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Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by nforgerit »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #59
pohl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You sampled one instance in a fediverse with thousands upon thousands of instances. Do you think none of them have a community more aligned with your worldview?

If I'm a casual user without any great motivation for learning the arcane ways of "The Fediverse"... someone just looking for someway to get into this Mastodon thing I keep hearing about: a normal, everyday user. I'm going to probably go to some search engine and type in "Mastodon" or "Mastodon social network". Using DuckDuckGo, many of the first links show up pointing to mastodon.social or server lookups operated fr…

Your link is pointing to the general mastodon.social instance and not to birds.town. To see local birds.town posts, go to [0]. Looks like birds-only to me w/o any politics, tho I'm not aware of any of these birds' political preferences.

And generally, whenever there's people annoying me, I just unfollow/mute/block them - problem solved.

[0] https://birds.town/public/local

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by 6ak74rfy »

If you are considering self-hosting your instance, I’ll recommend Go To Social. It is still alpha quality software but all the basic functions work fine. But it’s a much lighter alternative to Mastodon.

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by kornhole »

starkparker wrote: post #45

10 million accounts != 10 million users

Right. I have three accounts myself: The first is personal with my real name that I generally post to followers only who are people I know. The second is a professional focused identity for business topics. The final is a pseudonymous account for political stuff I don't want showing up on a deep background search from employers or intelligence agencies. It is kind of a replacement for Zuckbook, Lockedin, and Twitter accounts.

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by [deleted] »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #33
nforgerit wrote: post #18

After about 6 months hosting my own little private Mastodon instance, I can say the following things: (1) Whoever cares about that but the atmosphere is nice, cozy, exciting and creative. Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. (2) Hosting is relatively easy. I think…

" Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. " So long as you lean to progressive worldviews and see insult slinging at those that don't see your way not as being toxic, but rather just expressions of righteous indignation... sure, I could buy that line. A quick perusal…

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Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by [deleted] »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #33
nforgerit wrote: post #18

After about 6 months hosting my own little private Mastodon instance, I can say the following things: (1) Whoever cares about that but the atmosphere is nice, cozy, exciting and creative. Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. (2) Hosting is relatively easy. I think…

" Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. " So long as you lean to progressive worldviews and see insult slinging at those that don't see your way not as being toxic, but rather just expressions of righteous indignation... sure, I could buy that line. A quick perusal…

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Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by kornhole »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #33
nforgerit wrote: post #18

After about 6 months hosting my own little private Mastodon instance, I can say the following things: (1) Whoever cares about that but the atmosphere is nice, cozy, exciting and creative. Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. (2) Hosting is relatively easy. I think…

" Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. " So long as you lean to progressive worldviews and see insult slinging at those that don't see your way not as being toxic, but rather just expressions of righteous indignation... sure, I could buy that line. A quick perusal…

If you follow or engage with me, you will probably feel some 'toxicity'. I like to argue with people and see argument as a productive way to enhance understanding. I follow many people with whom I often disagree. You make it what you want. Just don't get bothered by people blocking you from time to time.

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

#67

Post by rainonmoon »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #58
nforgerit wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do understand (and suffer from it from time to time, too) the reflex to put labels on bubbles. But in this case, I'm probably the wrong addressee since I'm regularly confronting myself with world views spanning over allover the political spectrum. I'm actively researching for data and arguments from other bubbles than mine and regularly learn something new through that. With toxicity I was referring to the ill-fate…

We're talking about the same toxicity. I do agree there is less shitposting, but there's a fair amount of it nonetheless. Many other of those activist posts are toned down here... because I expect their expectations are they are largely preaching to the choir. But just scrolling through the "toots" (again, at mastodon.social) on the main landing page I get...: " New Yorkers yelling at nazis is fun. Proud Boys bloodie…

You're citing examples from a fairly homogenous set of inputs, one that was largely fed by Twitter refugees. The nature of the Fediverse is that it's as disparate as the web itself; you're starting with a fundamentally incorrect premise by referring to "Mastodon" at all. If you're trying to say "Mastodon" is ideologically any one way or the other, you're hosed from the start. It sounds like our political values probably diverge pretty seriously so I won't mourn you not joining the Fediverse, but treating it like a monolith is a common misconception. If you truly care about people challenging their own beliefs, start there.

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

#68

Post by smsm42 »

whywhywhydude wrote: post #48

I wish they changed the name to something better. Would probably increase adoption greatly if they can come up with a name that doesn’t sound like a porn site specializing in bondage.

TIL a large prehistoric elephant is somehow closely associated with bondage porn. Will the wonders never cease.

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

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Post by CyberDildonics »

haunter wrote: post #22
nforgerit wrote: post #18

After about 6 months hosting my own little private Mastodon instance, I can say the following things: (1) Whoever cares about that but the atmosphere is nice, cozy, exciting and creative. Zero toxicity and probably several magnitudes more meaningful conversations with people from all around the world. This apparently comes from the kinds of people I could find and connect with. (2) Hosting is relatively easy. I think…

> Zero toxicity ymmv. The mastodon.lol (which was a safe space instance) drama over Hogwarts Legacy [0] was a very good reminder that the platform doesn’t matter, its the people. 0, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34748195

which was a safe space instance

What does that mean?

Re: Mastodon hit 10M users

#70

Post by monksy »

nforgerit wrote: post #61
sbuttgereit wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I'm a casual user without any great motivation for learning the arcane ways of "The Fediverse"... someone just looking for someway to get into this Mastodon thing I keep hearing about: a normal, everyday user. I'm going to probably go to some search engine and type in "Mastodon" or "Mastodon social network". Using DuckDuckGo, many of the first links show up pointing to mastodon.social or server lookups operated fr…

Your link is pointing to the general mastodon.social instance and not to birds.town. To see local birds.town posts, go to [0]. Looks like birds-only to me w/o any politics, tho I'm not aware of any of these birds' political preferences. And generally, whenever there's people annoying me, I just unfollow/mute/block them - problem solved. [0] https://birds.town/public/local

Cool, there's a mastodon instance about government drones.
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