@beholder20 @tw Donations from the community ❤️ see our about page for example:
https://mstdn.social/about

Loving the #MastoArt coming through!

Any #bagpipe related art? Especially women pipers. Preferably respectfully represented. Serious solo woman piper here, and it’s really hard to find bagpiper art that isn’t 1. cringey, 2. jokey, or 3 NSFW

When you practice the hardest instrument in the world every day for years, real art about it matters.

Livestreaming people!

Do you want people on Mastodon to be able to follow your livestream and be notified when you go live?

There's a free open source streaming platform called @owncast which is also part of the Fediverse:

➡️ https://owncast.online

You can follow OwnCast streams from Mastodon, and a post will appear in your timeline when they go live.

For example you can follow music accounts like @live or tech & gaming streamers like @Hamish or @hatnix

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #OwnCast

Listen to an audio book. There are lots of public domain ones here: https://librivox.org/

Woah! :blobcatterrified: That was something but I think we're back up to speed again and more space to grow! 💪

Downside is that the costs are almost double now :blobcatscared: Almost €600/pm for the servers alone now but I'll keep my eye out. If we can downgrade I shall

Currently mstdn.social is home to 95 312 local users who posted 5 604 762 toots now!

Sorry again for all downtime and other issues, it's a fun challenge :verified_neko:

If you wanna help out checkout https://mstdn.social/about

I would like to offer all of our new friends on Mastodon an oak tree, with a rope swing, in the sun, by a lake. This is near where I live.

My husband and I moved here from one of the largest cities in North America. It took us a while to slow down and enjoy it. But now, we can’t imagine living anywhere else.

If you are new to Mastodon, this isn’t the bird site. If we’re careful, it never will be.

Relax and enjoy.

And thank your admins. They keep the sun shining.

#MrRobot

Okay, we need to talk about the format of this account.

There's been a vast amount of new people joining, and I've been adding lots of interesting accounts to https://fedi.directory

There are currently too many being added to do a post about every single recommendation.

If you want to find people to follow, please browse https://fedi.directory instead of waiting for me to randomly mention someone interesting.

I'll post one shoutout of the day, but that will be just one account :blobcat:

You can't spell #Fediverse without #diverse. (updated version)

Time for another #introduction for the newcomers 😀 I'm an astronomer and science communicator at the European Southern Observatory.

In my previous life I used to study how galaxies form and evolve. I also helped my peers get their data as a support astronomer at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. I now work full time as Media Officer at ESO's HQ in Germany.

I'm also an avid astrophotographer! Below is a pic of my previous "office" in Chile. 🤩

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography

Please use CWs especially for bad news. Thanks.

The people who create and maintain this place are all volunteers.

There are no ads, no data being sold, no cryptocurrencies, no blockchains, no investors nor anything like that.

The only way this place gets the bills paid is because each server's owner pays from their own pockets, with help from user donations.

If you appreciate this place, donate something to your server. 🙏

Go to your server's website, click on "Learn More" and it will usually have a donation link there.

We are no #Twitter. And we do not wanna become the next Twitter..

Mastodon has proven that social media can be fun and safe without bullies!

Engage in discussions without being harassed. Respect for each other is important here. You don't have to agree with everyone ofc but talking about it is so much better than name-calling for example.

I think we can show the world that social media can also be a positive factor in life instead of stress and a dark shadow

Love you guys ❤️

I live in hope that #Shiny for #R is named for Kaylee Frye’s saying.

#Firefly

Hey there everyone! 👋

Please have a look at my website because it will probably answer a lot of your questions about how to use Mastodon and the Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.tips

If you're recommending me as a follow to others, it would be great if you could mention the site too so that new people get help straight away.

I am getting repeating questions that are already answered on the website, so it would help a LOT if you could tell new people about the site as well as my account! 😅

from #knowledge to #statistics
A #water #analogy #cartoon

You know how most people just have one phone number?

That's possible because all phone providers in the world federate together. No matter which provider you use, you can call anyone anywhere.

Well, Mastodon (and the Fediverse it's a part of) is the same thing but for social media. The Fediverse address on your profile is enough for people on other servers to follow you and interact with you. It looks like this:

@ (username) @ (server)

There's a video about it here:

https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD

A little tip! Via the web interface of #Mastodon under Settings -> Other you can check multiple languages so that you will see more toots on the timelines! :mastodon:

If you are on mstdn.social you can use the following link https://mstdn.social/settings/preferences/other

For people on other servers, look under 'Settings' -> 'Other'

(note, this does not apply to the app)

To people that joined Mastodon recently, we deeply advice to follow @feditips

You will get tips, information and accounts that deserve to be followed on the Fediverse.

do regular expressions work in mastodon filters? it's a bit hard to test out...
(my aim is to filter out crossposted retweets from birdsite, naive approach would be to just do a "RT*.twitter.com" filter, which should/could be good enough?)