Here's my first Mastodon post!
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 did someone already tell you about the starter-packs? They're a great way to get started and find people to follow
https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/?q=Eu&order_by=popular_day
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@hpod16 I would say it’s the most human social media, no algorithm, we are the algorithm, so it’s transparent, genuine and slower
@Peperlito maybe that’s why it’s making me nostalgic for my days on tumblr in 2010 …
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@hpod16 did someone already tell you about the starter-packs? They're a great way to get started and find people to follow
https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/?q=Eu&order_by=popular_day
@leanderlindahl they did but admittedly I haven’t looked into them yet. It’s way past my bedtime. 🥱
So that sounds like a Monday endeavour to me.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse? -
@rafa_font @hpod16 @karlos @Curia @Curia_fr AND they answer emails from Mastodon followers who help them improve their settings so the automatic translation can work for those who refuse anglo monolingualism, so...
I'm not saying Cvria is the
of EU institutions, but that's exactly what I'm saying. 
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@der_schrank that depends on how the buttons is built technically. A "share on Mastodon" button does not necessarily work for other Fediverse software. I know that there are currently multiple technical implementations of these sharebuttons across the internet, and some work for users of for example Sharkey, but others only work for Mastodon users. Not sure which is true for the EU Comm ones.
@nitrml @der_schrank mhhh I wasn’t aware of this complication… how would I test out how this share button works?
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@hpod16 welcome! It’s great to see you here!
@saxifraga thank you kindly!
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Welcome
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@hpod16 Welcome
@ekari thank you very much!
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@gelbphoenix @hpod16 @karlos It's sad how this is an aspect of the Web - and also of the Internet - that ends up having to be highlighted an explained in 2026.
But that's the point we're at, where a bunch of commercial services make it easy not to be aware of what the Internet actually is.
(But hey, explaining it at least opens the door to mentioning another very nice thing: open protocols!)
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@milesizdead @nihkeys thanks for the warm welcome!
I’m getting good vibes from this side of the internet so far. It’s kind of reminding me of my early days on tumblr in 2010. -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 It's easy. If European politicians start posting on fediverse first, X last or not at all, journalists will follow, and other people too.
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@hpod16 It's easy. If European politicians start posting on fediverse first, X last or not at all, journalists will follow, and other people too.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16
Welcome to the fediverse
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Get politicians to move here. Journalists will follow. Mainstream folks won't come here before we have companies, brands and influencers and even in that case, it's probably through something like Threads. They're hooked on ads and outrage algorithms.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 I think being content on the Fediverse that people actually like to watch and enjoy would definitely give more people incentive to come and hang out here. That includes video content on Fedi-based video sharing platforms, such as PeerTube and Loops. There are people like us that support the Fediverse for what it stands for, but most "regular" people will join it out of sheer personal interest.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Välkommen!
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@hpod16 I think being content on the Fediverse that people actually like to watch and enjoy would definitely give more people incentive to come and hang out here. That includes video content on Fedi-based video sharing platforms, such as PeerTube and Loops. There are people like us that support the Fediverse for what it stands for, but most "regular" people will join it out of sheer personal interest.
@hpod16 The Fediverse is still in its infancy stage. In order to grow it still needs our support. As its platforms become more mature, more people will join, hence creating a virtous circle. And more people joining will create a sense of community and belonging, which in itself will give even more people incentive to join.
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@hpod16 I forgot, how could I!!!
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DOES NOT sell YOUR DATA, TRACK or MONITOR YOU!And it's VERY unlikely that it will be taken over by fascists!
@BrennpunktUA @hpod16 Even if Mastodon itself does not sell, track or monitor - anyone could (since it's all out in the open as you stated before. No need for an account even.)
And I beg to differ about the likeliness of a take over by "fascists"/malicious actors. Not as in server take over, but in "join and spam" or "join and deceive"-runs, the operation financed by e.g. big tech
I think that WILL happen when Mastodon reaches a critical mass, and the @Mastodon developers need to be prepared.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?
