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Far from exposing the nefarious inner workings of the platform, the files reveal an ethos of "transparency for thee, but not for me."

Frenzied speculation over the fate of Elon Musk's Twitter deal masks a deeper point about digital democracy

If Elon Musk drives the social media platform into the ground we will congregate elsewhere. But will we be able to build the same connections?

This is the time to start thinking about the long-term sustainability and governance of the new, bigger Mastodon, says Alek Tarkowski.

Last week there was hubbub about what the Raspberry Pi folks did on social media, posting from their own Mastodon instance, and how other…

The Twitter implosion has brought a flood of people seeking a safer, less-toxic environment. The results have been mixed.

Mastodon: @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online Birdsite: https://twitter.com/MastodonMigrate

I love the indieweb and what it stands for: When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation. Too many

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Decentralising the Web is a desirable but challenging goal. One particular challenge is achieving decentralised content moderation in the face of various adversaries (e.g. trolls). To overcome...

I’ve been thinking a lot about failure lately. Failure comes in many forms, but I’m especially interested in situations in which people…

Adjunto: 1 imagen RT by @pictoline: ¿Luchar contra los discursos de odio es igual a limitar la libertad de expresión? 🤔 Una breve respuesta a la inquietud de muchos/as:

Whether Twitter is destined for a fast, slow or no downfall at all remains to be seen. But some in academe aren’t waiting: they are heading for Mastodon or other platforms.

As Elon Musk sends Twitter into chaos, we’re sharing what we picked up about Mastodon as we selected a server

The burgeoning social network is “designed to be against virality,” as one user put it. Can it be the future of social media?

Dependencies Helper functions and constants Data Plots Some CSS for inputs and headers for toots Display toots all data at github updated automatically since November 3, 2022 made with ❤️ by Mauricio Foronda

A post about trying to find a middle way between populism and oligarchy.

"Federation" now apparently means "DDoS yourself." Every time I do a new blog post, within a second I have over a thousand simultaneous hits of that URL on my web server from unique IPs. Load goes over 100, and mariadb stops responding. The server is basically unusable for 30 to 60 seconds until the stampede of Mastodons slows down. Presumably each of those IPs is an instance, none of which ...

David Carroll shares initial thoughts based on his first couple of weeks as an Admin of a Mastodon instance in the 'Fediverse.'

La plataforma absorbe a algunos internautas desencantados con Twitter tras la compra de Elon Musk

Cientos de miles de usuarios están abriendo cuentas en Mastodon, y muchos llegan con preguntas sobre la privacidad del sistema. En el bufete de Carlos

Mastodon User Page Bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

Fully Managed Mastodon Hosting

This is not a complete write-up (far from it), but since a few people have asked, here are some barebones details of my Mastodon server. (Note: I am

The new social software is subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter