Eddie Coldrick 💻 @[email protected]

Back in 2010 #twitter launched their “t.co” link shortened. And I thought at the time how profoundly terrible that is. If the database and/or ability to look up t.co links ever changed, we would literally lose information. We will no longer know what URL was tweeted. It burns a huge hunk of internet history to the ground if we lose that. It was vain and shortsighted and stupid. Now in 2022, I wonder how many months we have left when we can resolve those links. And what happens to collective internet history when they’re done?

In another funny twist, what about trials or legal matters that hinge on the content of a tweet? And suddenly you can’t get the content of that tweet? Or where did that link point to?

Nobody saw this coming except for all of us who saw this coming.

This probably describes me better than any intro

Now @Raspberry_Pi has its own @Mastodon instance, and because we’re committed to supporting platforms that support us, we’re putting our money where our mouth is. We have become a platinum sponsor of #Mastodon. In case you don't know Mastodon is a non-profit corporation based in Germany supported by both its sponsors and patreons. #TwitterMigration https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

sudo apt install mastodon

It’s funny, many of the “what you need to know about Mastodon” or “how to learn about the fediverse” pieces are focused on the technology and the implementation, when the hardest thing for people to understand about this context, if they’re used to traditional social media & tech, is that here we have an expectation of _consent_. Consent if you want to be included in a conversation, consent about being amplified, consent in the form of CWs on topics that you want to manage, etc. That’s it! 🎯

Good spot, this by @bicycle - Microsoft Edge has added "Microsoft Editor", which sends your typing to Microsoft, and it's enabled by default.
https://pixel.gruene.social/p/bicycle/495222259489090597

The #fediverse, including #Mastodon are highly internationally distributed, and there is no algorithm localizing your feed.

Please place news and politics behind a CW. You'll actually get more engagement that way, while keeping this platform from becoming an anxiety-inducing, and internationally irrelevant, hellscape.

#FediTips #TwitterMigration

Hiya,

Haemochromatosis UK - a charity of which I’m patron- launches a health check for #Liverpool’s most common, undiagnosed genetic condition - #haemochromatosis - this week.

It’s hoped to reach over 300,000 households across #Merseyside this month. I carry a gene variant for the condition myself. It’s easy to test for, and effective to treat, but dangerous if undiagnosed.

If you’re in the area, look out for it :-)

More info here: https://www.haemochromatosis.org.uk/news/haemochromatosis-screening-in-liverpool

Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.

Struggling with timeouts, server offline, or error hosts? 🙅‍♂️ It’s not just you.

The massive influx of people from #twittermigration is putting a strain on bigger instances (the server you signed up to).

They are mostly run by volunteers, frantically working in the background to patch holes and upgrade the infrastructure to meet demand. It’s not the whole of #mastodon that’s down.

My best advice? Make yourself a drink, let the cat out, and it’ll be running smoothly again soon 🤗

I wrote up some instructions on how to enable the "Edit button" on your Mastodon instance, if anyone's interested.

Basically edit
1. app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_action_bar.js
2. app/javascript/mastodon/features/status/components/action_bar.js

Uncomment menu.push({ text: intl.formatMessage(messages.edit), action: this.handleEditClick });

Do a yarn run build:production and restart your Mastodon services and that should enable it!

Boosts appreciated 🔁

https://phocks.notion.site/How-to-enable-Mastodon-s-secret-edit-button-on-a-v3-5-3-instance-8c63841befec40a090f44eb85967bc8b