@voxel You can't demand free volunteer work from people and then say that they should not express opinions about injustice. The reason people do volunteer work is usually because they are trying to help others who need help.I run my accounts and sites and put most of my spare time into them because of things like this:https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopiaCorporate social networks are killing people and threatening vulnerable groups. I am trying to help build non-corporate alternatives.

@niq If this is any use, I've done a guide to using multiple accounts: https://fedi.tips/using-multiple-accounts-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

@midtsveen I see you've found a place to move to, but if you ever need to see a list of alternative instances there's an official page about it at https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances

@5ciFiGirl Thanks, didn't notice that! I've put ohai.social on there instead as it's also a good general server with lots of connections to the Fediverse.

@rysiek @jz Beautiful color! (I have a sweater in that color 🥰)

Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here. We’re thrilled he’s staying on in an advisory capacity. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon

@havchr You can follow combinations of hashtags if you use Mastodon's advanced web interface. It allows creating special columns which combine hashtags in different ways.More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface in the section marked "Advanced multiple hashtag searches using pinned columns".You can filter your follows generally to be in one language ( https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages ) or filter your search results to be in one language using search operators ( https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/ ).

@sebastian @simonjust this is exactly why we're making #Folkeføderation. To provide a social network that is owned and controlled collectively and without advertising or surveillance.

@UlrikeHahn @laurenshof @thenexusofprivacy @julian Whatever you suggest, please say something that doesn't involve centralisation.This isn't meant to be a thread about how to do onboarding, it's a thread about how to stop centralisation.In this particular case it's a badly-conceived onboarding mechanism that is causing the problem, but the problem itself is the centralisation.All discussion is pointless if the Fedi centralises, because it would no longer have a reason to exist.

@pirarucu @autistics I've been saving this #moth / #butterfly for a rainy day. I took this #photo in #HongKong . #photography #wildlife #Insects

@cabbagepickle @crisl_at Welcome Cabbagepickle! Feel free to ask if you want help using this place, and there's lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

Also, deploy your hashtags at the end of your posts.Makes it easier for both humans AND screen readers to parse your posts.