Kai 'wusel' Siering @wusel@uu.org

Well, I rolled out my own Mastodon instance on my tiny Docker host. For now I will probably just use it to figure out what all of the buttons do.

One thing does have me perplexed, following people on certain instances seems to require approval when done so from my own instance, while following the same people from mastodon.social does not.

I'm guessing mastodon.social is somehow whitelisted with most other instances and my own brand new instance is not.

#MastodonHosting #RollYourOwn

Now that we're learning this lesson that centralized silos are brittle and operate in the interest of the owners not the users...

...please note the move toward centralizing podcasts into apps from Amazon/Audible, Spotify, iHeart, YouTube, TikTok etc.

If you like podcasts, use an RSS-based podcast player. Support the open ecosystem. We can only survive if you clearly see the threat and act supportively.

Hey, remember posting to Twitter using SMS? Well, now you can register and post to Mastodon via SMS to the number +1 (231) TOOTING / +1 (231) 866 8464, using this convenient app:

http://aka-san.halcy.de:5555/

📰 #CBS News Suspends Use Of #Twitter ‘In Light Of The Uncertainty’ Surrounding Platform Under #Musk
#RIPTwitter
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2022/11/19/cbs-news-suspends-all-activity-on-twitter-in-light-of-the-uncertainty-surrounding-platform-under-musk/

PSA - I use the #cw content warning feature only as an exception. I have been informed that parts of the #fediverse use this feature much more often. If you rely on cw for the majority of toots in your timeline, you should NOT follow me. This should be a safe space for you in whatever way you prefer to use it. If you rely on cw for that, I am NOT a good candidate to follow. Thx.

@jwildeboer ...towards a future of semi-centralized gatekeepers who defederate whole instances on a whim ("hosts mainstream journalists" was the best excuse I heard for defederating journa.host).

And "well, then go and host your own Mastodon instance" is not the solution it sounds like.

Die Elon Musks dieser Welt werden mich nicht daran hindern, weiter von einem freien, offenen Internet für alle zu träumen. Eher im Gegenteil. Mein Kommentar für die Frankfurter Rundschau 👇

Bierverbot. Wenn Katar jetzt auch noch ein Tempolimit einführt, ist die WM für deutsche Fans gelaufen. #wm2022

tja hätten wir nicht gedacht, dass der rechte ein jahr später NOCH dümmer dasteht als der linke

This year, the speed limit in #Bordeaux dropped from 50 km/h to 30 (30 to 20 mph). Joins #Montpellier #Grenoble, #Nice, #Lille, #Nantes, 200 other cities in #France with 30 km/h limits.

This has already led to an astonishing 70% decrease in crash fatalities.

So someone at work has started leaving ducks around. So, I’m adding art captions. Because, of course I am. #ducks #GuerillaArt #office

The Tories are literally dying out https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/11/18/the-tories-are-literally-dying-out/ Tory support amongst those under 50 and those who don't own their own homes outright has collapsed. There looks to be no basis left for them as a viable political party

Here's your irregular reminder that:

Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.

Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers

The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.

Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.

And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.

We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.

Adding broad search (beyond hashtags and local search) on Mastodon would be really useful.

But it could be used by bad actors to find users to harass.

Would you like to see expanded search features?

Please boost so we can gather views across the fediverse.

Today, 2022-11-18, we are seeing a sustained 10,000 new accounts *per hour* across almost 1,700 active #Mastodon instances. That’s 5 times more per hour than in the week before. More than 7,000,000 accounts in total on active instances. These are truly fascinating numbers.

#toriesout

Drei Richter am EGMR finden: das deutsche Informationszugangsrecht ist mit den Vorgaben der EMRK kaum in Einklang zu bringen.

@davidwerdermann zu strukturellen Prolemen für 'public watchdogs' & Hausaufgaben für die Bundesregierung.

https://verfassungsblog.de/geheimdienste-toter-winkel/