Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.
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I'm equally—maybe even more—excited about another resource in our Help Centre.
#Fediquette: A Community Etiquette Guide
Our community is full of passionate people who care deeply about improving accessibility and respecting consent. This resource will help newcomers to understand our cultural norms here in the #fediverse and #SocialWeb.
https://help.joinmastodon.org/article/13-fediquette-community-etiquette-guide
Looking beyond Mastodon.social and Mastodon.online, our big project to support the Mastodon network of #fediverse servers this year is a series of experiments to replace the `join mastodon.social` button with a button that recommends a server running default Mastodon from an opt-in pool that we will be hand-selecting to start.
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Looking beyond Mastodon.social and Mastodon.online, our big project to support the Mastodon network of #fediverse servers this year is a series of experiments to replace the `join mastodon.social` button with a button that recommends a server running default Mastodon from an opt-in pool that we will be hand-selecting to start.
We're also going to work on the #ServerDirectory this year.
This starts with moving the directory to a new pull-request-based system so admins can submit, update, or remove entries themselves.
Another change we want to make is to add more and new ways to “classify” different types of servers including demographics, interests, and geographic regions.
Once we have that kind of information, we can start to explore new ways to incorporate it into the onboarding process. Stay tuned...
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We're also going to work on the #ServerDirectory this year.
This starts with moving the directory to a new pull-request-based system so admins can submit, update, or remove entries themselves.
Another change we want to make is to add more and new ways to “classify” different types of servers including demographics, interests, and geographic regions.
Once we have that kind of information, we can start to explore new ways to incorporate it into the onboarding process. Stay tuned...
In other news, we're moving off #Discord to @zulip.
Our first step will be to migrate the people on our existing Discord servers to Zulip. Then we also want to extend access to more and different kinds of people who are deeply engaged and actively contributing to Mastodon and the #fediverse.
We're going to move slowly and carefully because we want to be thoughtful about how we build out this space. Running this community space is important, but it does add coordination and moderation overhead to our small team.
How would a space like this be useful to you? Let me know in the comments :)
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In other news, we're moving off #Discord to @zulip.
Our first step will be to migrate the people on our existing Discord servers to Zulip. Then we also want to extend access to more and different kinds of people who are deeply engaged and actively contributing to Mastodon and the #fediverse.
We're going to move slowly and carefully because we want to be thoughtful about how we build out this space. Running this community space is important, but it does add coordination and moderation overhead to our small team.
How would a space like this be useful to you? Let me know in the comments :)
And coming soon! I'm restarting a blog series that's near and dear to my heart: Community Spotlights.
The first person we're featuring is @Yehuda of #TurtleIsland. I can't wait to share his story with you. It's beautiful.
And that's a wrap — now let's go build the good web together 💞
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And coming soon! I'm restarting a blog series that's near and dear to my heart: Community Spotlights.
The first person we're featuring is @Yehuda of #TurtleIsland. I can't wait to share his story with you. It's beautiful.
And that's a wrap — now let's go build the good web together 💞
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Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.
This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/
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First, we’re sharing a couple of new resources for the #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline communities. They are part of our new Help Centre. These are living resources! If you have feedback or questions about them, let us know.
@haubles Good on you for taking on such a task. Writing documentation for newcomers must be quite a daunting mountain to look at. Every step forward is a step towards the top!
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@haubles Good on you for taking on such a task. Writing documentation for newcomers must be quite a daunting mountain to look at. Every step forward is a step towards the top!
@wordsmith onward, together 💞
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Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.
This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/
@haubles
Hopefully, the onboarding process will be revised so that @Mastodon is no longer the only default instance to choose from, but just one of many options that new users are guided through in a short guided tour of the app when they first create an account, in order to determine their interests and needs and ultimately offer them one or a maximum of three instances to register with, based on the previous evaluation.This would be truly transparent and would further improve the decentralisation of Mastodon, instead of always directing everyone to just one instance, as has been the case up to now.
#MastodonSocial #MastodonOnline #Mastodon #Fediverse #Transparency #Decentralization #Onboarding
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@haubles
Hopefully, the onboarding process will be revised so that @Mastodon is no longer the only default instance to choose from, but just one of many options that new users are guided through in a short guided tour of the app when they first create an account, in order to determine their interests and needs and ultimately offer them one or a maximum of three instances to register with, based on the previous evaluation.This would be truly transparent and would further improve the decentralisation of Mastodon, instead of always directing everyone to just one instance, as has been the case up to now.
#MastodonSocial #MastodonOnline #Mastodon #Fediverse #Transparency #Decentralization #Onboarding
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@thisismissem ironically, I am debating rolling back the summary generation logic for NodeBB because sending the first 500 chars means fewer people go off-site to read the rest of the post.
I was able to get much more engagement by sending the entire darn thing in summary.
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@hongminhee I also have one running with the latest alphas if needed. Let me know!
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Just don't set as:sensitive with summary because that'll trigger a content warning!
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@hongminhee cc @ivan and @mayel 🔥
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MastoBlaster is now available in public testing on TestFlight.
It is a lightweight, privacy-first Fediverse client for iOS, built around a simple idea: fast, small, predictable behavior, and first-class support for snac.
What makes it different:
• snac-first by design, not "compatible by accident"
• Works with all Mastodon API compatible software, including Mastodon, snac, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and others
• EXIF stripping on upload (HDR and orientation preserved)
• Optional on-device alt text generation via Apple Intelligence for your uploads and for images in your timeline
• Markdown posting for snac
• Granular notifications, grouping, multi-account
• Blocking and moderation tools
• Very small footprint, very low RAM usage
Alt text generation happens entirely on device via Apple APIs on supported hardware. Nothing is sent to external services.
It is built around my own workflow and priorities. It may not be for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.
Important note:
MastoBlaster will always be free for BSD Cafe users, illumos Cafe users, and for anyone connecting to a snac instance, including self-hosted ones.
The app is already usable, but this is still a test phase. I am looking for feedback, bug reports, and real-world usage insights.
TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Pkxa5R1k
Stay tuned.
#MastoBlaster #iOS #Apple #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #GoToSocial #Akkoma #ActivityPub
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@fedicat@pc.cafe Oh, didn't know that. Thank you!
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@hongminhee I was able to register a bonfire test account on indieweb.studio
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@Zoufalec @mastoblaster @napierge Thank you for your feedback! The multi-account feature should be working correctly, but I will do some extra checks on my end. As for the rest, this is the very first beta of a new app, and the TestFlight phase is meant exactly for this: to help development and fix things that aren't working yet.
I'm taking note of your comments and will work to improve everything.
