Here's my first Mastodon post!
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 I thought there are plenty of Europeans here. Presumably everybody here has tried at one point or another to mention the Fediverse to their friends. Who have then ignored it because it's not what they already have on their phones. And it's probably the same everywhere. So specifically *Europeans* I don't know. People all over? Keep telling them that the big fascists run the big "social" websites. Until they maybe finally listen.
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Welcome!
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@hpod16 I thought there are plenty of Europeans here. Presumably everybody here has tried at one point or another to mention the Fediverse to their friends. Who have then ignored it because it's not what they already have on their phones. And it's probably the same everywhere. So specifically *Europeans* I don't know. People all over? Keep telling them that the big fascists run the big "social" websites. Until they maybe finally listen.
@phf
thanks for sharing your views! I have to admit this is also not my first attempt at the fediverse... That said this time I think I'll stay. 
Also: I say Europeans because I work for the EU - so that's my personal focus. I want our EU institutions to reach EU citizens, be it here or elsewhere. But of course the fediverse is and should be global. -
@hpod16 Welcome!
@meraord tack! Thanks for the warm welcome!
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@meraord tack! Thanks for the warm welcome!
@hpod16 Just noticed your occupation... well, if we could make the EU bosses understand that the fediverse and mastodon is a truly democratic and free social media, that would be awesome
It has no single company profiting from it. Everyone can host their own server, if they want to. Or join what server they want to. There's no need for a "W" copy of X. -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 welcome!
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@milesizdead @nihkeys thanks for the warm welcome!
I’m getting good vibes from this side of the internet so far. It’s kind of reminding me of my early days on tumblr in 2010. -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 hello welcome
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@hpod16 hello welcome
@Peperlito thanks!
If you had to crystallise it in one sentence, what’s the best thing about posting on Mastodon? -
@Peperlito thanks!
If you had to crystallise it in one sentence, what’s the best thing about posting on Mastodon?@hpod16 I would say it’s the most human social media, no algorithm, we are the algorithm, so it’s transparent, genuine and slower
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 did someone already tell you about the starter-packs? They're a great way to get started and find people to follow
https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/?q=Eu&order_by=popular_day
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@hpod16 I would say it’s the most human social media, no algorithm, we are the algorithm, so it’s transparent, genuine and slower
@Peperlito maybe that’s why it’s making me nostalgic for my days on tumblr in 2010 …
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@hpod16 did someone already tell you about the starter-packs? They're a great way to get started and find people to follow
https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/?q=Eu&order_by=popular_day
@leanderlindahl they did but admittedly I haven’t looked into them yet. It’s way past my bedtime. 🥱
So that sounds like a Monday endeavour to me.
Thanks for the reco! -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse? -
@rafa_font @hpod16 @karlos @Curia @Curia_fr AND they answer emails from Mastodon followers who help them improve their settings so the automatic translation can work for those who refuse anglo monolingualism, so...
I'm not saying Cvria is the
of EU institutions, but that's exactly what I'm saying. 
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@der_schrank that depends on how the buttons is built technically. A "share on Mastodon" button does not necessarily work for other Fediverse software. I know that there are currently multiple technical implementations of these sharebuttons across the internet, and some work for users of for example Sharkey, but others only work for Mastodon users. Not sure which is true for the EU Comm ones.
@nitrml @der_schrank mhhh I wasn’t aware of this complication… how would I test out how this share button works?
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@hpod16 welcome! It’s great to see you here!
@saxifraga thank you kindly!
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Welcome
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@hpod16 Welcome
@ekari thank you very much!
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@gelbphoenix @hpod16 @karlos It's sad how this is an aspect of the Web - and also of the Internet - that ends up having to be highlighted an explained in 2026.
But that's the point we're at, where a bunch of commercial services make it easy not to be aware of what the Internet actually is.
(But hey, explaining it at least opens the door to mentioning another very nice thing: open protocols!)
And welcome to the better side of social media!
