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First draft of my article about #GoToSocial = almost done ✅

Something that made me chuckle is that when I was writing "kakistocracy" (as the triggering event for self-hosting) I actually wrote "kakistocrazy" - which is very apt IMHO.

Sending the biggest virtual hug to all my Fedi friends in the US (but I mean, everyone in the world is affected by this, ouf). As I said many many times before, self-hosting is my coping mechanism (and a great distraction). Endlessly thankful to the Fediverse ❤️

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@castaway @jqubed I see... there are SO MANY options in the Fediverse, really.

For pure microblogging - without too many bells and whistles - I really enjoy my self-hosted #GoToSocial account: @elena

In the past I would be immediately turned off by the concept of "self-hosting" (too complicated, how do I do that?) but #YunoHost makes it a breeze. I'm spending 5 Euros a month on a virtual private server for it. Planning to write about it this week for my blog 🤗

Good morning Fedi friends!

Just here to say that proper sleep is a glorious thing and I was able to sleep from 11pm to 7am uninterrupted. I feel like a new person!

My little one's stomach flu (if it was even that) only lasted from 4am to 6am the other night, but she was fine all day yesterday 🥳

On the agenda today: taking her to the library, LEGOs + DUPLOs, and, thanks to the help of my parents, I'll start writing a new article for #TheFutureIsFederated about #GoToSocial.

Have a lovely day!

As a follow up to my previous post about self-hosting, I decided to move everything as subdomains under the new domain.

I've seen people importing Mastodon posts into GoToSocial but, has anyone done a GoToSocial import from another GoToSocial? Is this even possible?

I was looking at the slurp README but the archive requires that the source supports requesting a data archive, and as far I know this is not available in GTS.

I guess I could do some experimenting with manual DB inserts, but I am not entirely sure I want to try that, there are so many ids involved in the process.

Worst case I could just do a regular followers migration and keep the old instance in some sort of read-only mode.

Good morning Fedi friends!

I will be offline most of the day – so apologies in advance if I don't have time to reply to your messages.

Back in nurse mode for my little one, explained the situation on my #GoToSocial account (because of its glorious 5000 character limit): aseachange.com/@elena/statuses

Nothing to worry about, just a stomach bug, but I need to be by her side all day.

Wishing you all a lovely day 🌻

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aseachange.comPost by Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂, @elena@aseachange.comCW: Personal news / TW: mention of sickness

AUFRUF
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Ich möchte gerne ein möglichst vollständige Matrix der Features der Fediversesoftwaren erstellen, an prominenter Stelle für alle Interessierten zur Verfügung stellen und Neueinsteigern die Wahl der zu ihren Bedürfnissen passenden Fediversesoftware erleichtern.
Also - wer eine der unten gelisteten SWs kennt, benutzt oder entwickelt und 15 Minuten Lebenszeit erübrigen kann, möge sich bitte bei @LasseGismo melden um das Projekt zu unterstützen.
Ich werde einen Cryptpadlink zur Verfügung stellen um die Änderungen/Ergänzungen direkt in die Tabelle einzutragen.
Wer zudem der Ansicht ist, daß eine Software fehlt und dazu inhaltlich beitragen will, ist natürlich gerne eingeladen sich zu melden.
Hier der Link zur Vorlage, mit Dank an Chris.

Fediversefeature-Matrix-DE.xlsx
lassegismo.dnsuser.info/nextcl

Boosts sind natürlich sehr willkommen.

Ich danke für Eure Zeit - nur gemeinsam sind wir stark.

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I would like to create, as complete as possible, a matrix with the features of each Fediverse software, make it available in a prominent place for all interested parties and make it easier for newcomers to choose the Fediverse software that suits their needs.
So - if you know, use or develop one of the SWs listed below and can spare 15 minutes of your life, please contact @LasseGismo to support the project.
I will provide a cryptpad link to enter the changes/additions directly into the table.
If you also think that a software is missing and want to contribute to the content, you are of course welcome to contact me.
Here is the link to the template, with thanks to Chris.

Fediversefeature-Matrix-EN.xlsx
lassegismo.dnsuser.info/nextcl

Boosts are of course very welcome.

Thank you for your time - only together we are strong.

@crossgolf_rebel @PaulaToThePeople
@chris

#FediHelp #FollowerPower
#Akkoma #BookWyrm #Castopod #Diaspora #Firefish #Friendica #Funkwhale #Gancio #GNUSocial #GoToSocial #Hubzilla #kbin #Lemmy #Mastodon #Misskey #Mobilizon #Nextcloud #PeerTube #Pixelfed #Pleroma #Socialhome #Streams #WriteFreely #Wordpress

NextcloudFediversefeature-Matrix-DE.xlsxNextcloud - a safe home for all your data
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@janvlug I too look forward to all such similar non-US gov't bodies gaining trust in #mastodon, strongly favoring it over US platforms like X, Bluesky, etc.

I'm a #Canadian, and want to see more Canadian gov't agencies spreading their wings on Mastodon. Or other such #OpenSource, federated services, after *thoroughly testing it for the suitability* to their needs: eg. #XMPP, #DeltaChat, and #Matrix.

I myself will probably install my own Mastodon server some day, however when I look at all the possible servers today (ruby-based Mastodon, Misskey, etc), I'm not too happy with the *packaging* of the software. Where are the #Debian packages for all these servers? I'm hoping that eventually #gotosocial will do more for their software packaging - that one seems the most appealing. I have a need that the maintenance must be made easier and reliable for the sysadmins/devops administering it at the server level, *with easy security updates*.

Massive shout-out to @gotosocial , @dumpsterqueer and team(?).

I migrated our #GoToSocial instance to a new server. It was a joy, and so simple.

  • No ever-ending list of dependencies to install
  • No nail-biting compile/build process

Copy Files, Edit a file as I was changing to reverse proxy. Job done.

Documentation is brilliant too. Huge respect to all.

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✨ this is what tech empowerment looks like ✨

my year in tech (Feb 2025 edition):

- Jun 2024: started the blog #TheFutureIsFederated
- Jul: started interoperability tests
- Aug: federated my #Wordpress site & joined #Friendica #Lemmy #Mbin and #PieFed
- Sep: federated 2 more sites
- Oct: joined #Sharkey
- Dec: got a #VPS, installed #YunoHost and started self-hosting via #GoToSocial
- Jan 2025: set up my own #Pixelfed and #Friendica instances
- Feb: migrating to my self-hosted #GhostIO blog

The amazing feeling of discovering that The Archive Of Our Own has a character tag for "Fediverse Network/Mastadon Platform (Anthropomorphic)", followed by the disappointment of finding only a single #fanfic using that tag. I wanted to read a bunch of erotic #Misskey #fanfiction about all that forking! Maybe a #GnuSocial #Pleroma slashfic! Or some #GoToSocial and #Mastodon lemons. A #hubzilla and #friendica hurt/comfort fanfic anyone? C'mon, people. The fact a tag exists means we should use it. archiveofourown.org/tags/Fediverse%20Network*s*Mastadon%20Platform%20(Anthropomorphic)/works

It is strange, I share toot form my #gotosocial account @adele@social.pollux.casa , but I think that my followers don't see them 🤔
(I have another account on a different server following my mastodon account and I don't see the toots from my GTS account I retoot ??)

Could you tell me if you've got them (if you follow me)