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My Favorite Mastodon Add-ons, Apps, Sites, and Extensions so far

by @jaredzimmerman@jaredzimmerman.com

https://social.jaredzimmerman.com/@jaredzimmerman/109850406365277645

How you could build a search that the fediverse would welcome

Mastodon and the fediverse are clearly taking off, bringing in millions of new users, and also organically inspiring a wave of technical innovation that dwarfs all of the efforts that the bribes and empty promises of the Web3 crypto bubble couldn't touch. I'm even enjoying having settled into a relatively permanent new fediverse address at @anildash@me.dm, on Medium's new Mastodon instance, which (along with Mozilla's similar upcoming instance) should do a lot to legitimize the nascent open system. It's all great to see, though of course there are huge challenges that come along with this growth, and most of them (as always, with social media) are largely about people and culture, not technology....
https://anildash.com/2023/01/16/a-fediverse-search/
2023-01-16

Notestock

A similar project from Japan: Notestock saves toots on the longterm since 2018. It has currently (2023-02-09) 2447 users and 45 millions posts (500 000 to 800 000 per month)
https://notestock.osa-p.net