https://rknight.me/blog/setting-up-mastodon-author-tags/

Revisiting this after 2yrs, now as board member of mastodon.nl, need to read relevant DSA sections again, and think about if/how this applies. The list here as such is almost completely covered by default, except for the reports, which will come as we're heading towards ANBI status anyway.

-[ ] lees DSA met mastodon.nl bril tav kleine platforms #activityclub #30mins

https://web.archive.org/web/20240725080148/https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html [[Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert Gehl]] is a forthcoming book on 'Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Ethical Social Media'. This post gives summaries per chapter of the draft. Ch1 focuses on Xodus after Musk only. Odd, there are many examples where costs of leaving socmed platforms played a role, which may well be more informative than just n=1. Ch 2 on AP as protocol Ch 3 CoC as a social layer on networked tech (no regard here it seems for the fact that human networks exist outside of tech and span multiple tech platforms simultaneously, and themselves have social norms that guid behaviour regardless whether codified in CoC or expressed in federation choices) Ch 4 on blocking and defederation as a needed safety tool. Socially I think the default might need to be the other way around, federating is the choice, defed the default, as it is how we do it socially irl. We are not unwelcoming to newcomers in a group but we are wary. Ch 5. Who pays for the fediverse infra. Short answer is we all do/many of us do. I pay my own instance, and also contribute hours to the governance of the largest Dutch instance. Good point about people forgetting there are other bizz models for digital media than what centralised adtech kraken do. Ch 6. on eco impact of socmed, and need of awareness what running this stuff costs ecologically. Seems to then pivot to how degrowth and solarpunk people using fediverse tech to interact, which is not the same thing. (It says mitigate, but compared to what, X? ) Ch 7. Threads , or the corp reaction to a growing fediverse. Conclusion, this is where the ethics will be discussed finally.

Forthcoming w Oxford Univ Press. Not sure this is for me, reads like a snapshot with a limited time window in which it might be informative. Perhaps of interest for [[Stichting ActivityClub Bestuur Hoofdnote]].

This reads like classic 'it's not the same as X'. And an overestimation of actual human accounts on X in the Netherlands. Although yes, Dutch accounts on Mastodon aren't many, they are easily found, and interaction is up.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240713075513/https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/

Dutch public sector has experimented with Mastodon for a year now. Pilot will run until December 2024. Started with 20 entities, now 40 active accounts. Plus is the easy recognition as authentic source (it runs on social.overheid.nl). They will open up to all levels of civil service in 2025. Good development.

How does 'we've lost tax-exempt status in Germany' logically lead to 'let's incorporate in the US'? What makes paying tax bad? What about the tax exempt non-profit status in one of the other EU countries (Easy to form, I chair one and am on the board of two others e.g.)? What are the consequences of starting a US entity, how does it affect Mastodon falling within the scope of the Patriot act, what about how every data transaction to a US based entitiy is currently now legally covered in the EU? Which assets fall under the new entity?

Moderate people, not code by [[Ryan Barrett]]

We'll see about that lol.

https://streetpass.social/

StreetPass, a browser extension that leverages rel="me" for compiling a list of potential mastodon accounts to follow as you visit websites.

https://trunks.social/login

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/documentation/general/adding-a-share-on-mastodon-button-to-a-website.html

https://mastodoncontentmover.github.io/

And we embark on this voyage in the gravy boat...

https://web.archive.org/web/20231006143954/https://bryanalexander.org/future-trends-forum/social-media-platform-numbers-how-many-people-are-using-what-today/

Some numbers on the silos. Any EU/US exodus unnoticable in the bigger scheme of things. Commented on creating vs recreating networks for interaction

This, I particularly hate and hope desperately I did not contribute to.

Applying the WEF meme about pods and bugs to Threads inspiring Bluesky and one Mastodon app to push algorithmic feeds.

https://box464.com/posts/mastodon-preview-cards/

https://share-on-mastodon.social/

A really neat customizable "Share on Mastodon" button for your pages or posts.

This is... an extremely strange conclusion to come to regarding Social Web account migration, to say the least.

Taking Mastodon as the handy example...

The only reason to use the (extremely competent, bizarrely fast) process of redirection is that one... would like to have the "required" redirect on the original server. If a user intends to move to a different Mastodon instance and does not want to leave a redirect, that step is just... removed from the process.

https://tantek.com/2023/110/t2/beyond-mastodon-indieweb-own-domain

I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick<br /> by Andy Bell

Read at Fri 4/7/2023 8:36 AM

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

WordPress Community on Mastodon

...coming back to this, now. ...

```ruby require 'json' require 'http'

post '/inbox' do signature_header = request.headers['Signature'].split(',').map do |pair| pair.split('=').map do |value| value.gsub(/\A"/, '').gsub(/"\z/, '') # "foo" -> foo end end.to_h

key_id = signature_header['keyId'] headers = signature_header['headers'] signature = Base64.decode64(signature_header['signature'])

actor = JSON.parse(HTTP.get(key_id).to_s) key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(actor['publicKey']['publicKeyPem'])

comparison_string = headers.split(' ').map do |signed_header_name| if signed_header_name == '(request-target)' '(request-target): post /inbox' else "#{signed_header_name}: #{request.headers[signed_header_name.capitalize]}" end end

if key.verify(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, signature, comparison_string) request.body.rewind INBOX << request.body.read [200, 'OK'] else [401, 'Request signature could not be verified'] end end ```

https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents

Whalebird is a Mastodon, Pleroma, and Misskey client for desktop application

Because I'm always forgetting them, and they're annoying to look up, my user ID's for:

• mastodon.social: 17545
• hcommons.social: 109429840453119702

Also the permalink URL formats for reposts/links https://instance.org/@screenname/postID#reposted-by-userID

https://bavatuesdays.com/mission-mastodon-this-server-will-explode-in-90-days/

https://nolanlawson.com/2023/01/09/retiring-pinafore/

https://paulstamatiou.com/mastodon/

https://mastodon.art/@fediblock

I boost everything from the #fediblock hashtag that isn't noise, reruns, or user-level. Do your own homework beyond that.

<small><cite class='h-cite via'>ᔥ <span class='p-author h-card'>@welshpixie@mastodon.art</span> in "If you're an instance admin/mod struggling to keep up with the fediblock tag, @fediblock is a 'curated' version that filters through the trolling/misuse of the tag and repeat entries, and only boosts the actual proper fediblock content. :)" - Mastodon.ART (<time class='dt-published'>01/05/2023 11:17:52</time>)</cite></small>

https://counter.social/index.html

https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer

https://openrss.org/news/mastodon-rss-feeds

https://andysylvester.com/2023/01/02/2745/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Pi1AeQezbTdjjPcb6ol0Rxwx-hq5JkA4RoPsTapPqw/edit#gid=2069391068

Lists of Fediverse projects, details, follow lists, etc.

https://sampsyo.github.io/emfed/

A JavaScript project for embedding Mastodon feeds into webpages.

https://followgraph.vercel.app/

Architecture can make UX suck.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/mastodon-highlights-pros-and-cons-of-moving-beyond-big-tech-gatekeepers/

Example of how ActivityPub standards don't work in practice, in part because Mastodon is an 800 pound gorilla which actively flauts or adds their own "standards".

https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox

Soapbox, a front end product running Mastodon.

Found via this user's instance: https://social.arinbasu.online/notice/AR6oc4sUUpwBPfApHs

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2017/12/mastodon-ifttt/

https://themarkup.org/levelup/2022/12/22/how-we-verified-ourselves-on-mastodon-and-how-you-can-too

https://fedifollow.glitch.me/

For following my WordPress website from the Fediverse: https://fedifollow.glitch.me/follow?account=%40chrisaldrich%40boffosocko.com

<small><cite class='h-cite via'>ᔥ <span class='p-author h-card'>codefoodpixelsLuke Bonaccorsi</span> in Luke Bonaccorsi: "Because sharing follow links i…" - Indieweb.Social (<time class='dt-published'>12/22/2022 11:41:16</time>)</cite></small>

https://help.micro.blog/t/whats-the-difference-between-micro-blog-and-mastodon/1395/2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

Mastodon makes the front section of the Washington Post!? Twitter is in trouble...

https://infosec.exchange/@atax1a/109400028861061670

https://jasontucker.blog/14183/mastodon-indieweb-and-the-fediverse

https://www.justingarrison.com/blog/2022-12-06-mastodon-files-instance/

https://www.movetodon.org/

What a lovely looking UI.

The data returned will also give one a strong idea of how many of their acquaintances have made the jump as well as how active they may be, particularly for those who moved weeks ago and are still active within the last couple of days. For me the numbers are reasonably large. 860 of 4942 have accounts presently and in scrolling through it appears that 80% or so have been active within a day or so regardless of account age.

Tarkowski has only seen a few more participatory server governance set-ups, most are 'benevolent dictator' style. Same. I have seen several growing instances that have changed from 'dictator' to a group of moderators making the decisions. You could democratise those roles by having users propose / vote on moderators. It's what we do offline in communal structures.

An eye-opening metric. 'souls saved' vs eyeballs. As in, the number of people with access to a community values reinforcing platform. Vgl [[EU Digital Rights and Principles]] and [[Digital Services Act 20210319103722]] more geared to things that aren't specifically aimed at the culture of interaction, but at things that can be regulated (in the hope that it will impact culture of interaction).

https://elk.zone/

https://snarfed.org/2022-12-03_48181

https://social.yesterweb.org/explore

A mastodon instance for the OG web and design folkx.

https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/get-character-limit-from-instance/3643/2

Appending /api/v1/instance to a Mastodon instance will return a lot of interesting data about it and how it's set up.

https://hcommons.social/@amisamileanded/109466986626984098

Apparently sometime within it's first month of existence hcommons.social had a server meltdown of some sort. The admins addressed and hardened their set up.

https://blog.netnerds.net/2022/11/alias-mastodon-github-pages/

Mastodon has RSS feeds available for tags!

https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2022/11/05/mastodon-own-donain-without-hosting-server.html

Basic instructions for using your own website to point to your Mastodon account (on another server).

https://thenewstack.io/devs-are-excited-by-activitypub-open-protocol-for-mastodon/

Good general overview of ActivityPub and Mastodon.

Describes how to move from a Mastodon account to micro.blog. also provides details about "move" activity in ActivityPub.

https://www.manton.org/2022/12/02/moving-from-mastodon.html

Details for moving from one instance to another.

https://cogdogblog.com/2022/11/gizmo-to-mastodon/

https://meso.tzyl.nl/2022/12/04/a-two-month-experiment/

https://fasiha.github.io/yoyogi/

Yoyogi is an alternate Mastodon reading interface that shows messages by author / thread and not as the traditional timeline.

Similar to Pinafore

People talk about their huge follower counts on Twitter, but seem to discount the number of bots, inactive accounts, and other cruft that make up that number.

Most people moving to Mastodon are reporting much more honest, human, and warm engagement on the platform over their experiences on Twitter.

https://dolphin.town/about/more

A social media service for dolphins where you can only send messages with the letter "e".

compare with https://oulipo.social/about which elides the letter e

http://scripting.com/2022/12/03.html#a152558

Anecdotal evidence for the slow death of Twitter and higher engagement on Mastodon.

https://tldr.nettime.org/about/more

Accountability economy

Assuming instance owners want their instance to thrive, they are accountable to the users—who are also donating funds to run the server. Mastodon also provides easy ways to block users or instances, and if bad actors start populating an instance, the instance gets a bad name and is de-federated by others. Users on the de-federated instance now have the option to stick around or go to another instance so they are reachable again.

https://www.downes.ca/post/74564

Stephen Downes is doing a great job of regular recaps on the shifts in Twitter/Mastodon/Fediverse lately. I either read or saw all these in the last couple of days myself.

https://researchbuzz.me/2022/11/05/a-big-list-of-mastodon-resources/