Joseph Quattrocchi
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Nice, there were at least 30 people who raised their hand in the #Fosdem Legal & Policy track when @neil asked who is following him, after he asked who is using #Mastodon . Great to see this change with so many more switching to the #Fediverse 😃
Thanks Neil for being pro bono lawyer for so many #FreeSoftware initiatives and for giving the talk "Online Safety" laws: reflections for #FOSS projects" at #Fosdem 👏 https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/EAVFF3-online-safety-laws-and-foss-projects/
Nice, there were at least 30 people who raised their hand in the #Fosdem Legal & Policy track when @neil asked who is following him, after he asked who is using #Mastodon . Great to see this change with so many more switching to the #Fediverse 😃
Thanks Neil for being pro bono lawyer for so many #FreeSoftware initiatives and for giving the talk "Online Safety" laws: reflections for #FOSS projects" at #Fosdem 👏 https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/EAVFF3-online-safety-laws-and-foss-projects/
Mastodon server admins, important news!
The Mastodon developers are going to stop suggesting mastodon.social as a "default server".
Instead, the "default" server suggestions are going to be ones for a user's language and/or geographical location.
If your server matches these:
- General public server
- Running vanilla Mastodon
- Mastodon Covenant compliant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans
...then see this post for details: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115989802617165343
This is good to see. I've watched the public exchanges about the default server issue and to see that it has been resolved equitably is nice!
We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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Box464
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Mentioned by @andypiper :
The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.
(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)
#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon
Mentioned by @andypiper :
The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.
(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)
#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon
Nächste: @Mastodon mit @haubles und @andypiper.
1. Discord wird durch Zulip ersetzt. Ich gucke @hakendran dabei an. 😉
2. Statt Mastodon.social werden bald die regional nächsten Server in der eigenen Sprache vorgeschlagen. Das freut mich sehr für @Bonn.social und Co.
Alle Admins, die mehr dazu erfahren wollen, können sich hier registrieren (man entschuldigt sich für Google Workspace):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5sZs1z_hiM3oU0ahPYSB7xwlw6v4nqjERkxO9kgj3CMae8g/viewform
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@imacrea/115977976198245094
Current status: fuming with rage at the SHEER INEPTITUDE of the French press in covering W Social and Mastodon.
In the article linked below "journalist" François Saltiel wrote that @Gargron "quit his own network [Mastodon] because he was fed up with the behavior of certain users."
Eugen referred to deleting his bridge to Bluesky, not quitting Mastodon FFS.
You should know Mr. Saltier simply rehashed W Social's press release and failed to mention it is a fork of Bluesky...
"Journalism" today
yup
we are on #mastodon/ #fediverse because the profit motive in corporate #socialMedia means privacy defilement, free reign for bigotry/ ignorance, and #algorithm manipulation by #plutocracy agendas
the same applies to the #news #media:
#ventureCapital takes over dying traditional media outlets and puts right wing goons in the managing editor positions
we have nonprofit news ( #NPR, #ProPublica, #TheGuardian, etc)
trust them
all else: beware
