Notices by Roni Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)

@LivingCooki You scared me! :blob_sweat: It's good that I have used to opening the original post.

#MastoAdmin

One significant way Mastodon and the Fediverse have transformed digital culture is through the use of alt text. When I look back at my older images online and in my blogs, I rarely included alt text - even though I actively work on accessibility. For some reason, I simply overlooked it.

Now, every time I post something online, I take a moment to write alt text. Mastodon has changed my mindset, and I believe its impact extends far beyond this. The Fediverse encourages a level of consideration for others that no other social networking platform has before.

#A11y #Accessibility #AltText #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialNetwork #SocialMedia

A Japanese game show where the contestants serve tea in a tilted restaurant.

#Videos #Funny #Japanese

@Technogourmet @codinghorror Here's the explanation and context for accessibility and inclusivity: Jeff donated one million dollars to Internet Archive and they sent an automated email like they do for anyone who donates regardless of the amount. So the post is kind of a sarcastic, humble brag. Hats off to Jeff.

I see that in 2025, I've been posting in Finnish 90% of the time and in English only 10%, mainly due to the huge influx of Finnish users this year. In previous years, it was the opposite - 90% English and 10% Finnish.

The best part? It doesn't matter here in the Fediverse. With language filtering and translation features, it's truly a top-tier social media.

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Polyglot #Mastodon #Fediverse

@cratedigger It's under Preferences → Other.

Here's the direct URL for you: https://mastodon.xyz/settings/preferences/other

AFAIK, it should affect all posts, including boosts.

@cratedigger Oh, OK. I noticed there's a bug: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20241

I hope it will get fixed in the future.
I personally don't filter languages.

Life hacks...

#Videos #Funny #Memes

In the Fediverse, beyond Mastodon and similar platforms, you can also follow users from:

- Bluesky (search users with: bsky.brid.gy)
- Threads (search users with: threads.net)
- X (search users with: bird.makeup)
- Nostr (search users with mostr.pub)

However, these connections are often one-way, and not all users are discoverable due to various limitations.

Many people avoid any contact with these platforms for ideological reasons, and personally, I dislike bird.makeup because it merely provides X feeds. Some Fediverse instances have outright banned all of these services.

Over the years, my faith in interoperability with services not originally built for ActivityPub has diminished - Meta has shown no real progress, and the Bluesky bridge, with its persistent issues, is unlikely to ever work seamlessly.

I believe in the Fediverse and ActivityPub. They are more than sufficient without external integrations.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #BridgyFed #Threads #SocialMedia

@stefan @annie I'm with her too :ablobcatwave2:

Writing every day, hosting multiple websites and blogs, building open source things.

Preserving the free web is more important than ever.

@BeAware That's harassment. Fediblock recommendation. @Setok @sam

When your code is British.

#Coding #CodingMemes #Memes #Joke

@BeAware @sam Internet is full of dipshits, the Fediverse is no different except the small voices are louder. After the whole ordeal I received a lot of positive feedback and it made my heart melt. There is more good than bad in the world, that is something I choose to believe. Let's not give up. Otherwise they'll win. Bullies should go away, not the bullied.

@BeAware Yeah, it's unfortunate. But I will not give in. I will continue building tools. Gotta be careful though.

I know where they come from, because minorities been harrassed for so long. Yet I can't understand why they are doing the exact same thing than their harassers.

I'm not one of those "kill or be killed". My mom told be to always be polite. This is why I quote a 4 time concentration camp holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku so often, he did not even want to punch nazis, he knew hate is a disease and will end both parties. @david

@BeAware

I'm a "tech bro asshole" :ablobwave:
https://cathode.church/fedi-scraper-counter.html

@linchiao

@david I decided it's not worth the cost. @BeAware

@BeAware @catbarking

I was relieved to see how @news covered this whole ordeal yesterday. It warms my heart to know there were people who defended me and truly saw me. At the time, it felt like 90% of the Fediverse was against me. I shut the project down to avoid having my private messages flooded with hate.

https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/fedionfire-shutdown/

@patrick

- Bluesky's character limit is 300. Mastodon's default is 500. My instance has 10000. So practically all posts get cut off.
- Profile character limit is even less, so profile description gets cut off.
- Bridgy Fed is currently opt-in and is very difficult for Bluesky folks to understand and enable, so only a few actually use it so I can see their posts in Mastodon.
- Some posts that I have I do not want to be seen on Bluesky's side.
- When I don't see the replies it makes me look like a dick that doesn't reply to anyone on the other side. Because people can follow my Mastodon account on Bluesky without bridging their Bluesky accounts to Mastodon.

This frustrates the heck out of me, so better to just disable it.

#BridgyFed #Bluesky

Bluesky users often forget that nothing prevents it from following the same path as Meta, Google, or X. All these major players started with an open-source, user-centric approach - look at them now.

A VC-funded company doesn't run on good intentions alone. Where will Bluesky be in a decade? We can only guess, but based on social media history, there are two highly likely outcomes:

1. The platform grows, attracts more users, and inevitably shifts toward monetization - introducing ads, engagement-boosting tactics, and other profit-driven features. In other words: enshittification.
2. The service shuts down or gets sold to another company.

Bluesky's fate remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: protocols are meaningless if they aren't fully open and widely adopted from the very start.

#Bluesky #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

For some, joining Mastodon might seem risky because "the server could shut down at any time" or because it's managed by a single administrator. While these concerns are understandable, Mastodon has far more safeguards in place compared to centralized platforms:

1. Admins are typically experienced sysadmins with a strong passion for server management.

2. It's generally recommended to have multiple admins (we have four).

3. Many servers have financial plans in place, such as donation systems. We have my company backing things up.

4. Infrastructure is often cost-effective, keeping operating costs low.

A few additional points to consider:

1. No server - or anything in life - is immortal. That's exactly why I chose the name mementomori.social (the stoic phrase "memento mori" means "remember death").

2. Web services come and go, but longevity is possible. My first website has been online continuously for 27 years (since 1998). While I've migrated servers a few times, the site itself has never gone offline. It will most likely happen after I pass away, but I hope my descendants keep it online.

Unlike centralized platforms - especially newer ones - that rely on user growth and profitability, investors can pull the plug at any time.

The decentralized Fediverse operates differently: sysadmins are committed to keeping their servers online and do so out of dedication, not for monetary gain.

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Fediverse #Decentralization #OpenWeb #SocialWeb #SocialMedia