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Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by opan »

jancsika wrote: post #53
justinpombrio wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that is exactly the problem. Although it might be better to say that that's the manifestation of the real problem. The real problem is that I want to be able to talk about books sometimes, even though I'm a musician so I registered on the musician instance. If there's a way for me to have conversations about books, I don't care whether it's an "instance" or not. I just don't want to manage two separate accounts.…

Yeah, I guess I'm confused about why an instance has any topic whatsoever associated with it. For a federated design I'd assume the main difference among instances to be code of conduct/ToS.

I've been on one Mastodon instance and one Pleroma instance. Neither really had a set topic, and both pulled in some toots from other instances that were "similar", but my posts are about anything I want, as they would be on Twitter.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by spc476 »

wetpaws wrote: post #49
xj9 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we're working on it ;) there are a handful of proposals for doing SSO on fediverse, but it isn't super high priority since creating multiple accounts (alts) is a pretty common practice here.

I am really really don't want to sound like an troll, but didn't you folks basically invented phpbb forums?

It actually sounds like a really bad USENET implementation to me.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by spc476 »

unimpressive wrote: post #39
stesch wrote: post #25

What I don't understand: Why do they promote the software instead of the protocols? News and e-mail had different server software and clients and were both used around the world. Mastodon uses standard protocols, too.

People use software, the value add Mastodon has over GnuSocial is that it's software that advertises itself to users on its own merits. (Well that and a moderation policy that's stricter than Twitter's, supposedly.)

Yeah, but I'd like to use software that isn't written in PHP or Ruby (for a variety of reasons, some valid, and some not). If the protocol was better documented, there might be more choice.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by dielan »

stesch wrote: post #25

What I don't understand: Why do they promote the software instead of the protocols? News and e-mail had different server software and clients and were both used around the world. Mastodon uses standard protocols, too.

Either the techbro journalists dont understand that, or they do and know their readers wont understand or care.

Most Mastodon articles fail to even explain that its a server software anyone can run and talk about mastodon.social like that is the whole thing.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

dx87 wrote: post #64
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #29

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I can't help but notice that you, complaining about “free speech”, have “88” at the end of your name. Wonder what kind of speech (which you only defend by its supposed legality) you're concerned about being banned.

Are you seriously implying that someone is a nazi just because they have the number 88 in their name? I have the number 87 in my name, what does that tell you about me? You're a perfect example of what they're complaining about. They've said nothing even remotely offensive, just that they don't agree with shared block lists, and you've already decided that they're wrong and a nazi. I've seen people get added to share…

I don't think everyone I disagree is a Nazi. It's just… easy to lose patience with the “free speech” line of argument when so many people invoking it are doing so in bad faith.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by bumholio »

callahad wrote: post #58
bumholio wrote: post #47

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Can't really figure it out. I try to login and put mastodon.social in the Add instance field, but I get an error: > Error: undefined. Is this a valid Mastodon instance? Is a browser extension blocking the request?

You'll see that error if the Service Worker failed to register. Check your browser console?

I think I've cracked it: it does not work in Firefox Private mode.

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by Vinnl »

ifur wrote: post #35

For the social part to really work, you need a community to adopt it. Not just an internet community. Good to see alternatives to Twitter however. Generally don't like AJAX, it's JS and XML, and in the latter case Twitter services don't require Stylesheets or XLS as it's called -- without -- XML is bloated and creates metadata for sale. In addition to AJAX allowing Orwellian advertisement influence. Edit: this gets d…

> Edit: this gets downvoted? reasonable technical criticism or dialogue.

I'm quite sure the reason is that it's for me impossible to parse your message, even though I know what AJAX, Javascript, XML and Stylesheets are. If there really is a point in your message, you might want to try to reformulate it - perhaps in terms of how you as a user are actually negatively affected? (e.g. does Mastodon deplete your mobile subscription more quickly, and if so, why?)

Re: From GNU social to Mastodon

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Post by oopsman88 »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #29
oopsman88 wrote: post #3

With all of its faults, I'll take Twitter and its almost free speech over Mastodon any day. Many people say they are quitting Twitter because of the algorithmic timeline and so on, and they are going to Mastodon where a cabal of people choose to ban opinions that are perfectly legal.

I can't help but notice that you, complaining about “free speech”, have “88” at the end of your name. Wonder what kind of speech (which you only defend by its supposed legality) you're concerned about being banned.

I can't help but notice that you, complaining about “free speech”, have the name of a German dish at the end of your name.
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