Notices by Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social), page 2

@misc857 it might be your location - if we are unable to ship there, the products will show unavailable. We are quite low on some things at the moment though.

@marmar 👋🏻 Ta-da! Welcome to Funland! #stevenuniverse

@chiaraanna7 hello and welcome!

… and they are gone! You can still find a few (!) #plushtodon on our online store https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-stuffed-toy-mini?variant=53632527532364

We are having a great time at #FOSDEM and we only have three enamel “Live Laugh Federate” pins left! (Two just got sold!)

The Default Server Recommendations experiment is a first step in reimagining how Mastodon onboarding & server discovery work.

Our team’s intent is to work with the community to build new onboarding pathways that support the entire network.

We can’t wait to get started 💜

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If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, please let us know by filling out the form that this QR code points too.

(sorry it’s in Google docs)

https://forms.gle/7uRui5VnMPfEYAgq8

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Starting now, we’re recruiting general purpose servers with open sign-ups. To be eligible, servers must:

- Run default Mastodon (for now)
- Agree to the Server Covenant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans

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The experiment will be designed to ensure that server admins remain in control: meaning they will have the power opt-in and opt-out as needed, or reduce the percentage of sign-ups flowing their way.

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(The reason we’re starting with the apps and not the web is because the necessary data to run this experiment is already provided through the app store. It is more complicated to do this right for the web, and we want to think carefully about how to do this in a way that respects privacy.)

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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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@jdp23 many of the FOSDEM Devrooms are streamed, yes. You should find information on the Social Web track page when things are live. https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/

@alexandrageese as we wrote elsewhere, we're very happy to see more MEPs encouraging more use of 🇪🇺 technology... like Mastodon!

We were created here, we are an organisation with European values, and we are proud to support the European Commission's presence in the open social web.

Busy week! We're preparing to meet the community at #FOSDEM at the weekend. Some members of the team will be at various events around Brussels from Thursday. As well as @haubles talk on the #socialweb track on Saturday, @mellifluousbox will be on a panel on the Policy track on Sunday. Plus, you'll be able to buy stickers and pins on our stand to #SupportMastodon

Mastodon is not just another social platform.

We're a movement, putting people first, championing a people-centred internet. 💻💛

Help us grow spaces where authentic connections matter more than metrics. Donate #SupportMastodon

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

@richintheflow well, you can mute or block any account yourself. Moderators deal with accounts that break the rules of the server that you're using.

Some automated accounts can be useful ones, so they can be set up with an automated badge (for example, to post interesting or fun things) and you can choose to follow them, or block or ignore them.

We hope you don't get too annoyed when you're using Mastodon!

Mastodon is proving what's possible.

Respectful public discourse shouldn't be a radical concept; but today, it is.

Stand with us for a social web where kindness and freedom of expression thrive together. Donate to power the change. #SupportMastodon

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

@lokjo thank you for this feedback - we will look at how to improve this.

@lexinova we're aware of this issue, and will be making changes in that direction soon! Thanks for the feedback, and hope you'll feel able to support the project in the future.

@random_sapiens our our fiscal sponsor in the EU is WE AID, and there's a SEPA Direct Debit option via that route. We're aware we can do more to make it easier to donate, and will see what we can do to improve this.