*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

Older monitors, those of the CRT type, where much appreciated as heated shelves for a nice snooze.

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @gayocats
1155906242086
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1271882537799806976

LOL!! Living on a thin edge.

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @gayocats
1181740217057
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1271897636048498688

Nice whiskers. Great photo.

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @gayocats
1133624977085
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1271927836673097728

Tasty! #kittens

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @gayocats
1134739026973
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1271942934842109952

Another lovely photo. Thank you!

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @CatDisapproval
I spy with my little eye... a fly, soon to die. Bye!
https://twitter.com/CatDisapproval/status/1271512229221928960

Two of them #BlackCats and so gorgeous. Unbeatable.

#Cats #MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #Meow #xp
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RT @CatDisapproval
Winning at twinning. #Caturday
https://twitter.com/CatDisapproval/status/1271880377200771073

LOL...

OP by Kumicota on #Fediverse :

https://weeaboo.space/objects/50bd3994-0b55-49ed-a3fe-fc866d038069 #xp

* Kudos to a fellow instance - Recommended *

Really nice server setup -- responsive, kick ass experience. Self Hosted so there's less costs to keep it going.

Server specs :

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8- (16) @ 3.900GHz
HDD: 2TB in RAID configuration
RAM: 64 GB

Great software, Glitch-Social goodness plus Koyu's personal touches all over the place.

#Instance #Recommendation to https://koyu.space/about

#rgxJournal #FediReporter #KoyuJournal

A sweet TL;DR short and sweet intro on Ingo's instance. NerdCulture.de is a Mastodon instance located in Germany.

https://nerdculture.de/about/more

500 characters maximum toot is painful and unusual punishment for me though. 😜

#Instances #FediReporter #NewUsers #fediculture

* Maybe we should consider making the arXiv bot posts unlisted? *

* there's a lot of them, at schedule times of the day, late at night for me here.
*many users might not like to wade thru them.
* some might already have Muted the 5 or so arXiv posting accounts.

I know I did; it clears the timeline pretty effectively, and I have a duty as Mod to monitor all that is posted here.

So, what you Qoto users and Fedi at large think?

Unlisted posts will still go out, they just become harder to discover (as they will not show in any of the timelines.

Ideal solution - in my opinion, Unlisted posts as standard, plus maybe on Digest post per day (with a list of Toots made by the account that day), this being posted as "Public".

Image attached is from the moderators panel -- I just closed a report filled against one of the arXiv bot, accused of Spam.

#qoto #Discussions #Bots #arXiv

* Things I would love to see. *

A recent post in Discourse, described the idea : a new feature for Mastodon.

Allowing authors of Long Form, long text articles to choose to Collapse the text.

Which would work similar to what a Content Warning toot does -- EXCEPT, and this is important, it would NOT Blur the image in the post. (which a CW post always does.)

Why bother? Because :

* it looks nicer in the timelines. Some people are not interested in long posts.
* Visually prettier too, for all users.
* Toot Title is displayed, as in a CW toot warning line.

And the image and the Title can be carefully selected to attract a Reader, who can expand the post if desired.

My full proposal is at : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image-a-proposal-for-improvement-blog-post-version/326

And on my Blog : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image

@Gargron please consider. Thank you.

#mastodon #mastodev #UI #UX #GlitchSocial

* Fediverse - Cats Follow on Friday Suggestions *

And it's #FurryFriday but also #FF or #FollowFriday ... In fact, I am late in posting this, a pretty Blog version of my original Discourse Forum --https://discourse.qoto.org/t/cat-posting-accounts-for-fff-felines-follow-on-fridays/286 post. And now it's #Caturday even.

So I thought -- why not post a neat Referral to our feline loving Fediverse accounts that are present in these hash tags ?

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #Kittens

That is the Topic of today's Blog -- https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/fediverse-cats-follow-on-friday-suggestions

[ OP, much prettier : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104336892703458752 ]

A much prettier version of this post is at our Discourse Forums, Pinafore Discussions :

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/pinafore-once-again-avant-garde-supporting-something-i-am-requesting-in-mastodon-already/327

...as Pretty as my Glitch-Social post, and actually better -- as it allows in-line images. 👍

Not Making this up.

Just Found it. Oh, the Irony. 😜

## Pinafore does many things well

I have mentioned #Pinafore many times, in forums, conversations, threads in Fediverse.

Now I prepared a presentation, putting forward a Request for Comments and possible adoption of a new Feature which I think is important.

Today's Blog post is all about it.

.:. .:. .:. .:.

## Proposing a new Feature to Mastodon

The core idea is simple -- to allow a user to post Long Text, while collapsing it for display in the various timelines. For aesthetic reasons, as it will look better in a crowded TimeLine listing.

Today's New Blog Post is Live now: https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image

.:. .:. .:. .:.

## The Essential of this Request ?

...That I can see a Long Form post, exactly like Pinafore now displays it.

Yes, Nolan did it, again. Thanks for another nice aspect of Pinafore.

Snapshot of This Topic - https://qoto.org/@Phaedrus/104331271947790146 -- as shown in Pinafore, as part of the Local Feed. Attached below.

...which is EXACTLY what I am looking for.

The post contains an image, and in the Local Timeline is compacted to a dense and still meaningful form

Well done, I say.

OP : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104333704480785286

#rgxJournal The Pinafore Discussions Forum is now open : https://discourse.qoto.org/c/PROJ/PINA/35