Notices by Matt (matt@oslo.town)

@evan There's probably two very different buckets full of 'Things I'd like to improve as a Fediverse admin' and 'Reasons why people don't want to adopt yet another social media site in 2026' and there's little overlap between those two buckets. 😂

Do you publish your findings and research anywhere publicly? I'd be interested in reading along.

@aslakr I can only imagine @evan says "like what?" because he's thinking of the protocol / backend work and not Mastodon as a piece of software with a frontend.

There's so much sub-par public UX in Mastodon, but even more so if you look at the Admin and Moderation panels. A lot needs a rethink.

But this $$$ is not being spent on that. It's 2 backend engineers to work on backend according to the press release.

I just don't see E2EE as a priority for a Mastodon experience.

@jaz @benpate

@jaz @evan @benpate I would add, in regards to 'Signal has 50 employees", that Mastodon does not. And there's a lot of things that need fixing and improving already without having to solve E2EE messaging.

Something, something, resourcing.

But whatever, it is what it is. I'm sure it'll be fine. It just sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of reward. 🙃

This is fun (to me):

1) Pop a JSON file on your website which lists all the websites you know are written by a human and not AI

2) Install the browser addon and see which websites you trust and who vouch for each other as you browse.

🔗 https://codeberg.org/robida/human.json

#NoAI #NO2AI #HumanJSON #Internet #WebDev

Wikipedia has over 300 languages. Each one picks different images to illustrate the same topic! Compare the key images on this here page: https://walzr.com/in-every-language/

#Wikipedia

I forgot I had a Ubisoft account. Stupid games companies forcing you to have a new account with every publisher. But now they're saying they're locking down the account unless I provide age verification.

Glad I had the foresight to pick the username WHAT_IS_THIS_BS because it sure is a whole lotta BS.

🥹

#gaming #ubisoft #videogames #ukpol #OnlineSafetyAct

@annika I think the answer to question 2 satisfied her curiosity to question 1.

"Why are you wearing a mask?"

I am American.

All these federated users, coming here, to my server, using up my storage space! #StopThePosts 😠

@Gargron I'm guessing the building assignment doesn't correlate with an academic grading system of your work?

I imagine that the UX designers at The Guardian have the best intentions but probably go home and cry in the shower after work.

#Design #uxDesign #Designers #TheGuardian

@stux @Dhmspector Is this for people in the US only? Because this is not the case for me. I am not forced to follow.

A great time to remind you all that there's a website, browser addon, and app that can remind you when you are about to use a non-European service and suggest a European alternative:

🌐 https://www.goeuropean.org
🧩 https://www.goeuropean.org/browser-extension
📱 https://www.goeuropean.org/brandsnap-go-european-app

#GoEuropean #Europe #Firefox #Chrome #Vivaldi #Android #iOS

It turns out the leader of the #GreenParty of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 previous had an account on Mastodon (hello @ZackPolanski 👋 ) and so did Green MP for #Brighton Pav' (hello @sianberry 👋)

So I emailed the party to ask if they would consider moving away from #Twitter/X in light of recent events and reboot a Mastodon effort.

I shared links to mastodon.green and a set of UK-based instances, including toot.wales.

You too can email office@greenparty.org.uk to ask that they get an official #Mastodon account.

I think I ate too many After Eights.

Took a photo of this earlier today and thought "The nerds on Mastodon are going to love this"

Don't let me down, Fedi. :heart_yellow_fb:

Scotland's national instrument. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#cats #caturday #bagpipes

@Gargron Piccadilly Gardens - the worst place to be. 😆

Whilst everyone is sharing their #SpotifyWrapped, the band Los Campesinos! shared how much they made from streaming services for their album All Hell:

🔗 https://loscampesinos.com/heres-how-much-money-los-camp-make-from-streaming/

#Music #MusicIndustry #Streaming #Bandcamp #Tidal #AppleMusic #Spotify #YouTube #Amazon

The company Northern Playground is has a campaign right now where they are trying to ditch advertising on Meta products.

If you want to raise some awareness to them and to their followers about Mastodon, get in the comments of their post and mention oslo.town and Mastodon.

:instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGwy3lEbog/
:facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernPlayground/posts/pfbid0dY8FiHwzp9VDXB5zSJWQwaUjk132iUt3nnpLcnXNRFPDBrqmN63P4Ef2TMv8qfebl

#Mastodon #PromoteMastodon #NorthernPlayground #Meta #FuckMeta #FuckFacebook #FuckInstagram #Oslo #Allheimen

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a fun game which mostly involves taking photos of animals, picking up trash, and preserving nature. My 4yo loves to play it together. 💚

https://www.gog.com/en/game/alba_a_wildlife_adventure

#Alba #AlbaTheGame #Gaming #VideoGames #Wildlife #Nature