As more people are abandoning X, again, perhaps my short introduction to Mastodon might be of use, if you'd like to share it with your friends?
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@stefan nice resource, I did not know it, thanks for making that!
Small remark, since I think you might care about it: I don't know if it's an issue with my browser, but the website does not seem to be accessible in terms of contrast and also does not seem to provide a light theme, which will probably make it hard to use for some people.
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@tfardet Thank you!
And yes, I have an open ticket to add a light theme.
Please add a light mode for accessibility · Issue #65 · jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net
For people with certain visual or cognitive impairments, a light mode and high-contrast display is a necessity. Please consider adding one to this project to expand its reach. Thanks!
GitHub (github.com)
I truly apologize for not prioritizing this, and will make sure to put this ahead of other things on my list.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
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@stefan no worries, there only so much time and energy one can spare in a day... and I know it's never enough for all one would want to do!
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@tfardet Thank you, much appreciated!
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@stefan are folks on Threads seeing this?
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@YellowPup Yes, I've seen Threads as a referrer in server logs last time I checked (and also X, maybe even Bluesky, I can't remember now).
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@stefan thank you for this!
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@thislooksgood My pleasure! Really glad people are finding this useful!
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@stefan Oh yeah, it's the page i translated into finnish
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@Jarska96 Ah, yes, thank you so much!!
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@stefan Good write-up! I was surprised to learn that I didn't know about Followgraph https://followgraph.vercel.app/ and disturbed to discover that my language was set to server default, and that indieweb.social does not rank on @AltTextHealthCheck
Some of the recommendations were people I was already following (1), but it looks like there are some real gems in there. Thanks
1. should it do that? I think that's a bug 🪲
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@mcrocker Thank you, glad you find something useful in there!
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@stefan Oh, this is amazing, but I do have one critique, when I got what the Fediverse is, and I feel ready to "join the fediverse" I get a list of links that point me to wiki pages, rather than select and instance/sign-up pages.
It felt a bit like a let down, even though I'm not sure if there is a good index for each software available.
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@sheogorath Thank you!
And that is a fair critique. I myself have admitted before that I should've structured the site more around servers rather than platforms. The fact that the site has been translated to so many languages makes making big changes a bit more difficult, but I am definitely looking into how to best go about this.
Thank you so much for your feedback!
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@stefan Honestly, I think there wouldn't be a need in change of the translation. It was just surprised that when I clicked on Pixelfed, I ended up on a wiki page, while I expected to end up on something like this: https://pixelfed.org/servers
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@sheogorath I see what you're saying, that makes sense! Thank you!
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@stefan You might want to add either the snazzy https://fediverse.party front page or directly - per the point by @sheogorath - the curated server list (max 5000 users, +other criteria) https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers .
Two and a half million new Fediversizens in a month per https://fediverse.observer/dailystats - that's nearly a 20% jump over a month.
Welcome to everyone new :).
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@boud @sheogorath Good advice, thank you!
And nice to see more joining and coming back!
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@stefan I have signed up for more than one account on the "fediverse" but routinely get messages at the bottom of a reply stream telling me there are other replies I could see if I followed them...I click the link and then have to become a member of that server too...please explain how this is a fediverse?
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@loran_hayden Right, so this is a technical limitation of the fediverse.
If you're interested, I wrote a bit about this on my blog, with a few links to browser plugins that can help with this, while the Mastodon team is looking into a permanent fix to this problem:
Lessons learned from running a single-person Mastodon instance | Stefan Bohacek
It's not for everyone, but worth a try!
(stefanbohacek.com)
Hope this helps!
