[Linux-aus] FOSS social media

[Rob Thomas]

Just as a reminder for everyone, I run mastodon.au (as well as
'yourpix.au') for all your open-source social media needs!

--Rob


On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 16:03, Marcus Herstik via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> The currently suggested Mastodon server (Fosstodon) is not accepting
> requests to join as it's "invite only".
>
>
> Regards
>
> Marcus Herstik
>
> E: Marcus at Herstik.com <marcus at herstik.com>
> M: (+61) 0405 569 466 <+61405569466>
> P: PO Box 2443 Burleigh Waters QLD 4220
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* linux-aus <linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au> on behalf of
> Mike Barnes via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 30, 2025 2:28:33 PM
> *To:* linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au>
> *Subject:* Re: [Linux-aus] FOSS social media
>
> Just noting here that while not in any way FOSS-focused, Chinwag is very
> much in the "business" of providing free and open communications services
> to anyone and if you're reading this then you're more than welcome.
>
> https://social.chinwag.org runs a custom fork of Mastodon, with mostly
> cosmetic changes.
>
> Signup is currently open, with manual approval, but during Australian
> business hours that'll be pretty swift!
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, at 3:04 PM, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote:
>
> https://nzoss.nz/online-services
>
> The New Zealand Open Source Society runs a Mastodon (federated
> micro-blogging)
> server for the use of people and organisations that have similar aims.
> Which
> is probably most people here.
>
> https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@etbe
>
> The above is my Mastodon address on their server.
>
> https://wiki.luv.asn.au/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> The Linux Australia Council have expressed their plans to never run a
> public
> wiki or similar.  But the LUV wiki is running (it had been down for a
> while -
> I just fixed it) and could be used for listing social media addresses of
> FOSS
> people in our region.
>
> LUV runs a Matrix (Federated IM) server and accounts are available for
> free to
> all Linux Australia members.  Contact me off-list if you want an account.
>
> I can add other services to the LUV server if they aren't too difficult to
> manage.  Anything that is included in Debian/Stable is a possibility.
>
>
> There was a recent discussion here about how bad one of the commercial
> products is.  I think that we should concentrate on finding good
> alternatives
> and trying to get a critical mass of users.  Mastodon and Matrix are
> technically good replacements for Twitter and Facebook Messenger.  We just
> need the users.
>
> --
> My Main Blog         http://etbe.coker.com.au/
> My Documents Blog    http://doc.coker.com.au/
>
>
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