#mastodonfeature — Public Fediverse posts

So I spent a lot of time writing a post...which I think was kinda irrelevant but I wrote it due to me being excited with a Mastodon feature.

This can be seen in this screenshot I'm adding here:

Not a complaint comment: It would make more sense to me if the Fedi users showing up were mutual follows...just saying! No judgement!

#Mastodon #MastodonFeature #MastodonFeatures #MastodonFeatureAwareness #NotHashtagSpam #NoJudgement

Mastodon feature request: I would like to be able to have separate follow lists. Currently, I have my general follows in my "Home" list and my super follows in my "Notifications" list. I would like to add a number of other custom lists.

#mastodon #mastodoncritique #mastodonbug #mastodonfeature

Today ( actually yesterday ) I learned that there is software that does what Mastodon does, but has more features.

It is called "CalKey" which is a fork of "MissKey". It is similar to Mastodon, but with more features.

Mastodon, MissKey, and CalKey all run on ActivityPub, the protocol that makes federation possible.

All 3 interoperate. For example, someone I talked to using Mastodon told me about CalKey.

Same content, just different ways of getting there. Like using a different car to drive on the same roads, getting the same content.

Supposedly ( I haven't tried it ), CalKey has an easier and more advanced migration tool. Something to think about when the next Mastodon server ceases to exist or you don't care for mastodon.social and other servers embracing Threads.

#CalKey #MissKey #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #MastodonDevelopers #MastodonFeature
#Threads #Meta #ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse

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>move instance

The tools to do that aren't here.

The best you can do is an incomplete process that leaves portions of your account behind and a complicated process you have to do manually.

#Gargron #FeatureRequests #MastodonMigration #MastodonFeature #MastodonDevelopers

If I post on Facebook I don't want, I don't expect, my post to appear on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. If I post on Mastodon I don't want my content to go to Kbin, Lemmy, Threads (Meta's decentralized app), or a site/app I never heard of. I don't want my content going someplace that I did not *choose* as a destination.

I've gotten a number of federation fan boys lecturing me that is what the decentralization is all about.

Decentralization has been sold as a protective move against corporate abuse. Preventing another Elon Musk and protecting people from anti-user pro-profit policies.

Mastodon and open source are supposed to be about respecting users.

I think it should be a user's choice where her/his content ends up. I think it should be in their power to make that choice easily without having to rely on the good will of an Instance Admin.

I think each Toot & Reply should have the following visibility options.

1. Public - Everywhere
2. Private ( only @ tagged people )
3. Mastodon ( everywhere on Mastodon, only )
4. Local ( only on the local server of the user )

Plus a Preference for the user to pick his/her default visibility level.

#Mastodon #Facebook #Meta #Threads #Feature #FeatureRequests #MastodonDevelopers #MastodonFeature #MastodonFeatureRequest