Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 66

@masoud @glsbank

Wow! 😮

@Nachbarschaft

I'm really sorry, I just don't think Hubzilla is easy enough for the kind of audience switching.social is aimed at.

I'm trying to reach people who use computers and phones but have no interest in computing or technology.

But this is exactly why I made switching.social CC By SA, so if people feel I'm doing something wrong or missing something out, they can do their own version.

@trebach

It just gives me an error page with the elephant hitting a computer :/

@trebach

I can't get this to open?

Does anyone know some good general Mastodon instances that are both open to new users and running 2.9?

@chris @nextcloud

I'm not sure, I don't have that many photos :blobgrin:

Can anyone give advice about large volumes of pictures?

@chris

I found @nextcloud to be pretty good for photo storage and sharing? They have a good app as well to upload straight from phones.

@darckcrystale @omgubuntu @protonmail

Mastodon is part of the Fediverse?

Big props to @omgubuntu and @protonmail for putting Mastodon links on their website templates alongside their centralised social media links (see attachments) :blobcheer:

This is great for normalising the concept of decentralised social media 👍

If you have a Fediverse account, please do mention it on your website! The more people see these icons, the more comfortable they will be finding out more.

#Fediverse #SocialMedia #Alternatives

@maidis

Also, some countries have different services they need alternatives to. I think someone was working on a Russian alternatives site that had alternatives to Russian network VK?

@maidis

It would be brilliant to have a Turkish version! 👍

I don't use a repo because I'm not a developer. I think some of the forked sites have repos though?

I'm avoiding translations on switching.social itself because all the links on switching.social are to English language resources. If visitors can't understand english, the links probably aren't much use.

That's why I have the content under a CC By SA licence so that people can maintain their own sites in their own languages.

@maidis

It would be brilliant to have a Turkish version! 👍

I don't use a repo because I'm not a developer. I think some of the forked sites have repos though?

I'm avoiding translations on switching.social itself because all the links on switching.social are to English language resources. If visitors can't understand english, the links probably aren't much use.

That's why I have the content under a CC By SA licence so that people can maintain their own sites in their own languages.

@Nachbarschaft

I'll try to add more tips about choosing a good instance, but I do already suggest some good general instances in the "where to sign up" section.

I don't think most people want to think about instances when they are taking their first steps onto federated networks.

They just want to be given an address to sign up at.

A lot of people start out on a general instance and move onto a specialised one after they get used to it.

@Nachbarschaft

I'll try to add more tips about choosing a good instance, but I do already suggest some good general instances in the "where to sign up" section.

I don't think most people want to think about instances when they are taking their first steps onto federated networks.

They just want to be given an address to sign up at.

@Nachbarschaft

My philosophy on switching.social is to keep new concepts to a minimum, so that people only have to try one new thing at a time.

If they only have to try one new thing, they are far more likely to try it.

My new concepts are that Fediverse doesn't use ads, so it's less likely to invade privacy, and if an admin does invade privacy you can easily switch to a different instance.

Centralised services are dangerous because you cannot switch without leaving the network.