#qoto — Public Fediverse posts

@freeschool Hi, thanks for the ping! I don't intend to leave #qoto, but I've certainly been less active. Partly because I've been on BlueSky instead, but even there I'm not very active, I've just reduced this style of social media use in general.

It might help if the qoto client were a bit more stable :) I still get 500-storms and random failures (like my profile not showing any of my posts).

And, thinking about it, most of what I (re)post on BlueSky is about how awful US politics currently is, and I feel like the Fediverse in general tries to be about other things (can't blame it!).

@freeschool Hi, thanks for the ping! I don't intend to leave #qoto, but I've certainly been less active. Partly because I've been on BlueSky instead, but even there I'm not very active, I've just reduced this style of social media use in general.

It might help if the qoto client were a bit more stable :) I still get 500-storms and random failures (like my profile not showing any of my posts).

And, thinking about it, most of what I (re)post on BlueSky is about how awful US politics currently is, and I feel like the Fediverse in general tries to be about other things (can't blame it!).

#QOTO people - about leaving / people blocking QOTO etc... :ablobwave:

I'm messaging you because of mixed reasons - not all bad but it seems that many of the people included here want(ed) more as many of us have been posting about or around things - some solved but many around the Fediverse also itself.

I've personally seen how it's going too... also having talked to @freemo (many month before now and un-responded) and asking for more (even without his help directly but under his and our own watchful eyes to do *something*)... Again not all his fault and also about my wants and other people's with just social / Federation rules by others / not being blocked etc...

So I'm seeing a few more people talk about EXPORTING out and I also was thinking and why I included you all... Freemo has often done great and a stellar job in communicating with people on his instance but it was a bit patchy and did need branching out / enabling other somehow (a bit like fans running the band's website or at least helping themselves through the root / music band's website / QOTO).

Anyway I have a lot of energy still but after seeing a few comments about other people BLOCKING or similar (and my friend also creating a Mastodon.Social account and not able to see my posts) means we have to solve this somehow... maybe having two accounts? I don't know (I'm also seeking your help here).

Checking #QOTO hashtag makes some of this clear about people's intentions or direction so I hope we can crowdsource and help ourselves if Freemo is often out of communication or at least this level... or just life... We have to find a way...

Not sure about leaving totally as it's "their fault" and not all QOTO (though a lot of what I want and what any social needs is direct investment and building people in itself, not just the storage resources and Techies)...

But anyway... a few words for you all. No harm intended.

See #QOTO hashtag and see if you can help the others..,

@SecondJon [rules are ruining Fediverse]

@L29Ah [moving / moved]

@falken [interface issue. Tusky comment]
https://qoto.org/@falken/112026413825608068

@bibliolater [notification problems, thinking of exporting]

@[email protected] [QOTO quote posting]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]

@fisunov [STEM instance but mostly always was politics here]

@frayoshi [2025 issues we all had with repeated notifications for same posts]

@Hejny [Suggestion in this post what options are for users + this great tool [I have used and confirm it's GREAT]
(orig post was https://purr.neocities.org/
https://qoto.org/@Hejny/113194609883427308)

Just some others who used #QOTO hashtag not necessarily for problems

@tonyfromls

@cweickhmann

@sgryphon [Bringing version up to date - which I think was more but further version have come out - but me as FreeSchool not saying we always need to keep changing things)
+ about blocking threads (for me it's easy to see why when we kind of exporting / merging our data with their data or vice versa - same dangers of harvesting us as before)
https://qoto.org/@sgryphon/112579538153852698

@maccdog

@ceoln

@internic

@nibble4bits [question about about federating with threads]
https://qoto.org/@nibble4bits/112163722688834060

@claralistensprechen3rd [image prob with Outsourced Math (Friendica) instance]

@mc [network issue / msg in the past]

@barefootstache [was helping with upgrades around 2024+]

@marqle [has accounts elsewhere]

@volkris [about modified Mastodon versions]

https://qoto.org/@volkris/111291558241112652

@pgcommunication [2023 consideration of instances]
https://qoto.org/@pgcommunication/111280296182249170

@worldsendless [length of #qoto is really such a liberating thing]
https://qoto.org/@worldsendless/111228151655038424

@freemo [Apology to whole fediverse 2023]
https://qoto.org/@freemo/111105861929947344

@[email protected] [created another account with more REPUTATION] ⬅️ I think this is an interesting word as it's a 2 ways thing but yeah true

@certainlytwice [other instances can have a direct impact on #qoto performance / stability ?]
https://qoto.org/@certainlytwice/110719793884168867

@moremeta [can't follow #lemmy communities from #qoto, what am I missing?]
https://qoto.org/@moremeta/110585932950327824

@Kihbernetics Eugen Rochko, CEO of Mastodon, Caves to Nazi's Agenda [Jeffrey Phillips Freeman] on www.reddit.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z68m3e/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/

@Pat @skyblond [I remember were more active before...]

@CerstinMahlow [moved back in 2023 - I / freeschool would be interesting to hear which way you did it]

:ablobwave: from #FreeSchool

#QOTO people - about leaving / people blocking QOTO etc... :ablobwave:

I'm messaging you because of mixed reasons - not all bad but it seems that many of the people included here want(ed) more as many of us have been posting about or around things - some solved but many around the Fediverse also itself.

I've personally seen how it's going too... also having talked to @freemo (many month before now and un-responded) and asking for more (even without his help directly but under his and our own watchful eyes to do *something*)... Again not all his fault and also about my wants and other people's with just social / Federation rules by others / not being blocked etc...

So I'm seeing a few more people talk about EXPORTING out and I also was thinking and why I included you all... Freemo has often done great and a stellar job in communicating with people on his instance but it was a bit patchy and did need branching out / enabling other somehow (a bit like fans running the band's website or at least helping themselves through the root / music band's website / QOTO).

Anyway I have a lot of energy still but after seeing a few comments about other people BLOCKING or similar (and my friend also creating a Mastodon.Social account and not able to see my posts) means we have to solve this somehow... maybe having two accounts? I don't know (I'm also seeking your help here).

Checking #QOTO hashtag makes some of this clear about people's intentions or direction so I hope we can crowdsource and help ourselves if Freemo is often out of communication or at least this level... or just life... We have to find a way...

Not sure about leaving totally as it's "their fault" and not all QOTO (though a lot of what I want and what any social needs is direct investment and building people in itself, not just the storage resources and Techies)...

But anyway... a few words for you all. No harm intended.

See #QOTO hashtag and see if you can help the others..,

@SecondJon [rules are ruining Fediverse]

@L29Ah [moving / moved]

@falken [interface issue. Tusky comment]
https://qoto.org/@falken/112026413825608068

@bibliolater [notification problems, thinking of exporting]

@[email protected] [QOTO quote posting]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]

@fisunov [STEM instance but mostly always was politics here]

@frayoshi [2025 issues we all had with repeated notifications for same posts]

@Hejny [Suggestion in this post what options are for users + this great tool [I have used and confirm it's GREAT]
(orig post was https://purr.neocities.org/
https://qoto.org/@Hejny/113194609883427308)

Just some others who used #QOTO hashtag not necessarily for problems

@tonyfromls

@cweickhmann

@sgryphon [Bringing version up to date - which I think was more but further version have come out - but me as FreeSchool not saying we always need to keep changing things)
+ about blocking threads (for me it's easy to see why when we kind of exporting / merging our data with their data or vice versa - same dangers of harvesting us as before)
https://qoto.org/@sgryphon/112579538153852698

@maccdog

@ceoln

@internic

@nibble4bits [question about about federating with threads]
https://qoto.org/@nibble4bits/112163722688834060

@claralistensprechen3rd [image prob with Outsourced Math (Friendica) instance]

@mc [network issue / msg in the past]

@barefootstache [was helping with upgrades around 2024+]

@marqle [has accounts elsewhere]

@volkris [about modified Mastodon versions]

https://qoto.org/@volkris/111291558241112652

@pgcommunication [2023 consideration of instances]
https://qoto.org/@pgcommunication/111280296182249170

@worldsendless [length of #qoto is really such a liberating thing]
https://qoto.org/@worldsendless/111228151655038424

@freemo [Apology to whole fediverse 2023]
https://qoto.org/@freemo/111105861929947344

@[email protected] [created another account with more REPUTATION] ⬅️ I think this is an interesting word as it's a 2 ways thing but yeah true

@certainlytwice [other instances can have a direct impact on #qoto performance / stability ?]
https://qoto.org/@certainlytwice/110719793884168867

@moremeta [can't follow #lemmy communities from #qoto, what am I missing?]
https://qoto.org/@moremeta/110585932950327824

@Kihbernetics Eugen Rochko, CEO of Mastodon, Caves to Nazi's Agenda [Jeffrey Phillips Freeman] on www.reddit.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z68m3e/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/

@Pat @skyblond [I remember were more active before...]

@CerstinMahlow [moved back in 2023 - I / freeschool would be interesting to hear which way you did it]

:ablobwave: from #FreeSchool

To you the reader / @freemo / #QOTO. It is our personalities and reasons for being that keep us going...

Picture is edited from a Workbook PDF about #Care and #Caring #Revolution (which I'm trying to merge more into workflows / life itself)

#PDF info of Workbook below if interested:

📖 Let This Radicalize You 97Mb PDF

➡️ Download page = https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you?ref=lifeisasacredtext.com

➡️ Download (Direct):
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/pdfs/25

@freemo What do you think about you publishing it and saying:

- which servers we block
- which servers you know blocking QOTO

This info is good for existing users and those signing up to know.

Could be in #QOTO about page or a blocking page where it says a list (even if not updated often) as a disclaimer instead of me having mixed feelings trying to work it out.

I know I've sent messages but got nothing back which is like weeks/month of delays.

If serious about this Fediverse stuff and not wanting to join Facebook instead or whatever because at least that works, I think this works with saying to everyone to know at least.

#QOTOBlocking

No tool is needed as you know from doing any blocking yourself or from discovery of your users reporting back messages not getting through.

Just listed on a page somewhere.

@freemo What do you think about you publishing it and saying:

- which servers we block
- which servers you know blocking QOTO

This info is good for existing users and those signing up to know.

Could be in #QOTO about page or a blocking page where it says a list (even if not updated often) as a disclaimer instead of me having mixed feelings trying to work it out.

I know I've sent messages but got nothing back which is like weeks/month of delays.

If serious about this Fediverse stuff and not wanting to join Facebook instead or whatever because at least that works, I think this works with saying to everyone to know at least.

#QOTOBlocking

No tool is needed as you know from doing any blocking yourself or from discovery of your users reporting back messages not getting through.

Just listed on a page somewhere.

@freemo #QOTO #Block #suggestion / #question / #request

Is it possible for #blocked servers to be marked visually in the #UI?

Another way could be like an email responder) so if I send a message to someone that is blocked then I get a message back?

But just something on screen might be much better to see what's what when sending or even before...

For better clarity it would be good to see if people don't physically see it before sending...

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I'm doing social change messages (Public and DM) I so I would like to distinguish between those who can and can't see me or server(s) that don't let us communicate.

To have an icon, colour, message would be great. Thanks

#QOTOBlocking ⭐ 🔖 ⚪ ⚫ 🔴 🚥 🚥 🚦 🚥 🚥 🔖 ⭐

@freemo #QOTO #Block #suggestion / #question / #request

Is it possible for #blocked servers to be marked visually in the #UI?

Another way could be like an email responder) so if I send a message to someone that is blocked then I get a message back?

But just something on screen might be much better to see what's what when sending or even before...

For better clarity it would be good to see if people don't physically see it before sending...

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MORE ABOUT WHY
=============

I'm doing social change messages (Public and DM) I so I would like to distinguish between those who can and can't see me or server(s) that don't let us communicate.

To have an icon, colour, message would be great. Thanks

#QOTOBlocking ⭐ 🔖 ⚪ ⚫ 🔴 🚥 🚥 🚦 🚥 🚥 🔖 ⭐

@freemo

1 ➡️ Hmm... Wasn't as immediately obvious or as straight-forward as I thought.

And like you said people many have got the wrong idea and left
- so this is a game-changer for me... and may have been for others if they knew more real testing and your few stats mentioned approximately.

Good it was tested somewhat by you which I trust... and perhaps people have to accept pot of gold doesn't exist anywhere unless we create a hive of activity.

2 ➡️ About "mainstream" the word ...

Mainstream (or one type of meaning of it) could be considered what's listed on https://joinmastodon.org -

...inferring (correctly in some way and not) that what people see there are the main servers and perhaps user numbers signing up _comes from_ that "main" supported list... (I've seen a few list but not the official or recommended https://joinmastodon.org - which I think would be great to have QOTO on as before to represent (that's how I found QOTO and like it's features)...

though QOTO still exists without
- not sure if it's clear to others.

3 ➡️ I wonder how else people would find QOTO unless heard / referred / recommended or saw QOTO users boosted from other users to switch...

4 ➡️ I'm adding #QOTO as hashtag here as it's really good to hear this anyway-

but this info could go in one FAQ post about blocking (without the gargron politics) or even something regular to counter this behaviour of leaving like regular reminder / FYI of things covered before saying how #blocking by others is actually not that big of a deal and how you've tested it etc.

Educate people as your work and rest happens itself (again I see this as the job of any server and to KEEP DOING as any instance's program). Going to due on my sword on that :ms_broadsword: ⚱️ ⚰️

If you copied and pasted it to your own pages you could be one link around where you talk about blocking there as related... instead of just Nazi's or Gargron stuff - just deflect / show it actually doesn't matter even if slightly would be slightly more signups on official website.

Maybe hashtag like #QOTOBlocking (guess this is there now) could prep and collect it and we can always revise the hashtag or your website.

I'm was more torn about this before you said that. I can also have more accounts too and link them... but your info was crucial in my perspective realising "all ways a futile unless you make it yourself since mostly #p2p ironically doesn't exist manually here or organised" and spreading *this* to others if ever mentioned about QOTO or spreading better ways between people (dare I say a movement!).

Without these kinds of talking about it, investing in / by users, people would hardly know and therefore get wrong ideas and be left to themselves (quite normal) which is costly to you and the aims of QOTO (which I would change it to something more ACTIVE and *attacking* in education) -

Now I'm the one more pestering / attacking you and others but as a reflection of existing things not always existing or others not doing much work here (1 way posting about tech) and in my realm the cross-pollinated reasons, sharing dreams and factors would be stronger and said in passing with FOSS and STEM and reasons like you've mentioned come out sooner.

Again peer to peer conversation needed in order to _build_ (your existing efforts with me AND somehow seeding or attaching more people to each other as we go like a mesh)

It would be called "retainment" also if I was your communications / HR officer 😃 or other some such title

3 ➡️ For testing followers I would say comparing your account here to a normal account elsewhere might have some main factors that are not proportional like:

a) declaring your creator of QOTO instead of using random / less anonym name helps get followers... more anonymity les follower
(it's chicken and egg sometimes for usefulness and future privacy but for people like you name is everything and worth trust even though any doctors could be bad people - but I accept names and titles help others in their head and accept others without these more state / old ways of thinking

FreeSchool for example as a name I know is + / - but my work should work more than anything / people need to start to trust that more than state with time even though I could fake a name...

b) more developed profile - more history and posts might help people follow...

but great to know you tested it.

4 ➡️ I still would like to use your own position in "power" or status to take risks on other users and QOTO behalf if not assign me someone else (like to trust me while not trusting me completely) and mutually get on with QOTO stronger / stretch arms and roots out...

5 ➡️ But for now I wait and see if you have any points from the previous 10 in the post before (of which most are skippable or first lines indicate the contents of that point)

Good stuff again. Hope others see it

6 ➡️ People reading this might realise:

it's never going to be active here or there UNLESS they / WE make it / do something along the lines I mention 1-to-1
Then 1-to-many happen and doubling / Albert Bartlett ...

and we collect all these great users with whatever online name as long as the work is good!

7 ➡️ Podcast via https://vocaroo.com notes whenever people feel still feelings like a good idea - maybe an edited roundup of anonymous people as podcast from one-way voice notes you or others send me and I mix up with my own sub-thoughts and see what people think (it gets people interested). But eh we'll see...

⭐ <--- freemo