Musk and Twitter prove they are 100% spot on about corporate social media.

This is great! I never wanted to be on Facebook because of the people who run it, and I never wanted wanted to use Twitter because of the people who use it. This is just what I wanted!

@Agent_Chieftain

Жыл бұрын

But now all the people who use to use twitter are going to Mastodon because of Elon...

@ottergauze

Жыл бұрын

@@Agent_Chieftain Part of the reason Twitter is the way it is is because of profit motives.

@vascomanteigas9433

Жыл бұрын

Much probably the domestic NAS makers Will launch Mastodon Servers applications to the user create their own server.

@hokiper

4 ай бұрын

Well, Mastodon has it bundled for you. Both the people who run it and the people who use it are the problem.

the animated characters are so cute!

@loganbuckley2010

4 жыл бұрын

Soy Boy Ahoy: yes

@FC-BS

6 ай бұрын

Yes

Mastodon feels like the early days of the internet & Twitter where you weren't anxious about posting something in case it got some toxic comments. Twitter has some really toxic areas. Humans are only meant to really interact with a couple hundred people really, so something like Mastodon with lots of small instances seems to cater to that more so than one gigantic global network like Twitter or Facebook, while still letting instances interact with each-other. I left Facebook years ago, & was waiting for something free & open source to appear, Mastodon fills that for me. Great to see the upsurge in users & instances since Musk bought Twitter.

@stephenlangsl67

Жыл бұрын

Been there, done that. I disabled My Twitter account a year ago because of the really toxic comments I got from apparently abusive trolls.

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favored.

I can think of quite a few music related groups that can be started on Mastodon to fill in that void of Mastodon only having 3 of them at the present time.

@babybloc

Жыл бұрын

#AccordionMastodon ❤️‍🔥🪗🦣

I like that there is an instance where the letter 'e' is not allowed. And then there is that instance where ONLY the letter 'e' is allowed! Good stuff! xD Im kinda hoping that more decentralized networks reach technical majority sooner rather than later. Could mean that things become less datagrabby and more diverse/chaotic again (and possibly more free) like in the 'old internet' (reddit is to blame for the term ;))

As an artist that paintsnudes, this makes social media possible for me, free from a Silicone Valley foreign culture that is hysterical about nudity.

What makes mastodon effective is the "free software" philosophy of the AGPL license, which requires that deployed instances of the "open source" mastodon software share the software and all modifications to it with their users. Permissive open source licenses don't require this, enabling corporations to effectively "close" and privatize the codebase.

An innovative and brilliant network. Beautifully explained using a completely user-friendly method. Great content!

@motthebug

Жыл бұрын

Or not, but ....

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favor

Thank you for creating an amazing platform. I just love how the Fediverse is growing and it doesn't seem to be slowing down.

Ever since first joining Mastodon, I have deleted all my other social media and my life has improved so much! Mastodon is a great place and at least from my experience with it, lacks all of the toxicity of Twitter and such.

@thebiggestcauldron

6 жыл бұрын

Does it have so many events posted by people as Facebook?

@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou

5 жыл бұрын

really? cos literally all i've ever heard about it is that it's absolutely rife with pedophiles, and to a lesser extent, nazis.

@hecko-yes

5 жыл бұрын

@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou yeah that tends to happen when you let people do whatever they want thankfully most of the "sane" instances block them by default so you don't need to worry about that

@jamespruett27

2 жыл бұрын

so you are a shill

@asdfghyter

Жыл бұрын

@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou are you thinking of Gab, since that is a Mastodon fork? it doesn't have anything to do with the Mastodon project other than being based on the same code and it is blocked by most other servers

Having a global tab beyond the federal tab that tracks the top trending posts from every instance would be very effective and will probably keep the site from feeling like an echo chamber or bubble. Also good for the social media to feel more social and less isolating. As a user I think I'd go insane if I couldn't see what the entire platform is up to while I'm restrained to a tiny bubble.

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favor

@THE-X-Force

Жыл бұрын

Yes. This needs to happen in order for Mastodon to be considered a Twitter alternative, which we desperately need.

Been super happy with this platform so far!

@FarfettilLejl

2 жыл бұрын

Are you still using it?

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favored.

@suddenCHU

Жыл бұрын

@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj OK Mickey Mouse

question 1: is there an index of all platforms/servers implementing ActivityPub and/or OStatus which are all connected in a mesh? or a list of all meshes and then each mesh with the list of all servers? question 2: who's running each server? and who pays for the resources needed to run a server? and if that server gets corrupted and my account is stored there, is my account compromised and in danger to lose all the data, all the account? or it gets duplicated on several connected servers which are in the same mesh?

@ChrisDecrease

4 жыл бұрын

1. There are a few sites that list instances of particular services, like fediverse.network/. 2. Whomever makes the server, and any appointed admins, I'd imagine. // Like they said in the video, many instances are crowdfunded, so resources are paid for by members in that case (I've seen Patreon being used). // That's generally the case, yes, but good admins would have regular server backups. If I understand this correctly, I think your posts would only exist on other servers if someone one another server is following you or shares your posts. I could be wrong there, though.

I don't know, I think Crack The Skye was their last great record.

@joinmastodon

6 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong

@guitarsenpai420

5 жыл бұрын

I can appreciate their new stuff tho.

@lpbotta900

5 жыл бұрын

I think Emperor of Sand is the best since Crack the Skye

@bleb5518

4 жыл бұрын

I think every record is unique and great in its own way :)

@jdally9872

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say blood mountain but agree to disagree. Although their new one Fallen Torches is actually kind of a fkn banger

This video is the cutest thing!

I tried Mastodon back in the beginning, but it was a bit confusing, glad to see they made it much better. But can the admin of a certain instance sell you personal data, and see the DM you send to other person?

@user-xf7mu7ub9d

Жыл бұрын

Read their privacy policy.

Awooooo!!!! I love Mastodon! Its a breath of fresh air when compared with the closed silos we find everywhere!

@scottwillie6389

5 жыл бұрын

@Wylvien This is not true. Mastodon is just an implementation. The particular instance that the guy who created Mastodon posts on is indeed a highly censored echo chamber, but Mastodon itself is not. You are confusing a feature of the the Activity Pub protocol (the ability to federate or not federate with whomever you chose) with an instance of an implementation.

@bobhoskins124

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Learn sounds like a fancy way of saying there are no echo chambers but we all exist in them

Cute mascot character.🥰

Love these Elephants!

Love the More Than I Could Chew thumbnail hit

Very interesting, how is the privacy though?

Mastodon is one of the original Zords and it's so cool that it became an app.

I wonder if i can create my own little instance on a raspberry pi.. If it's powerfull enough to support an instance of a couple of people it just might be worth trying.

seems like running an instance of Mastodon is similar to running a subreddit?

@lennoxbaumbach390

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much. Though the main difference that a user is tied with their initial registration to one choosen community but should be able to access the whole Fediverse and its services. The other difference is that a instance cannot be "banned"/deleted, but they can be blocked by other instances, which means they can get isolated/contained in their reach influence if enough instances decide to block them.

Great project!

"mastodon is growing fast" - yes definitely now more than ever

Can you import photos, videos, gifs from tumblr to your Mastodon site? If so could anyone explain how that is done.

@babybloc

Жыл бұрын

I read that there are worries right now about video file uploading overwhelming servers? One person was suggesting people publish links to videos hosted elsewhere. So I don’t think I’ll be migrating all my material from another platform right now I’m just a new immigrant there, trying to figure it out without wrecking it 🦣

@AlexRamosDrTaz

Жыл бұрын

​@@babybloc yeah, better to link to videos and other media, instead of uploading to a Mastodon server. I just started a couple of Mastodon accounts, a RL one and one for metaverse use. I don't plan on uploading any of my photos for either one to a Mastodon server, as much as possible. I'll use Flickr and gyazo links for now.

so this is like a weird hybrid of twitter and discord

@darin7553

Жыл бұрын

Discord is centralized and controller strictly by one company. Mastodon is federated

@hypermug1

Жыл бұрын

No its like email but for social networking

This Video need to be shown everywhere! #Mastodon #MediaRevolution

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

@Wylvien Mastodon isn't like that... anyone can create their own instance with their own rules if they don't like the other instances.

Very interesting. I'm curious of a few things. Pretty ignorant of how things work online (Truly... correct me where I'm wrong, I very well may be lol) I'm knocking around ideas looking into the potential issues in the future with a pessimistic lens... 1st.) - Is it the case that individuals manage the rules to abide for their "instance", or is it that the each server determines their own "rules" to abide by, which is managed by a collective of "instances"? --Assuming the later (perhaps wrongly), IF a server has certain rules determined by the owner or group, and they boot violating "instances" from their server (likely moving to other more tolerant servers), but the accumulated "instances" that willingly abide their rules eventually grows, doesn't that create a bubble/echo chamber? (for better or for worse)? 2nd.) - If a privately owned server/"instances determines its own rules, and maybe deems another server, or individual on it to be incompatible with their server's rules; can they ban either one as they choose? What of someone who wants to communicate with them, but cant because of the group they're in that banned them.. 3rd.) - The free market capitalist in me sees viability of the idea that "bad" or poorly managed servers of "instances" will fall, and better servers rise where no centralized government makes the rules.. but the potential issue I see is a decentralized servers clustering into countless bubbles based on ideological community standards.. whether pro/anti free speech/ prejudice/ political party/ racial segregation... CAN you control who privately owned servers/SHOULD you? E.g. - Edge Lords on this server, and SJWs on that server... Unable to communicate.. 4th.) Obviously larger servers with more free communication standards between servers/instances will exist... I do realize maybe I'm nit picking.. but in the long run, I see potential for bubbles forming like sediment jars of social media groups.. 5th.) Will privately owned "Mastodon" servers be unilaterally held to a principle of open/free communication between all servers? or is that violating the idea behind decentralizing the whole thing? - Lastly - My general understanding is that "bubbles" is the whole idea of the thing, but with privately owned bubbles rather than centralized standards that creates one specific bubble... like we see with Twitter, and Facebook.. Privately owned and privately managed... is Privately owned, and publicly managed the case here? I'm not clear on specifics.. just inquiring about them basically.. - Thanks :)

@rixthefox6187

5 жыл бұрын

Instance admin here, I'll try my best to answer all your questions. 1: Each instance is it's own separate entity with it's own list of rules. Each server also maintains it's own ban list so just because one instance blocks you does not mean everyone also blocks you. The only instance you really have to care about for rules is your local instance. If you break a rule on the local instance you'll be contacted by your instance admin but you won't necessarily be hounded by 50 other server admins for breaking their rules since they do not have jurisdiction over your account. At most, they will contact the instance admin who will then determine if you are acting in bad faith, breaking the rules, or representing the instance in a way that jeopardizes the instance's ability to federate with other instances. 2: Bans can be tweaked so that instead of blocking all communications between two instances it will simply not show up in the Federated Timeline on the instance with the ban in place. Bans can be as permissive as a simple mute, which allows users who follow users on the banned instance to still communicate (called Silence) but will prevent those who don't follow them from seeing their messages in the Federated Timeline. The other way is much more restricted (Suspend) where all media from a banned instance is deleted from the local instance and users who follow someone on a banned instance will not be able to communicate at all. Usually admins are not going to slam on the Suspend block unless your instance is engaging in questionable/illegal behaviors. 3: Yes there are bubbles of instances that share common rules and interests but because of the decentralized nature it works itself out. Depending on your interests you may gravitate to one instance more than another. This is by design. While you can't control who gets to run a server/instance you can use the banning features mentioned above to ensure your users are not warring against people who don't share the same views. While in some ways yes this seems like something you wouldn't want to do, it's an unspoken requirement in order to prevent harassment and other instances from defederating with you due to ineffective management. 4: The large scale general instances are not immune from having to police their users, just because they hold more users just means the admin team is working just as hard to ensure that everyone is playing fairly. You would think an instance that supports total freedom of speech would contain more users, right? No. What ends up happening is other instances begin blocking these kinds of instances because of that lack of moderation (causing people to leave in order to not be blocked). By offering a safe haven for all forms of speech you're actually hurting your instance so it's always good to find a balance. Other instance admins will be more open to federating with an instance that takes a stand against problematic users than those who do not. So while it's possible for large instances to have their own bubbles inside themselves, these instances are going to be policing their users more than instances directed towards a specific niche due to their size and breadth of topics with more potential for disagreements and arguments. 5: Mastodon instances are not required to federate with anybody. While that's obviously against the whole design goals of Mastodon, it can be done and nobody will get angry with you. The problem those instances will face would be no different than trying to launch your own social network from scratch. How do you attract users to your platform if there isn't anybody to talk to? That doesn't mean these instances can't be successful with the right marketing, it's just going to take a lot more effort than if you were to simply allow open federation. Other's may criticize you for turning the platform private but your not doing anything the AGPL 3.0 doesn't already allow you to do. The only thing you aren't allowed to do under that license is to modify Mastodon and not make those changes public. Under the AGPL 3.0 even just using the application in a web browser is considered distribution and source code must be made available to anyone who uses it which means that it is also entirely possible for your users to take that source code and make it available publicly and there isn't anything you can do to stop it. 6: Twitter and Facebook aren't specific bubbles though, they employ algorithms to try and manipulate your timeline to show you stuff that they have determined would be of interest to you. There is no way for you or me to audit their algorithms to determine why something showed up in our timelines other than the fact that it did show up. Mastodon is different because there is no algorithms at play, it is simply relaying messages between people whom you already follow. The Federated timeline is going to show you every message that instance has received ether from Relay servers or from other people who are being followed on the same instance that have posted that message on the public timeline. Companies are able to manipulate you in ways you cannot see nor prove. There is no fighting with Facebook or Twitter ether so the moment they determine they don't want you on their platform anymore you are effectively banned from society due to their size unlike with Mastodon where a ban from once instance does not stop you from using the platform all together. Hopefully that has answered your questions and if anything I said was confusing or didn't quite make sense please let me know.

Decided to give it a go. Had to get approval after signing up. Off to a terrible start.

I love Mastodon!

@cvcxn477

3 ай бұрын

I wonder why 🙄…

How is an instance powered ? Shared server ? It's the main question but it is not answered.

@DalekCoffee

Жыл бұрын

One instance is one server. Physical hardware or software as a service from a cloud provider. The documentation for mastodon covers how to setup, but to use the social network you can just join any instance you don't have to make or rent your own

I knew I recognized that animation. Dopatwo you are the king

You should post these videos on a peertube instance.

Beautiful!

I think calling Mastodon "Open Source" is a poor choice of words, given that it's licensed under the AGPL. Calling it Free/Libre Software would've been both more accurate _and_ maybe even introduce users to the concept of software freedom.

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

@@apestogetherstrong341 kind of

@ster2600

2 жыл бұрын

Get a life

@jamespruett27

2 жыл бұрын

plus the creator is a liberal, only listing sites of his agenda. Grow a pair!

@code-dredd

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamespruett27 Doesn't matter much, right? You can just run your own instance separate from them.

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favored.

If I'd use a social media platform for actual socialising, instead of just politics, I'd definitely be in. Good luck to you!

@MickeyMouse-lm6zj

Жыл бұрын

This trailer is a lie. They claim "anyone can create their own instance of Mastodon with their own set of rules" and "all instances are owned operated and moderated by the community that creates them" and "no corporate surveillance" yet they censor right leaning instances while keeping literal anarchist and communist instances. And I don't mean exaggerating and calling liberals anarchists and communists, I mean actual anarchist and communist imagery and names being used. The excuse is that right wing instances are "hate speech" and that "hate speech is unacceptable", yet anarchist and communist instances advocate for riots, murderous revolutions, and beating up police. Most communists support Stalin (responsible for the Holodomor) and Julius Malema, living advocate for anti white (and anti Indian if that makes you care more) racism. It's clear they don't actually censor hate speech. And regardless, even if you do thing right wing instances should be deleted, that still means they are watching what you post, and do in fact have the ability to (and in some cases will) erase your instances if they disagree with it. Not to mention flaws with instances being hard to find in the first place. They can definitely and probably do choose which instances are favored.

If you join a server, how do you see content from other servers, other than content from people you follow on other servers, except that .. how would you even discover those people if their content doesn't appear on your server? And what happens when the rules from one server conflict with another? Any insight would be really appreciated because I am *done* with Twitter. Thank you.

@lunarna

Жыл бұрын

There is a "federated" tab to see all posts from other servers but it's easiest to discover people via boosts and replies

@THE-X-Force

Жыл бұрын

@@lunarna Thanks. I hope they work out a better / more intuitive way. The world needs a good alternative to Twitter. But we have to program to the lowest common denominator, and ease of use (or the lack thereof) is going to be a big deciding factor in what platform people choose to be on.

@drill_fiend1097

Жыл бұрын

Federated posts don't show media without going into different instances in some cases, and that's why it was kinda frustrating to use back then. Hope it improves.

Blood & Thunder !!!

ah, one of the earliest works signed by John Mastodon

everyone's talking about discord but i am the only one that thinks this is the superior successor to amino

@user-xf7mu7ub9d

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Discord is more about chats.

Does anyone know if there’s personal data protection or security vulnerabilities if these are operated this way?

@tapo9478

Жыл бұрын

Software Engineer here. No, Mastodon is open and subject to extensive review by anyone, and they communicate with each other using a simple open standard called ActivityPub. I would make sure you choose a server that you trust and stays up-to-date with patches though.

@mothgirlx6707

Жыл бұрын

@@tapo9478 thanks

@drill_fiend1097

Жыл бұрын

How are password hashes stored? Are they salted like most modern systems do so? Just wondering about security in general.

Thats how social media networks should look like

@holzmann-

6 ай бұрын

You love censorship?

Thinking about joining. No longer happy w Twitter.

@darin7553

Жыл бұрын

Pro tip: Make sure you spend the time to find a server that best fits your interests and beliefs. You'll be much happier if you do.

So, like MySpace possibly?

Greatest social media for future

Real question is how does the content ownership and rights work and what personal info is visible or accessible by the instance owner/mod. Also what happens to our content/account if an instance goes out of budget/donations and shuts down without warning. How do we take actions against self hosted hateful/explicit content containing instances.

"It can't be sold" Y'all saw this shiy coming from 4 years out huh?

It sounds like a dream! I wanted to find or create such p2p social system during long time. Thank you a lot! I'm your fan since now. :)

no tienen una app para android ?

What a cute animation! I'm looking forward to using this as Tumblr alternative. I'll donate as soon as I'm done with school and find a job.

Animated by dopatwo Ok, I'm in!

Interesting. Maybe I should migrate soon.

It works great and is easy to use.

I love the music :3

So if person A has an account on person B Mastodon instance, then person B can extract person A's conversations and private photos? I'd rather use Facebook then...

@ChrisDecrease

4 жыл бұрын

Same shit's possible on Facebook, except Facebook's a black box. Makes sense.

@michak7163

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisDecrease still I'd rather trust a global corporation with privacy&security policies implemented than "some guy with a server".

@ChrisDecrease

4 жыл бұрын

@@michak7163, that's fair. Though, unless you're reading those policies yourself, and you understand them completely, they may as well not exist. I'd rather trust a person who's known in the community to act in good faith vs a company whose goal it is to monetize my interactions by any means necessary.

@nazooondemand

4 жыл бұрын

If you don't trust other people make your own instance! Invite your friends and while it's easier said then done you van do it! There's also the possibility to just join the official mastodon instances

It seems like an open-source reddit for me. Is it?

LOVE THIS! Now I don't have to build it.

It doesn't mention how censorship works

Wondering if chumps Social connects with other Mastodon instances or if they have their own walled garden (my suspicion)

@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9

Жыл бұрын

the admins of different instances can block access to the instances of others.

I tried it. I've been receiving spam at an unprecedented rate at the address I used to connect to the server. It's gone from one or two bits of spam per week to more than 90 per day.

so basically: mastodon is like a mix between twitter and reddit?

dopato makes the best animations

This is what we need now

I joined Pawoo and Kolektiva and I think I ended up making 2 different profiles with the same email address. Did I do it wrong??

Is there a app

@unlink1649

2 жыл бұрын

many

@darin7553

Жыл бұрын

There are many different ones to choose from

Can someone from the US and someone from China use the same social network, then?

@rtnVFRmedia

6 жыл бұрын

yes, they can. There is at least one Mastodon instance which appears to be actually hosted in China which federates with the Western instances (its mostly cat pictures so goes under the radar of their govt, alas I can't read Chinese so I can only look at the pictures 😸)

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

@Wylvien "Anything that infringes on my legally protected FREEZE PEACH is totalitarian."

A very nice video.

what is macedon?

Sooo.... how do I access Mastodon from my desktop browser? It's useless to me if I have to download a new program or app to use it.

@Anonymous4045

Жыл бұрын

It's a network of different instances, not a single site you go to. The domain you use for it depends on the instance you join

@FluxAscender

Жыл бұрын

@Anonymous404 yeah, I started reading, lol. I decided to skip Mastodon. The way the network is designed guarantees that users won't have full access across the platform, and also opens doors to a security nightmare I don't even WANT to know about...

@darin7553

Жыл бұрын

Each server can choose to communicate to another server via activity pub

if its open source wont it mean people can view the code and exploit it?

@armorgeddon

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but instead of exploiting people can also fix it.

@sune9578

6 жыл бұрын

Just as "armorgeddon" says, people can take a look at it and fix it as well. Thing is, if a hacker can see the exploit, someone else can as well and can fix it. Having thousands of paranoid people audit the code at all times is much better and efficient than relying on a team of ten engineers who work only at certain hours try to fix all security issues.

@drill_fiend1097

Жыл бұрын

If code being open results in being exploited all the time, many open source standards like Linux wouldn't be used for production, but they are. It's actually shoddily written proprietary code that could become more vulnerable as any leaks of source code will only be accessible to non-white hats in the earlier stage. Of course, that's rare too unless the owner of code doesn't practice good security by themselves...

Love the animation !

Everything about this looks amazing Except... Why the 500 character limit...?

@peytongolding7544

5 жыл бұрын

@@robrob8936 they mentioned a 500 character limit for posts

@ChrisDecrease

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because it's microblogging, like Twitter. But, out the gate, it has a higher character limit than Twitter. But Tumblr's also microblogging, and it doesn't have such a limit. If you want longer posts, you can always make posts on Write.as, and have them shared to your Mastodon identity.

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisDecrease Some Mastodon instances modify the source code to have a character limit higher than 500. You could join one of those, or modify the source yourself to make your own instance.

Which is the correct Android app for Mastodon? Can someone share a link please?

@davidbrown6878

2 жыл бұрын

@marcin mikołajczak thanks for the link.

You should also be crediting the music to its creator. That sounds like a Kevin MacLeod track to me.

@boamaod

Жыл бұрын

It's "Pookatori and Friends" by Kevin MacLeod indeed. Author is credited in closing titles.

Super pomysł :)

Very cool

Love it

It's a decentralized Reddit in Discord form. I am both scared and aroused

@Zephyrus0

Жыл бұрын

We have lemmy if you want a more reddit like experience and still connect with mastodon and rest of the fedi

@SapphFire

Жыл бұрын

Discord form in what way?

@SapphFire

Жыл бұрын

​@@slipknot355 It's an actual server. A computer connected to a network just like your computer. Discord servers are all hosted on the same computer (oversimplified), and by the same company. Despite the name they have nothing in common.

sounds frickin awsome. only learned of it today.

Why should I use mastodon over frendica or gnu social?

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

It has more users, more support, more features, and more frequent updates - full stop.

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

Also, something newer: GNU Social (and maybe Friendica) are still stuck with the outdated OStatus federation protocol, whereas most of the fediverse now uses ActivityPub. If you wanna communicate with the rest of the fediverse, use a social network that supports ActivityPub, such as Mastodon itself or Pleroma.

gibts eigentlich auch eine "instanz" für künstler? musik und tanze, foto und video wären interessant.

please donate if you can, so Mastodon has a chance of seriously challenging the corporate giants (Facebook, Twitter). $1 per month per fan would be a game changer 😊

@mayhair

4 жыл бұрын

@Mister Physics So you don't like equal gender rights... well, just MAKE YOUR OWN INSTANCE.

Thought well I hate most social media and don't use it that much. Friends had suggested Mastodon as an alternative. So I went over, join a server. Had to wait to be approved and because of that and my busy work life forgot about it. Hadn't checked my email, spoke with a friend earlier about mastodon and went to check my email and saw I had been allowed to join. Went to have a look and I've been suspended? For not being active straight away admitted within two days. I knew you guys "moderated" more, which is a selling point I know but do you feel like you are maybe over correcting? I spend allot of my time outside and when I get home there are certain things I check, Mastodon hadn't joined that list yet. I don't know exactly where I am going with this but this is a little silly huh? By the time I can attempt to reactivate my account is a month? Honestly probably would end up appealing and forgetting to check again too so.. Yeah, not sure about the user friendliness for people aren't constantly online.

@herbertnorman617

Жыл бұрын

Depending on which server you were joining, that is unfortunately something that happened/happens a lot, mostly because of the massive influx of new users. Some servers decided to aggressively cut everyone out that isn't immediately and consistently active, so that all available slots they have can go to users that are. It sucks, no way to really butter that up. Still, one can join a different federated server and/or try again later when the massive influx of users has gone down a bit.

Snork. *Every time* I try to do this I hit walls. This is attempt 5 this week .... I think I'll just assume it is a lovely clique for insiders who show each other how to get in.

What's the music?

@boamaod

Жыл бұрын

It's "Pookatori and Friends" by Kevin MacLeod.

So its bassicly reddit or discord?

How can I favorise posts from other instants? It is too complicated.

@lunarna

Жыл бұрын

Literally just click on favorite

So, since you can create your own instance, it’s basically an echo chamber of whatever socio-political stance you want to believe then? Isn’t that pretty much what Twitter was until very recently?

@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9

Жыл бұрын

the users of different instances can interact with each-other.

@nunyabiz012

Жыл бұрын

@@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9 But not so easily, correct? You actively have to search for those instances, right?

@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyabiz012 the nonmobile website allows you to separate your feeds so you can see what people in and out of your server are saying.

@nate32396

8 ай бұрын

@@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9yeah but they all believe the same thing. So it’s just a very large echo chamber.

Mastodon, here I come

> Animated by dopatwo Now I get where the quality from

Does the animator happen to be the guy who does the Reasons To Pick videos for Dota heroes?

these animations are so cute

Mastodon 🤘🤘

Crowdfunded? So there is some sort of fee for instances?

@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9

Жыл бұрын

an optional fee. a lot of servers have patreon accounts that you can donate too

@Anonymous4045

Жыл бұрын

Maintaining a server aint cheap

@mimimurlough

Жыл бұрын

@@Anonymous4045 which is why most social media only have the one

@r033cx

Жыл бұрын

@@mimimurlough Most social media have a lot of servers, but they are all interconnected and owned by the same company. It's very expensive to operate a centralized social media Making your own mastodon instance is just $6, less than twitter blue lol And you don't need to do it anyway, it's just for if you want to have your own mastodon website

00:30 🤣 *Nice jab!*

I love the music on this video