For anyone already in the Fediverse interested in joing DEFCON.social early to help test before we open publicly here is an invitation link good for 24 hours from now:

https://defcon.social/invite/9SWK6aju

Thank you everyone, so far everyone has been very welcoming!

Ich würde gerne am Zaun von der großen Instanz #MastodonSocial rütteln und vor allem dort den Leuten die #neuhier sind zurufen: „Hey, Mastodon ist groß und bunt. Und ihr könnt dazu beitragen. Tretet kleineren Servern bei. Macht selbst welche auf. Fördert die Vielfalt an Ideen und Interessen. Zeigt euch und uns die Möglichkeiten eines dezentralen Netzwerks!“
Würde mir vor allem von Leuten mit großer Reichweite wünschen, dass sie sich mehr verteilen.

Bitte ausnahmsweise mal um BOOST!!

Currently Masto.host is experiencing the highest volume of traffic that has ever reached the infrastructure.

The service is partially degraded and I will be doing fast upgrades on the platform.

These can lead to partial downtime, errors and large delays in support requests.

Really sorry. Doing the best I can on my end. Hope you understand. Thanks.

A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:

1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.

2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.

3) Don't obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn't a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.

Please boost: I'm looking for literature on legal requirements for instances (moderation, data protection, liability etc.).

Especially for larger organizations/companies that want to run their own instance.

Focus on EU/Germany. Please help.

#mastodon #legal #GDPR

Each new generation on the web needs to learn that there’s no such thing as a permanent web identity on a commercial web service.

The only long-term solution to maintain your identity is:
1. your own domain name
2. Your own website/blog
3. Several backups

Everything else is temporary. Your accounts on myspace, facebook, medium, twitter, google plus, youtube, tiktok, mastodon will one day disappear or become useless.

You don’t have a "community" on those websites. Only ephemeral discussions.

We have decided to create an account at Mastodon. We need time to learn how this platform works but also how to synchronize our work here with the Twitter account.

Thank you all for joining us here. No matter where we are, the mission stays the same. We are in social media to commemorate the victims of Auschwitz and educate the world about the tragic story of the camp.