Here's my first Mastodon post!
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@SteveThompson good morning and thanks for the music!
Refreshing that YouTube embeds over here... I remember when Facebook used to do this.
It is a much more positive experience here. Enjoy!
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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 Cat pictures, discussions about Linux and Star Trek memes are a good way to start.
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@hpod16 Cat pictures, discussions about Linux and Star Trek memes are a good way to start.
@benjamincox are dog pictures okay too?
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@benjamincox are dog pictures okay too?
@hpod16 Absolutely! The more, the better!
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@echopapa
I only just realised I haven't seen a single ad on here yet! How refreshing.I think Marketing is a problem. No big company behind Mastodon means no big marketing budget, means less people hear about the company.
I'm doing my bit, spreading by word of mouth.
Everytime I see someone complain that there is no European Social media in the comments sections of the EU accounts, I point them to the EC Mastodon. It's a start, but you need celebrities on board, really.
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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! Hope you like it here.
We're starting a movement in Denmark to spread the word and help more people find a place here. Our goal is to create collectively owned instances. We've started a couple of instances, made a web-page and are working on films in danish to promote the Fediverse.
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@gagagoogle @Mastodon
But how? How can developers prepare for a fascist take-over?
Better mod services? Algorithms that don't polarise? What else?@hpod16 @Mastodon
It could be hindered if there was more possibilities for server-owners to identify bad actors on their servers.Since moderation is not cheap. It could instead be done with help from the users, by adding a "report abuse"-button to each post. Any user could then flag any post.
The server-owner should be able to mark some users as "trustworthy" giving their abuse-reports some sort of priority and the opposite too, "untrustworthy" for users who abuse this reporting system.
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@hpod16 Absolutely! The more, the better!
@benjamincox
Here's my princess, Simson!
She's not 100% mine, I just dog-sit her, but I swear she loves me the most. And I her! -
@hpod16 @Mastodon
It could be hindered if there was more possibilities for server-owners to identify bad actors on their servers.Since moderation is not cheap. It could instead be done with help from the users, by adding a "report abuse"-button to each post. Any user could then flag any post.
The server-owner should be able to mark some users as "trustworthy" giving their abuse-reports some sort of priority and the opposite too, "untrustworthy" for users who abuse this reporting system.
@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.
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@gelbphoenix @karlos would be cool if the European Parliament created a Mastodon Instance, and offered all MEPs (Members of the Parliament) the ability to create an account on their instance. I know some social media savvy MEPs would appreciate that... It's a good idea you have there!
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@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.
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@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.
@gagagoogle @Mastodon
the panic-button is not a bad idea. -
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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@nitrml @der_schrank mhhh I wasn’t aware of this complication… how would I test out how this share button works?
@der_schrank @hpod16 easiest way would probably be to post a link to an article, asking people to use different fediverse software to try the share button, and have them reply
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@der_schrank @hpod16 easiest way would probably be to post a link to an article, asking people to use different fediverse software to try the share button, and have them reply
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@benjamim
@hpod16 @gelbphoenix @karlos
It would be nice if European institutions officials implemented some “official mirror accounts” over here. Just in case…
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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 Thank you and please once you understand that there's more beyond mastodon, promote the breadth of the Fediverse with Pixelfed, All the different microblogging sites, peertube, and what not! Thanks for your efforts!! -
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@eupolicy.social suggestions:
- don't promote 'mastodon', use 'Fediverse' instead. It's more inclusive and describes the nature of the network better. Using 'mastodon' is like promoting a trademark.
- prefer to promote accounts on the Fediverse instead of WhatsApp, Twitter, Insta, ... people already know these. You don't have to abandon them as a first step, but promote Fediverse accounts over the others
- only use teasers on WA, Insta, FB, Twitter, .. they all lead to a Fedi-account. These can be read publicly with any browser, without a special app.
- give benefits to people if they use fedi, if you have the opportunity. @marcuwekling@cultur.social Did this with tickets for the recording session of his next #känguru audio book. He promoted in fedi one day ahead of other social media.
- if people argue with you, use easy understandable reasons. If you need some, ask me ( this message is long enough already )
Wish you all the best
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@gagagoogle @Mastodon
the panic-button is not a bad idea.@hpod16 @Mastodon Thanks. But to be fair (and obnoxious) - none of my ideas are bad
They won't eliminate all potential problems though of course, just taking away the worst and the most.
I'm thinking other problems, like data being harvested to "sell, track and monitor" is a bit trickier. But should be solvable partly with encryption, but not for all posts, and maybe more for Lemmy than for Mastodon (otherwise it would defeat the puropse of being a public bullentin-board-style microblog)
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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@eupolicy.social the fediverse is not just Mastodon, and it’s global in nature
