Here's an explainer why #groups (boost bots) are preferable to #hashtags for organizing a #group of people on #mastodon (or the #fediverse in general):
https://gist.github.com/hcschuetz/75ca7cecd2ecc2c22b0ecb881a221241
(in English and German; based on experience from the hangman-game group at @galgodon)
BTW: I've mentioned "a.gup.pe" (@guppegroups) in the text. Is anyone aware of alternatives that should be added?
Where @ethanz tells us about the cultural power of #DontLookUp:
"But there’s something Don’t Look Up gets right. Many of our #institutions are failing us. The experts don’t know what to do. The feelings of terror and helplessness lead people to behave strangely and unpredictably. McKay doesn’t offer us a solution to an ongoing #apocalypse, but this #film, at its best, offers us a moment of #empathy. Look past the machinations of the politicians and the media stars, and look towards the people in the background trying to make sense of a reality that no longer makes sense, disrupted by #COVID or #climatechange or by a slide into #authoritarianism. If there’s a solution to this polycrisis, this interconnected mess of apocalyptic threats, it’s in the #groups working to live through this scary moment, not through the politicians or celebrities who’ll get to escape to their bunkers or spaceships."
https://ethanzuckerman.com/2025/04/04/science-on-screen-dont-look-up/
I mean, the Fediverse already has Lemmy, KBin, and MBin.
So there's already an ecosystem of pre-built communities out there.
From my subjective observations, #group features in #Mastodon would go a long way in making people move from #facebook to here. #Groups is what keeps many users from #migrating.
And user want to access these groups in one place, not several,
they want the possibility to create them to just be there, not to have to code or integrate.
EDIT: Thanks for boosting everyone, I FOUND IT! It's Tommy D - Pretty Much Bayside https://soundcloud.com/user-347580189/pretty-much-bayside
Hey #fediverse, it's been a while now that I'm looking for this 
#house #track that #pingu likes so much. Really hope that I'm connected to the right bubble of #musicnerds who can help me find the track #id. If anyone knows good #groups that this post should travel to, please do mention them. Thanks!
I am responding to another email chain.... Thinking to myself... I wish more of my friends/family are on mastodon. This email is exactly how I use mastodon. Same with a text message.
Only things missing are:
- Encryption on private toots.
- Ability to send files like a pdf.
- Groups. A group of contacts that can be saved as one name. Each contact can receive/respond/remove own contact from group.
*[If all haters in hate groups would have thier DNA done so they will realize how they have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*(*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots all those hate groups would know that we all are related kin because we all started from African descent!)*& Prayerfully everyone will start loving each other the way GOD Commands us all to do in the World!]
*[I wish all haters in hate groups would have thier DNA done so they will realize how they have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*(*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots all those hate groups{especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would know that we all are related kin because we all started from African descent!]*& Prayerfully everyone will start loving each
*[I wish all haters in hate groups would have thier DNA done so they will realize how they will have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!]*(*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots then all those hate groups{especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would know that we all are related kin because we all started from African descent!*& Prayerfully everyone will start
*[I wish all haters in hate groups would have thier DNA done so they will realize how they will have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*& waisting thier time hating!](*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots then all those hate groups{especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would know (be educated)that we all are related kin because we all started from African
*[I wish all haters in hate groups would have thier DNA done so they will be humbled!*Realizing how they will have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*& Ignorant waisting thier time hating!](*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots then all those hate groups {especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would know (be educated)that we all are related kin because we all
*[I wish all haters in hate groups!*& individuals would have Thier DNA done so they will be humbled!*Realizing how they will have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*& not be in denial!*& Ignorant waisting Thier time hating!](*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots Then all those hate groups {especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would know (be educated)that
*I wish all haters in hate groups*& individuals of different backgrounds would have Thier DNA done so they will be humbled!*Realizing how they will have different nationalities that they are hating on in them themselves!*& not be in denial!*& Ignorant waisting Thier time hating!(*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots Then all those hate groups {especially Evil Trump!*& His Horrible Administration}would
*I have so many different nationalities in me I can't even name them all especially since I had my DNA done!*I wish all haters in hate groups*& individuals of different backgrounds would have Thier DNA done so they will be humbled!*Realizing how they will have different nationalities they are hating on in them their selves!*& not be in denial!(*& If we all went back to our beginnings of our DNA roots all would know!*&
Groups are not new to Pixelfed, we have webUI support but the feature wasn't polished enough for use, until now 
Groups will be compatible with Lemmy, Mbin, Smithereen and other projects, and will resemble Facebook Groups in our official app!
Stay tuned, we'll be shipping the updated Groups support in the app and webUI this weekend 
What is this thing called Fedi "groups" that I hear is being developed? Anyone know anything about what they can be used for in a platform-agnostic context?
Here comes a longer blog post where we share our insights, learnings, research and design of p2panda's group- and message encryption for p2p applications!
Yeah. I feel like when we finally get Facebook style groups on the Fedi, it will go to a whole new level. I'm aware that there's a couple of different implementations floating around out there, but they don't seem consistently supported across fedi apps, nor decently featured (eg private groups, group admins etc)
Entrevue super intéressante sur Mastodon et le Fédivers, avec 2 personnes que j'aime beaucoup: Erin Kissane et Darius Kazemi https://overcast.fm/+BFLqHoz-ko
Iels parlent des nouveaux développements dans le Fédivers, de la modération décentralisée, de l'importance des groupes privés auto-gérés sur les médias sociaux, et de l'arrivée de Bluesky.
Et le langage utilisé est accessible. Pas trop de jargon d'ingénieurs
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