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JANUARY 29, 2024
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JANUARY 23, 2024
Mastodon — I’m here. It took me three tries to spell mastodon correctly. I’m not sure if I want an alternative though. Threads — Or maybe this? I don’t know it’s too much. It doesn’t seem like it’s for me.
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You Can Now Follow Colossal on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon
Colossal
JULY 6, 2023
You can now find us sharing daily art and visual culture updates on the new Threads platform, as well as Mastodon. The article You Can Now Follow Colossal on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon appeared first on Colossal. has fractured into a dizzying array of competing platforms, Colossal has set up shop in several new spaces.
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Join Us on Mastodon for Daily Art and Culture Updates
Colossal
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Colossal is now on Mastodon ! We like Mastodon because it has a lot of similar features, but unlike Twitter, which is privately owned, Mastodon is open-source and ad-free. The article Join Us on Mastodon for Daily Art and Culture Updates appeared first on Colossal. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?
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Weekly News for Designers ? 709
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 25, 2023
Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to any Website – Learn how to share content with this federated social media platform. Scroll Shadows with animation-timeline – Learn how to implement a nifty effect to improve UX. WP20 – A Heartfelt Thanks – Take a look at how people have been celebrating 20 years of WordPress.
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Weekly News for Designers ? 681
SpeckyBoy
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
How to Use Mastodon: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide (2023) – Get started with this decentralized competitor to Twitter. The Benefits & Dangers of a Designer’s Ego – Exploring the good, the bad, and the ugly of a designer’s ego. CSS color-mix() – Mix colors, in any of the supported color spaces, right from your CSS.
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Twitter alternative: how Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral”
UX Collective
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The new social software is subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter Continue reading on UX Collective ».
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The Prophet: Superb Digital Concept Art Works of Craig Mullins
Design You Trust
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
This mastodon’s portfolio is full of masterpieces: Halo, Bioshock 2, Age of Empires 3, Fallout 3 and many more. Since then, he has worked on many projects as concept artist, illustrator and matte painter. However, Mullins’ real fame came when he switched from a brush to a stylus and started to make concepts for video games.
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What is Threads? Meet Meta's new social media platform hoping to rival Twitter
Creative Boom
JULY 5, 2023
Or indeed Mastodon. But if privacy is a stickler, head to BlueSky or Mastodon instead. It's all anyone is talking about: the potential death of Twitter and the race to find a suitable alternative. Yes, there's BlueSky with plenty of scope for development. However, the jury is still out. Others, not so much. It's really down to you.
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Creatives are saying social media is over… so what next?
Creative Boom
JULY 7, 2023
He's recently tried Twitter alternatives Mastodon and Hive, but neither has stuck. Nothing feels exciting or optimistic about it any more. TikTok has been great fun for some people, but I feel too old to even start on it." My first few weeks were like the old days," he recalls.
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ooh.directory by Phil Gyford
Logo Smith
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
You can follow blog site updates on Twitter or Mastodon (I’m on Mastodon as well… Obvs), as well as its own RSS feed, and Email Newsletter. I also appreciate the ‘ See Random Blogs ‘ feature, which is a bit of a nod to Stumbleupon, and it is genuinely quite fun to see what might pop up next. Give it a go….
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‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients’: Tens of Thousands of Ice-Age Paintings Discovered in a Remote Area of the Amazon
Colossal
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Now dubbed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” tens of thousands of paintings depict humans and animals like sloths, horses, and the now-extinct palaeolama and mastodon.
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Twitter/X Is Doing Its Best to Chase Away Web Designers
SpeckyBoy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Other users have left the platform for the likes of Mastodon and Threads. And they can tie in with Fediverse-based services like Mastodon. And his post-acquisition actions haven’t helped. If anything, they’ve confirmed my fears. I’m not the only concerned citizen. It has served our industry well.
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Threads, BlueSky or Mastodon: which social media platform is best for creatives?
Creative Boom
JULY 11, 2023
Two other contenders, Bluesky and Mastodon , are also vying for your signups. Mastodon Not prepared to wait for Bluesky and Threads to provide a decentralised network? The good news is that you can access one immediately by signing up to Mastodon. But it's not the only game in town. Sounds like a hassle?
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How busy creatives can find focus again with a fresh business strategy
Creative Boom
JULY 11, 2023
Make July the month you finally get to grips with social media, for instance, now that Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon are the new kids on the block. Start with one aspect of your company and go from there. Determine whether you even need to be on these platforms by considering your strategy: your goals, your customers, your values.
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Twitter layoffs, meeting fatigue, Taylor Swift’s AI, Apple accessibility
UX Collective
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
By Robert Stribley How Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral” ? And by “people we serve,” I don’t mean our employers.” How Twitter’s layoffs affect us all ? By Michael McWatters Verification immolation ? Twitter UX nightmare, explained. Looking at Twitter alternatives. By Clive Thompson Preparing for layoffs as a designer ?
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A step-by-step guide on deleting your social media accounts
Creative Boom
AUGUST 1, 2023
Yes, they might be trying out alternatives like Mastodon and BlueSky, but these aren't gaining quite the same momentum as their counterparts. Whether you have privacy concerns, want to look after your mental health, or are just not getting the same return on investment anymore.
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Dealing with burnout? How creatives can boost their mental health in 2023
Creative Boom
JULY 11, 2023
Step away from social media We can see you reading this and thinking, "Great idea, I'll go out for a walk… just once I've signed up to Threads/Bluesky/Mastodon/whatever the new shiny thing is this week." For more on this, read our article The Importance of Rest : how to embrace calm and restore your mind in a busy world. To which we say STOP!
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Follow Colossal on Bluesky for Daily Art and Visual Culture Updates
Colossal
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Although we’re not the biggest fans of social media and prefer to connect with our lovely and talented audience directly on this website, via newsletters , or in person, we’ve discovered meaningful engagement in a few of the newer social platforms like Mastodon and Threads where we can reach readers with little or no algorithmic filters.
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Gestaltungsprobleme des Grafikers by Josef Müller-Brockmann
Fonts in Use
APRIL 28, 2023
Book jacket (second edition by Niggli, Teufen, 1964) Dan Reynolds, esteemed friend of the site, writes on Mastodon : 125 years ago today – at exactly 12:05 in the afternoon, Berlin time – H. Contributed by Florian Hardwig Source: www.theideaofthebook.com The Idea of the Book.
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Why Mastodon is the Best Twitter Alternative
We And The Color
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
If you’re looking for a good alternative to Twitter, then you should definitely check out the decentralized, open-source social network Mastodon. Mastodon is a social media platform that is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to Twitter—especially since Elon Musk acquired Twitter. What is Mastodon?
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Redesigning a breaking Twitter
UX Collective
DECEMBER 15, 2022
I haven’t left for Mastodon yet, so let’s connect on the bird app. If you know anyone working there who may find these ideas interesting, feel free to share. I’m happy if they’re helpful in any capacity because I’m rooting for the phoenix to rise.
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Language evolution in the digital age
UX Collective
DECEMBER 23, 2022
He’d figured out a brilliant way to take down the mastodon. Specific grunts for a mastodon, for hunters, for spears. Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay Argha was brimming with excitement. But he couldn’t do it himself. He needed the other hunters, working together. He ran into the camp where the others were huddled around the fire.
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Boring designs, using AI for 3D rendering, 58 rules for beautiful UI
UX Collective
JANUARY 15, 2024
Fine, IndieWeb and Mastodon are making things marginally better, but there’s so much more to be done outside of their little bubbles (which I love dearly).” Sit → “In the past decade, the Web has become a sort of a shitty metaverse.
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Real Estate Marketing: The Keys to Success
Inkbot Design
APRIL 22, 2024
That could be embracing the latest hot social platform like BeReal or Mastodon before the masses appear. Stay Ahead of the Trend Curve Trends emerge and shift rapidly in both marketing and real estate. To stand out, make sure you're an early adopter rather than a latecomer. Only some new things will stick, of course.
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Shift Happens: A Forthcoming Book Catalogs the 150-Year History of the Keyboard
Colossal
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
To grab a copy of Shift Happens , head to Kickstarter , and follow Wichary on Mastodon for updates on the project. . “I wanted a book that told all the personal stories about keyboards tied in with a historical, social, and political context,” he shares.
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Could Niche Web Communities Come Back?
SpeckyBoy
MAY 16, 2023
You can’t simply import them to Mastodon or a similar service. It encompasses larger services like Mastodon. Users Don’t Have an Ownership Stake Let’s say that you’ve decided to leave Twitter. Good for you! But what happens to your tweets? You’ll have to start from scratch.
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Digital serendipity, Mastodon’t, why Adobe needs to Figmatize, iPhone MVP
UX Collective
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Why you shouldn’t leave Twitter for Mastodon just yet. What if Apple waited to release the iPhone? By Eric Chung The Twitter migration ? Flying away from the wizard. By Cheryl Platz Mastodon’t ? By Mxolisi B Masuku The cybernetics of design ? A brief introduction to Applied Cybernetics in UX.
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11 Tools to Schedule Social Media Content (2024)
HONGKIAT
JANUARY 2, 2024
Price: Starts at $10 for the standard plan Supports: X, Instagram, Facebook, Google Business Profile, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Mastodon, and YouTube Visit Zoho Social Buffer Buffer shines with its robust support for scheduling a variety of posts like texts, links, and images across numerous social media platforms.
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The Art of the 15 Best Band Logos
Inkbot Design
MARCH 20, 2024
15 – Mastodon Like some brutalist Soviet insignia from an alternate timeline, Mastodon's muscular logo electrifies with cryptic mystique and brain-melting levels of heaviness. Just take in that wild letterform.
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No exit?—?every feed is a traffic jam
UX Collective
AUGUST 2, 2023
Many of us turned our backs on the X and launched into a promiscuous rebounding period with multiple partners (Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, even LinkedIn…). The imminent decline of Facebook and the chaos in Twitter opened the appetite for something different.
Why you shouldn’t leave Twitter for Mastodon just yet
UX Collective
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
A user-friendly guide on the Twitter vs Mastodon debate, focusing on what’s relevant to your needs as a regular user. At the time of writing, Mastodon, Twitter’s supposed new rival, has officially reported a 519% increase in users to 2.2 Should you leave Twitter for Mastodon? Is Mastodon more secure than Twitter?
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Text for Proofing Fonts
Fonts by Hoefler&Co.
MAY 19, 2020
Dunce dunce docile for the loudness mastodon of the loud statehood and huddle. Blind blind bodice for the submit oboe of the club snob and abbot. Clique clique coast for the pouch loco of the franc assoc and accede. Enact enact eosin for the quench coed of the pique canoe and bleep.
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This is what happens next after the Adobe Figma acquisition
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Figma, a hyper-growth decacorn startup behind the now (arguably) UX design software of choice for ~4 million users, has been acquired by the mastodon Adobe in a US$20B deal. Business Strategy VS End Users Let’s end the business economics lecture here and look at the example at hand today.
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How will ordinary people navigate through a decentralized web 3.0?
UX Collective
MAY 23, 2021
A similar trend can already be observed on Mastodon , a Twitter alternative based on blockchain technology: New users must decide, which of the plenty of decentralized servers within the network they want to join. You won’t bother communicating with two friends on this platform and another three on that platform.
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The Rise of the Fediverse: How ActivityPub is Democratizing Social Media
We And The Color
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Imagine following someone on Mastodon and seeing their posts on PixelFed, all without leaving your chosen platform. Here are some key players: Mastodon: The Twitter-like giant of the Fediverse, boasting millions of users and a vibrant community. That’s the magic of ActivityPub!
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67 A Software Engineer’s Advice for Saving Social Media? Keep It Small
Eye on Design
AUGUST 19, 2022
He created it as a modification of Mastodon , a decentralized social network started in 2016 that now has over a million registered users. Mastodon is most comparable to Twitter: Users can post messages, follow friends, @ mention people, use hashtags, and boost posts.
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82 Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet
A List Apart
JULY 19, 2018
I could easily see services like Twitter, Mastodon, or Google+ supporting the receiving of Webmentions, combined with a simple parsing mechanism to allow Webmention senders to publish syndicated content on their platform.
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