#Fediverse

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We are volunteers!

Most if not all of the runs on servers paid for by the admin, no ad income, no premium bs, no data sales

Instead we ask for people who can and want to donate to our services so we can keep them runningโ™ฅ๏ธ

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost
https://stux.me/donate
https://liberapay.com/mstdn

Every little bit helps out a lot, we donโ€™t spend on advertising or other unnecessary purchases, instead we optimize!

A privacy notice is not consent. Reading a multi-page document written by corporate lawyers just to find out how you're being tracked isn't "agreeing" to anything. It is a digital ransom note.

True consent is:

Granular: I choose exactly what you see.

Revocable: I can take it back at any time.

Opt-in: Off by default, always.

Stop confusing notifying us with asking us.

The Sovereign Tech Agency, which has invested in a few fediverse-related projects*, is hiring a Program Manager.

"You know how to manage complex projects and keep them on track, and you're genuinely interested in open source and the communities that build it. Working closely with those communities and helping them succeed is a core part of this role."

"Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements"

https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/program-manager

Via https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund/116290962149925337

It's finally here! The new Newsmast Foundation website ๐ŸŽ‰

Our new website focuses on our Apps for Change programme which is bringing real values-aligned organisations and groups to the Social Web.

It's a big change from our original website with an increased focus on actions and solutions to protect information sharing ecosystems on social media.

Check it out ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://newsmastfoundation.org/

I just visited the website of the European Data Protection Supervisor @EDPS and noticed that they have a @Mastodon icon / link in their social media navigation bar in the upper right side of the screen.

This is simply AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much for being here on the and for raising awareness about it with your website visitors โค๏ธ

@EUCommission can you please be next? I argued for this in my latest article: https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

A screenshot of the homepage of the European Data Protection Supervisor. There is a top navigation menu, links to articles and if you notice in the top right corner of the screen there is a social media navigation bar with a link to their Mastodon profile
a close-up image of the social media navigation bar in the upper right corner of the screen of their website, showing the icons of (from left to right): X, MASTODON, LinkedIn, Instagram, Spotify, YouTube and RSS

If this message is seen by anyone other than just myself, my snac2 instance (powered by the proverbial and figurative energy of a 68k Macintosh, if you will) has successfully made the not all too far move from Germany to Norway, as I continue to consolidate my self-hosted services and clean up the convoluted, multi-VPS and literal-hosted-from-home mess that I've created into something mildly more palatable.

And if not, well, then this was me shouting into the proverbial big void. Win-win either way?


Hello, ๐Ÿ‘‹

Iโ€™m Austin. Iโ€™m a researcher & academic who stumbled his way into writing for a living.

I really resonated with @bobdotoโ€™s description of writing without a system: each time I wrote something, it felt like a miracle, & I was unsure if I could do it again.

Iโ€™m about a month into using a to write and manage my thoughts and research & Iโ€™m enjoying it.

Iโ€™m interested in learning about other peopleโ€™s processes for writing & thinking!

"I never expected to find my news from strangers on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of. I never expected a lot of things. But there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage... It's the internet I was promised in 1996. It only took thirty years and the complete collapse of American journalism to get here."

https://privacysafe.social/@matdevdug@c.im

Fediverse

Do you know an organisation (big or small) that might be interested in joining Mastodon and the wider Fediverse? Here's a guide that tries to answer questions they might have about it:

โžก๏ธ https://fedi.tips/tips-for-organisations-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

If any organisations want to ask further questions or want help joining, please let me know!

I've tried to cover all the basics in relation to organisations, let me know if I've missed something or if you have other feedback ๐Ÿ™‚

My experience of the :

Year 1 (2023):
It feels a little lonely as 99% of my friends stayed on Big Tech platforms.

Year 2 (2024):
I start a blog - - to explain the fediverse to "normies"... and I make a lot of new (techie) friends.

Year 3 (2025):
My techie friends encourage me to start self-hosting with ... and I do! (GoToSocial, PeerTube, NextCloud...) I LOVE it.

Year 4 (2026):
I plan to buy a Heltec to try out off-grid mesh radio communication ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ