wow someone wrote an actually good article about mastodon and the fediverse for once
non-paywalled wired.com link: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fhow-to-get-started-use-mastodon
There's so many people I can't follow because their instance or mine isn't federated. I have a mastodon.social as a backup, but even that doesn't work sometimes.
I wish there was something that could combine multiple accounts into a single feed, and then replied, followed, faved, based on ranked choice - defaulting until it finds the one that works. So you could make an account anywhere to follow anyone, but still have it all popup in one timeline.
PSA re: Mastodon 4.0 Interface, boosts appreciated
The new web interface includes a footer link to "Get the app", which leads to a page that heavily emphasizes the first-party Mastodon apps.
As a reminder, the first-party apps are intentionally missing core functionality (Local/Federated timelines, "unlisted" post privacy), and are a very poor user experience compared to third-party offerings.
If you're an admin, please consider editing your local instance's code to replace or remove this link.
@Tredain Welcome!
@tanukidad Welcome! I look forward to seeing your stuff again!
@fuzzwolf It really has been so fun <3
Just finished watching episode 11 of Andor with @saintajax33
One more episode to go. We’ve been enjoying this series.
@tiff totes adorbs
A friend showed me this and I think others might find it useful.
Basically you grant it permission and it finds any follows/followers/mutes/blocks from birdsite, on Mastodon.
I cannot vouch for every potential security factor involved since it does need to view your birdsite info to work, but you can always revoke access when you're done.
@cooner I'm aware of at least posty-bird, but it wouldn't surprise me if there aren't more hiding out there:
@cooner I'd see if you could set something up to automatically trickle them in like once a day, that might get more people to find you~
@rootsworks i have mine up on the wall, from the off-FC art show in... 2012, i wanna say?
raccoons are good company
I made a long detailed journal about how the FA search function works, since I kept seeing people ask about it.
At long last, I was able to upload my personal avatar to VRChat last night! I only played around with it for a moment since it was already very late when I finished it up (stayed up editing it and watching the NASA launch, so no time was really wasted haha), but it felt incredibly fulfilling to literally embody my fursona in the virtual world.
Looking at my own paws, seeing a big ol snout on my face in the mirror, it felt like I had scratched an itch that had been there forever!
In the process of moving to https://bears.town/@Saintajax33