Notices by Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)

@steffo not sure. I should have added for extra context that I also found 0 results for "nikon" and 3 posts for "fujifilm"

#AskFedi I wish to improve the search results / discoverability of interesting content for my self-hosted #Pixelfed instance.

I set it up earlier this week via #YunoHost and I'm having issues finding content when I look up hashtags.

As a photographer, I wanted to actively look for photos tagged with camera brand names (Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm) but so far I'm finding very few results (see screenshot). I wonder if you have any recommendations as to how to tweak my settings? Thanks in advance! ✨

@osma @cheeaun great points and actually Friendica has Google+ like Circles (possibly Hubzilla too, but I have yet to try it)

@cheeaun @eloquence I completely understand and I should have had a more gracious, nuanced response to the news.

It’s just that I have been burned so many times by platforms that suddenly went up in smoke, forcing me to rebuild my social graph from scratch. And I’m a photographer / filmmaker, so I get it. I just wish there was something for us on the open social web, powered by a protocol like ActivityPub. It would be a game changer

@evan awesome, I can’t wait !!! 🥳

Would it be ok if I brought my pro camera gear and took photos of the presentations?

@cheeaun @eloquence I also never heard of it till now… “absorbed into Perplexity AI” yikes!

One more reason why people should abandon closed silos and join the Fediverse. Do they never learn?

@AbandonedAmerica I’m so sorry Matthew. Big virtual hug

@mike feeling all the feels after discovering I'm on it as a source. Thank you @tchambers 🥰 (I just added it to my Surf home)

@diynotdie awesome! ✨ share a link when your LinkStack is ready - I’m always looking for inspiration

@LandoDev awesome! Please share a link once that page/site is up and running

@symcasolari full control and ownership of your social space 🤗

@neiman me! 🙋🏻♀️

@karlauerbach indeed not looking forward to that… but I enabled daily backups on my VPN… @emmecola

@FedicaHQ I suddenly feel so old not understanding many of these expressions.

As a photographer I have to ask: what's the problem with Sigma? (it's also a lens manufacturer that makes my favorite lenses)

@oblomov WUT

@emmecola I promise you, the perceived difficulty of self-hosting is just an illusion. I have ZERO coding skills (aside from HTML) but I was able to follow #YunoHost's simple instructions. I wouldn't be able to do anything without YunoHost.

But yeah, admittedly I'm nerdier than the average person 😅

@oblomov 😂 (but sadly I had to look that up because I never heard of it... does it count that I'm really tempted by Linux Mint?)

@luca the Fediverse totally radicalized me (in the best possible way) in just 5 months LOL.

Wait till I get a new phone and install GrapheneOS.

I'm going deep down in the FOSS rabbit hole, LOL

✨ The rebellion will be federated & self-hosted ✨

On Dec 5, 2024 I published this blog post https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/ on @ele@elenarossini.com

On Dec 17 I signed up for a #VPS.

On Dec 22 I installed #GoToSocial and began personalizing my little corner of the #Fediverse: @elena

On Jan 14 I installed #Pixelfed on my server: @ele@photos.elenarossini.com

Yesterday I installed #LinkStack on https://elena.social

All this feels really empowering and I wanna help others do the same! 🚀

#selfhosting #FOSS

@gotosocial haha excellent! looking forward to your next release 👏 ✨