7 May
2024
7 May
'24
8:29 p.m.
On Tuesday 07 May 2024 13:00:54 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote:
On Tue, 7 May 2024 09:59:03 -0700
The default Mastodon Web interface does require Javascript to display
properly, yes, although I don't think there's technically anything that
would make it impossible to write a pure server-side site interface. It's
just that no one has, yet. You don't need cookies if you're just visiting
and have no account, and a couple of random instances I just prodded seemed
to have no issue with my accessing their sign-up pages through TOR, so that
restriction on proxies may be specific to floss.social again.
In the extreme case, you can always set up your *own* Mastodon instance,
which guarantees you're not going to be tracked by anyone but, well, you.
That's not myself! I don't track anybody. That's my evil twin. He never comes
when summoned, but is always showing up uninvited, where he's not wanted, and
at the worst possible, most embarrasing moments.
If you aren't interested in replying to Mastodon posts, though, you're
probably better off with the RSS feed Slávek suggested.
Yes, I think for me, for now, I am satisfied just to be an occasional
observer. I'll save my rants for the mailing list.
:-]
It seems that I ought to learn how to do that rss thing. There are a couple of
podcasts (for old-timey music) that I know ask for rss subscription, but I
just sidestep that part and download the mp3 of the show to my machine. That
is not what they intend, of course, but it works for me.
However, I probably ought to learn how to do this rss for real. It might come
in handy.
Bill