Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:

โžก๏ธ @iFixit

They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.

Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.

#Repairs #Electronics #DIY #Environment #Gadgets #Tech #RightToRepair

@FediFollows @iFixit Followed. Thanks for the note.
@FediFollows @iFixit WHOA!! THIS IS AWESOME!! Welcome!  ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ
@FediFollows @iFixit yayyy!! Anything I can do to fix a Braun/Oral B electric toothbrush? (It charges and the battery seems to work, but it sort of stalls and stutters instead of oscillating the way it should)
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@FediFollows @iFixit thanks, Iโ€™ll take a look!
@FediFollows @iFixit they are actually the first mastodon.social account I've followed that didnt follow me first and get vetted before hand...
@FediFollows but they have been here for many months already (and I was already following them) @iFixit

@FediFollows Thanks for the shout out!

Our goal is to be the free repair guide for every thing to create a more repairable (and therefore sustainable) future.

If you want to learn more about what we do, we've got a whole page dedicated to just that: https://www.ifixit.com/about-us

We're happy to be here! ๐Ÿ”ง

About Us

Things break. Wear and tear is normal, but throwing away almost-functional products shouldnโ€™t be. As the worldโ€™s largest online repair communityโ€ฆ

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@iFixit @FediFollows nice!

welcome to the fedi 
   

@iFixit

It's really good to see you here! I think your site is a natural fit for the Fediverse ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Lots of people are fans of user repairs and DIY here.

If you ever fancy taking it a step further, you might consider putting some of your video guides on PeerTube? People can follow and interact with PeerTube videos from Mastodon and other Fedi platforms.

There's more info about publishing on PeerTube here: https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube

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@FediFollows Agreed, the community here has been awesome!

Thanks for the well-written guide, that's a great suggestion. We'll see what we can do!

@iFixit it's good to see you actually replying to folks, and not just be another post-only-blackhole 'presence' that doesn't actually interact with the community. ๐Ÿ‘
Welcome!
@FediFollows

@iFixit is there a reason you havenโ€™t verified your account against your website?

Honest question because I see this sometimes and then I donโ€™t know how legit the account is. But maybe Iโ€™m missing something with this false sense of verification?

@8bit_PK Hmm, we've had this question before, and thought it might be an app/federation issue. It's verified, but it must not be showing for everyone.

https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/113946475488470546

@iFixit @8bit_PK Verified by pulling from their account directly. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

But yeah, also not seeing it with the info from my server.

@iFixit interesting!

@wild1145 are you aware of this quirky federation bug where verified URLs donโ€™t make it to all of the servers?

@8bit_PK @iFixit Hey, so it isn't a "Bug" as it were and it's by design with the nature of federation. Each side individually verifies (And regularly re-verifies) the links for link verification. It probably means there was a firewall or block on the site's end that stopped our processing job from confirming the verified profile link if I were to guess.
@8bit_PK @iFixit Just done some more digging, it looks like it isn't properly setup and verified which is why we can't verify it. It's likely it'll fail verification on mastodon.social at some point as well - https://mastodon-link-debugger.vercel.app/profile/@[email protected]
Mastodon Link Debugger - @[email protected]

@FediFollows @iFixit
I purposefully purchased a toolkit from iFixit to support their mission and received high quality tools that I use all the time. Highly recommended!
@FediFollows @iFixit Awesome! Theyโ€™ve been a great help in recent years (and I treasure the tool kit I got from them a couple years back). Maybe they can help me with the #repair project Iโ€™ve got going on another thread, trying to repair an older Sony 5 disc CD/DVD player that wonโ€™t turn on!
@FediFollows welcome to the world @iFixit! Know you from my @restartproject days, and thought of you again yesterday, how timely: do you have any recommendations for adapting older hardware to the requirements of today's internet, namely: supported #browsers. Got all my #addons disabled yesterday on #Firefox, as my version of Mac (10.11) is beyond unsupported. Issues with Chrome too.

@sheislaurence Hello! Thanks for tagging @restartproject, we weren't aware they were here as well!

Since your Mac is connected to the internet, we'd recommend updating the OS so it's more secure, which will also enable modern browsers. You can install newer versions of MacOS on an unsupported Mac using a tool like OpenCore Legacy Patcher, or make the switch to Linux. We wrote an article on the latter not too long ago, which might be worth a read: https://www.ifixit.com/News/97351/resurrect-an-old-computer-with-linux
Let us know how it goes!

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@iFixit @restartproject Thanks, that's very well written "Wait, donโ€™t click away! You might think of #Linux as some super-nerdy hobby project..." yeah I do๐Ÿ˜‚ , I also think of Mastodon as a perma Linux ComicCon. To the point I am starting to feel like a fraud being here... unless... yes, seems you are the one who will finally make me tip over into Linux world! I'll let you know how I get on ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ !
@FediFollows @iFixit OpenVibe makes this follow so easy.
@FediFollows @iFixit they tend to be better than the typical watch-this-20-minute video recorded by a guy who explains nothing and his hands are always in the way. Words and still pictures are usually superior to 20-minute like-and-follow begfests on YouTube.
@FediFollows @iFixit I used their services to keep my old notebook running ๐Ÿค“
@FediFollows @iFixit awesome! I fixed my old Macbook a couple of times thanks to them!