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A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server

12 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 11 comments · first 2016-09-23 · latest 2017-01-03

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  1. Here are all the OStatus specs and RFCs used: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/wiki/Specs-and-RFCs-used
    comment by daveid · 2017-01-03 · in Show HN: Mastodon, a federated microblogging network
  2. The GitHub page offers a better introduction IMO: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Also made me look up the original meaning of Mastodon (can see now that it's not named after the metal band): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
    comment by ZenoArrow · 2017-01-02 · in Show HN: Mastodon, a federated microblogging network
  3. Hum, just found the bug at https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/issues/311 - shame that folks there haven't grokked what Matrix is. Yes, pigeonholing it as a chat system is kinda missing the point, but it's an easy way to kick the tyres and…
    comment by Arathorn · 2016-12-06 · in I'm giving up on PGP
  4. …features that aren't part of GNUSocial, but as of right now it's considered out of scope. [0] https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/
    comment by buzzybee · 2016-12-06 · in I'm giving up on PGP
  5. Thanks for the shout out! Mastodon is a FOSS alternative to Twitter, with a focus on UX. Github: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/ Screenshot and demo video linked from the README
    comment by daveid · 2016-11-20 · in Let’s replace Twitter with something much better
  6. Mastodon [1][2] [1]: https://mastodon.social [2]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Disclaimer: I'm the developer
    comment by daveid · 2016-11-07 · in Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol
  7. …the fediverse and it consists of projects like GNU social and Mastodon [1] (My own project). [1]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon https://mastodon.social
    comment by daveid · 2016-10-19 · in #WeAreTwitter
  8. …(I still think it is a good idea). Recently someone posted here on HN a compatible server ( https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon ), it isn't what you are searching for, but these 2 posts about the topic in a short period of time shows there…
    comment by dethos · 2016-10-14 · in Ask HN: How can I create a decentralized GNU-social-compatible website?
  9. …but it might make sense to look at the choices made by https://github.com/hotsh/rstat.us and https://github.com/gargron/mastodon , to get some ideas. They're in Ruby, but the language is more similar to Python than PHP is, and some of the…
    comment by clacke2 · 2016-10-13 · in Ask HN: How can I create a decentralized GNU-social-compatible website?
  10. You might enjoy my https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon
    comment by daveid · 2016-10-10 · in Could Twitter Be Better Off as a Nonprofit?
  11. …decentralized/federated Twitter (this is called the "fediverse"). [1]: https://gnu.io/social [2]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Disclaimer: I'm working on Mastodon, it's a new open source implementation, I'm trying to make it more…
    comment by daveid · 2016-09-23 · in Twitter may receive formal bid, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google