Mastodon 4.5
Mastodon 4.5 introduces official quote post support and automatically fetches all replies to fix conversation gaps in the Fediverse.
Mastodon 4.5 introduces official quote post support and automatically fetches all replies to fix conversation gaps in the Fediverse.
A developer's wishlist for a unified social media app that connects to Bluesky and Mastodon with a clean UI and no duplicate posts.
Introduces Bridgy Fed, a service that bridges Bluesky and Mastodon accounts, allowing cross-platform interaction and exploring its potential as a comment system.
A technical guide for Mastodon users to find and follow Threads accounts using curl commands and WebFinger protocol.
A developer shares his optimal social media usage strategy, focusing on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Twitter for different types of content.
A developer discusses the overuse of the word 'hate' in tech culture, clarifying his critical but not hateful views on tools like React, Tailwind, and Mastodon.
A technical guide on using FFmpeg with VA-API GPU acceleration to quickly resize and encode videos for Mastodon's upload limits.
Predictions for Twitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon's evolution over the next six months, focusing on relevance, growth, and user adoption trends.
A developer reflects on abandoning Twitter for Mastodon after losing Tweetbot, praising Ivory as a replacement and the growth of the Mastodon community.
A developer explains his POSSE strategy for syndicating blog posts to Twitter while avoiding the platform's negative aspects.
A developer explains how to automatically post liked items from Feedbin to Mastodon using RSS and IFTTT.
A developer seeks advice on expanding their quiet Mastodon instance's federated timeline, discussing relays and setup options.
A guide to automating Mastodon posts using IFTTT webhooks and the Mastodon API.
A developer discusses auto-posting blog content to Mastodon and integrating webmentions for comments.
The author discusses Mastodon as a gateway to the Fediverse, emphasizing ownership and moving away from centralized platforms like Twitter.
A developer shares her migration from Twitter to Mastodon, discussing the platform's differences and the emerging front-end community there.
A developer shares their experience moving from Twitter to Mastodon, discusses the tech community exodus, and provides helpful resources for newcomers.
The article argues that the IndieWeb and decentralized platforms like Mastodon are confusing for non-technical users, and calls for a return to smaller, federated online communities.
A guide to using your own domain for Mastodon account discovery without self-hosting a full server, focusing on WebFinger and ActivityPub.