Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 26

@amaranthe

I just don't think Pleroma is aimed at non-tech people.

For example, the official site for Pleroma talks about protocols, server implementations etc:

https://pleroma.social

@maxim

No, I promote Mastodon as an alternative social network.

I recommend people sign up on existing instances.

@maxim

Pleroma is aimed at tech fans, switching.social is aimed at non-tech people.

People who know how to self-host probably know how to find alternatives for themselves, and there are lots of techy sites that already cater to them.

@fedilab

Just to add my own statement too:

I respect Fedilab's work, I have been a fan since it was called Mastalab.

The current disagreement is because we have different opinions over where a particular important balance lies.

The main reason I asked to discuss things in DMs was so that discussions would be honest and respectful without dogpiling or outsiders treating this like some kind of sporting event.

We have enough threats from every direction, I don't want bridges burnt needlessly.

@jochen @fedilab

Matrix was never on switching.social's list of Whatsapp alternatives, because I feel it is too complicated.

It is however listed as an alternative to Slack.

I know people will disagree with my decisions, that's why I released the site under a libre CC-By-SA licence so that people can modify and reuse the material on their own sites if they wish.

The foreign language forks have already diverged in their own directions and that's fine:

https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102309446150434436

As you may have noticed from recent boosts, @pixelfed now has "remote follows".

In case you're wondering what it is, #Pixelfed is a free open alternative to Instagram, designed for privacy-friendly photo sharing.

You can now follow Mastodon accounts from Pixelfed, and Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon.

Some good servers to sign up on:
https://pixelfed.de
https://pixelfed.social

Remote follows mean wherever you sign up, you can follow people from other servers 👍

#Instagram #Alternatives

@bob

Itch.io are great 👍

They are on here too. @itchio

@sifr

It's pretty clear where Sony are going with this 😬

@sifr

It's pretty clear where Google are going with this 😬

@triF5 @kuketzblog @swisode

I'm guessing this isn't quite what you had in mind though.

@triF5 @kuketzblog @swisode

You can use https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/ to make customised embeddable OSM maps.

@jrss @pixelfed

And yes, hashtags work on PF.

@jrss @pixelfed

The "hard to find" should be solved by remote follows, as they let people discover and interact with accounts on other servers more easily.

(Previously, you could follow Pixelfed from Mastodon but not vice versa, and PF servers didn't communicate either.)

@alexa @fedilab @bigl0af

How can I be hiding the reason if I'm telling the person about it directly?

There's such a thing as topics appropriate for public discussion and topics that aren't.

@alexa @fedilab

No, I don't think it's useful to discuss this in public. It will simply turn nasty.

@fedilab

I think it might be better to discuss this in private?

I'll DM you.

@maxim @aurochs @earth @pixelfed

Ah sorry, I thought you were the original poster.

Yeah, I don't use Pleroma so I can't comment on whether it works from there.

@hippolyte @pixelfed

Hey @pixelfedde , has this been switched on for pixelfed.de? :blobsmile:

@maxim @pixelfed @aurochs

Weird. I can follow/unfollow @earth without any problems (no need for request), and see all its posts. They are public posts AFAIK.

Maybe try cancelling the follow request and search for the account on the Mastodon search box?

@aurochs @pixelfed

Pixelfed accounts have been visible on Mastodon for quite some time now, have you not been able to see them?

For example, can you see this account from mastodon?

@earth