Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don’t use Mastadon cause I don’t care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

  • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The blog discussed progress on a “privacy-respecting search tool” that could be used to explore the entire Fediverse, a collection of independent social media networks that Mastodon connects to. That could make it possible to discover more content without depending on a “For You” algorithm mining user data.

    Inshallah. Lack of search is my biggest gripe with Mastodon.

    • 0x0@programming.devEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      Lack of search is my biggest gripe with Mastodon.

      I follow hashtags, it’s how i discover interesting content for me. I only use the search function to follow specific accounts.

      • Microw@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        Problem being that any instance only displays those posts under a hashtag that it knows about. Currently, if I follow #formula1 from my home instance, I’m seeing different posts than if I follow #formula1 from a certain other instance.

        Will probably get better with developments in that aspect in the next few years.