Gregory's ServerI don't think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before. It's a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.
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@Gargron @Gargron yes! But i think we need global search and recco. to match and go beyond twitter experience @malupenella @Gargron I’ve been having the same issue and also wondering if I’m just a dumb noob. @Gargron thank you so much or what you have done here Eugen and the Times interview was awesome! BTW .. how do we little people support the server.. is there a patreon for mastodon.social? AND for the software so we can back its continued improvement.. in a crowd sourcing kinda way. Thanks again! This server is crowdfunded by Patreon donations. (https://www.patreon.com/mastodon ) For a list of sponsors, see (https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors) @Gargron question: what happens if the instance where I have my account suddenly closes down? Do I lose everything? @Gargron The vast majority of the non-tech people that are trying Mastodon aren't liking it, as it seems to complex. Not being under the control of a single entity is perceived as a complexity factor. @Gargron I've been preaching the theory of distributed or federated social media for a while now ( https://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2018/04/22/dont-fund-your-online-business-with-advertising-itll-only-make-everyone-hate-you/ ) so I'm really excited to see it being tested in practice - I hope it continues to grow so we can see it in the mainstream, and really demonstrate a better way to build community online! #fediverseorbust @Gargron A weird thing (at least for me) is that more people boost than favourite the posts 🤔 @Gargron I would really just love to own my data and move it wherever I want. I think we are headed there @Gargron this is exactly what we’ve been looking for .. im going to go back on Twitter tomorrow & thank Elon the rwnj trillionaire @Gargron yes - even though I used to work for an organisation specialising in open source, I hadn't heard of Mastodon until all the twit related publicity. |
@Gargron The more people, the more a**holes. That’s the unwritten law of social media. So enjoy the time while Mastodon still has relatively few users.