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FYIs someone messaged me about adding our Mastodon account to fedidevs.com. They need me to change a settings to make us "discoverable". I also found check boxes for showing up in Mastodon search results and our profile showing up in search engine results

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 20:10):

There's specifically a Boston page on fedidevs. Not sure what reach that gets us but may as well. But maybe the settings changes alone will get more attention.

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 20:10):

Though I'm a bit weirded out because fedidevs wants write permission to my account if I try to follow with their follow button.

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 20:11):

I wonder if we're about to get hacked somehow :laughing: But I'm just changing a setting and letting them know.

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 20:16):

Oh I see I guess it's a convenience in case I want to use it to follow a bunch of accounts with one click from the fedidevs website. Yeah no thanks. They should add a no-permisssions option.

Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 21:40):

No kidding.

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 21:41):

Here's where we'll be https://fedidevs.com/s/Mzgz/

Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 21:42):

We'll be in good company.

Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 21:44):

ha, french toast alert

Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 21:45):

Man, this one is so true:

"Just a little account to show we want protected bike lanes/multi-use paths because paint doesn't stop vehicles from cutting off or parking in front of the people who use bike lanes."