davidbisset.social

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  • I used #WordPress to upload my #Mastodon posts (and my https://davidbisset.social site syncs with it fine). I cache 50k posts and works great. If you aren't a WP user (and want to go static 100%) then @richard@richard.social post might be of interest. "Creating a static Mastodon user’s archive" https://ricard.dev/creating-a-static-mastodon-users-archive/

  • Yeah so @ivory has become my primary social app on mobile. The tweetdeck experience on mobile sucks although i use it over the official app… but for the first time in forever Twitter on mobile is secondary. And although might be for some hard to hear Tweetdeck is still an overall better experience for me…

  • Yesterday told my wife offhandedly that I was tooting all weekend… …and today my calendar tells me that I have a gastroenterologist appointment next week. #Mastodon #Toot

  • I'm a advanced column layout user of #Mastodon but I do like and @elk "feels" a bit better if you want to stick with one column. Doesn't help with some of my cons of Mastodon but thinking this and @ivory might help really help those migrating from the T site to help more at home.…

  • As one who dipped their toes into #Mastodon in 2018 and got "into the pool" more in Oct I seem to see an increase in endless arguments and claims just difference of opinion as "hostile" (correct and not). Longer time M users telling newer people to effectively "get off their lawn". Same happens in #opensource.…

  • TIL about #Searchtodon experiment & (with it's closing) @janl excellent retrospective on it: https://searchtodon.social/Adventures-in-Mastoland.html I guess count me in regarding (1) ability to search my timeline for things I missed (I already save/sync my personal #Mastodon posts on https://davidbisset.social) and (2) Jan's last points – #Fediverse will only get bigger and for it's protection and…

  • Today from the @Medium CEO @coachtony on Medium "embracing" #Mastodon: https://blog.medium.com/medium-embraces-mastodon-19dcb873eb11

  • From the CEO: @Medium embraces #Mastodon blog.medium.com/medium-embrace…

  • #Mastodon client news: Looks like TapBots has put up roadmap for @ivory. Only one item checked off the list so far. https://tapbots.com/ivory/

  • This probably makes some #Mastodon super fans particularly happy. #Twitter co-founder Evan "Ev" Williams: "I’m "tinkering" with Mastodon,… I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong.., but my Twitter experience isn’t as great [recently]. I don’t know if it’s the people that I follow aren’t tweeting anymore or what’s happening” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-12/elon-musk-s-twitter-drives-even-its-early-employees-to-mastodon

  • Interesting: @FollowerTimesApp (MastodonFollowerTimes) is a Microsoft Windows Desktop Application that you can use to find the best times to post on #Mastodon.

  • Full #RSS feeds for #Mastodon Instances with OpenRSS https://boffosocko.com/2023/01/10/full-rss-feeds-for-mastodon-instances-with-openrss/

  • My https://davidbisset.social is about as finished as it will be. The side project and experiment has been an overall success. I used #WordPress to pull my #Mastodon, #Twitter, #Tumblr posts automatically and it also stores items from Instagram, LinkedIn with Flickr coming soon enough. #RSS Particularly proud of the timeline on the homepage. https://davidbisset.social/about/

  • In the interest of sharing here’s what i was expecting to see (that’s not a slam just the truth) in terms of other takes regarding the #Mastodon Guardian article i was referencing earlier. https://newsie.social/@jeff/109653652542438711

  • In reply to @davidbisset. Finally you might say "I don't care I like #Mastodon" That's fine. NOTHING wrong w/ that. I'm using it. Most are content. But M has cons I think need addressing (QT not a priority). There's no future where M is "the winner" because there isn't going to be a winner in…

  • In reply to @davidbisset. – That being said, #Mastodon just isn't ready for the "pre-masses" (to be fair Twitter isn't hugely popular by the numbers either). I'm a M user and i've said from early on – and still believe – M's onboarding is still not simple, and like it or not simple wins the…

  • Via theguardian: "Number of active #Mastodon user dropped >30% since peak and continuing slow decline"… https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around Assuming that's accurate: – M isn't for everyone. Some bound to leave. #Twitter believe it or not still has value. – TechMeme: "M is a poor/failed product". If you wanted it to replace #Twitter, that's true. But it won't…

  • Just like how sadly my dish’s size at a buffet determines how much I consume, so does the increased character count on #Mastodon effect how I’m writing short form now.

  • Encountering more items #Fediverse related now that i'm spending more time on #Mastodon. Soapbox – a "UI for the Fediverse" – has a new version (3.0). Looks on the surface very much like Twitter (or the Twitter I most commonly think of). https://soapbox.pub/blog/releasing-soapbox-3.0/

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    Doesn't look like much but i'm now pulling #Tumblr posts via #RSS into my social media "headquarters" project site. That makes pulling my site pulling in #Twitter, #Mastodon, and Tumblr live. Powered by #WordPress and some custom #PHP scripts. Maybe i'll do LinkedIn or Instagram next? Don't use them much but might be worth expanding…

  • TIL that if you are using #Mastodon on the web you can copy a photo into your clipboard and CTRL-V in the "compose post box" and it adds the photo right there. No need to save the image and then drag and drop. Don't know why I was stuck on that method. 👍🏻

  • Can’t find anything to write or personally share on #Mastodon? Boost someone else’s posts – especially those with a smaller reach than you. They might appreciate it and others might find new people to follow.

  • I could take it or leave QT on #Mastodon. But ultimately i'm with @gruber after listening to latest Talk Show. People are going to find a way around it, with a worse user experience. Do it but IMO enable blocks and filters so if i do want to use them (or let my posts maybe…

  • Interesting. According to CEO @Medium maybe has launched a #Mastodon instance with “public announcement shortly” coming out. medium.social/@coachtony/109…

  • Enjoyed this: How to “get your face torn off” making a deeper search API for #Mastodon (via @timbray) “The #Fediverse needs to get its content-licensing crap together.” tbray.org/ongoing/When/2…

  • “The #Mastodon Onslaught on your (#WordPress) blog” via (@donncha). Every time your blog link is shared instances (servers) where followers live will send a request to his blog to generate a preview. odd.blog/2023/01/02/the…

  • Share to #Mastodon Web Component v2.0 Released (via @justin) https://justinribeiro.com/chronicle/2022/12/30/share-to-mastodon-web-component-v2.0-released/

  • #Mastodon Verification of CodePen Profiles https://blog.codepen.io/2022/12/29/mastodon-verification-of-codepen-profiles/

  • Financial Times: "Twitter rival #Mastodon rejects funding to protect non-profit status" https://www.ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4c3b-a53c-55b170ae9efd

  • I've played with #Mastodon since 2018 (I know, still not as far back as many old timers). Still has that Twitter-2009 feel to it.