*** DONE I Am Testing Mastodon as a Supplement for Twitter :blog:cloud:decentralization:software: CLOSED: [2017-11-26 Sun 13:12] SCHEDULED: <2017-11-26 Sun> :PROPERTIES: :CREATED: [2017-11-25 Sat 23:03] :ID: 2017-11-26-Mastodon :END: :LOGBOOK: - State "DONE" from "DONE" [2020-05-17 Sun 10:11] - State "DONE" from "NEXT" [2017-11-26 Sun 13:12] :END: Update 2020-05-17: Meanwhile, [[id:2020-05-17-graz-social][I *switched my Mastodon instance* to graz.social]]. Follow me on Mastodon by searching for =@publicvoit@karl-voit.at=. Also added an introduction article. ------------------------ [[https://twitter.com/n0v0id][I'm on Twitter]] since 2009. It is an important source of information. However, I also do have many concerns related to Twitter. For this and other reasons, [[id:2017-02-24-twitter-lent][I even did a test-run and ignored twitter for 40 days]]. Switching from Twitter to a different service is hard. Thqere are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_microblogging_services][many alternatives to choose from]] and there is the problem of not having my peers. In order to get some experience, I signed up for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)][Mastodon]] yesterday as: =@publicvoit@mastodon.social= (this was my original account which is *OUTDATED* now. See above!) This is my first toot, as tweets are called on Mastodon: #+CAPTION: Screenshot from my Mastodon account. #+ATTR_HTML: :alt Hello Mastodon, let's check if this is a viable alternative to #Twitter for me. #+ATTR_HTML: :align center :width 544 [[tsfile:2017-11-25T19.12 mastodon.social - Hello Mastodon -- screenshots publicvoit.png][https://mastodon.social/@publicvoit/99066417727973030/]] I'd be happy to get followers and peers on Mastodon. For helpful articles on Mastodon, read [[https://kevq.uk/how-does-mastodon-work/][this introduction article on Mastodon]] and read the related articles below: