Mastonaut
instances
Mastonaut | instances | |
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2 | 183 | |
113 | 232 | |
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8.7 | 4.1 | |
about 1 month ago | 7 months ago | |
Swift | JavaScript | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Mastonaut
- What is your current favorite Mastodon client?
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Mastodon client from the people behind Tweetbot
No Mac version yet it looks like.
For anyone interested in a really nice Mac client for Mastodon, the best one I've found so far is this specific fork of Mastonaut https://github.com/chucker/Mastonaut (the original is unmaintained).
The UX is similar to Twitterrific.
instances
- How do I find more niche, smaller mastodon servers?
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Achan has a threads account now
Mastodon
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What's mastodon?
A good way to find an instance that works for you is the site: Mastodon instances https://instances.social/
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Suggesting Mastodon for the academic community.
Firstly, you can start by searching for instances of interest here.
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Mastodon has reached 13M accounts
The latter. Source is at https://github.com/gallizoltan/usercount which states:
> A bot which counts users from all instances listed at https://instances.social then posts statistics to Mastodon.
> User Count Bot for all known Mastodon instances
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For members of "science twitter" who are opposed to Twitter's recently deployed content-wall - what are some alternative platforms that help academics openly share and discuss scientific research?
For those on the fence, but know more about how instances work, this resource may help you pick a relevant one. There is also this Github resource that enlists all academia-based instances.
- Newbie problem
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Any Indigenous Mastodon Servers To Join?
I used this site for finding specialized Mastodon servers. I used a variety of search string and did not find any Mastodon servers specialized to Indigenous People's concerns.
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Why Reddit is no longer my home on the internet
Go to this place to find a place to sign up: https://instances.social/
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Migration Guide / Plan
Find and join communities in Reddit alternatives. Here's a list of Mastodon communities, and here's an online tool to find and parse through the different Mastodon communities. This is a list of popular Lemmy servers. However, do keep an eye out as some existing subreddit's moderators may create new communities on these sites.
What are some alternatives?
Boutique - ✨ A magical persistence library (and so much more) for state-driven iOS and Mac apps ✨
Lemmy - 🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse
BFKit-Swift - BFKit-Swift is a collection of useful classes, structs and extensions to develop Apps faster.
PixelFed - Photo Sharing. For Everyone.
Equinox - 🌇 🌃 Create dynamic wallpapers for macOS.
gotosocial - Fast, fun, small ActivityPub server. - WE'RE ON HOLIDAY UNTIL MAY 23rd - REPO IS READ-ONLY TO NON-CONTRIBUTORS UNTIL THEN
elk - A nimble Mastodon web client
Mastodon - Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
LocationSimulator - MacOS application to spoof / fake / mock your iOS / iPadOS or iPhoneSimulator device location. WatchOS and TvOS are partially supported.
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
Socialhome - A federated social home
GuideToMastodon - An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon