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@ deadsuperhero @kbin.social

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Oh my god, it's that guy!

  • Any good AP-enabled blogs worth following?

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  • Any good AP-enabled blogs worth following?

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  • RUMOR: The Marvels Scrapped a Huge First Act Cameo

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  • This magazine seriously needs moderators.

  • Threads' New Terms & Conditions Affects the Fediverse

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  • @BraveSirZaphod Hey, I'm the guy that wrote this. While I absolutely hold negative bias towards Meta, the point of the article was not to produce a piece of propaganda, but instead illustrate that their policies have updated to acknowledge the existence of third-party accounts on other servers, that they will be collecting data, and that this is likely a sign that federation may be happening sooner than expected.

    Not everybody is happy about that, and some developers are working on hardening their applications to protect against unauthorized access for edge cases related to this.

  • Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search

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  • @fazalmajid Maybe so, but Mastodon historically has only allowed users to look up other users, search hashtag indexes, and depending on the server, search your own posts. A lot of this was done under the pretense of protecting users from harassment, but it's a bandaid covering over insufficient tooling for post-based interaction capabilities.

    Anyway, the bigger problem is that it's harder to find stuff in federated systems, which can be a big headache for getting new people into the Fediverse. Search isn't a silver bullet, but it goes a long ways towards making discovery easier.

  • Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search

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  • @stopthatgirl7 lmao, looks like we literally posted at the same time 😅

  • Is an "everything" app the likely end state within the Fediverse?

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  • It's entirely possible that a fediverse platform emerges that's capable of performing many different kinds of activities. But, the far more likely outcome is that platforms eventually implement the Client-to-Server half of the ActivityPub protocol, which currently very few platforms implement.

    The idea is that virtually every Fediverse platform could, in theory, act as clients for one another, enabling a "one account posts everything" possibility with different frontends accessing different subsets of data.

  • Check out These Beautiful Retro Mastodon Clients!

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  • Check out These Beautiful Retro Mastodon Clients!

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  • @DrChickenbeer The guy's write-up that we linked is really something, just absolutely wild what he was able to do. Apparently he tests his app in MAME before actually running it on his removed IIc.

  • Check out These Beautiful Retro Mastodon Clients!

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  • @nevernevermore It's honestly an awesome concept. The fact that the creator ported JavaScript to DOS first just blows my mind.

  • The Newcomer's Guide to Mastodon, from a Crusty Old-Timer

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  • @0x1C3B00DA Yeah, I'd be more than happy to do that. Usually, when a new platform pops up, I try to review the ins and outs with it in screenshots.

  • The Newcomer's Guide to Mastodon, from a Crusty Old-Timer

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  • @RobotToaster Added a new section towards the beginning, telling people to check the server details and read what policies are towards particular instances. Thanks for the tip!

  • The Newcomer's Guide to Mastodon, from a Crusty Old-Timer

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  • @RobotToaster You know, that's fair, maybe I should add a section on how to check who blocks who?

  • Brands Town is Where the Brands Are

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  • Just a note that Brands Town is an underground satire project, it's not a real instance for corporate brands.

  • Jamie Raskin Reveals Devastating Evidence That Destroys Biden Bribery Allegation

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  • This has nothing to do with the Fediverse, get this spammy crap out of here.