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Mastodon
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| 453 | 46,719 | |
| - | 0.6% | |
| 9.8 | 10.0 | |
| over 6 years ago | 5 days ago | |
| PHP | Ruby | |
| - | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Mastodon
- Support Post Migration on Mastodon
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Radicle 1.0 – A Local-First, P2P Alternative to GitHub
Surprised no one mentioned ForgeFed [0]:
> ForgeFed is a federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle and ecosystem. This includes repository hosting websites, issue trackers, code review applications, and more. ForgeFed provides a common substrate for people to create interoperable code collaboration websites and applications.
It's based on ActivityPub [1], the same protocol that powers Mastodon [2], Lemmy [3], and Pixelfed [4].
[0] https://forgefed.org/
[1] https://activitypub.rocks/
[2] https://joinmastodon.org/
[3] https://join-lemmy.org/
[4] https://pixelfed.org/
- X / Twitter alternative platforms
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Tech radar: Keep an eye on the technology landscape
You can favor other alternatives for ideological reasons, like Mastodon or Bluesky, but you should know that there is much less exposure at the moment, although it attracts important people in tech.
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Call to Action: Fediverse Media Server
If you really, absolutely want to continue using Mastodon, support this: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28554.
If you just want to run a single-user instance on the cheap: forget Mastodon! Takahe [0] does not require one whole server for each user and it has substantial lower TCO. A "small instance" for Mastodon can not be realistically be found for less than $10/month today [1], while I can offer Takahe for $39 per year.
[0] https://jointakahe.org
[1] https://communick.com/takahe
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Bluesky Adds Direct Messages
>You go to https://joinmastodon.org/, click on "join" (or pick another server if you are adventurous), fill in your username and email and you're good to go.
And that gives me access to the entire service? Or just bits and pieces of it? And how do I find other services? Asking around?
Decentralized works for motivated parties. It does not work for the masses.
- Max_post_chars Env Part 2 by boehs · Pull Request #30091 · Mastodon/Mastodon
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Ask HN: What do you think about a subscription based social media?
Oh, TIL about https://mastodon.social/ (https://joinmastodon.org/)
Looks like what you describe, doesn't it?
> Social networking that's not for sale.
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Alt Text box can't fit one screenshot of text
Interestingly there is some discussion for Mastodon with people asking the limit to be smaller, which raises the question as to the purpose of alt text, and how to properly handle larger text lengths in screen reader programs.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12268
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Open source at Fastly is getting opener
Through the Fast Forward program, we give free services and support to open source projects and the nonprofits that support them. We support many of the world’s top programming languages (like Python, Rust, Ruby, and the wonderful Scratch), foundational technologies (cURL, the Linux kernel, Kubernetes, OpenStreetMap), and projects that make the internet better and more fun for everyone (Inkscape, Mastodon, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read).
What are some alternatives?
Friendica - Friendica Communications Platform
diaspora* - A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
Misskey - 🌎 An interplanetary microblogging platform 🚀
HumHub - HumHub is an Open Source Enterprise Social Network. Easy to install, intuitive to use and extendable with countless freely available modules.
Lemmy - 🐀 A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse
GNU social - GNU social is social communication software for both public and private communications.
Loomio - Loomio is a collaborative decision making tool
nostr - a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter that has a chance of working