#avviso: Se state per pubblicare materiale sessualmente esplicito, volgare o potenzialmente offensivo, ricordatevi di usare il content warning, o settare l'immagine come sensibile. Inserire l'hashtag #NSFW in modo che le altre persone possano evitare di incapparvi inavvertitamente durante l'orario di lavoro, a scuola o in situazioni di privacy limitata. In questa maniera eviteremo anche di essere bannati da altri server. #netiquette Grazie e buon divertimento!

@koeln_ins_fediverse fyi

https://nrw.social/@Krefeld/116091964036874889
Krefeld@nrw.social - Hallo Krefeld! 👋

Wir freuen uns, jetzt auch hier auf Mastodon mit euch in den Austausch zu treten. 🎉 Hier informieren wir euch über aktuelle Themen, Projekte und Veranstaltungen aus unserer Stadt – und wir freuen uns auf einen respektvollen Dialog mit euch.

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#Krefeld #Mastodon #DigitaleSouveränität #Netiquette #Fediverse

Hallo Krefeld! 👋

Wir freuen uns, jetzt auch hier auf Mastodon mit euch in den Austausch zu treten. 🎉 Hier informieren wir euch über aktuelle Themen, Projekte und Veranstaltungen aus unserer Stadt – und wir freuen uns auf einen respektvollen Dialog mit euch.

Bitte denkt bei euren Beiträgen an die Netiquette: Freundlichkeit, Respekt und konstruktive Diskussionen machen das Miteinander angenehmer für alle. 💬🤝

#Krefeld #Mastodon #DigitaleSouveränität #Netiquette #Fediverse

*The Netiquette* written in 1995 (RFC1855) is and was a great list of guidelines on how to behave - respectfully - on the internet. It is stated that it's for "Newbies".

However, it's likely that no "newbies", would enjoy reading it. I would be curious to know if some people were born at that time and read it.

It's still fascinating how some points are still relevant today.

#internet #netiquette #rfc

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1855

@omar

Depends on the context.

At $DAYJOB, I do as the Romans do and generally reply above the original message. It makes for a mess of unreadable thread context, incurs leaked sensitive information that folks fail to trim, and gazillions of copies of images from .signatures that just keep accruing like barnacles.

On mailing-lists and other more civilized places, I use trimmed quotes with inline responses because I'm not a brutish barbarian. #netiquette

#avviso: Se state per pubblicare materiale sessualmente esplicito, volgare o potenzialmente offensivo, ricordatevi di usare il content warning, o settare l'immagine come sensibile. Inserire l'hashtag #NSFW in modo che le altre persone possano evitare di incapparvi inavvertitamente durante l'orario di lavoro, a scuola o in situazioni di privacy limitata. In questa maniera eviteremo anche di essere bannati da altri server. #netiquette Grazie e buon divertimento!

a post for helping ppl onboard to mastodon/fedi:

okie, so someone is wanting you to get on mastodon/fedi

what the heck is it?

it's a better way to do life and share life online

you know how a gmail user can send things to a hotmail user?

it's kinda like that

you choose a server (also called an instance) that is your home-base and then public posts you make are "federated" out to servers all around the world

you can choose to keep posts private and only limited to your followers or even to just one person

there are no ads

there is no algorithm: we are the algorithm by reposting/boosting other ppls posts and being an active participant in creating things or just talking

it kinda feels like the Internet of old and it gives me hope

you can follow hashtags to get a feed of other folks doing similar things to you

many news orgs are on here too bc of flipboard

you can follow RSS feeds even with rss-parrot

wanna change your instance? you can! your followers and following lists can be imported to a new instance

some instances (like mine) have character counts past 10k, so you can post longer form content too

what's "fedi" mean?

fedi or the fediverse refers to how it's not just Mastodon that counts in this network: there are many other compatible softwares besides mastodon that are still all interconnected

mastodon is a non-profit project developed on top of protocol called activity-pub and it's what drives the fediverse

for instance (heh), a good instance for fellow trans folks is transfem.social which uses a software called sharkey instead of mastodon, but they still communicate with each other

i recommend getting started on a mastodon instance:

• infosec.exchange
• catgirl.cloud
• lgbtqia.space
• you can also take a look at featured instances: https://joinmastodon.org/servers

sometimes, depending on the server, sign up times can take a min

but once you get on and established (did you remember to turn on your 2fa?), make sure to add some details to your profile!

a lot of folks here don't wanna interact with blank accounts or accounts with no posts

once you get a bit setup, how do you find ppl?

well, first recommendation is to create an introduction post (tagged with hashtags)

here is mine for an example:

https://infosec.exchange/@sparklepanic/114923778190319719

you can browse more related content by clicking on the hashtags in the post

hashtags are important to how discovery works on fedi

the culture of fedi is to ALWAYS use the CW (content warning) function for anything remotely 18+/nsfw and ALWAYS use alt-text on images (the descriptions for those with disabilities)

please don't boost images if they don't have alt-text

there are quite a few trans/poly/sex-positive ppl on fedi and the way we keep it nice is by making sure to always mark things with CW (even politics for a lot of folks is important, with "uspol" as the cw)

follow these to get started (not in any particular order, some do post 18+ occasionally, but they content warn)

following ppl is a bit different if they are on a different server:

when you click on them, if they don't share your home instance, you'll see something like "remote follow this person" and then you put your home instance URL into the box (to the instance ur already logged into) and then you can follow them!

• https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad
• https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco
• https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity
• https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci
• https://defcon.social/@deviantollam
• https://reentry.codl.fr/@apod
• the "catsofmastodon" hashtag
• a hashtag related to you local area (since im in Portland, i follow the "pdx" hashtag)
• https://mas.to/@skeletor
• https://mastodon.social/@eff
• https://lgbtqia.space/@alice

another thing i should mention is defederation and codes of conduct: each instance has it's own code of conduct and the whole space has it's own version of netiquette, keeping ppl accountable for their posts and if it gets really bad, instances will "defederate" from each other so that you don't have to see content that is harmful or that doesn't abide by community standards

remember, these servers are basically all operated by volunteers: people with technical ability put them online at cost to themselves and they are usually administering it as a side-project or as a public service

make sure to throw some money at your instance admin if you can

https://fedi.tips/ is also a good resource! (or here on mastodon @FediTips

what the hecc app do i use?

i recommend using the progressive web app (PWA): this is the "add to home screen" thing in ur browser and it behaves like a native app

you'll also see i had typos in this post, but mastodon supports edits, so it's okie!

fedi is really cool and im so happy to be part of the community and hope that you too can be active online in ways that actually honor our humanity

#fediverse #newuser #mastodon #netiquette

Bitte macht sowas nicht. Das ist eine Zumutung für Leute an Screenreadern. Jedes einzelne Emoji wird nämlich vorgelesen.

Das Gleiche gilt auch für Hashtags mitten im Text. Nicht jedes zweite Wort muss ein Hashtag sein, schon gar nicht solche, die garantiert niemand abonniert hat. Sowas ist nicht fantasievoll oder cool, sondern einfach nur fies.

Danke.

#blind #inklusion #netiquette

Cognitive responsibility: the three unwritten laws of the word

https://nicolalosito.it/2026/01/16/cognitive-responsibility-the-three-unwritten-laws-of-the-word/

PSA: if all you ever post is screenshots of other people's viral posts, but you omit the Alt-text, and you cannot be bothered to edit your post to add Alt-text even after other people comment to supply the Alt-text, then you're an absolute shit-heel and deserve to be blocked.

#AltText #Accessability #Netiquette

Today I was reminded that the use of hashtags can not only mean "hey, I think my post is so interesting that I want it to be found in a list of other relevant post about this subject", no - that the more important use might be "I can help people avoid seeing my post with this hashtag that they're currently filtering out".

#netiquette

#netiquette / #feditips
* Please remember to CW
* spell words correctly so filters and watch lists work, this isn't youtube comments where you get shadowbanned
* Stop linking to instagram/x/etc posts, for those of us without accounts it just shows nothing. If you want to show something on fedi screenshot it and put it directly in the post.
* Try not to quote post stuff from instances like .social, due to the spam waves they're limited on most other servers and the quote post gets filtered.

RubyGems Etiquette question:

If I have a gem, FooBar (`foo_bar`), and I'll eventually ship sub-gems FooBar::Enhancement (`foo_bar-enhancement`) and FooBar::Addon (`foo_bar-addon`), would it be okay to immediately "name squat" those on ruby gems.org by shipping an empty v0.0.0 gem?

#Ruby #RubyGems #Etiquette #Netiquette #Question #OpenSource #OSS #RubyCommunity #Naming #AskMastodon

Da quando sono sul fediverso, ho la sensazione di starmi autofrenando troppo con le parole e non mi piace. Io non sono una che dice una parola e 4 bestemmie o parolacce. Ma quando ci vuole, ci vuole.
Certe volte avrei voglia di usare un linguaggio più forte, quando il termine scurrile serve a comunicare rabbia o urgenza. "Dopo 25 anni la community dovrebbe alzare il culo" avrebbe un effetto diverso dall'elegante "dovrebbe rimboccarsi le maniche"! #netiquette

#avviso: Se state per pubblicare materiale sessualmente esplicito, volgare o potenzialmente offensivo, ricordatevi di usare il content warning, o settare l'immagine come sensibile. Inserire l'hashtag #NSFW in modo che le altre persone possano evitare di incapparvi inavvertitamente durante l'orario di lavoro, a scuola o in situazioni di privacy limitata. In questa maniera eviteremo anche di essere bannati da altri server. #netiquette Grazie e buon divertimento!

#avviso: Se state per pubblicare materiale sessualmente esplicito, volgare o potenzialmente offensivo, ricordatevi di usare il content warning, o settare l'immagine come sensibile. Inserire l'hashtag #NSFW in modo che le altre persone possano evitare di incapparvi inavvertitamente durante l'orario di lavoro, a scuola o in situazioni di privacy limitata. In questa maniera eviteremo anche di essere bannati da altri server. #netiquette Grazie e buon divertimento!

On WhatsApp and Netiquette

Reading Time: 3 minutes

I was thinking of taking a break from Whatsapp for three weeks. I have this desire, and need because I am tired of how people use Whatsapp. They create groups, where strangers are added. People with no deep knowledge of online communities delete posts that are sometimes not spam. Other people complain when people try to have conversations. The result is that WhatsApp is emotionally draining because it doesn't feel like a healthy, tight knit community.

Close Friends with Months of Meeting In Person

When WhatsApp was still independent, before it was bought by Facebook it was a community of communities. It was built around friends who wanted to stay in touch after an activity was over.

We knew each other as friends. We had driven hours to and from activities. We had hiked. We had scuba dived. We had climbed, and we had met as a group of 20 people on a regular basis. We were actual friends, rather than just people who met randomly.

Freedom of Familiarity

There is a freedom to familiariity. That freedom is that people know us, so we can be more transparent. We don't need to posture. We can be more three dimensional than in communities of strangers. The groups also stay active within a chat for weeks, months or even years.

With Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), due to a broken arm one winter, and unsociable shifts another year, I lost the freedom of such groups. I had to leave them, not because of a falling out, but because I felt sad that I was missing out. I wanted to participate.

I miss these groups and that sense of community. It's funny that in 2025, and despite writing that social networks are more ubiquitous than ever, that the sense of community is lacking.

Locked Groups and a Sea of Empty Rooms

With time things are getting worse rather than better. Groups are locked once an event is finished, and privacy settings are being made stricter. Trust in community is being undermined. I saw that they want to re-create recurring activity groups on a yearly basis, so noise will get more, rather than less.

By now I have over a hundred group chats on WhatsApp and many of them are dormant, or dead. If I remove and then reinstall Whatsapp as I did a few days ago, then I have over a hundred "You were added to this group" notifications and I need to go to each group, view it, for it to be marked as read, and this takes a long time.

Kicked Out of a Group

On a "coup de tête" recently I was kicked out of a group and this bugs me. It bugs me because it goes against the rules of conviviality and netiquette. It's rude, to put it another way. So is deleting a non-spam comment.

I was still thinking about whether to join into an activity, due to the long drive I have Sunday, and in the end the decision was taken away from me. Now I'm motivated not to bother. Now I'm tempted to rest before the long drive.

And Finally

It is the end of the year. The cycling season is over, and events on Meetup and Strava are less frequent. It is for this reason that I reverted to the WhatsApp based events community. I don't like WhatsApp, because it is part of Facebook, and I don't like when event chats are closed. I don't like being kicked out of chats, and I miss having a real sense of community.

As I have said for decades I hate Autumn and Winter because these are the seasons of Solitude. These are the seasons where I suffer from SAD. Solitude Affective Disorder. That's why I like to flee Switzerland and visible Christmas. I don't like being reminded that others are not lonely when I feel isolated. If WhatsApp was used, as intended, then I wouldn't feel SAD. I'd be happy. I'd be surrounded.

I'm looking forward to the social cycling season to start again next year.

#community #netiquette #whatsapp

Wait, I thought that #Trump's #AI czar #DavidSacks was a voice of the #FarRight himself?
Isn't that the exact guy who is constantly attacking #Wikipedia for being "too woke and too leftist" and has instigated #ElonMusk to start working on a #rightwing online encyclopaedia called #Grokipedia - that is half copy/paste from the original and half lies and #fakenews?

Sacks sucks ass!
#socialmedia #factchecking #netiquette

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/838776/maga-ai-executive-order-david-sacks

> AI Chatbot > My knowledge was last updated in April 2024

Mmm

I'd like that kind of glaring limitation to show up more up front, more top and center, not so much as an eventual footnote after I've poured time of mine into conversation

And you caught that verb tense? This Bot speaks its gutless cowardice in the passive voice

#BotSpeak #Netiquette

#avviso: Se state per pubblicare materiale sessualmente esplicito, volgare o potenzialmente offensivo, ricordatevi di usare il content warning, o settare l'immagine come sensibile. Inserire l'hashtag #NSFW in modo che le altre persone possano evitare di incapparvi inavvertitamente durante l'orario di lavoro, a scuola o in situazioni di privacy limitata. In questa maniera eviteremo anche di essere bannati da altri server. #netiquette Grazie e buon divertimento!