Alright #DiscoverFedi will now show Hubzilla instances (parsing HTML so that Flutter can display it properly). Pixelfed instances have also been patched but the main instance will not display on DiscoverFedi due to it not having a reachable public timeline

Today on NovaLandia: "The Gates are Closing: Why Mastodon’s Flagship Instances are Hiding Their Timelines"

While checking my **Discover the Fediverse** (DiscoverFedi) app to ensure everything was running smoothly, I noticed something significant. At some point in the last couple of months—perhaps even long...

https://mkultra.monster/socialmedia/2026/02/09/mastodon-gone-invisible/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #DiscoverFedi #WebDev #OpenSource

#DiscoverFedi updates! :

For whatever reason, mastodon.social and mastodon.online have decided to make their timelines non-public, and no longer viewable by those who aren't logged in. Because of this, I had to change my discoverfedi app, which now defaults to mstdn.jp, and indicates on the welcome screen that .social and .online have suddenly started hiding their timelines

Again, I'm not sure why they've done this, because if they're doing it, then others likely are, as well, and this will greatly damage discoverability and exploration for people looking to join the fediverse, because these are exceedingly large instances that *most* people are funneled to!

Never-the-less, discoverfedi trudges forward without them: https://discoverfedi.app

#mastodon #fediverse

I'm following at least four active users on each of these instances:
bark.lgbt
bitbang.social
bsky.brid.gy
chaos.social
chitter.xyz
digipres.club
eliitin-some.fi
fosstodon.org
furry.engineer
infosec.exchange
lgbtqia.space
mas.to
mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon.social
mastodontti.fi
mathstodon.xyz
mementomori.social
meow.social
mk.absturztau.be
mstdn.social
oldbytes.space
piipitin.fi
pounced-on.me
tech.lgbt
treehouse.systems
wetdry.world
yiff.life
#discoverFedi #discoverFediverse

Today on NovaLandia: "Discover Fedi, Now on F-Droid!"

Today, I got home from work a little early, and decided to do a few things. I've been working on a lot lately, in fact, I just finished my latest album! But, I've also been making updates here to my w...

https://mkultra.monster/development/2025/11/02/discover-fedi-android/

#dev #apps #discoverfedi #fdroid

Alright!

Head on over to https://fdroid.discoverfedi.app and install Discover Fedi as an app via F-Droid!

#fdroid #discoverfedi #android

Hokay, I've launched a webapp at https://discoverfedi.app

What's it do?

- Let's you browse the federated timeline of a selected instance (use the change instance button to switch to something else, with mastodon.social being the default)
- Can switch to image-only view for a more "instagram" kind of feels
- Search the entire federated network (uses the fedi observer api, is a bit wonky and am still working out the kinks)
- Search hashtags on the instance you're currently viewing
- Save the instance you're viewing to "favorites" (stored as a cookie)
- Show/hide NSFW content
- Uses GardenFence to block harmful instances from being accessed in the search and display (although blocked content may show up in an instance's federated timeline, this is one of those dents in the development that need un-dented)
- Light and dark theme changed manually, or adjusted to system settings
- Requires no logon credentials, no registration, since many many many instances are publicly visible
- Works nice on a phone

Issues:
- Some instances may return an error
- Some instances may not display properly, especially across different software
- Search is a bit funky

Why?

People outside of the fediverse always complaining about how difficult it is to see what the heck the fediverse is, or choose servers. Well, the problem? There's well over 20,000+ servers, and this may or may not fix the issue of "finding things" lol

This could be an iOS/Android app, but I don't feel like paying Apple or Google money for dev accounts

here's a little more in-depth blog post: https://mkultra.monster/social-media/2025/10/13/discover-fedi/

#discoverfedi #fediverse #development