Adam @adam@librem.one

actually Frankenstein is the name of the admin. the server is Frankenstein's instance

#instance #server #frankenstein

The reason Mastodon names are like email addresses is because email addresses "won" over a lot of other options that I won't mention here because most people have never heard of them.

Why did email addresses win? Because they match how we think of community, at a deep cognitive and arguably biological level.

Need evidence? "Jesus of Nazareth" is basically an email address and, now, a Mastodon account name.

How I'm beginning to feel about Twitter and Meta:

“You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.” — Doris Lessing

Please don't use #Fedified! 🙏

This is what it says about itself:

"(Fedified) is *the* way to make sure that you're following the account managed by the same person you used to follow on Twitter."

It wants to be a central authority. This is dangerous, and opposite to what the Fediverse stands for.

People become dependent on a central authority, then it gets bought out by billionaires.

You can already verify your account on here without using any centralised lists:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#HowDoIVerifyMyAccount

"Mastodon saw about 322,000 new downloads from US app stores in the 12 days following the Twitter acquisition (October 27 to November 7), a 100-fold increase.... Globally, the app grew 657% to reach 1 million installs in the same period from October 27 to November 7, up from 15,000 in the previous 12 days.

Other third-party Mastodon clients, MetaText and Doodle, both grew from less than 1,000 installs to 19,000 and 7,000 respectively between the two periods."

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/11/numerous-social-apps-see-gains-in-wake-of-twitter-chaos-new-data-shows/

@ariadne
I'm just old enough to remember the start of ES (Eternal September) and I've got to disagree with you on this. The main access points for the pre-ES net were the universities. At the time these were still mainly havens for misfits, especially the people mucking around with computer networks. There were also a bunch of small ISPs, mostly non-profits and co-ops, also a havens for misfits. ES was the start of misfits on the net being policed by corporations on behalf of the mainstream.

Hello Fediverse users, first I'd ask you go to to https://fedified.com/ so you can understand this poll and where it's coming from, please make sure to READ the information there before answering.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Fedified #Twitter #Centralization

And the question for the poll: How would you react at attempts to add a centralised layer onto of the fediverse that allows a group of people to dictate a verification system?

The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration