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A lot of the accounts you follow and interact with on here are not Mastodon accounts!

For example, @theatticdwellers is a PeerTube account, @Iancylkowski is a Pixelfed account, @rstv is an OwnCast account.

There are dozens of different server types on here, not just Mastodon servers. When you talk about this place, it's not enough to call it "Mastodon", because it's more than just that.

That's why people call this place "The Fediverse", because that name covers all server types. :fediverse:

Simplified diagram of the Fediverse showing lots of different server types connected by arrowed lines forming a network. Individual servers are represented by the logos of the software they are running, such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Calckey, Friendica, OwnCast etc.
@Nerd Out With Me! @Ian Cylkowski @RetroStrange TV
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Ajax B. Coriander
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so how does it work for something like publishing stories? If you used a fedi like writefreely.org

Could people from mastodon fallow you and get updates when you post?

WriteFreely

Minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform.
WriteFreely
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You can follow Write Freely accounts, and when a new post is added it will appear in your Home timeline. For example @writefreely is the Write Freely project's own blog and is a Write Freely account.

A more flexible and powerful option is to use a WordPress blog. There is an official plugin made by @pfefferle and WordPress that allows independently hosted WordPress blogs to be followed from the Fediverse:

fedi.tips/wordpress-turning-yo…


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Lyssa Chiavari
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Is there a way you can tell? The only clue I've had so far is if a post is waaaay longer than the average toot.
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@lyssachiavari

It's designed to be seamless so that you don't notice if posts are from other server types, but there is a way of checking!

If you go to a post's original page, it will open it on the account's own server's website. The server's type will be obvious from the website's layout, logos etc.

Here's how to open original pages:

fedi.tips/what-are-original-pa…

You can try this on the accounts I linked to in the first post of this thread, they will all open on non-Mastodon server websites.


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@Lyssa Chiavari

teilten dies erneut

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Paweł Świątkowski
Paweł Świątkowski
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some clients show that information on the profile page, so it's one click away (attached screenshot from Fedilab). Also akkoma's (and I believe calckey's) default web frontends display an icon of the software next to every toot.
@lyssachiavari
Screenshot of a profile page in Fedilab, showing that an account is on pixelfed
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Adrian Morales
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Sadly, neither PeerTube nor Pixelfed has an official mobile app that you can find on your phone's store.
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You can use PeerTube through apps like FediLab or TubeLab for Android which are on Google Play.

Pixelfed has @vernissage for iPhone/iPad and @PixelDroid for Android (though PixelDroid isn't on Google Play). It also has official apps in public testing. More info at pixelfed.org/mobile-apps


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Capture, share and explore from your smartphone with official or third-party apps.
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@PixelDroid :pixelfed: @Vernissage
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@Fedi.Tips @PixelDroid :pixelfed: @Vernissage @Adrian Morales I don't think it's important for an app to be "official". The example of "Mastodon" shows that the old and proven apps are much better. There is imho no advantage to having an official app.
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Der Micha hat dies geteilt.

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runarcn
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I'd like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Mastodon, is in fact, the Fediverse/Mastodon, or as I've recently taken to calling it, the Fediverse plus Mastodon. Mastodon is not a social network unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning federated system made useful by the ActivityPub protocol, web utilities, and vital social network components comprising a full fediverse.
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hackbyte (friendica)
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@runarcn There's more to the #fediverse and the #federation than "just" activitypub.

And in so far, no its not "fediverse+mastodon" ... mastodon is just another part within the broader federation.

That's why i'm using friendica... Form here i can connect to DFRN, Diaspora* and AcitvitiPub ;)

#fediverse #federation @runarcn
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runarcn
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@hackbyte I think you missed the joke ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=QlD9UBTcSW…


I'd just like to interject...

IRL Trolling of a radio talk show using /g/ copypasta. You can get whole show here,http://archives.warpradio.com/btr/ComputerAmerica/061623.mp3I take no cred...
YouTube
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I'm a nerd that likes to try things so I have a #Mastodon, #Calckey, #Pixelfed, #Peertube, #Akkoma, and #Pleroma accounts. What else do I need? #OwnCast?
#mastodon #peertube #Pleroma #Pixelfed #owncast #akkoma #calckey
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@🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸 You could try #Friendica. And (if you are really brave) also #Hubzilla @Fedi.Tips
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@Martin Urschel @🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸 @Fedi.Tips Hubzilla is, as far as I know, the software in the Fediverse with the most features and it takes a long time to explore them all...
See here (in German): gnulinux.ch/serie-fediverse-di…

Hubzilla - die mächtige ungeschminkte Königin des Fediverse

Von der Entdeckung der Möglichkeiten dezentraler Netzwerke und einer leidenschaftlichen Zuneigung.
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Barbara Pittman ☕️💬
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Fed as in federation or federated?
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Both, as a federation is something that is federated.

"Federated Universe" is often cited as the long form:

fedi.video/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn…

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2022-04-28 11:51:16


What is the Fediverse?


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sam
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i tell people its like the united federation of planets, unstable, in constant need of maintenance, but so much better than the alternative...sorry got star trek brain.
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acm
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useful, and also no, there's no way I'm following video or audio feeds here, as those are my least favorite Mastodon (or Web) content. 😆 but good to know it's seamless!
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@acm_redfox

They're there if people want to follow 😀

By the way, just to clarify my original post, it's not just audio and video, there are text-centric platforms like Friendica and Calckey on the Fedi too. Friendica was on the Fediverse before Mastodon.

@acm
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Writing Slowly
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I use #microdotblog, and appreciate how it connects to Mastodon and the fediverse. welcome.micro.blog/
Whatever overcomes the walled gardens of Facebook and the others. The Network is the social network.

Welcome to Micro.blog

welcome.micro.blog
#microdotblog
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@travis @Cassandra

It sounds like your server hasn't noticed that account before.

If you (or someone on your server) follows the account, you will start seeing posts made after that moment.

Blank profiles are due to a lack of backfilling on Mastodon, more info here:

fedi.tips/why-does-someones-ac…


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@Cassandra This might be a bug in Mastodon. I checked a bunch of mobile apps and the web interface and I see that he has 0 posts (obviously not true).
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@Cassandra

Do you mean you can see the photos but clicking on them doesn't work?

Or that you can't see any posts from Mastodon?

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Franz
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so, from a server's perspective, I could setup a Mastodon server and use it as a Pixelfed instance? What would be the key differences here?
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@zalintyre
No, you can't run a server of one type as another type.

But people on different types of servers can follow each other and interact with each other seamlessly. See my latest post:

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If there's the same conversation shown on different kinds of Fediverse server, each server type will display it in its own format.

For example:

In the attached images, you can see a conversation thread in the replies to a PeerTube video post. On Mastodon it will look like a Masto thread, but on PeerTube it will look like comments below the video.

They are both the same thread! It's just displayed differently depending on which kind of server you're looking at it from.

#FediTips #Fediverse

Screenshot of conversation displayed in Mastodon about props and accessories that used to be bundled with adventure games in the 1980s and 1990s, replying to a PeerTube post featuring a video about old adventure games. It looks just like any Mastodon thread.
Screenshot from a PeerTube server showing the same conversation, but this time it is displayed in a PeerTube format as comments below the PeerTube video.

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Franz
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yeah, so I would have no advantages registering a second account on a Pixelfed instance?
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caos
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@Franz It doesn't bring any advantages for interaction, but if you want more features and better view in terms of photos, then an additional #Pixelfed account would make sense, because Pixelfed is specialised on pictures.
Take a look at this article (in German)

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hackbyte (friendica)
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@Franz Different fediverse service mostly go about the primary publishing format. So for example, you can only post 4 images per toot on mastodon as far as i know. While pixelfed has no such restriction. On peertube otoh, you usually have a video as primary content. While mastodon is primary microblogging, just allowing you to add some few images.

So, in terms of interaction with any of such posts, it makes no difference which service you use for that.

But for publishing materials, it could make sense to go for a account on a dedicated service for your format.

On top of that, different services show different views of posts... I personally never liked this twitter/mastodon format from the get go so i would never consider using it for my primary account.

Hope that helps? ;)

@Franz

caos hat dies geteilt.

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Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)
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I still refuse to use much of the "accepted" nomenclature in #HephalumpWorld, as I find it silly, and will never refer to posts as fart synonyms. Unless I'm talking about actual farts.

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Beans, beans, that magical fruit
The more you eat, the more you toot
The more you toot, the better you feel
So eat some beans with every meal

#TootToot

#toottoot #hephalumpworld
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2hip2bL7
2hip2bL7
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Would like to find a server dedicated to boomers born in 40s & 50s. Or if none exist, Would like to learn how to run a server and dedicate it to that tribe.
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