New #blogpost:

Using Mastodon: hashtags, etc.

https://bammerlaan.nl/posts/Using-hashtags-Mastodon

A small educative post about how you can use Mastodon and curate it to your needs.

I've added #Mastodon as a #comment system for all my #blog posts. A reaction to this Mastodon post will show up as a comment.

#opensource #education #socialmedia #x #facebook #instagram #threads #bluesky #tiktok #youtube # #pixelfed #peertube #friendica #moshidon #mastodon

It sounds like chronological feeds on #Facebook and #Instagram may finally be a thing for #EU users - starting with the Netherlands by the end of the year.

And the setting should also be allowed to be set permanently - not only during election campaigns.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/meta-has-until-year-end-to-give-dutch-users-control-of-feeds/

It sounds like chronological feeds on #Facebook and #Instagram may finally be a thing for #EU users - starting with the Netherlands by the end of the year.

And the setting should also be allowed to be set permanently - not only during election campaigns.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/meta-has-until-year-end-to-give-dutch-users-control-of-feeds/

#facebook #instagram and #tiktok all failed in their obligations to give researchers access to data from their platforms. Should they fail to convince the EU, they risk fines of up to 6 percent of annual global revenue. While you fine them, we try to convince people to move to Mastodon

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-accuses-meta-tiktok-of-breaching-digital-rules/

PS this is a real challenge with #federation - "just move to a new instance, it's easy!" often is NOT true unfortunately.

if the old instance cannot "see" the new instance, you're kinda hooped. can't move your followers over, can't set a redirect - it's like starting fresh and involves a lot of manual work.

which can be really difficult for small-time artists who are trying to make it work without the #instagram|s and #meta|s of the world 😪

#fediverse #mastodon

@daliarezk I don't use that application and don't have an account on it. I invite you to discover @pixelfed it's fediverse equivalent.
#Pixelfed is to #Instagram what #Mastodon is to #Twitter.

#facebook #instagram and #tiktok all failed in their obligations to give researchers access to data from their platforms. Should they fail to convince the EU, they risk fines of up to 6 percent of annual global revenue. While you fine them, we try to convince people to move to Mastodon

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-accuses-meta-tiktok-of-breaching-digital-rules/

@xexyl hahaha that robbing thing is funny ;)

Another issue is they are enabling deepfakes, so easy to create a deepfake to call or even video people and ask for emergency help with a bit of #instagram content.

Studie: Mehr als 41 Millionen schauen regelmäßig Kurzvideos

Tiktok, Reels, Shorts: Kurzvideos sind auf dem Vormarsch. Eine Studie zeigt, warum und wie oft Menschen in Deutschland die Clips schauen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Studie-Mehr-als-41-Millionen-schauen-regelmaessig-Kurzvideos-10845642.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Entertainment #Instagram #IT #Journal #Mobiles #TikTok #YouTube #news

Meta researchers found that teens who said Instagram regularly makes them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more "eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/instagram-eating-disorder-teens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #apps #instagram #socialmedia #mentalhealth #eatingdisorders #meta #markzuckerberg

I have finally completed my migration of all of my picture posts to my GoToSocial instance. The first post goes all the way back to 2012 when I created an Instagram account which I migrated to Pixelfed years later. But frustrated with some aspects of Pixelfed at the time I bounced around servers and platforms till I finally bit the bullet and created a personal instance. Unfortunately, there were many hurdles to combining my multiple accounts into one place until I found the right combination of tools: GoToSocial, Posty, and slurp.

After multiple successful archive imports, garbage collection for the imported posts I didn’t wish to save, and a few outstanding account closures; I was down to a few hundred Pixelfed posts that wouldn’t import via that tool chain because of the existing at-mentions and slurp’s strict handling of these to prevent spam. I finally took the time to work through the pixelfed-statuses.json with a little regex to invalidate the existing at-mentions searching on (?<!\/)@ and replacing with ඞ. It looks a little awkward, but this helped maintain the context of the old Instagram mentions with @cbhaugen becoming ඞcbhaugen. I tried a number of other replacements, but found that this one worked consistently and still looked like the at-sign. Unfortunately, I didn’t discover the ＠ (Full-width Commercial At / U+FF20) and ﹫ (Small Commercial At / U+FE6B) til after completing the import. So if you’re in a similar predicament you may try those instead of ඞ (Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya / U+0D9E).

@gotosocial@superseriousbusiness.org @vyr @oli
#SelfHost #OwnYourContent #GoToSocial #Pixelfed #Mastodon #Posty #Slurp #Instagram #Import

I have finally completed my migration of all of my picture posts to my GoToSocial instance. The first post goes all the way back to 2012 when I created an Instagram account which I migrated to Pixelfed years later. But frustrated with some aspects of Pixelfed at the time I bounced around servers and platforms till I finally bit the bullet and created a personal instance. Unfortunately, there were many hurdles to combining my multiple accounts into one place until I found the right combination of tools: GoToSocial, Posty, and slurp.

After multiple successful archive imports, garbage collection for the imported posts I didn’t wish to save, and a few outstanding account closures; I was down to a few hundred Pixelfed posts that wouldn’t import via that tool chain because of the existing at-mentions and slurp’s strict handling of these to prevent spam. I finally took the time to work through the pixelfed-statuses.json with a little regex to invalidate the existing at-mentions searching on (?<!\/)@ and replacing with ඞ. It looks a little awkward, but this helped maintain the context of the old Instagram mentions with @cbhaugen becoming ඞcbhaugen. I tried a number of other replacements, but found that this one worked consistently and still looked like the at-sign. Unfortunately, I didn’t discover the ＠ (Full-width Commercial At / U+FF20) and ﹫ (Small Commercial At / U+FE6B) til after completing the import. So if you’re in a similar predicament you may try those instead of ඞ (Sinhala Letter Kantaja Naasikyaya / U+0D9E).

@gotosocial@superseriousbusiness.org @vyr @oli
#SelfHost #OwnYourContent #GoToSocial #Pixelfed #Mastodon #Posty #Slurp #Instagram #Import

Most businesses create social media accounts, and the reason is obvious: to reach customers and partners.

But imagine living in a world dominated by major tech platforms, walled gardens where millions, sometimes billions, of people interact every day. That’s our current reality, shaped by growing corporate control over our digital lives.

Now think of any small business you know: a bar, a restaurant, a tattoo studio, a local shop, a vet clinic…

If most people are still on traditional platforms, what arguments would you give a small business to convince them to share their content on #Pixelfed or #Mastodon, instead of staying on #Instagram or moving to #Bluesky?

Have you tried already? What were the results?

#SocialMedia #BigTech #Fediverse

I suppose most people here appreciate art in some form. And, of course, artists need visibility for their work. Yet promoting one’s art can be a real challenge, especially for those who aren’t already well known.

Every day, I see artists sharing their #Instagram profiles to promote their events, showcase their work, and make themselves reachable.

Art, however, is also one of the most powerful forms of resistance against the far right. It’s troubling that we’ve confined so much of it to the same social media platforms used by the global far-right movement to spread hate and disinformation.

If the #Fediverse doesn’t evolve to become more attractive and supportive for artists, how can we expect to break free from the propaganda tools of techno-fascism?

#Meta #BigTech #YouTube #Google #farright

New #blogpost:

Using Mastodon: hashtags, etc.

https://bammerlaan.nl/posts/Using-hashtags-Mastodon

A small educative post about how you can use Mastodon and curate it to your needs.

I've added #Mastodon as a #comment system for all my #blog posts. A reaction to this Mastodon post will show up as a comment.

#opensource #education #socialmedia #x #facebook #instagram #threads #bluesky #tiktok #youtube # #pixelfed #peertube #friendica #moshidon #mastodon

Instagram tightened content filtering for teen accounts to be in tune with the U.S.' PG-13 rating standard used for films. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/instagram-pg13-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #instagram #children #socialmedia

Europe must break its dependency on U.S. tech monopolies by investing in decentralized, open-protocol social media platforms that empower users, foster innovation and protect democratic discourse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/13/world/european-homegrown-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #socialmedia #bluesky #facebook #instagram #x #skyfeed #graysky #tech #bigtech

Zum Thema #Pixelfed vs. #Instagram noch mal ergänzend:

War auf Pixelfed 3 Wochen inaktiv. Auf Insta 2 Wochen.

Exakt selber Post.
Insta nach 7h: 2 Likes.
Pixelfed nach fast 3h: 25 Likes, 1 Kommentar, 4 Boosts, 3 neue Follower.

Zum Thema #Pixelfed vs. #Instagram noch mal ergänzend:

War auf Pixelfed 3 Wochen inaktiv. Auf Insta 2 Wochen.

Exakt selber Post.
Insta nach 7h: 2 Likes.
Pixelfed nach fast 3h: 25 Likes, 1 Kommentar, 4 Boosts, 3 neue Follower.

Meta’s decision to ban ads about politics, elections, and social issues on their platforms like Facebook and Instagram in the EU is now implemented.

This is the new policy. Any ad about fx elections, civil rights, economy, health, climate, immigration, or foreign policy is now (presumably) banned.

#advertising #democracy #platform #Facebook #instagram #meta