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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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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I am a big fan of the fediverse at large (see https://jointhefediverse.net), I just wanted to compile everything I've learned from using Mastodon actively for the past two years.
And also trying to keep things succinct and accessible without overwhelming newcommers.
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@stefan Hey Stefan, nice site. I wanted to suggest something, perhaps it might be nice to update the table to add newer projects such as loops, and consider removing firefish since its no longer an active project.
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@slims Yes, good call on both, will take care of that.
Thank you!
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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!
