Hacker News with Generative AI: Mastodon

Thoughts on Bluesky (canolcer.com)
Let’s talk about Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging application that’s currently eating Twitter and Mastodon’s lunch. Or so some say.

Social Media, Twitter, Decentralization, Mastodon

38 points by shafyy 3 days ago | 49 comments

Why Not Bluesky (tbray.org)
As a dangerous and evil man drives people away from Xitter, many stories are talking up Bluesky as the destination for the diaspora. This piece explains why I kind of like Bluesky but, for the moment, have no intention of moving my online social life away from the Fediverse.

Social Media, Twitter, Mastodon

34 points by throw0101c 3 days ago | 37 comments

ActivityBot – the simplest way to build Mastodon Bots (shkspr.mobi)
As you may have read, BotsIn.Space is closing down, I have lots of automated bot accounts living on the Fediverse - and I want them to continue posting. Installing and maintaining an entire Mastodon instance sounds like hard work. Paying people to host my stuff feels like putting my fate in someone else's hands.

Social Media, Mastodon, Automation, Open Source

6 points by ColinWright 11 days ago | 0 comments

One year after X: Embracing open science on Mastodon (rug.nl)
In October 2023, the University of Groningen Library (UB) made the decision to leave X (formerly Twitter) and fully transition to Mastodon, a decentralized, non-commercial social media platform.

Open Science, Social Media, Mastodon, Academia

12 points by ZacnyLos 19 days ago | 0 comments

One year after X: Embracing open science on Mastodon (rug.nl)
In October 2023, the University of Groningen Library (UB) made the decision to leave X (formerly Twitter) and fully transition to Mastodon, a decentralized, non-commercial social media platform.

Open Source, Social Media, Academia, Mastodon, Twitter

13 points by Vinnl 29 days ago | 1 comments

ActivityPub Plugin v2.0 took Mastodon federation from "good" to "amazing" (wordpress.org)
Version 2.0 takes this plugin from “good” to “amazing,” with full reply federation, which means:

Social Media, Mastodon, Plugins, Open Source, Federation

5 points by walterbell 36 days ago | 0 comments

Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers (wedistribute.org)
One of the most difficult challenges that most decentralized social networks face is that of content and user discovery.

Mastodon, Social Media

14 points by ZacnyLos 51 days ago | 2 comments

Adding comments to your static blog with Mastodon (carlschwan.eu)
One of the biggest disadvantages of static site generators is that they are static and can’t include comments.

Blogging, Social Media, Mastodon

6 points by fanf2 53 days ago | 0 comments

Mozilla to shut down its Mastodon server in December (mozilla.social)

Social Media, Mozilla, Mastodon

7 points by redbell 63 days ago | 0 comments

Mozilla will shut down its Mastodon instance Mozilla.social (mozilla.social)

Mozilla, Social Media, Mastodon

8 points by AdmiralAsshat 64 days ago | 0 comments

Mozilla.social Mastodon Instance Shutting Down December 17, 2024 (mozilla.social)

Social Media, Mastodon, Mozilla, Shutdowns

13 points by tech234a 65 days ago | 2 comments

Mozilla.social Is Shutting Down (mozilla.org)
We’ve made the hard decision to end our experiment with Mozilla.social and will shut down the Mastodon instance on December 17, 2024.

Social Media, Technology, Mozilla, Mastodon

23 points by moelf 65 days ago | 5 comments

DOStodon MS-DOS Mastodon Client (github.com/SuperIlu)

DOS, Mastodon, Software, Programming

7 points by Bluestein 80 days ago | 0 comments

Threads Enables Fediverse Replies (karliner.net)

Social Media, Decentralized Web, Mastodon

179 points by mkarliner 84 days ago | 84 comments

Archiving and Syndicating Mastodon Posts (garrido.io)

Social Media, Archiving, Mastodon

6 points by todsacerdoti 111 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Fedv.link – a way to share Mastodon links that can be interacted with (fedv.link)