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While it’s cool to host your own Mastodon server, it’s not really efficient. A simple thing you can do, however, is to make it easier for others to discover your presence, if they already know your website. Try it out – search for “johnmu@johnmu.com” in your Mastodon instance. Also, click “follow” for SEO tips & other bad takes. Why is hosting your own instance inefficient? In short, sending updates between users (followers, followees) means connections between their individual servers, and if everyone has their own server, it’s a lot of network activity.

A magical documentation library for Wordpress. Contribute to mitchell-b-chelin/WPDocsify development by creating an account on GitHub.

Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact. - gitalk/gitalk: Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact.

Node app that checks a list of feeds periodically, post new items to Mastodon. - GitHub - scripting/feedToMasto: Node app that checks a list of feeds periodically, post new items to Mastodon.

Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?

I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn't scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.

Like many others over the past month, I’ve been thinking deeply about my experience with Twitter and whether I want to align my social media usage with the kind of platform Twitter is rapidly becoming. It’s a complex discussion (if my readers are still on Twitter, am I doing them a disservice by not using

An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon. Contribute to joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

A minimal commenting system for static blogs using external Mastodon or API compatible server

Users flocking to the platform will need to shift their expectations for social media and become engaged democratic citizens in the life of their networks.

The Decentralized Web is just another chapter in the book of trying to solve people problems with technology.

WeatherKit framework was one of the amazing Apple announcements during WWDC22. In this article, we'll create a simple iOS weather app that shows the current weather by using the WeatherKit and SwiftUI frameworks. Also, some additional information wil...

Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! - GitHub - waydabber/BetterDisplay:...

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Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams

An Offline-First browser for the smolnet

The browser wars are back — and Arc looks like a winner.

Full documentation repository for Mastodon. Contribute to felx/mastodon-documentation development by creating an account on GitHub.

Easily test your htaccess rewrite rules

The Mossack Fonseca (MF) data breach, aka Panama Papers, is the largest data breach to journalists in history and includes over 4.8 million emails. Yesterday we broke the story that MF was running WordPress with a vulnerable version of Revolution Slider and the WordPress server was on the same network as their email servers when ...Read More

In the past week or two, with Elon Musk completing his purchase and take-over of Twitter, there has been a torrent of defections from the centralised, closed, for-profit platform to its antithesis, the Fediverse - it's a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

Many people are looking for alternatives to Twitter. Can the IndieWeb step up? How can we build better social media for people without technical knowledge?

Looking for a place to keep up with the fast paced world of Apple Mac & macOS? Mr. Macintosh will keep you informed of the latest news!

Low-tech Magazine refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution. A simple, sensible, but nevertheless controversial message; high-tech has become the idol of our society.