Wandering Adventure Party

Here is an interesting tidbit on how often the #Fediverse calls up websites.I'd like to think that I have a fairly popular account - as of this writing, I have 3,730 followers.About 3.5 hours, I posted a link to a wiki page of mine. So far, this post has received 3 favorites.I just checked the logs of my website. And this single link has triggered 1,103 "GET" requests to that wiki page. The vast majority seems to be from different Fediverse instances - #Mastodon and otherwise - as the post propagated from server to server, and each instance tries to get information for a preview card.I do not have much experience with website administration, so I don't know if 1,103 requests (almost all of which seem to have occurred within a few minutes of the initial posting) count as "a lot".But it might be worth remembering when considering the resources the Fediverse consumes.

When you’re a social media company, fascists are good for business, and active moderation is bad for it. So long as people keep seeking their community from profit-seeking entities, they’re going to keep running into the Trumps and Elons of the world.

A question: There has been a long-running issue with #Mastodon preview cards for links. Essential, each instance fetches the information for the preview card on its own, which with popular posta will look like a #DDoS attack.Has this been fixed in recent versions? The fix was delayed to 4.4.0 at some point, but I am not sure if it has actually been implemented yet.#FediHelp https://www.golem.de/news/wie-ein-ddos-angriff-mastodons-link-vorschau-ueberlastet-webserver-2405-184830.html

@BlumeEvolution Ich habe nach Musks Übernahme von Twitter mein Konto auf #Mastodon erstellt. Schon die lokale Instanz für Freiburg war eine sehr positive Überraschung. Die hat die große Welt des #Fediverse gleich viel greifbarer für mich gemacht und mir durch die vielen ortsnahen Beiträge den Einstieg sehr erleichtert. Über die Zeit habe ich das Modell immer mehr zu schätzen gelernt, auch weil durch die Dezentralität Unstimmigkeiten nicht über Wohl und Wehe des ganzen Verbundes entscheiden. Im Gegenteil führt die Kreativität in diesem bunten Ökosystem eher zu Bereicherungen statt Einschränkungen. Und weil in diesem Ökosystem vor allem meine eigenen Entscheidungen dazu führen, wie es sich für mich entwickelt, bin ich hier aktiver als in jedem anderen Sozialen Netzwerk.

@ericwickham I don't know particular hashtags other than to suggest following as many different ones as possible. You can always unfollow a hashtag if there's too much.If you're wanting to discover Canadian news on here, I've tried to list some good accounts at https://fedi.directory/tag/canadian-news/There are good Ontario accounts at https://fedi.directory/tag/ontario-canada and Canadian accounts at https://fedi.directory/tag/canadaIf you want good news accounts in general, have a look at https://fedi.directory/news-media/

@Tim_Eagon How it went on Bluesky: Few ATProto boosters yelling PHP is garbage, just use an existing PDS, just run a separate server for it, and super trivial to write the sockets and REST for PHP, Ben and Matthias and all them are lying/don't know what they're talking about. FTR, I had one cover ALL those bases + then some. Final post before I blocked them all: Oh how stupid you're being. You don't need root/server access to set things up! Here's a screenshot of me using Docker on a VPS.

@hiphopheaven @Linux_Is_Best No, it wasn't. I haven't seen more than a handful of Nazi posts on the Fediverse in the years that I moved here, and I think the ability to defederate plays a major part in that.

@edwiebe if your Mastodon account is bridged and their Bluesky account is bridged, you can reply to them and vice versa.

Hello, my alias is Jupiter. I’ve been using social media since the MySpace and early Twitter days but have become disenchanted with the current state of most social media, so I’m giving Mastodon a try.I’m not sure what I’ll be posting about but I will be lurking and testing the waters so to speak. Also, I’m open to any tips or helpful knowledge that anyone has concerning mastodon/fediverse. #introduction #mastodon #fediverse

@asterix People should stop using far right asshat Steven Crowder as a meme, change my mind

Hey #mastodon Does anyone know if it's possible to filter posts from a specific user? So, for example – User BFF posts mainly about mountains and potatoes. I love BFF's mountain posts and want to keep seeing them but I disagree with BFF's opinion on potatoes.Is there a way to set a filter that hides BFF's posts on potatoes, but still lets me see everyone else's posts on potatoes?

I've a (real world) friend who is interested in Mastodon. I've known her about 40 years. She is a bit hippyish, likes english translations of old french literature, has been very poor her whole life...Loves to read, do things herself (such as auto repair), stretch a dollar till it screams, is prone to mild conspiracy theories... etc. Dice.camp is NOT a good home for her.What are a few instances I should suggest? #Mastodon

Time for an #introduction!Hello Fediverse!I'm Some Guy, an #actuallyautistic human being who is passionate about supporting the #disability and #lgtbqia communities. While I frequently engage in #social and #political discussions, I'm here for fun and to meet similarly minded people.As a fair disclaimer: I may come across as raw, abrasive, rough around the edges, or outrageous. I communicate literally, am pathologically honest, and straight to the point. I also have an off the wall sense of humor.Been on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse since 2022 and just switched from mastodon.social for a greatly increased character count. Huge shout-out to friend and genuinely awesome person @cobalt123 for the referral. All interactions with the beige.party folks have been great.

@ZDL @Taskerland @Printdevil oh, then you probably can't restrict it then unfortunately.

@benroyce @mastodonmigration @bitsnpieces It's really the tip of the iceberg in how Fedi can be antisocial and highly discriminatory.I spend most of the year in Portugal, and living there has made it glaringly obvious how even discussions about racism in the EU are decades behind the US. This is why none of Eugen's poor decision making around moderation, technical priorities, etc have really surprised me.I'm hoping the move to a non profit foundation will aid in fixing these issues.

@Quasit @laprice @gildilinie @literalgrill I mean, thats essentially what people are asking the fediverse to offer, a choice of moderation.Like if the tools are there for moderators to act, you now have a choice between servers and their moderation policies (and moderation actions) and with existing tools for switching, you can vote with your feet if you dislike those policies.If the tools aren't there, you leave a bunch of people with a choice of slurs shouted at them or don't exist here

Welcome Bluesky users. I'm not sure what has brought you here, but I'm happy that you're open to change.One tip for you: take a look at @FediTips Read their feed or follow them. Lots of great toots and thread. And suggestions for accounts to follow.#Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse

Welcome to everyone coming over from Bluesky! I look forward to getting to know you. #Bluesky #Fediverse #Mastodon

Please welcome @KateRigge2025 to SocialBC #mastodon and the #fediverse!#introduction https://socialbc.ca/@KateRigge2025/115313997444080823

@AmoshiasGive a broad solution to this problem:RACIST joins fediverse site A.Does a racism against an innocent Fedizen.Site A bans RACIST.RACIST joins fediverse site B.Does a racism against the same innocent Fedizen.Site B bans RACIST.RACIST joins fediverse site C.Does a racism against the same innocent Fedizen.Site C bans RACIST.Et cetera for the thousands of Fediverse sites.This assumes that all Fediverse sites would ban someone over racism. And that RACIST doesn't start their own Fediverse site. And...