Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
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Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
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Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#2I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing.
(edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large)
2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly: the "whole concept" that I'm talking about is, I guess, what people used to call 'microblogging' - a service of which Twitter is the holotype; as far as I can see, the real utility of it is in its constant presence via a phone app, but I am not sure if I want to do that. I definitely don't want to have that in my life by joining Twitter, but I can't make up my mind whether my dislike is more about the companies providing the service, or more about the generic service itself.
Does that make better sense? :)
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#3I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
What do you object to about the concept of what Mastodon is implementing?
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#4I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
> or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing.
Huh?
You can have a user on any Mastadon or GNUSocial server, and communicate with any other user on any other Mastadon/GNUSocial server.
So, no get tied in there.
That's the main complaint I see with people and social networks... So can you expand?
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#5I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
I don't mind the company, but I don't like that a product of a single company has become the defacto communication channel for tech people.
In many gatherings speakers identify themselves by twitter handles instead of email. Do you think that is sound?
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#6I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
> or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. Huh? You can have a user on any Mastadon or GNUSocial server, and communicate with any other user on any other Mastadon/GNUSocial server. So, no get tied in there. That's the main complaint I see with people and social networks... So can you expand?
Edited my post. More coffee needed, evidently.
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#7I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
What do you object to about the concept of what Mastodon is implementing?
See 2nd edit above :)
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#8I really want to embrace this - but I'm still not able to make up my mind whether I object more to Twitter the company or to the whole concept that Mastodon is implementing. (edit: not that Twitter themselves have done much to offend me - "Twitter the company" above is more of a stand-in for commercial social networking companies at large) 2nd edit because I've not had my coffee yet and didn't explain myself properly…
I don't mind the company, but I don't like that a product of a single company has become the defacto communication channel for tech people. In many gatherings speakers identify themselves by twitter handles instead of email. Do you think that is sound?
In many gatherings speakers identify themselves
by twitter handles instead of email. Do you think
that is sound?
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#9I'm a mastodon user, so I might be a bit biased, but I find it a lot better than twitter. Different servers can also carter to different cultures or groups so you can find your own niche there.
Re: Mastodon – an open source alternative to Twitter
#10Perhaps it would be better to submit https://joinmastodon.org instead of the flagship instance. The project homepage has links to all the info as well as a directory of servers (instances), which might spread out new users better.