A new week has begun, and 2025 is getting closer to its end. The question we should all ask ourselves is this: what have we done, and what can we do, to make the Fediverse a better place?

The Fediverse is for everyone. The Fediverse belongs to everyone. We should not wait for someone else to do something. We can start ourselves.

- Follow people who post content that interests you. You do not always have to agree. Constructive disagreement helps us grow.

- Always remain respectful and civil. This is what can make the difference between the Fediverse and social platforms that profit from anger. Let us make it a place we want to go, not a place we feel forced to go just to prove someone wrong.

- Make it a better place for yourself. Our timelines are exactly what we choose them to be. This takes a bit more effort, but the result will be far more satisfying.

- Help administrators identify problems. Pointless criticism is useless. Doing your part, on the other hand, is priceless.

- Boost what you believe is worth boosting. That is how things spread. If quote posts are available, explain why you shared something. You can also share content you disagree with, if you think it may be interesting for the people who follow you.

- Do not approach people coming from other platforms with closure or arrogance. It takes time to understand and adapt. Acting like schoolteachers helps no one.

- The Fediverse belongs to everyone, therefore it belongs to no one. If you run your own personal instance, that is your kingdom, but you could be defederated by everyone and end up alone. If that is your goal, fine. Otherwise, remember that federation is, at the same time, an honor, a responsibility, and a privilege.

- Have fun. Grow. Live. The Fediverse is an extension of your life.

If you have questions, ask. You will find many people who will be more than happy to answer.

And to you, who are reading this, thank you for being here.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #snac2 #akkoma #pleroma #gotosocial #honk #mitra #SocialNetworks #Lemmy #PeerTube #Misskey #Sharkey

Happy Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Sunday, #illumosCafe
Happy Sunday, #Fediverse

I'm currently relaxing with some music by Ennio Morricone

https://song.link/s/6PrKZUXJPmBiobMN44yR8Y

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox

@junior A lot of years ago I heard about some decentralized Web 3.0 services like Diaspora and even touched them — but there were no interesting things to read and no interesting people to subscribe, so I continued to use Twitter and other centralized platforms.

Then, since 2022, some of these platforms became not so welcoming place to communicate — state-controlled trolls, just a morons and a stream of apocalyptic news leave no place for interesting things. And some of these platforms were simply blocked by state, since they are competed with official propaganda.

At the same time a read a blogpost of @vas3k about Web that couldn't be so simply blocked, not depends on some corporate entity, etc: https://vas3k.blog/blog/unstoppable_web/

Thusly, I started to think about #Mastodon since it was described as a one of the biggest federated thing — it should provide me a way (as I think) stay independent from corporations and companies with their lies about "human approach" and "customer-oriented services" (stares to fucking NameCheap ). If my Mastodon instance admin decide to go crazy or just be forced by state to ban all Russians — well, when I simply migrate to another server, without this madness.

So, I selected the mas.to server using the instructions from aforementioned blogpost. And I used it for some time, learning how Fediverse works, by the way.

First of all, I tried to type some hashtags for Emacs, Thinkpad and FreeBSD and found a lot of interesting people and a lot of interesting discussions — so my timeline became filled with interesting toots very quickly.

Also, I discovered an extremly useful (compared to other social networks, lol) feature to hide all unwanted toots by word filters. So, finally I was able to clear my timelines from any unwanted toots.

After near a year I found, that all cool kids have a small separate servers where they write about cool things. At this time I already found that mastodon server should be selected carefully to have a local timeline readable — on the mas.to, since it was located in the USA, there were a lot of USA news in it's timeline. Which is obviously wasn't interesting for me.

I already know @stefano and know about mastodon.bsd.cafe instance and as for BSD user — my next step was obvious

#mastodon #fediverse

Have a nice evening, #BSDCafe
Have a nice evening, #illumosCafe
Have a nice evening, #Fediverse

Waiting for the proper time to have dinner, relaxing.

https://song.link/s/51qqSdQOsPkMOvG8g09r96

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #Jazz #Relax

Which #fediverse #activitypub server is the easiest to run in #docker?

I'd like to test my own AP software without littering the live network

#askfedi

#OverUnder 046 with @stefano

He's a #Unix enthusiast, he hangs out at the #BSD cafe, and write about various systems.
If Unix tips interest you, you should definitely check him out.
Today, he shares his thoughts on #DragonFlyBSD, #AWS, #TuxedoComputers, #zsh, and #Nespresso.

#terminal #shell #opensource #coffee #blog #cloud #Tuxedo #fediverse #mastodon

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-046

Before sunrise.

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

#Photography

Alt...

Semi transparent patterned curtains hang in front of a window before sunrise, with soft early light glowing through the fabric and revealing floral motifs while the room remains mostly dark.

A pale sun is slowly making its way through the fog. Today might be the right day to go and pick up the "toys" from the supplier, two 5G routers.

Happy Friday, #BSDCafe
Happy Friday, #illumosCafe
Happy Friday, #Fediverse

Peaceful SeaWednesday, #BSDCafe
Peaceful SeaWednesday, #illumosCafe
Peaceful SeaWednesday, #Fediverse

I miss my sea.

#Photography #Photo #Picture #Pic #Pictures #Sea #SeaWednesday #MeerMittwoch #Boat #Fisher

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A small boat rests on a sandy shore, with fishing equipment and nets piled nearby. In the background, a lone fisherman stands on a rocky jetty, casting his line into the calm, open sea. The tranquil waters stretch out under an overcast sky, creating a peaceful, contemplative scene by the coast. Buoys and rocks add subtle colors to the muted coastal landscape, embodying the quiet rhythm of a seaside morning.

A Tuesday that looks like a Monday.

Good morning, #BSDCafe
Good morning, #illumosCafe
Good morning, #Fediverse

Happy Silent Sunday, #Fediverse
Happy Silent Sunday, #BSDCafe
Happy Silent Sunday, #illumosCafe

#Photography #Photo #SilentSunday #NaturePhotography

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Golden light spreads across a quiet field as the sun sinks toward the horizon, warming the tall grass and outlining the bare trees in soft orange. Wisps of clouds stretch across the sky while the landscape rests in complete stillness.

Happy Friday, #BSDCafe
Happy Friday, #illumosCafe
Happy Friday, #Fediverse

I hope the sun I see from my window right now can light up and cheer up your day.

https://song.link/s/4IhTXiZLKATmwhMZIb1GQN

#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague it came up that they have never sat on a cow. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never sat on a cow.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a cow.

🐃 🐄 🐮

Have you sat on a cow?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

🆕 blog! “Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!”

How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.

Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

Edit: sorted, it's https://mastoreader.io/

Dear fedi, is there a "threader" type thing for fedi theads?

As in: give it a multi-post Fediverse thread, receive a single HTML page with it written out kinda sorta like an article?

Thanks!

#AskFedi #Fediverse

Thanks @grunfink@comam.es for the #snac server, @stefano@bsd.cafe for the blog posts that pointed me to it, @voron@snac.nya.pub for the theme and @manton@manton.org for motivating me with your book