Notices by jaz :twt: :wales_flag: (jaz@toot.wales)

Starting to play with the #Mastodon 4.3 CSS, adding a few minor tweaks here and there. Here's what I've got so far, comments and suggestions welcome.

https://jaz.co.uk/projects/mastodon-4-3-custom-css/

Anyone else doing anything fun with styles?

#CSS #MastoAdmin

📢 If you're an admin, mod, or community manager on any Fediverse instance of any size, the 2024 Fediverse survey is still open!

This is the best way to direct the work of all the people creating tools and resources at IFTAS.

All questions optional. Use this link:

➡️ https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/kbCuHVByN8EoUPiESliFzU8T8Y+PYVgszLKYeiyCT9k/

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#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #FediMods #MastoMods #Moderation

@jaz@mastodon.iftas.org Thank you all for voting and for the comments. Significantly fewer on the "open social" and "indy social" than I would have predicted.

Of 854 votes, half sometimes say "Fedi" or "Fediverse", 75% prefer to simply use the name of the platform they're using, like Masotdon or Pixelfed or Lemmy.

no more than 5% said they use "open social", "social web", "indy social" or "independent social media".

Thank you all for the input!

I'm in #Kyoto #Japan about to watch the Welshpool... I mean Deadpool and Wolverine movie, just been told it is expected I remain silent for the entire movie and must sit in silence until the credits end.

Must. Not. Laugh.

This true? How bad is it if I giggle?

@multiverseofbadness I haven't, but I'll check it out later!

One week in Japan and I'm now pricing smart toilets in the USA because I don't think I can return to my caveman toilet life now that I've been, ahem, exposed to better things.

Hey #Fediverse I just want to say despite all the things we'd like to improve, I love what we have, what we've built. There's more to do, but I'm so happy to browse the timeline and see people sharing photos and snippets of their lives. We have something incredible here. That is all.

I would pay good money to watch this race

Fantastic range of answers, thank you everyone! I see a few recurring themes among all the great responses:

1. People really enjoy knowing they have a chronological feed that won't hide or downrank content from the people they follow. I'll add the "there's no ads" into this group.

2. Engagement is better. More engagement, better quality engagement, real people, real conversations.

3. Local or community governance and moderation. Rules that work in your local context.

Thank you everyone!

👋 If you can see this toot you are on the #Fediverse enjoying #BetterSocialMedia

How flippin' awesome is that!?

In one or two sentences, tell me one thing that stands out for you personally, one of the reasons you enjoy being here.

And if you're ok with me using your answer in promotional material to get more people here, add the tag #TellEveryone 📢

"Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd."

Tomorrow, March 1st, is #DyddGŵylDewi or #StDavidsDay - a day the Cymry celebrate #Wales and its culture.

The quote above translates to "do the little things in life", a reminder that even the tiniest interaction can make all the difference.

I look forward to an abundance of leeks, daffodils, mwsig Cymraeg, hopefully some #Defaidodon, and more!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i bawb!

#FediCard is very cool.

#FediWall is also very cool.

Hmm..

https://fediwall.social/?load=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jazmichaelking/a2e926cd3b108c8aace40cb9cd703d1c/raw/3c5b4378b75fbebd15f16df3525f1524d6f3c48a/fedicard-fediwall.json

Thanks to some very helpful feedback #MastodonNearMe now has its own Web page with a more easily viewed data directory: https://jaz.co.uk/projects/mastodon-near-me/

I'll deprecate the Github page and this will be the new home for the text version going forward.

#OpenStreetMap #OSM #mapstodon #umap

I've made some updates to #MastodonNearMe - and as always I'd love to hear about language- or location-focussed servers for the map.

🗺️ http://mastodon-near.me

#Maps #Mapstodon #OpenStreetMap #umap

@pfefferle @tchambers @photomatt I can imagine why it's not appropriate, but maybe a way to tell people who have enabled it on .com accounts to announce their account to a service like FediDB might be nice. I have three .com blogs I had to add manually, I doubt they'd ever be discovered otherwise.

Maybe I'll start yet another list of things so we at least have a directory of blogs to follow.

@tchambers @photomatt according to Matt there's 5k installs, but FediDB showing ~2500. I'm wondering how to improve discoverability (I had to add a few myself manually) - and how to drive installs - according to #SOTW there's not much interest (although Tumblr is next up for #ActivityPub integration) - WP value proposition is not clear, yet.

For me, I'd rather get the blog feed directly than a link via an author's account pulling in a RSS feed and reposting.

I've compiled a list of entities that are self-publishing, as in running their own #ActivityPub service for their own "voice", or their employees or their own members. Would love to hear about any more I can add to the list - state or local governments, NGOs, companies, anyone running their own ActivityPub server (must be an official channel): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Msmq_vgm1ggLEeR9fEjPWEPLmJbw3WuIB2fBwAstrRs/edit?usp=sharing

@feditips these are great! But truly, is there anything more wholesome than #Defaidodon ?

@pfefferle @pfefferle.wordpress.com odd stoplight referencing myother.life:

Stoplight::Error::RedLight: https://myother.life/inbox

@pfefferle @pfefferle.wordpress.com ah, understood.

Agreed, I see a follow request and a 500 Internal Server Error