Tim Chambers @tchambers@indieweb.social

Question to everyone: I have been very impressed with the voluntary #Mastodon' server covenant.

Has any other server-based self-hosted open-source platforms done something akin to this?

I'm familiar with other attempts at contributor covenants, but not other server based ones... But hope there are others out there....

https://joinmastodon.org/covenant

So many of these features are already in #Mastodon btw, like bookmarks.

Others seem like an easy lift for future versions... Editing toots is almost already akin to the Undo Tweets feature... #Mastodev

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/introducing-twitter-blue.html

Lots of tweaks, fixes, and additions in #Mastodon RC 3.4: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.4.0rc1

#Indieweb tech and #mastodon get a shout out 28 minutes in talking about breaking down the social media silos: https://youtu.be/MPfyZZrQPA8

Hi #mastodev folks: is there any effort in the works to make "remote follow" and "remote boost" etc, of posts something less than a 4 click experience? #Mastodon

The more I think about #mastodon features that would be strategic, the more I think folks should build in features and tools for hyper-local communities to use. Lean in on "instances" intended specifically for networks of a dozen (or at least under 100) friends and family. In essence a replacement for "FB groups."

The #Fediverse certainly do more, but that seems like a strategic opportunity. In essence what Darius Kazemi has been thinking about for a while.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90373954/done-with-facebook-and-twitter-heres-how-to-start-your-own-private-social-network

This would be a good feature to add to #Mastodon:

"Now you can decide who can respond to your posts. Your choices of who can reply:

Anyone.
Only people you follow.#
Only people you mention in the tweet.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/11/twitter-now-lets-everyone-limit-replies-to-their-tweets/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGVjaG1lbWUuY29tLzIwMDgxMS9wMjU&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGU2KgajKjPkEkhiD4JYe2ewLj4G2fLlr9oPe3ZFzDO5Pb0lgdwAPEHQm9htRfERmtvvNSTL2XrBEF4bFvt6rt1cL9uVrw7WCotiMxG-DTxNdOe4ihbAENGgyxrcmNbHFovUq212n0LRx3H7Ezh82yizSjIZZEs7frA9U4KMJJzS

And since you can mention no one, you can make it so that no one can respond to a post.

cc: @Gargron #mastodev

Hi #Mastodev or #Mastodon types: is there a way to create what is functionally a "list" where you can see all the public posts form Instances?

For instance if I wanted to be sure to see all the public posts from an instance like this. It's almost a customized "Federated" view:

https://fediscience.org/public

Posting this here, too. #Mastodon #fediverse

#Mastodon has already built so many of these ideas in. Which ones do you think are good ideas and still lacking inside Mastodon or the #Fediverse?

https://onezero.medium.com/what-a-better-social-network-would-look-like-355e0a05ef0d

Wonder if #mastodon could securely implement GIF reactions like GIPHY into it in a fashion akin to how Signal did...while still supporting privacy....

https://signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/

Interesting to see the #Mastodon users accounts getting pretty close to passing 4 million users.

An idea: @Gargron and other #mastoadmins Wouldn't this be served by a stand alone #Mastodon instance just for doctors allowing publicy anonymous posting? Would need some for of verifying doctors into it but could be anonymous to the outside world

#COVID19

Someone really needs to build a web based wizard-like tool helping those who want to #deleteFacebook and Instagram migrate as much as can be salvaged from their social friends and content over to #mastodon and #pixifed. #fediverse

@Gargron with the situation in #Iran and the US would seem that social media access into Iran would be more critical than ever. Do you see local #Mastodon instances being able to circumvent government censorship thus far?

Question #Mastodev folks: is there anything in the works to make remote follow, remote boost, remote likes a far more seamless experience?

Both from a UI experience, but also from a "reduce requirements to credential yourself as often, if at all?

Think that is one of the more confusing part of #Mastodon to users more familiar with centralized social nets.

So In essence it would be a for pay service helping groups of friends #DeleteFacebook or #DeleteTwitter and move somewhere new, distributed and better together. With guaranteed commercial support and all the benefits of #Mastodon - no tracking, local admins, less abuse and better #nazi moderation.

Good article from @peter from late 2018 on #Mastodon defying silicon valley expectations and framing. Still very true.

"Why Mastodon is defying the 'critical mass'...It’s a mistake to judge the fediverse as though it’s a Valley startup."

https://medium.com/@poshaughnessy/why-mastodon-is-defying-the-critical-mass-de3454109099

@Gargron - possible #Mastodon feature idea for older posts too?