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rolle , 1 day ago to random

:skull360: We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.4+mementomods-2024-06-30+pr30850. The server has Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc38 installed.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date and 238 commits ahead from the last version 2024-06-01.

This version contains some fixes to both Mastodon and Mastodon Bird UI. Most notably the new experimental hover cards feature is available for our instance.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

rolle , 20 days ago to random

No matter how hard my life is, I’ll always have this safe haven.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

rolle , 1 month ago to random

:skull360: We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.4+mementomods-2024-06-01. The server has Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc37 installed with no further changes at this time in the UI.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date and 38 commits ahead from the last version 2024-05-26.

I love running the newest version so I can test ahead in production for the upcoming Mastodon Bird UI versions. I do have my local instance with the production db, but it is far more fun this way and it feels good to have new things.

This "testing in live" is also because it's the perfect way to make sure that I can help contributing to Mastodon and spot bugs before they end up in the final rc, beta or stable versions. There most probably will be some minor bugs, but the earlier we tackle them the better.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

rolle , 1 month ago to random

I actually have no idea how many boosts and favs some of the most successful posts get here in the Fediverse, because my instance shows a fraction of them no matter how successful they are. But guess what? I don’t care! It’s the best part here, to effectively unlearn that like-craving social media trait.

Everyone likes ”likes”, but in here it happens in our own terms and overall the metrics don’t really matter in the end.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

rolle , 1 month ago to random Finnish

Hain psykoterapialle tänään jatkoa, kun vuosi pyörähti jälleen ympäri. Lääkäri kysyi kysymyksen, joka yllätti: Jos työkavereita tai perhettä ei lasketa, onko sinulla ystäviä?

Täytyi vastata, että ei, minulla ei ole ystäviä. Internet-tuttuja löytyy, mutta ystäviä minulla ei ole. En ole välttämättä etsinytkään ystäviä, enkä pidä tätä huonona asiana. Mutta havahduin vain tähän faktaan, että näin tosiaan on päässyt käymään.

rolle , 1 month ago to random

The vibes on Threads have been shifted. The For you feed brings up negative and controversial posts. Unsurpisingly no such negativity exists on my chronological feeds on Mastodon.

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Threads

rolle , 1 month ago to random

I'm ready for finals.

#Eurovision #Eurovision2024 #ESC #ESC24 #ESC2024 #Euroviisut #Euroviisut2024 #EurovisionSongContest

Me in my living room from eye perspective, Mastodon advanced view enabled.

rolle , 1 month ago to random

Bluesky enthusiasts are stating that Bluesky has ”plans” to make ATProto universal and transfer it to W3C or the like. Well, there is no evidence that Bluesky wants to give up control or the protocol is going to be widely adopted after 5 years of development so forgive me being sceptical. The story is a bit different with ActivityPub.

#ATProto #ATProtocol #Bluesky #ActivityPub

rolle , 1 month ago to random

I'm disappointed that this is not black metal. Otherwise great performance.

#Ireland #Eurovision

snarfed.org , 1 month ago to random

Hi all! Well, I didn’t plan it, but word got out anyway: Bridgy Fed‘s Bluesky <=> fediverse support went online a couple weeks ago, quietly and without announcement, but people still found it. Over 1200 accounts have turned it on so far and bridged themselves one direction or the other. It’s great to see so much early interest!

(For anyone unfamiliar with Bridgy Fed, here’s an introduction.)

It’s still very early, and I wasn’t quite prepared for this much volume this quickly. Expect lots of bugs, missing features, downtime, and other rough edges. The docs are mostly up to date, at least. If you hit a problem, search the open issues, and if you don’t see it there, feel free to file it.

Also, much of the current state is not final. Expect some design and policy choices to change. For example, right now you have to manually enable the bridge, but that may change eventually, at least for Bluesky accounts bridging into the fediverse.

Otherwise, there’s a ton to do, and I’m only one person, doing this on the side, so progress will be slow. They say if you don’t feel uncomfortable when you ship, you probably waited too long, so let me just say that I feel very uncomfortable right now, hopefully in a good way. 😀 Thanks again for all the interest, and for your patience!

rolle , 1 month ago to random

Slowly, but surely my Mastodon posts (this one included) are showing up on Bluesky. Bridgy.fed kicks in. Thanks to @snarfed.org@snarfed.org for all the hard work.

#BridgyFed #BlueSkyBridge #Bluesky

rolle , 1 month ago to random

Hello Bluesky, this is me posting from Mastodon. 👋 Bridgy.fed is finally live.

#Fediverse #BridgyFed #Bluesky #ActivityPub

StarryKGM , 2 months ago to random

@BeAware Hi, I would like to join your beaware.live server as I'm exploring different mastodon servers. This one looks a lot like twitter and I would like to try it out :D

rolle , 2 months ago to random

A question for Apple Watch users: Series 9 or Ultra? Is Ultra too big? Which one to buy? I currently have a Fitbit Sense which is 40.48mm (1.58in) and moving on to the Apple world.

Please note: I am not looking for any price or ecosystem discussion here, I just want to hear more about the Apple Watch user experience. Thanks in advance.

#Apple #AppleWatch #SmartWatch #SmartWatches

BeAware , 3 months ago to random

Ugh. I wish Fedi wasn't so reliant on domains....

Back when my naive self started Fedi, I went with the most known software (mastodon). But after months of dev incompetence, it's obviously not where I want to be, but I like my domain....

I guess I'm basically stuck with all these bad UI updates and no moderation features....😬🤦‍♂️

#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Fedi #Sharkey #ActivityPub

rolle , 3 months ago to random

I’ve said this before and I say it again: Companies are not the absolute evil when it comes to open source, standards and e. g. the Fediverse.

#Fediverse #OpenSource #Companies #Threads #Meta

rolle , 3 months ago to random

I've been monitoring my Mastodon instance with BetterStack and set up new and more precise alerts lately. Got continously an alert like this:

proxy_buffer_size 4096 is not enough for cache key, it should be increased to at least 5120

I did not have proxy_buffers and related settings set up at all.

This blog post helped me in this regard: https://bavatuesdays.com/some-initial-mastodon-instance-tweaking/

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon

breadandcircuses , 3 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

FediTips , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

⚠️ Mastodon admins!

There's a setting called "content cache retention period" that you should leave blank. If you put any numbers in there, it can start permanently breaking threads on your server.

This feature is NOT intended for general use on normal servers.

Thread all about it here:

➡️ https://social.growyourown.services/@homegrown/111376516797327772

There's a pull request on Github for moving this to a "danger zone":

➡️ https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/27733

Added a page to fedi.tips:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/mastodon-admins-leave-the-content-cache-retention-period-blank/

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

rolle , 4 months ago to random

Sometimes I feel like I'm nothing. But then I remember I created this and that. It's something.

rolle , 4 months ago to random

:skull360: We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.3+mementomods-2024-02-24 + Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc16.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date and 60 commits ahead from the last version (2024-02-16).

I love running the newest version so I can test ahead in production to the upcoming #MastodonBirdUI versions. I do have my local instance with the production db, but it is far more fun this way and it feels good to have new things.

This "testing in live" is also because it's the perfect way to make sure that I can help contributing to Mastodon and spot bugs before they end up in the final rc, beta or stable versions. There most probably will be some minor bugs, but the earlier we tackle them the better.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

rolle , 4 months ago to random

Created a pull request on Mastodon main: Fix search icon position on mobile https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/29384

#OpenSource #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

rolle , 4 months ago to random

Bluesky is now federating. And this never gets old:

#Bluesky

sam , 4 months ago to random

Introducing Citadel! Citadel makes it quick and easy to suspend spammers and send reports to their admins - in one click!

Eventually Citadel will have more tools, but I wanted to get this out ASAP to help server admins.

Give it a shot: https://citadel.samw.dev

(also note that after you log in you will ned to reload the page)

#MastoAdmin #FediBlock #FediBlockMeta #Admin #Spam

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rolle , 4 months ago to random

Welcome @MayorBigby!

#MementoMoriSocial

rolle , 4 months ago to random

:skull360: We have now successfully upgraded to v4.3.0-alpha.2+mementomods-2024-02-14 + Mastodon Bird UI 2.0.0rc15.

The branch is now synced and up-to-date by 73 commits from the upstream repository. This update contains the latest security patch. We have also upgraded 79 system packages.

I love running the newest version so I can test ahead in production to the upcoming #MastodonBirdUI versions. I do have my local instance with the production db, but it is far more fun this way and it feels good to have new things.

This "testing in live" is also so that I can help contributing to Mastodon and spot bugs before they end up in the final rc, beta or stable versions. There most probably will be some minor bugs, but the earlier we tackle them the better.

As usual, please tell me about any strange things you may encounter with this Mastodon version. We're running bleeding edge after all.

I hope you enjoy your time here. Feel free to send me a message if you have anything in mind. :bunhdheart:

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin

rolle , 4 months ago to random

I have clarified the About section of our server.

Please note that this instance allows:

• Regular, personal user accounts
• Anonymous user accounts (with a reason)
• Companies
• Associations and organisations
• All languages
• Politics
• The upcoming Bluesky bridge Bridgy.fed
• Threads.net

Read more: https://mementomori.social/about

#MementoMoriSocial

rolle , 4 months ago to random

”How can I block all posts that mention the word ’Mastodon’ on Threads or Bluesky?”

Sorry, that feature is only available on Mastodon. You should join. Mastodon. Did I mention Mastodon? Oops.

The lack of global filtering is the reason I don’t enjoy the other places.

#Mastodon #Bluesky #Threads #SocialMedia

rolle , 4 months ago to random

The tech web right now:

• Spatial video
• Apple, Vision Pro, VR
• AI, ChatGPT, Stable diffusion
• Deep learning
• Machine learning
• Reinventing the wheel

When it should be about:

• Bring back the web
• Open source
• Fediverse, ActivityPub, social web
• Proper automation (not with AI)
• Learning new things

#Tech #Technology #Web #Fediverse #TechMastodon #Apple #VisionPro #SpatialVideo #Spatial #AI

rolle , 5 months ago to random

Adding images currently says: 503 There was a temporary problem serving your request, please try again. Gotta investigate soon. Sorry for the trouble. Tips appreciated. Using R2, no problems prior this. Log for mastodon-web gives no hints.

#MementoMoriSocial #MastoAdmin

rolle , 5 months ago to random

I have re-added the counters everywhere on my server.

#MementoMoriSocial

rolle , 5 months ago to random

We have talked a lot about the positive sides of the Fediverse, but not as much about the downsides. For me the top negative things of this free and healthier social web are:

1. People are patronizing. This happens a lot more than in other places. I mostly mean the unsolicited advice: Alt text, don’t post this or that, avoid commercialism, other social medias and use content warnings for everything. While many mean good, it has been often very aggressive. This happened a lot in 2022. For a while it made the bar to post much higher because I was afraid to make a mistake. Today I don’t care as much.

2. Nitpicking. Comments are nice, but not when people are overly criticising about what you do or concentrating in irrelevancies. Whataboutism is the worst side effect.

3. Everyone has their own rules and they are often contradicting each other. Some are extreme and block every other instance, some more allowing. You might accidentally break many rules around the Fediverse without even noticing it (some servers don’t allow posts about meat or alcohol for example).

4. Politically too left. It seems it is not allowed to be very conservative here. People are anti-commercialism, anti-capitalist, anti-anything.

While saying this, I do not stumble upon these downsides very often since I am quite a chill of a guy and have my own server. I feel like I can post whatever the fuck I want.

However, I do wonder if these things are the ones that make the Fediverse less approachable by new users. On the other hand I believe the new open social web will transform the way we see the social media in general and soon it does not matter, we don’t have to think what is ”here” when the big players like Threads and Tumblr adapt ActivityPub.

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Mastodon #Fediverse

rolle , 5 months ago to random

I’m saying it again: Mastodon is the only place online I feel safe posting whatever I like. It doesn’t even have to make sense. It doesn’t have to be correct. It can be long or short. I can just post, privately or publicly without too much thought to it. It’s been a tremendous thing to my mental health in general.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

rolle , 5 months ago to random

It’s funny to me that some people on Threads are saying Mastodon (mistakenly thinking it’s a one service) will always be ”small” and ”closed”. Well, soon we’ll be in the same crowd with the Threads people, perhaps with others like Tumblr too.

The Fediverse can expand unlike the other truly closed social networks. This is exactly like talking about the Internet in the 80s, ”it will be a small thing for the nerds, and always will be so”.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Threads