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Mastodon 3.0 has been released

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    VoidOutput
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    Slightly related: do you guys have any accounts to recommend on Mastodon? I honestly don't know who to follow on there.

    Slightly related: do you guys have any accounts to recommend on Mastodon? I honestly don't know who to follow on there.

    7 votes
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        Leonidas
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        Which instance are you on?

        Which instance are you on?

        1 vote
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          1. Leonidas
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            Ah yeah that's the main one. If you want, you could try to find a smaller instance, maybe one that's geared toward interests of yours. That's what made the platform "use-worthy" for me ¯\(ツ)/¯

            Ah yeah that's the main one. If you want, you could try to find a smaller instance, maybe one that's geared toward interests of yours. That's what made the platform "use-worthy" for me ¯\(ツ)

            1 vote
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      Akir
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      I've been told that @akir@mastodon.sdf.org is pretty awesome, but he never posts anything. On a serious note, what I would recommend is to find a niche instance based around something you like and...

      I've been told that @akir@mastodon.sdf.org is pretty awesome, but he never posts anything.

      On a serious note, what I would recommend is to find a niche instance based around something you like and just read through the local feed to find people you like. That's basically the only reason why I'm on mastodon at all. SDF has some small degree of overlap with Tildes, so I give them my endorsement.

      5 votes
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        Leonidas
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        Agreed, I started out on mastodon.social but moved to a much smaller instance called sunbeam.city which is based specifically around solarpunk topics like gardening, zero-waste lifestyle stuff,...

        Agreed, I started out on mastodon.social but moved to a much smaller instance called sunbeam.city which is based specifically around solarpunk topics like gardening, zero-waste lifestyle stuff, social ecology, etc. It's nice because you can use the local timeline to see posts that are of a smaller group of people you know better, focused around shared interests, rather than just a hodgepodge of whatever's going on (which you can still see in the federated timeline). In addition, I follow several accounts from other instances I've seen, such as radical.town. I think smaller communities is where Mastodon really excels.

        4 votes
        1. ols
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          Yeah this is a great thing about Mastodon. I use the Mast app on iOS which allows you to follow a specific timeline, I've added sunbeam.city :)

          Yeah this is a great thing about Mastodon. I use the Mast app on iOS which allows you to follow a specific timeline, I've added sunbeam.city :)

          1 vote
      2. ThreeMachines
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        I tried Mastodon and I think one of the reasons it didn’t work for me is that I don’t have a primary hobby interest that I want to define my social networking relationships. One of the things I...

        I tried Mastodon and I think one of the reasons it didn’t work for me is that I don’t have a primary hobby interest that I want to define my social networking relationships. One of the things I like about Twitter is the way that you get to see the cross-section of people’s tastes and interests.

        2 votes
    3. Douglas
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      Sadly a lot of the people I've found who were on Twitter with Mastodon accounts have left empty ones behind. If you like comics, I make sure to post my webcomics there, as does Jake Lawrence. It...

      Sadly a lot of the people I've found who were on Twitter with Mastodon accounts have left empty ones behind. If you like comics, I make sure to post my webcomics there, as does Jake Lawrence. It takes two seconds, I'm not sure why others don't just post their stuff there as well.

      3 votes
    4. 0lpbm
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      From my follow list (in no particular order ... erm, rather reverse add order, I think) - mostly people (and companies) involved with linux and open-source: https://social.librem.one/@lunduke -...

      From my follow list (in no particular order ... erm, rather reverse add order, I think) - mostly people (and companies) involved with linux and open-source:

      https://social.librem.one/@lunduke - Brian Lunduke
      https://people.kernel.org/gregkh/ - Greg Kroah-Hartman (low traffic)
      https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux - Liam Dawe's Gaming on Linux
      https://social.librem.one/@gbryant -The linux gamer on yt
      https://social.librem.one/@purism
      https://mastodon.social/@rstevens - Dieselsweeties comic author
      https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice
      https://cmpwn.com/@sir - Drew DeVault - Sway maintainer
      https://mastodon.social/@scalzi - John Scalzi (I think...)
      https://mastodon.social/@bagder - Daniel Stenberg (of cURL)
      https://mastodon.social/@Blender

      Unfortunately not all of them are very active, but I picked the ones that have some posts in the past weeks.

      3 votes
    5. onlooker
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      Would love to know this myself. It might just be my instance, but there doesn't seem to be any discussion going on. Everyone is just screaming into the void.

      Would love to know this myself. It might just be my instance, but there doesn't seem to be any discussion going on. Everyone is just screaming into the void.

    6. ols
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      I like to think I'm quite interesting... the instance I am on definitely is! @ols@chaos.social

      I like to think I'm quite interesting... the instance I am on definitely is!

      @ols@chaos.social

  2. Leonidas
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    The new features look great, I think the ability to list blocked domains and the reasons for blocking them will be very helpful.

    The new features look great, I think the ability to list blocked domains and the reasons for blocking them will be very helpful.

    2 votes
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    kjhanonichi
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    fedi is one of the most harmful online spaces to date. i would never recommend it to anyone

    fedi is one of the most harmful online spaces to date. i would never recommend it to anyone

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      1. kjhanonichi
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        uses of weaponized memes. hypersexualized and or psychomanioulative bots and content. they don't have as many users as they claim, there are hundreds of thousands of bots used to target and harass...

        uses of weaponized memes. hypersexualized and or psychomanioulative bots and content. they don't have as many users as they claim, there are hundreds of thousands of bots used to target and harass people. there's so much harassment and violence including rape and death threats. it's mostly just a channer and incel social space and comes with all the typical harm. stuff like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g applies to fedi as well. there are instances that promote cp, and I'm not talking about borderline loli stuff or w.e.

        i could keep going. it's not worth it. it's just a harmful space, and i regret my time there. it also left me feeling heart broken and hurt for other reasons. it's just a harmful network run by harmful people for harmful things.