It’s kinda hard to get a feel for which community you should post somethings in. I’d say this is particularly true of discussion topics/text posts (that end up never posted). Anyone else or Is it just a me problem? If not, what could be done about it?
I just tried to make a post on Mastodon and tag a community in it so that my post would show up in that community – something I’ve done many times before.
Following https://tarte.nuage-libre.fr/c/fediverse/p/194717/we-need-more-users I decided to explore data a little bit more. I’m not the biggest fan of growth-as-as-target so I wanted to see how much the people were participating in the discussion.
The “Do not display posts with which I have already interacted (opened/upvoted/downvoted)” setting can be incredibly useful in general platform use but it can often create a lot of confusion at the same time.
I have received word that there are people combing through the PieFed code looking for anything that might be harmful. This is excellent and can only make PieFed better and less harmful.
The host Search Engine, PJ Vogt, and the host of Hard Fork, Kevin Roose, discussed their thoughts about a “new kind of Internet” possible with the Fediverse. They also talked about the challenges of the somewhat technical barrier to entry.
As far as I know, the software used by Fediverse, a decentralized social networking site, makes information public due to its decentralized nature, and as a result, it’s often possible to obtain feeds of the latest information via RSS.
I frequently fat-finger both selecting the emoji icon and the X to close it, which results in accidentally hitting whatever emoji is closest to the X on random posts/comments. Is there a way to remove this reaction once I’ve done it? I know I can change the reaction to a different one, but if there’s a way to completely remove it I’m missing it.
Hello! I’ve recently been testing out PieFed (I followed the Docker install instructions), it’s actually working quite well… However, I’m a bit of a newbie system administrator, I was wondering if there was a guide or documentation available on how to back up/restore a PieFed instance installed this way? Being able to back up and restore the instance is the one stumbling block I need to get past in order to self host PieFed, so I would certainly appreciate any help that people can provide 😀 Thanks!
Our present version of the internet is arguably the worst it’s ever been. Which means – any shot at changing things, even an unlikely one – is worth trying out.
Jon Henshaw interviews Mastodon creator Eugen Rochko about how he got started in software development, what led him to create Mastodon, why Threads interoperability with Mastodon fell flat, what it’ll take to get people to switch to the fediverse, why he views Mastodon as a network and not a media platform, and why Mastodon chose ActivityPub.
It would be nice if there was a way to favorite a community so that when you open the Communities tab, your favorites are listed at the top similar to how Voyager does it.