Notices by Jerry on Mastodon (jerry@hear-me.social)

#PieFed, a federated #Reddit alternative, may well be the most actively updated volunteer-maintained FOSS application. There are new features (not minor ones either) every day along with a number of bug fixes. And it's rock solid.

I update the software on my Piefed server a minimum of twice a day, and even doing this, I'm always afraid I'm falling behind.

For example, these are the changes made last month: https://link.fossdle.org/post/1605. It's a huge list.

And, as a plus, unlike Lemmy, the developers are not tankies. They are great human beings. I never went to Lemmy because of the developers. I just couldn't.

I'm impressed, and I want to throw some public Kudos and thank yous toward the team.

If you would like to explore PieFed, here's the server list: https://join.piefed.social/try/

@rimu

#Fediverse #FediverseApplications

@kaia Curious why you like them? Or if you're asking about them for other reasons.

I blocked them on this server for unchecked racism back in Dec, 2022. I usually investigate before I block, and I don't easily decide to block, but I don't remember the details about my decision back then.

Do you think the block should be reconsidered?

@BeAware

Howdy.

Since you moved instances, should I block your old one? I'm getting errors in the log:

235:443 state=error: certificate verify failed (certificate has expired) on https://social.beaware.live/inbox","error_class":"OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError","failed_at":1744980800.164205,"retry_count":4,"retried_at":1744981028.3614824}}

#Piefed has a great new feature. When you search for a community, it doesn't just look for communities that your server knows about, but it also looks through the #Lemmy index, via LemmyVerse.net, to find Lemmy communities that you can then bring into the Piefed instance you're on.

https://piefed.social/post/531611

Want to join the #threadiverse? I use Piefed. It's new but powerful. You can find an instance to join here: https://join.piefed.social/try/

@kaia Not what I expected. There seem to be many more COBOL programmers under 35 than I would have guessed, and fewer between 55-60 than I would have guessed. Interesting.

#USPolitics #USPol #Musk

OMG. Based on Wozniak's comments, I would hate driving a #Tesla too. I'd be cursing out #Musk and Tesla constantly. It sounds just horrible. Is it really this horrible?

https://fortune.com/2025/03/07/steve-wozniak-says-tesla-is-worst-at-improving-driver-tech/

The #Tesla #Cybertruck is illegal in the UK, and probably will be in the EU. Why? It's extremely dangerous for pedestrians, which is not a concern in modern-day America, and even a selling point.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/02/20/tesla-cybertruck-banned-in-the-uk-due-to-safety-issues/

#Safey #RoadSafety #VehicleSafety #PedestrianSafety

#Piefed (#Reddit alternative), and #Lemmy and #MBIN alternative too, has added a nice new feature called "Feeds" which is like multi-reddit. You can create your own public feeds by combining a number of communities together. People on any other Piefed instance can subscribe to your feed.

If you're interested in using Piefed as a Reddit alternative, or checking out this feature, I run a public instance, https://feddit.online. You can see all Piefed server choices at https://join.piefed.social/try/

https://piefed.social/post/500805

@dansup
Hey Dan,

Why does the "More Details" button on the Pixelfed server list that is positioned below each server no longer show any details about the associated server?

All the server detail buttons seem to go to the same Pixelfed generic information.

Wasn't the details button meant as a way to help people choose a server to join?

Can someone tell me if I'm in the wrong reality?

Mitchell Baker, the #Mozilla CEO, just one of their upper management, is making a salary of $7MM/year. And Mozilla is asking for donations? Is this not the CEO of Mozilla asking people to give money, essentially, directly to her and her management team? I don't understand how a company can be begging for money to pay their CEO an outlandish salary.

I used to donate to help keep Firefox alive, before they began killing their reputation. But I have no motivation to donate money to help Millionaires get richer. Why do they think anyone else will?

Am I just reading this whole thing the wrong way?

Today, I brought up another server to help people to leave the #Metaverse and join the #Fediverse. I created a #Mobilizon server, https://my-group.events, which is a decentralized replacement for #Facebook Events.

You can use Mobilizon to create and organize your own events via a group page. Using it, you can publish out events to members, allow for discussions, collaborate, and share resources. I presume, just like you would with Facebook Events, which I never used.

You can also search for events that you can add to your own agenda.

You can have different profiles for different "you". Like a professional profile and one for your personal life.

Each server federates with other Mobilizon servers via an opt-in mechanism. I wish federating were automatic, though. I'm not a fan of opt-in federation. An Admin has to request a connection to another Mobilizon server, and it has to approve. Then public events become shared between them when approved.

People on Mastodon can follow Mobilizon groups and see published information. I don't know how well it works with other Fediverse applications.

I have not done a thing yet with the server. I have no groups and no events. But, if you would like to try using it and let me know how it works for you, it would be great. If there is another Mobilizon server you'd like me to federate with, I'll be happy to request it so you can see their public events.

There are still things I need to do on the server next week, like set up database backups and monitoring. But, the server appears useable.

You can create an account by going to https://my-group.events and you can start organizing events!

If anyone knows more about Mobilizon, please add to the discussion.

More information here: https://docs.joinmobilizon.org/use/ and https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

Jerry

#Fermasoft @Framasoft @_elena #FacebookEvents

@BeAware Entirely agree.

It's one of the reasons I've been using Friendica. It integrates Bluesky into the timeline, and you can read posts, and reply to people without any opt-in requirements of any sort whatsoever. And you can freely post to Bluesky from Friendica to broader Bluesky.

And it's not at all an issue for anyone. The same is true for their Tumblr integration.

It's enjoyable not to have a broken Bluesky linkage I have here in Mastodon.

Hey, Fediverse! I'm looking for informed opinions on database choices.

I can stand up an Internet-facing application and have it use either mysql or postgresql. Which is the better choice, and why do you think so?

Thanks!

#Mastodev #SelfHosted #SelfHosting #Postgresql #mysql

@kaia You're an interesting person. You'll do fine.

@tchambers Yes. Perfectly stated. This is the exact position taken here on hear-me.social.

I will add one additional perspective.

Servers that claim they "block Threads" or "block Meta" are not blocking Threads or Meta. Neither Threads nor Meta have any interest in joining their servers. What they are doing is blocking people who opened accounts on Threads. They are saying that they don't want to have anything to do with those people, most of who never heard of the Fediverse.

The result is, when someone on Threads asks "what is the Fediverse", the answer is, a bunch of people who don't want to talk to us because they believe they are smarter and better than us. The reaction? The people on Threads will never in their lives consider joining the Fediverse because they think we're a bunch of pompous arrogant asses who think we're better than everyone else. We've lost them forever because Fediverse people refuse to talk to their kind. I have seen these conversations so often there. Personally, I think their response is expected and understandable.

I prefer people on Threads have an opportunity to meet people on the Fediverse and learn what the difference is, rather than to hate us because they think we hate them. For Heaven's sake, 99% of them don't even know the Fediverse exists. Now, thanks to the blockers, they won't care to find out anything about it. I wouldn't either.

Go Brazil!
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/260785/brazil-gives-meta-72-hours-to-explain-new-fact-check-policies

#Meta #facebook #Instagram #moderation

@kaia Yes. She's posted all sorts of made-up incredible lies about me because I wasn't willing to block the Firefish mother ship. She is probably the worst person to ever happen to the Fediverse.

Given that she blocks any Admin who doesn't entirely agree with her, it's a fact that, given enough time, .art would become the first self-defederated instance.

@kaia Shutting down in the sense of blocking? Why? Asking as an Admin.

@dansup ??