07.10.2025 23:47
jeppe (@jeppe@uddannelse.social)

Startpakker på vej til #mastodon. Det tegner godt!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/

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07.10.2025 23:46
buds_always (@buds_always@mstdn.ca)

What the hell has happened to the #Mastodon app?!?! Slow AF. Tapping home button doesn’t take you to the top of your feed. Where are the ellipses beside the poster’s name? Is the translation feature gone? #FirstWorldProblems 😬

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07.10.2025 23:43
StreamRadar (@StreamRadar@mastodon.social)

🤖 least likely to be replaced by AGI 🤖

1. @mezzostreams
https://video.mezzo.moe/

2. @hatnix
https://live.hatnix.net/

3. @hegeezias
https://live.hegeezias.art/

4. @firesidefedi
https://stream.firesidefedi.live/

5. @monospace
https://live.monospacementor.com/

6. @Cacheline
https://stream.klay.moe/

#StreamerShoutout #Mastodon #owncast #peertube

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07.10.2025 23:31
item (@item@hub.netzgemeinde.eu)
@IHateFireworks @Stefan Bohacek If Mastodon had an actual permissions system on the same level as Hubzilla or (streams) or Forte instead of its usual snake oil, this wouldn't even work in the intended way.

The (streams)/Forte equivalent to "followers only" is "connections", and it also means that only your contacts are even allowed to view the post in the first place. If you mention someone in addition, they don't have permission to receive and view the post, so it's just a mention with a link to someone's profile and not a "hey, read this" tag.

On a sidenote: Hubzilla doesn't have an equivalent to "followers only". You'd have to build it yourself by making a privacy group (think "list on steroids") with all your contacts in it and then set the audience of a new post to that privacy group.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Permissions


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07.10.2025 23:27
josemurilo (@josemurilo@mato.social)

"#Mastodon believes that users should have control over whether or not they will appear in #Packs on Mastodon. It suggests making Packs an extension of the service’s existing account discoverability features. That means to #optout of Packs, you would disable the setting “Feature profile and posts in discoverability algorithms.”"
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/mastodon-is-taking-cues-from-bluesky-with-plans-for-its-own-starter-packs/

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07.10.2025 23:24
neonbubble (@neonbubble@mstdn.social)

#Notifications on #Mastodon (or perhaps just this instance) seem to be a bit flaky right now.

Twice in the last couple of days now I've noticed someone's reply to me passing through the home timeline or appearing in a pinned list but there's been no notification of it and if I'd not spotted it in real time then I likely would've missed it completely.

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07.10.2025 23:23
item (@item@hub.netzgemeinde.eu)
@Stefan Bohacek Another thing where Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte truly shine, by the way.

First of all, Hubzilla distinguishes between a "contact" (someone has sent you a connection request) and an "approved contact" (either you've confirmed the connection request, thus creating what's a mutual follower/followed connection on Mastodon, or you've requested a connection request, and it has been confirmed). It's much like on Facebook. This distinction also exists in permissions: You can give certain permissions to contacts or only to approved contacts.

On (streams) and Forte, the concept of a non-approved contact doesn't exist; unless the connection request is confirmed, it doesn't count as a contact, and it doesn't have the privileges of a contact. This means that nobody can acquire certain permissions simply by following you.

Next, even if someone is a contact of yours, doesn't mean that they're always permitted to send you their posts. You can configure your channel in such a way that you can only allow certain contacts of yours to send you posts. I've actually done that.

Also, on all three, being notified when someone who isn't a contact mentions you is off by default and has to be activated manually. Even then, it only works if their post that mentions you makes it onto the server that you're on. This isn't even a case of "they mention you, your channel receives the message, but you aren't notified". This is a case of "they mention you, but your channel outright rejects the message, and if no other channel on your server accepts it, the whole server rejects it".

This means the whole attack vector does not work, especially not against neatly configured channels. By default, you won't see any non-contact mention you out of the blue. And even if someone requests a connection, and you approve it and thereby establish a full, mutual connection, that doesn't mean that you have to endure what they post.

Oh, by the way: Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte understand Mastodon's "followers only" as "public" because it doesn't come with limited permissions, because Mastodon doesn't have a permissions system. And al three have had quote-posts since their inception. This gives you the power to fight back by quote-posting the offending post in a DM to the admin of the offender's home instance. And on Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte, the quote in a quote-post is not a reference by link; it's a dumb copy of the original, inserted into the quoting post with a link to the original post and to the original poster, that cannot be altered by the original poster after the fact in any way.

Lastly, you can raise the shields even further, namely against harassment by DM. You don't have to accept DMs from non-contacts. You don't even have to accept DMs from all your contacts. You can literally cherry-pick those contacts from whom you want to receive DMs.

CC: @Mastodon Migration

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #QuotePost #QuotePosts #QuoteTweet #QuoteTweets #QuoteToot #QuoteToots #QuoteBoost #QuoteBoosts #QuotedShares #Harassment #Permissions #FediverseSafety #FediverseSecurity


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07.10.2025 23:11
codeofamor (@codeofamor@social.codeofamor.net)

Me expressing Mastodon community vibes to a friend:

It's less like social NN media and more like you have stumbled into a hackerspace, a reading room, a secret library, a den of fae, a secret meeting of music lovers, enthusiasts, etc - it has that "oh do sit down and join us, friend, we believe in you, you are welcome to be here" kind of vibe. Very NT.

#mastodon
#vibes

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07.10.2025 23:09
dnkrupinski (@dnkrupinski@hannover.town)

Wenn ich mir nur eine Sache bei #Mastodon wünschen dürfte, dann ist es weder das kommende Feature des Drüberkommentierens noch die Starterpacks sondern die Unterstützung von #Markdown in der Weboberfläche.

Das ist so erbärmlich, dass dies immer noch nicht funktioniert …

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07.10.2025 23:07
sb (@sb@metroholografix.ca)

Hi, I'm Sean.

I'm from the oldest incorporated city in so-called #canada, #SaintJohn - home of the #irving empire.

I am an iconoclast - staunchly #antifascist, #antiracist, #anticapitalist, somewhere on the #autism spectrum, and 3 years into punishing #LongCovid. #WearAMask!!!

I've worked the last decade as #HeadOfSound at a beautiful heritage #theatre. Before that I was in #tech for a decade doing #development and #reverseEngineering. I've also worked in #electronics and other #audio fields.

I grew up in a musical family and have played in bands since 13. I'm on around 60 albums, have toured canada and the us, and am part of what is likely the most prolific band in canada: #Slugmilk.

I run a home mixing studio and a small printshop and I have a small "datacentre" which #selfhosts this #mastodon instance.

I'm here on the #fedi to learn from everyone, and to help others learn. I will help anyone with anything I can.

I'd love to meet more like-minded friends - don't be shy!

#FREEPALESTINE

#Introduction

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07.10.2025 22:58
denommus (@denommus@bolha.us)

Ok, eu cedo, vou fazer postagem de apresentação pro #Mastodon. Me chamo Yuri, tenho 35 anos, sou programador Rust, mas antes de programar em Rust já programei em um pouco de tudo. Sou autista, comunista, casado e pai de uma menina de 14 anos. Gosto de falar bobagem e reclamar. Jogar hoje em dia eu jogo pouco, mas tô jogando Kitsune Tails. É isso.

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07.10.2025 22:52
mastodon-faar-packs-starterpakker (@mastodon-faar-packs-starterpakker@fediverset.dk)

Mastodon får “Packs” – starterpakker

Mastodon pønser på at lave en “Starter Packs”-funktion ligesom den, der eksisterer på det sociale medie Bluesky.

På Mastodon hedder den funktion indtil videre “Packs”, og vil være et kærkomment tiltag for at undgå at nye brugere keder sig, når de logger på Mastodon første gang efter brugeroprettelsen, og finder at deres tidslinje er ret tom. Uden algoritmerne som på mainstream […]

https://fediverset.dk/mastodon-faar-packs-starterpakker/

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