Mastodon is a federated micro-blogging service. “Federated” means that there are many servers, each with their own rules, unlike Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. “Micro-blogging” means that you can post status updates up to 500 characters long.
I wrote mastodon-backup so that people can download their own toots, favorites and media attachments.
I also wrote bitlbee-mastodon. This plugin allows Bitblee to communicate with Mastodon instances. Bitlbee is an IRC server connecting to various other text messaging services. You run Bitlbee and connect to it using an IRC client, then configure Bitblee to connect to other services, such as a Mastodon instance where you already have an account. The benefit is that you can now use any IRC client you want to connect to Mastodon.
If you’re new, I recommend this post: How to Mastodon.
Blog posts:
2022-12-22 GoToSocial instead of snac
2022-11-29 snac on the fediverse
2022-01-24 The fediverse doing previews for the CO₂ god
2021-04-30 Trunk: Dropping Lists
2020-09-05 The shadow people of social media
2020-08-16 Mastodon kills Gemini Wiki
2019-11-09 Epicyon needs Python 3.6 which needs a Debian upgrade
2019-11-08 Mastodon Introduction
2019-10-26 Trying to add ActivityPub to Oddmuse
2019-08-29 How to Mastodon again
2019-03-10 Das Ende der föderierten Dienste steht nicht an
2018-12-21 Blogs on the fediverse
2018-10-25 Using a Mastodon Bot
2018-10-17 Trunk Quality Program
2018-09-04 Bitlbee Mastodon Plugin 1.4.0
2018-09-03 Unfollowing Lurkers
2018-08-25 Identity, Keybase, Verification
2018-07-19 Bitlbee Mastodon More
2018-06-15 No Twitter, No Facebook
2018-05-12 Mastodon OAuth2 Issues
2018-01-20 Mastodon Archive 0.0.5
2017-12-15 Including Mastodon Comments
2017-11-29 What to do with Mastodon
2017-10-22 Mastodon and Bitlbee
2017-07-25 Bitlbee, Mastodon, and C
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