Haddii aadan maqlin Mastodon , ha ka welwelin. Wali looma baahna FOMO Adeeggu si aamusnaan ah ayuu u bilaabay 2016 mana uusan billaabin inuu qabsado illaa Maarso^(March) ee 2017. Bilowgii Agoosto 2017^{(August 2017)} , Mastodon wuxuu lahaa in ka badan 760,000 isticmaale. Adeeggu waxa uu ku dhacay hal milyan oo isticmaale bishii Disembar^(December) waxana uu sii waday in uu kordho ku dhawaad aan la joojin ilaa iyo markaas.

Marka loo eego waxa Mastodon dhab ahaantii yahay, si fiican - taasi waxay qaadataa wax ka badan cutub si loo sharaxo. Mastodon waa madal warbaahinta bulshada ah oo wadaaga waxyaabaha la midka ah Twitter , laakiin taasi waa bilow.

Mastodon Waa Bilaash^{(Mastodon Is Free)} , Isha Furan^{(Open-Source)} , Baahsan^{(Decentralized)} & Federaal^(Federated)

Waxa ugu horreeya ee lagu ogaanayo Mastodon waa in ay tahay FOSS - free and open-source software . Qof kasta oo raba, wuxuu soo dejisan karaa nuqul ka mid ah koodhka isha, oo u beddelo si kasta oo uu rabo.

Qof ayaa xitaa horumarin kara madal ka duwan kan Mastodon oo ku saleysan koodka asalka ah oo aan saameyn sharci ah ku yeelan. Fikradda ka dambeysa software-ka furan waa horumar: in la dhiso dhammaan wixii hore u yimid. Iyo si aad ula socoto sharciyada xuquuqda daabacaada ee draconian.

Mabda' kale oo aasaasiga ah ee Mastodon waa maamul-daadejin. Iyadoo dunidu "dhexdhexaadisay" ay macnaheedu noqon karto waxyaabo kala duwan oo ku jira xaalado kala duwan, oo leh warbaahinta bulshada waxay caadi ahaan tixraacaysaa urur dhexe.

Tusaale ahaan Facebook u qaado. ^(Facebook)Si aad u isticmaasho Facebook , waa in aad tagtaa Facebook.com ama aad ka gelisaa codsi qolo saddexaad oo adeegsata Facebook ’s API . In kasta oo laga yaabo inaad leedahay bog kuu gaar ah, run ahaantii maaha "adiga" - Facebook -ga wuu xidhi karaa ama ka saari karaa wax kasta oo aanay jeclayn.

Mastodon waa shabakad baahsan, taas oo macnaheedu yahay inaysan jirin koox dhexe oo leh dhammaan awoodda. Dib ugu noqo maalmihii hore ee blogging, markii "shabakadaha blogga" ay caan ahaayeen. Waxaa laga yaabaa inaad lahaato baloog kuu gaar ah, laakiin way fududahay inaad u booddo qof kale boggiisa. Taasi waa tusaale shabakad baahsan.

In kasta oo shabakad baahsani ay ku weyn tahay aragti ahaan, ujeeddada shabakadda bulshadu waa inay qayb ka noqoto guud ahaan ballaaran - waana halka ay Mastodon ku darayso federaalka.

Boggu wuxuu leeyahay^{(The homepage says)} :

“Mastodon isn’t just a website, it is a federation – think Star Trek. Thousands of independent communities running Mastodon form a coherent network, where while every planet is different, being part of one is being part of the whole.”

Waxaa jira boqolaal, haddaysan ahayn kumannaan, bulshooyin yaryar oo ku dhex nool nidaamka Mastodon . Mid kastaa waa madaxbannaan yahay oo gaar ah, laakiin dhammaantood way wada hadli karaan midba midka kale. Bulshooyinkan waxa loo yaqaan tusaale. Heer farsamo, domain kasta oo maamula Mastodon waxaa loo yaqaan tusaale.

Tusaale kasta waxaa kala sooca oo dhexdhexaadiya kooxdeeda maamulayaasha iyo mutadawiciinta. Ma jiro koox maamul caalami ah.

Mastodon Waxay Ku Salaysan Tahay Anshaxa

Haddii aad aaminsan tahay internet xor ah oo furan , Mastodon waa adeeg aad u fiican oo la isticmaalo. Maaddaama koodhka isha uu furan yahay, haddii Mastodon waligiis u socdo jihada isticmaalayaashu aysan jeclayn, qof ayaa si fudud u beddeli kara koodhka oo wuxuu abuuri karaa nooc u gaar ah Mastodon halkaas oo dadka la fikirka ah ay ku biiri karaan.

Xusuustaas , Mastodon waxay isticmaashaa borotokoolka caadiga ah. Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay in shabakadu ay sii wadi karto inay sii noolaato adeegayaasha Mastodon la'aanteed . Kuma xidhna adeegga. Xataa "ilkahaaga" ( Mastodon oo u dhiganta Tweets-ka oo aan hadhow u quusi doono) waxaa heli kara tignoolajiyada kale.

Ugu dambeyntii, Mastodon wax lacag ah laguma sameeyo. Abuurayaashu kaliya waxay ku kasbadaan lacag tabarucaad - ma aha xayeysiis ama raasamaal ganacsi. Taas macnaheedu waa ma jiro guddi kaxeeya adeegga si ay u soo saaraan faa'iidada ama dakhliga ugu badan. Iyadoo abuuraha Mastodon , nin magaciisa la yiraahdo Eugen Rochko , ayaa laga yaabaa inuu u janjeersado inuu ku rakibo sifooyin gaar ah si uu u ilaaliyo saldhigga isticmaalaha, isticmaale kasta oo aan ku faraxsanayn wuxuu qaadan karaa koodhka isha oo aado meel kale.

Sida loo isticmaalo Mastodon

Hadda waxaan gaadhnay sababta aad dhab ahaan halkan u joogto - si aan u ogaano sida loo isticmaalo adeeggan jahawareersan. Haddii, aniga oo kale, aad hal eegmo qaadatay oo aad madaxa ku xoqday nidaamyada u muuqda kuwo adag, ha welwelin. Mastodon aad ayay uga fududahay in la isticmaalo intii aad malaynayso.

Marka hore^(First) , fariimahaaga tusaale ahaan waxa loo yaqaan toots. Tani waa riwaayad ku socota Tweets. Waxa kale oo aad dejisay profile sida aad ku samayn lahayd Twitter , oo ay ku jiraan magaca bandhig, bio, madax, iyo sawir muuqaal ah. Mastodon sidoo kale waxay siisaa isticmaalayaasha ikhtiyaarka shaandhaynta kelmadaha gaarka ah iyo waxa ku jira.

Waxay xitaa u egtahay Tweetdeck . Kaliya^(Just) fiiri sawirkan:

Mastodon oo u dhiganta retweet-ka waxa loo yaqaan kor u^(boost) qaadis . Jeceshaha waxaa loogu yeeraa kuwa ugu cadcad^(favorites) oo waxaad leedahay xaddid 500- xaraf fariimahaaga halkii aad ka ahaan lahayd xadka 240 ee Twitter.

Qaabka isticmaalaha waa @username , laakiin waa meesha ay arrimuhu ku kala duwan yihiin. Ka eeg qaybta sare ee wakhtiga? Taasi waxay ka timid isticmaale lagu magacaabo @[email protected] . Tani waa tusaale ka mid ah shabakada federaalka ee Mastodon. @RadicalEdward waa isticmaale, laakiin @hackers.town waxay tusinaysaa isticmaaluhu inuu ka soo dhejinayo tusaale kale.

Sawirku waa Mastodon.social , mid ka mid ah kuwa ugu weyn - haddii aysan ahayn kuwa ugu weyn - xaaladaha halkaas. Iyada oo meel kor u dhaaftay 200,000 isticmaale, maaha meesha lagu biiri karo si loola sheekaysto dadka. Waxaad ku qarqin doontaa qaylada.

Markaad ku biirto Mastodon^{( join Mastodon)} , waxaad ka dhex baadhi kartaa liisaska tusaalooyinka oo waxaad u kala sooci kartaa qaybo, waxaana jira qaybo aad u yar oo laga dooran karo. Dhawr jeer oo aan arkay waxaa ka mid ahaa mid Faransiis ku hadla, mid dhaqan nerd, iyo xitaa mid sixiroolayaasha ah.

Markaad gujiso ku biir Mastodon , waxaa lagugu soo dhawaynayaa shaashadda galitaanka/koontada abuurista oo ku waydiisa magacaaga isticmaale, ciwaanka iimaylkaaga, eraygaaga sirta ah, oo ku waydiinaya inaad ogolaato shuruudaha iyo xeerarka server-ka. Buuxi^(Fill) kuwan oo voila: gudaha ayaad ku jirtaa.

Kaliya maskaxda ku hay in profile-kaagu uu noqon doono lafo qaawan ilaa aad ka soo baxdo. Magacaaga isticmaaluhu waxa kale oo laga yaabaa inuu ka soo muuqdo tusaale ka duwan, maadaama meesha kaliya ee serferku ka hubiyo nuqulada ay tahay tusaale ahaan aad ku biirto.

Haddii fikradda shabakad bulsheed oo lacag la'aan ah ay ku xiiseeyaan, sii Mastodon isku day. Dad badan oo u wareegaya software-ka taageera Internet xor ah oo furan , waxaa fiicnaan doona mustaqbalka shabakadda caalamiga ah ee adduunka.

Mastodon – An Open-Source Twitter-Like Website You Should Try

If you haven’t heard of Mastodon, don’t worry. There’s no need for FOMO just yet. The service quietly launched in 2016 and did not begin to catch on until around March of 2017. At the beginning of August 2017, Mastodon had just over 760,000 users. The service hit a million users in December and has continued to grow almost unabated since then.

As for what Mastodon actually is, well – that takes more than a paragraph to explain. Mastodon is a social media platform that shares similarities with Twitter, but that’s just the start.

Mastodon Is Free, Open-Source, Decentralized & Federated

The first thing to know about Mastodon is that it is FOSS – free and open-source software. Anyone who wants to, can download a copy of the source code, and modify it in whatever way they want.

Someone can even develop an entirely different platform than Mastodon based on the original code with no legal repercussions. The idea behind open-source software is progress: to build on all that came before. And to get around draconian copyright laws.

Another primary tenet of Mastodon is decentralization. While the world “centralized” can mean different things in different contexts, with social media it typically refers to a central organization.

Take Facebook, for instance. To use Facebook, you have to go to Facebook.com or access it via a third-party application that uses Facebook’s API. While you might have your own page, it isn’t really “yours” – and Facebook can shut it down or remove anything they don’t like.

Mastodon is a decentralized network, which means there is no central group with all of the power. Think back to the early days of blogging, when “blog networks” were popular. You might have your own blog, but it was easy to jump to someone else’s blog. That is an example of a decentralized network.

While a decentralized network is great in theory, the point of a social network is to be part of a larger whole – and that’s where Mastodon incorporates federation.

The homepage says:

“Mastodon isn’t just a website, it is a federation – think Star Trek. Thousands of independent communities running Mastodon form a coherent network, where while every planet is different, being part of one is being part of the whole.”

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of small communities that live within the Mastodon system. Each one is independent and unique, but they can all talk to one another. These communities are called instances. On a technical level, any domain that runs Mastodon is called an instance.

Each instance is separated and moderated by its own team of admins and volunteers. There is no global administration team.

Mastodon Is Based In Ethics

If you believe in a free and open Internet, Mastodon is a great service to use. As the source code is open, if Mastodon ever goes in a direction that users don’t like, someone can easily modify the code and create their own version of Mastodon where like-minded people can join.

On that note, Mastodon uses standard protocols. This means the network can continue to survive without Mastodon servers. You aren’t bound to the service. Even your “toots” (the Mastodon equivalent of Tweets that we will dive into later) can be accessed by other technology.

Finally, Mastodon is not monetized. The creators only earn money through donations – not through advertising or venture capital. This means there is no committee driving the service to generate the most profit or revenue. While the creator of Mastodon, a man named Eugen Rochko, might be inclined to install certain features to keep the user base happy, any unhappy users can take the source code and go elsewhere.

How To Use Mastodon

Now we get to the reason you’re actually here – to figure out how to use this confounded service. If, like me, you took one look and scratched your head at the seemingly complex systems, don’t worry. Mastodon is a lot easier to use than you might think.

First of all, your messages to the instance are called toots. This is a play on Tweets. You also set up a profile just like you would on Twitter, including a display name, a bio, a header, and a profile picture. Mastodon also provides users with options for filtering specific words and content.

It even looks like Tweetdeck. Just check out this screenshot:

The Mastodon equivalent of a retweet is called a boost. Likes are called favorites and you have a 500-character limit to your messages instead of Twitter’s 240 limit.

The username format is @username, but that’s where things start to get different. See the top toot on the timeline? That’s from a user named @[email protected]. This is an example of Mastodon’s federated network. @RadicalEdward is the user, but the @hackers.town shows the user is posting from another instance.

The screenshot is of Mastodon.social, one of the largest – if not the largest – instances out there. With somewhere upward of 200,000 users, it’s not the place to join to chat with people. You’ll be drowned out of the noise.

When you join Mastodon, you can browse through lists of instances and sort by categories, and there are quite a few categories to choose from. A few of the instances I saw included one for French speakers, one for nerd culture, and even one for witches.

When you click join on a Mastodon, you’ll be greeted with a login/account creation screen that asks for your username, your email address, a password, and asks you to agree to the terms and server rules. Fill these in and voila: you’re inside.

Just keep in mind that your profile will be bare bones until you flesh it out. Your username may also appear on a different instance, as the only place the server checks for duplicates is the instance you join.

If the idea of a corporate-free social network interests you, give Mastodon a try. The more people that make the shift to software that supports a free and open Internet, the better the future of the world wide web will be.

Mark Kim

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Waxaan ahay injineer software iyo sahamiye. Waxaan khibrad u leeyahay labada Microsoft Xbox 360 iyo Google Explorer. Waxaan awoodaa inaan bixiyo talooyinka khabiirada ee qalabyada horumarinta software-ka qaarkood, iyo sidoo kale inaan caawiyo dadka inay cilad-saaraan khaladaadka Explorer ee caadiga ah.

Mastodon – Shabakad ka soo baxda Twitter-ka oo kale ah waa inaad isku daydaa