[kwlug-disc] Promoting on Twitter, for the moment I guess

[CrankyOldBugger]

I know someone in Waterloo who's running/managing a Mastodon instance, even
if I don't know what those words mean.. but I will ask and find out more.


On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 10:59 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 09:11:31PM -0500, Doug Moen wrote:
> > Here's a possible Mastodon instance:
> >
> > https://fosstodon.org/
> > 36K users
> > Fosstodon is a Mastodon instance that is dedicated to Free & Open Source
> Software, or FOSS as many call it. Fosstodon is for people who are
> interested in open source technology and the awesome community around it.
> Whether that be Linux, open source software like Firefox, or Mastodon
> itself. If you're interested in technology, Fosstodon is a great place to
> start.
> >
> > Disclaimer: I don't use Mastodon. But I've seen this instance referenced
> before on a tech forum.
> >
> > User names are tied to a specific instance, since they contain the
> domain name of the instance.
> > I've seen that some people register a domain name and create their own
> instance, just so that they will permanently own their Mastodon address. So
> it's like email addresses, the difference between "me at gmail.com" and "
> me at mydomain.ca".
>
> It looks like you can have somebody else run the server, but make it
> look like it comes from your domain? It does not look too difficult:
>
> https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2022/11/05/mastodon-own-donain-without-hosting-server.html
>
> If this is true then we could set up kwlug at kwlug.org or
> kwlug at mastodon.kwlug.org or kwlug at toots.kwlug.org as the published
> address for this hypothetical Mastodon account. I have the power to
> create kwlug.org subdomains pretty easily, and I can put a text file
> somewhere.
>
> - Paul
>
>
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