New Video: der.hans: Federated Microblogging with Mastodon, from the July 12th PLUG Meeting

[Brian Cluff]

Presented to the Phoenix Linux Users Group on July 12th 2018 by der.hans

https://youtu.be/0DpDbhe8g50

Mastodon is a decentralized, open source social network. It implements 
ActivityPub for compatibility with other federated services such as 
Plume blog engine, PixelFed picture sharing service and PeerTube video 
sharing service.
Mastodon has per message privacy controls. Each message can be fully 
public, unlisted, private of direct.
Mastodon also gives you multiple options to block content, accounts or 
even complete domains.
Since Mastodon is federated there are many servers. Choose the 
independently-operated service that meets your needs. Like email, you 
aren't limited to just members of that particular service. You can even 
install your own instance.
Mastodon posts are limited to 500 characters and intentionally do not 
have rich text. It's for microblogging :).

Biography:
der.hans is a Free Software community veteran, presenter and author. He 
is the founder of the Free Software Stammtisch, BoF organizer for the 
Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) and chairman of the Phoenix Linux 
User Group (PLUG).
As a technology and entrepreneurial veteran, roles have included 
director of engineering, engineering manager, IS manager, system 
administrator, community college instructor, developer and DBA.
He presents regularly at large community-led conferences (SCaLE, SeaGL, 
LibrePlanet, LFNW) and many local groups.
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Feedback on the video is appreciated....

Enjoy,
Brian Cluff