Richard Hay

@WinObs
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Keeping an eye on tech! Community Manager - Microsoft Q&A; Ex-Microsoft MVP; Permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. Views & tweets are mine. #BeBlessed
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Richard HayNov 15, 2022
MastodonNov 14, 2022

🎉 #Mastodon 4.0 is out now! This server software update includes a ton of improvements, like following hashtags, translating posts, editing, an improved filtering system, customizable user roles for administration, but also some important security fixes.

Check out the full changelog:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0

Release v4.0.0 · mastodon/mastodon

Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires two-step database migration process for zero-downtime deployment ℹ️ Some migrations may take a long time...

GitHub
Richard HayNov 14, 2022
@BrideOfLinux Hello my friend!
Richard HayNov 14, 2022
Christine HallNov 14, 2022
My friend @jperlow wrote this for ZDNet: Mastodon isn't Twitter but it's glorious https://www.zdnet.com/article/mastodon-isnt-twitter-but-its-glorious/
Mastodon isn't Twitter but it's glorious

The wild world of Mastodon is open source, completely distributed, and at the mercy (and budgetary restrictions) of individual server administrators. But it's engaging and a lot of fun.

ZDNET
Richard HayNov 14, 2022
Carmen CrincoliNov 14, 2022
I've essentially stopped looking at social media at all on the weekend for the last ~6 months, and it's been a delightful habit to pick up.
Richard HayNov 11, 2022
Jamie DNov 10, 2022
My gut feeling is that on Twitter, people flock to point out something wrong, on Mastodon they flock to help you out
Richard HayNov 11, 2022
Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡Nov 11, 2022
Always remember the most amazing and fundamental difference between #Twitter and #Mastodon 👇
Richard HayNov 11, 2022

Hey everyone - if you are looking to track down some of your Twitter followers and those you follow over there and get them connected here - check out this clever app called Debirdify

https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/

Debirdify

This is a web app that helps you find out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.

Richard HayNov 10, 2022
David ChartierNov 9, 2022

Whoa whoa whoa...

Whoa.

You mean to tell me that #Mastodon has *zero* algorithms deciding what I should read, and that the vast majority of instances banish Nazis into their own shadowrealm instead of tolerating them in the name of EnGaGeMenT?

Hah! Next you'll tell me there are no advertisers wielding influence over feature design so they get more marketing eyeballs!

Wait, what??!

Richard HayNov 10, 2022
Sabine BeckNov 10, 2022
Cats love tröt, @Gargron.
Richard HayNov 9, 2022
Show threadEd BottNov 9, 2022

And a quick answer from @xatlasm

Translation is coming in the upcoming Mastodon 4.0 release, which is available as a Release Candidate right now.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0rc1

Release v4.0.0rc1 · mastodon/mastodon

Note: This is a release candidate. It is intended to be stable, but not guaranteed. Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires two-step database m...

GitHub