James @jamesfirth@mastodon.cloud
I know a little about a lot.
Software Developer, TTRPG fan, dog owner.
Trying out the Colemak keyboard layout. Seems neat but wow has my mental workload while typing increased! 😮
@TheAdmin Two things:
1) Are you planning on updating to the latest Mastodon?
2) @MastodonCloudBot's bio says "Cloubot" not "Cloudbot" at one point
Oh hey, this is a much better having the columns grow to the window size!
Great words to live by when dealing with strangers: Trust, but verify.
If you'd like to set up your own Mastodon instance, I created a basic guide. It runs you through Let's Encrypt and nginx settings so you'll have A+ SSL and IPv6 too (for instances.mastodon.xyz):
If all the Japanese folk on the timeline bother you, think how they must feel
@Valentin_NC Congrats on reaching your patreon goal!
Discussion/Thoughts on...?
1) The term for mastodon users.
Mastodoners? Mastodoneers? Tooters? Tuskies?
2) The term 'herd' instead of 'instance'?
@TheAdmin What's the policy on inactive accounts on this instance?
I assume after the recent surge of newcomers some will stop using it possibly taking up usernames people would like to have themselves.
What kind of servers are people running #mastodon on? Wondering how much a Digital Ocean Droplet would cost to run.
Tags for visibility #herd #instances #sysadmins
@TheAdmin Typo report. https://mastodon.cloud/about/more says "Server ressources" when it should say "Server resources"
@TheKinrar Feature Request for mastodon.xyz: A second field to add rules/why makes that herd/instance a place to join
So the idea with the Federation is there can be many communities with their own rules/main topics right?
If I'm interested in many things, let's say Red and Purple. Do I join both the Red and Purple mastodon instances (ie 2 accounts now)? Or do I join one and then use the federated timeline to see the other?
I've seen some great write-ups to explain Mastodon but this info would be useful for any non-technical person.
Hey I wrote an article about this whole Mastodon thing http://www.stjanemedia.co/jjs-desk/2017/4/8/mastodon-lets-you-run-your-own-twitter-or-join-theirs
actually why are Mastodon instances not called herds
Just published a blog post on a handy script I wrote to help create fairly safe/easy to use SSH keys.
Feedback appreciated!
http://blog.james-firth.com/2017/04/the-keymaker-simplifying-your-personal.html
Wish there was a way to change usernames (Have wrong name on mastodon.social) oh well.
Federation and spreading out users a lot is going to be a hurdle for people I think, hope we can all get used to the idea of how it works.
Hello World!
Hope that mastodon can be a place for friendly conversation and getting some news.
