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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/115422407120803629

Good morning Fedi friends!

The results of yesterday's poll are in: 53% of you voted for #NextCloud – as in: the software I should showcase in my #YunoHost / #selfhosting for newbies step-by-step guide.

I've been self-hosting NextCloud for 4 months now and it has become absolutely essential to me, replacing Dropbox, Google Docs, Google Drive and WeTransfer. But it has so many more capabilities too!

I'm excited to do a show & tell.

Yay for #DigitalSovereignty and independence from #BigTech ✊

@Gargron @Mastodon obligatory “take my money” GIF… and I literally just said an hour ago that my little one has too many plushies 😅

Unpopular opinion: the silver lining in server outages is that they pull the curtain & reveal some hard truths about who is really behind some services we use... especially stuff we think are alternatives to Big Tech (spoiler: maybe they aren't).

Case in point: last year's #Microsoft outage took out #DuckDuckGo (https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-outage-affects-bing-copilot-duckduckgo-chatgpt).

Today's Amazon's AWS outage took out #Signal in some areas: https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115405436746725236

Oh my, is this time to convince my family & friends to move to Matrix? 🥲

Me in October 2024: "Hmmm #Linux seems interesting, maybe I'll start learning it on a Raspberry Pi... and if I'm lucky enough in 5-10 years I can host my own Fediverse instance."

Me in October 2025: "No we can't fly back to Paris on October 25th. IT'S LINUX DAY in Italy! I need to attend events." I'm also self-hosting my own GoToSocial, Pixelfed, PeerTube and NextCloud (thanks to #YunoHost). And no I'm not bragging, I'm sharing my new addiction. Send help please 😅🤣

Good morning Fedi friends!

When I opened up my podcast app this morning I realized that I've been recently featured on 3 out of the 12 podcasts I routinely listen to. It's a bit surreal to be honest.

I'm super thankful to @aprilorg @projetslibres & @firesidefedi for giving me an opportunity to share my story of tech empowerment made possible by the Fediverse & FOSS ❤️

🎧 Libre à Vous (FR): https://www.libreavous.org/256-parcours-libriste-avec-elena-rossini-la-violence-ce-n-est-pas-binaire

🎧 Projets Libres (FR): coming soon

🎧 Fireside Fedi (EN): https://fedi.video/w/21bC2eX9wvznPCcda5wPbA

@spocko @CStamp @StillIRise1963 @mastodonmigration I love the idea of using frogs as a symbol of resistance… considering that the alt right and 4Chan crowd had sadly hijacked Pepe the Frog and used it for hate speech for years and years.

Protesters in Portland are absolutely brilliant. If I lived there, I’d buy a unicorn costume and join in

I’m still smiling from ear to ear after yesterday’s convo with @ozoned on @firesidefedi. Speechless over the intro in Italian - I hope I didn’t ruin it with my giggles 😅🤣 Grazie Antonio! https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/21bC2eX9wvznPCcda5wPbA

#Mastodon feature request: you know how you can opt in to a confirmation dialog before you boost a post or you publish media without #AltText?

I think it would be WONDERFUL if there could be a prompt to ask: "are you sure you want to boost this?" when you're about to boost a post that has a picture without #AltText...

Because the "Explore" page makes me a little bit angry when I see EVERY SINGLE DAY the same accounts posting screenshots that do not contain any alt text descriptions. Not cool 😒

Good morning Fedi friends & happy #FediForum day 2.

Sadly I cannot attend this edition but I have a little present for German-speaking attendees.

The German narration of my Fedi promo video is out: narrated by Fedi champion @melaniebartos and uploaded onto @digitalcourage 's #PeerTube channel:

🔗 : https://digitalcourage.video/w/thFf16Yt9y8AMFz1k8P6v1

I hope this will be useful for introducing your German friends to the Fediverse.

Thank you Melanie & @padeluun ❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated

Fantastic presentation by @andypiper at #BerlinFediDay “rebellions are built on hope” — YESSSSS 🙌🔥

@cwebber Sorry to miss you in Berlin (I was really looking forward to seeing you IRL) but I look forward to watching your presentation this afternoon Christine.

And I hope we’ll have an opportunity to say hi IRL (maybe FOSDEM 2026?)

Have a great day and THANK YOU for all you do 💖

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/114845119132934981

Routine PSA: #Mozilla will shut down #Pocket on October 8th and delete all user data. You have a week left to request an export of your archive.

(My first request returned a corrupt file, so I'm going for a second round now. Fingers crossed).

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

"My Fediverse Starter Guide" for newbies, based on my video and articles about Fediverse software and culture.

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-fediverse-starter-guide/

mentioning @Mastodon @news @gotosocial @pfefferle @pixelfed @peertube

If you share it with friends/family, let me know how it goes and if this guide is helpful to them 🙏

#digitalliteracy #BigTech #tech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog

@pfefferle I look forward to seeing you there Matthias!

@evan asking for a friend (so she can make travel plans / childcare arrangements well in advance): will FOSDEM 2026 will have another Social Web track? This year's edition was absolutely EPIC... 😊

@stereo aw thanks for the info Ralf! 🙏@evan

Working on a new signature to append to all my #blog posts:

written by a human ❤️

This is very DIY, I wrote it on a piece of paper, took a pic with my phone and sent it to my computer. You can still see the paper texture, but I think it adds a nice touch to it...

#noAI

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115224321548138026

Good morning Fedi friends.

Quote posts are all over my timeline today - wow!

Thank you @Gargron and the whole @Mastodon team for implementing them in a considerate way, protecting original posters from potential misuse and pile-ons.

Are we calling them quoots? Or something else? (I love a good portmanteau)

Wishing everyone a lovely day! ✨

Dear Fedi friends,

I would love to start a #GratefulForYou hashtag, doing shout-outs to Fediverse people that one finds inspiring, enlightening, or just plain cool.

The online world can be a dark, overwhelming place and I just wanted to encourage others to shine a light on people who make a positive difference... to say, "I see you, I hear you and I value you."

Today my #GratefulForYou goes out to @sylvia, whose creativity & positivity always uplift & inspire me ❤️

Who are you grateful for?

@jwildeboer nooooooooooooo this is such bad news 😱😭😭😭😭😭