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Au fait, pourquoi Mastodon s&#8217;appelle Mastodon ?

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Sunday, 1 May - 19:06

Mastodon

Mastodon fait de nouveau parler de lui, maintenant que le nouveau patron de Twitter s'appelle Elon Musk. Des internautes ont fait savoir qu'ils comptaient migrer de l'un à l'autre. L'occasion de s'intéresser à l'origine du nom de Mastodon. [Lire la suite]

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Comment s&#8217;inscrire sur Mastodon, l&#8217;alternative à Twitter ?

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 25 April - 15:28

Mastodon est souvent présenté comme une alternative au réseau social Twitter. Voici comment s'y inscrire, que ce soit pour délaisser Twitter ou juste pour découvrir un nouveau réseau social. [Lire la suite]

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Popular Twitter alternative Mastodon now has an official Android app, but don't ignore excellent 3rd party alternatives

Danie van der Merwe · news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Wednesday, 20 April - 09:29 · 1 minute

Mastodon has been one of the best alternatives to corporate social networks over the past few years, with its decentralized design and open protocols. The platform released its own app for iOS last year, and now there’s an Android app available on the Google Play Store.

Mastodon is a social network with an estimated user base of 4.4 million people and a similar design as Twitter. The back end works a bit like email: anyone who signs up on one community (server) can follow and talk to anyone on any other community, just like someone with a Gmail account can send messages to a Yahoo email, and vice-versa. There’s no centralized database or platform collecting data, and no algorithmic timelines. The protocol powering everything, ActivityPub, is open-source and has been implemented by other social networks. For example, Mastodon users can follow people on PixelFed, an Instagram alternative that supports ActivityPub.

Because Mastodon is decentralized, rules can differ between instances, you should take the time to choose one that fits closest with your own values. I post identical content to both Twitter (831 followers) and Mastodon (718 followers), and certainly the engagement I get on Mastodon is way higher than on Twitter. It seems that Twitter has such a fire-hose of adverts, promoted tweets, etc that it buries posts from those who you really choose to follow.

It is also worth exploring some of the 3rd party Mastodon apps (both Android and iOS), as they often contain some extra features you may find appealing.

See https://www.xda-developers.com/mastodon-official-android-app/

#technology #mastodon #socialnetwork #decentralised #activitypub

Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Sunday, 6 February - 17:14

#Mastodon and most other #Fediverse #platforms display posts chronologically, without any #algorithms.

LibreOffice, Mastodon : l’UE offre 200 000 € pour sécuriser certains logiciels libres

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 24 January - 15:19

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La Commission européenne met en place un programme de chasse aux bugs pour certains logiciels libres que ses services utilisent fortement. [Lire la suite]

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A fossil site reveals an ancient sinkhole and its enormous occupant

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 22 December, 2021 - 16:09

Enlarge / Rebuilding the lower jaw of the Gray mastodon. (credit: ETSU Gray Fossil Site & Museum)

Something has been discovered in Tennessee—something that only exists in one museum. It’s something enormous, slightly puzzling, and possibly the first of its kind discovered. Five years after its excavation, it remains incomplete.

The mastodon skeleton slowly taking shape in Tennessee is no secret. Pictures and descriptions of its progress have been posted on social media from the beginning, and while those who are aware of it are intrigued, it hasn’t made many headlines. Yet.

Out of the gray

The Gray Fossil Site near Gray, Tennessee, was found by accident during road construction in 2000. Thanks to the efforts of local people and the state government who recognized the importance of the site, construction halted. A museum was erected several years later. Bits of bones and one shattered tusk were all that had been found when the site was preserved, but the area is proving to be voluminous in its fossil content.

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Même pas encore lancé, le réseau social de Trump reçoit déjà un milliard de dollars - Numerama

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 6 December, 2021 - 09:26

Truth, le réseau social imaginé par Donald Trump après son bannissement de Twitter et Facebook, n’est pas encore ouvert au grand public. L’entreprise de l’ancien président américain a toutefois déjà reçu des investissements massifs. [Lire la suite]

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Mastodon somme le réseau social de Donald Trump d'ouvrir son code source

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Tuesday, 2 November, 2021 - 10:36

Le réseau social que la société de Donald Trump finalise semble construit sur le code source de Mastodon. Ce n'est pas illégal en soi, mais s'il veut utiliser cette base libre et ouverte, le Trump Media and Technology Group doit partager à son tour son code source. [Lire la suite]

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