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Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by infogulch »

er4hn wrote: post #89
warning26 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup -- either the devs don't know what that means in English slang, or they have a very juvenile sense of humor. Either way, that alone seems like it would present a pretty serious obstacle to anyone taking Mastodon remotely seriously.

I'd argue that is a benefit. Imagine if people took Twitter and the Twitverse less seriously

Imagine a "Tweet to Fart" extension in the same vein as "Cloud to Butt". Lets see: "How could you refart that fart?! :angry_face: That's a terrible fart." Maybe I'm just juvenile but that might be funny enough to make twitter usable again.

In other words, I don't really mind "toot". It casts the medium with a healthy perspective on itself.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by ehsankia »

ognarb wrote: post #46
commoner wrote: post #23

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Gab already forked Mastodon, and it's not clear whether Truth Social would surpass Gab in popularity. Unlike Truth Social, Gab actually complies with Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by publishing its source code, though in an obnoxious way (password-protected archive file): https://code.gab.com/gab/gab-open-source

Last update was 7 months ago, either gab didn't do any chance if this timeframe or they are also violating the license.

I guess they heard you because now it's "last updated 50m ago".

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by toastal »

toastercat wrote: post #80

As much as I'd love to use Mastodon, both times I tried, I got bored and gave up because I couldn't find interesting people to follow. All of the people I do find interesting are only on Twitter.

That's the most difficult part is finding who to follow (likely strangers) when you first start. You could watch the global timeline or search some #hashtags for things you are interested in or try to pick the right server with a like-minded userbase from the get-go. However, these issues aren't too different than any other social media tbf. And eventually you find interesting people exclusive to the Fediverse or post different content on it that is more interesting. Mastodon and others never force being social and following others though.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by kixiQu »

SavantIdiot wrote: post #50

I've been trying to set this up for years and it continues to defeat me. Even the Docker method is still fraught. I hope they can dumb it down at some point, or clean up the docker setup. There's a LOT of different frameworks & tooling at play in this ecosystem to debug when things go wrong. But I guess it is close to rocket science.

I had similar trouble when I was trying to make it work on a Fedora VM. When I gave up, admitted to myself I was a pleb, and switched to Ubuntu, it was entirely smooth. Dunno how/why.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by wrycoder »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #86
pangolinplayer wrote: post #56

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Post is called a toot? Tf

They recently stopped calling them toots (I liked the absurdity of it personally). Don't think that decision has made it through to the UI yet though.

Boo

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#107

Post by lmm »

er4hn wrote: post #89
warning26 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup -- either the devs don't know what that means in English slang, or they have a very juvenile sense of humor. Either way, that alone seems like it would present a pretty serious obstacle to anyone taking Mastodon remotely seriously.

I'd argue that is a benefit. Imagine if people took Twitter and the Twitverse less seriously

It's a benefit for society, but it's a big negative for the project. Twitter wouldn't be half as popular if it didn't stroke the egos of its users.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#108

Post by lokedhs »

lalaland1125 wrote: post #26
Angostura wrote: post #22

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It's not really clear that it will be a showcase if it hides its Mastadon roots and doesn't connect to the Fediverse.

A large segment of the Fediverse has already blocked Trump's domain due to incompliance with the license.

Yours right that it's been a mostly blocked, but the license issues is not the reason.

Gab got blocked very quickly as well, and they complied with the license.

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