Hands-on workshop

<-- back to the Fediverse page
Link to the pad: https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/fediseminar-261021

Research Mastodon Instances (15 min)

• Choose your own: https://fediverse.observer/list?wizard || https://joinmastodon.org/communities || https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers
• post.lurk.org -> Invites for Lurk: https://post.lurk.org/invite/YwSW3mEe

Example Instances
* https://queer.party/about
* https://mastodon.lol/about
* https://mastodon.green/about

Accounts (45 min)

Answer these questions about your instance (also in the pad):

• What is your handle?

e.g.: @lidia_p@post.lurk.org
      @estragon@post.lurk.org

• What is the instance about?

• Activity (how many users, frequency of local posts, etc)

• Is the interface customized?

• Is there a code of conduct and terms of service?

• Is it easy to reach admins/moderators?

Play around (30 min)

• Find and follow each other
• Everyone try to post using the #Fediseminar hashtag
• Comment each other's posts
• Send personal messages
• Play with different visibility settings of posts
• Local timeline/Federated timeline
• Customization settings -> Multicolumn view
• Pin #Fediseminar hashtag to your default view

Testing the federation (30 min)

Pixelfed

• Search for @estragon@pixelfed.social from Mastodon
• Comment on a Pixelfed photo
• Look at the comment from the Pixelfed side

PeerTube

• Load a PeerTube video in Mastodon :

Go to search bar of your Mastodon instance and copy paste this link: https://tube.4aem.com/videos/watch/21919523-e30c-47c9-8257-5af9093ea54a

• Look at the comment from the PeerTube side