Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 71

@puffinus_puffinus

Thank you for the support! :blobaww: 👏

Did you know you can play chess on the Fediverse? 🐴 👑

Castling.club lets you challenge people or put yourself forward to be challenged:

https://castling.club/

Moves happen by toots using chess notation, there are further instructions on the site.

It works with Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered platforms.

#Chess #Échecs #Schach #Scacchi #Ajedrez

It's just a few hours until the book is delisted.

If you want to buy a copy of the Switching Social Handbook, this is your final chance:

https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-switching-social-handbook

@chartier

No single big reason, just lots of little things.

@RyuKurisu @poisonous @alt_text @tootapp

Just to pass on, Fedilab is at @fedilab nowadays

Fediverse users who are blind or partially sighted rely on screen readers to read posts aloud.

It's important to add alt texts on images you post, so screen reader users know what is in them.

You can do this on Mastodon by clicking on "Describe for the visually impaired" after attaching an image.

But what if you forget?

Well, there's a useful bot which will send you an instant message if you forget to add alt text:

@alt_text

To use it, just follow it!

#FediTips #MastoTips #Mastodon

@anomaly

OCR is useful but it only reads text, it doesn't explain non-text images.

@anomaly @alt_text @OCRbot

OCR is useful but it only reads text, it doesn't explain non-text images.

@masterofthetiger @DashEquals

p.s. I know this is an awkward and weird situation, that's part of the reason for delisting it.

@masterofthetiger @DashEquals

The origin of the book was that people kept asking me if I had a patreon (I don't).

The book is partly a reward for people who donate to the site, so I'm reluctant to just give it away as soon as it's delisted as some of the people who bought it may feel a bit let down.

But as I've mentioned before, the book is basically a more wordy book-style editorial look at privacy, it doesn't have any extra alternatives listed. The site has every alternative listed.

Reminder: I'm delisting the Switching Social Handbook this Sunday night.

If you want to buy a copy, this is your last chance:

https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-switching-social-handbook

The book is a companion to the site, looking at online privacy in a bit more detail while still aimed at a non-technical audience.

It's a DRM-free ePub file, so you can use it on your favourite compatible app or device, as well as make unlimited backups etc.

If you have any questions, comments or problems, let me know and I will try to help.

@Gargron

Is the simple layout release happening soon? :blobsmile:

@trianderror @Liberapay @kuketzblog

There isn't a huge amount of choice in the payment world :(

As far as I know, Liberapay are doing the best they can with a limited number of options.

If you have better suggestions please do share them.

@trianderror @Liberapay @kuketzblog

There isn't a huge amount of choice in the payment world :(

As far as I know, Liberapay are doing the best they can with a limited number of options.

As they said, if you have better suggestions please do share them.

Fediverse users who are blind or partially sighted rely on screen readers to read posts aloud.

It's important to add alt texts on images you post, so screen reader users know what is in them.

You can do this on Mastodon by clicking on "Describe for the visually impaired" after attaching an image.

But what if you forget?

Well, there's a useful bot which will send you an instant message if you forget to add alt text:

@alt_text

To use it, just follow it!

#FediTips #MastoTips #Mastodon

@zudn

Not for non-technical people :blobfrown:

There's Lineage OS (https://www.lineageos.org/) but the installation instructions are really really scary 😕

It's #FollowFriday again! 🌮

Time for some #alternatives and more:

👩🚀 @mastonaut Mastonaut: Mastodon desktop app for the Mac

💶 @Liberapay LiberaPay: Free open alternative to Patreon

📈 @Matomo Matomo: Free open alternative to Google Analytics

🐧 @tuxedocomputers Tuxedo Computers: Custom-built Linux desktops and laptops

🚀 @MicroSFF Micro SF/F: Toot-sized science fiction & fantasy stories

Previous #FF:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102190020393413914

#FFed

@msh @mike @iarna

The YouTube algo doesn't just make hate speech worse, it turns ordinary videos into something extremely worrying and sinister:

https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008

@maximpistos

Woo, thank you for buying! 🎉

There's no PDF version, I'm afraid. But the ePub should look better than PDF on most devices.

However, as it's a DRM-free file you can convert it if you have a suitable conversion app.