Posts by hawaii@mastodon.technology
 (DIR) Post #3030171 by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-01-16T06:49:07Z
       
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       Living in Hawaii, a lot of the English-speaking fediverse is sleeping by the time the sun sets. Hungry for stuff to read in the evening, I've been enjoying "visiting" the local timelines of different instances, and I love how some have distinct personalities and themes (often by design). Any cool instances I should check out? #mastodon #fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #3030172 by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-01-16T06:57:53Z
       
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       Larger instances with good global communities are nice, because there are still people posting in the middle of the night. But instances that are too large can have a lot of noise (or spam or bots). Toot.cafe is small and cozy (pop. 2,300), but less active when I'm online. Octodon.social is a regular stop for me now (pop. 11,800). Mastodon.social, where I first signed up, is way too big for me (pop. 304,000).
       
 (DIR) Post #3030173 by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-01-16T07:10:37Z
       
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       FWIW, I settled on mastodon.technology because of the theme ("for people interested in technology"), the size (pop. 16,000), and... well, because @ashfurrow posts/Tweets cool stuff. Also, there's a Patreon where the community can help sustain the instance. I'm still a Mastodon newbie, but I'm liking it a lot!
       
 (DIR) Post #3057903 by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-01-17T07:05:09Z
       
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       @pixelfed Thank you for this! Excited to see PixelFed continue to evolve! #pixelfed
       
 (DIR) Post #3058006 by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-01-17T07:11:07Z
       
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       @ashfurrow Thanks! Nice place you've got here! I appreciate the time and energy it takes to foster an online community, a passion I've had myself — from dial-up BBSes to USENET to listservs to message boards to... anyway. Mahalo nui loa!
       
 (DIR) Post #9fVwooSrkxsRAJLLVY by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-02-05T03:23:41Z
       
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       Any #astronomy peeps across the fediverse know the best instances to hang out on (besides scicomm.xyz)? @davidwhogg is looking to connect!
       
 (DIR) Post #9fexiQ4cirlKFlmd1M by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-02-09T03:30:54Z
       
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       @ashfurrow Will you be upgrading to Mastodon 2.7 soon? #mastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #9fhQitCU7KbJYKWt7o by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-02-10T17:12:55Z
       
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       @smays There are a great many one-user instances, as some people want to host their own content. It is a tricky balance to find an instance with enough people to be interesting (or to be sustainable with donations), but not so many so as to be a disaster moderation-wise!
       
 (DIR) Post #9g9CEkzjqz3jegYNcW by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-02-24T03:23:14Z
       
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       Mastodon, the Twitter alternative, surpasses 2 million users https://www.techspotting.com/2019/02/23/mastodon-the-twitter-alternative-surpasses-2-million-users/ #mastodon #fediverse #socialmedia @Gargron @mastodonusercount
       
 (DIR) Post #9gJiyrxVQxVqgk8lYe by hawaii@mastodon.technology
       2019-03-01T04:24:03Z
       
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       Remember #FollowFriday on Twitter? What if #Mastodon users did #FediFriday? You'd still recommend interesting people to follow, but the twist is you have to recommend someone on another instance! It encourages cross-community interaction and adds good stuff to the federated timeline. @Gargron