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LauraPhillips99

@mattblaze Still only half-sure I know what an “instance” is. Is that just Mastodon-speak, or is it a term used elsewhere?

28 Nov 2022 at 1:47 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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Matt Blaze

@LauraPhillips99 Mastodon-speak for the server you're signed up with.

28 Nov 2022 at 1:47 | Open on federate.social
Word of Mouth :emacs:

@mattblaze @LauraPhillips99 Not just Mastodon. It's #DevOps speak, since in this day and age we don't always run an OS by itself on "bare metal" hardware. We usually use virtual machines and containers. "Instance" is just a generalization of "Server".

28 Nov 2022 at 6:22 | Open on notroot.social
Matt Blaze

@notroot @LauraPhillips99 I’ll check out this virtual machine thing.

28 Nov 2022 at 6:24 | Open on federate.social
Word of Mouth :emacs:

@mattblaze @LauraPhillips99 👍 The idea is straightforward: you can run Windows and Mac OS on your Linux box. Or any other combination. There's performance restrictions. Most of the internet works this way, now.

28 Nov 2022 at 6:30 | Open on notroot.social
⚾️ Lance Peterman

@mattblaze @notroot @LauraPhillips99 Not gonna lie, this gave me a laugh. Sarcasm does render well on a site where messages are called toots.

28 Nov 2022 at 18:36 | Open on infosec.exchange
AriM

@notroot @mattblaze @LauraPhillips99
None of this makes any sense to the overwhelming majority of Mastodon's new target audience. Someone better mount a really simple front end on the signup process, with zero mention of servers and/or instances, or this thing will never go anywhere.

28 Nov 2022 at 7:32 | Open on mstdn.social
Tim Anderson

@mattblaze @LauraPhillips99 From a user experience perspective, does the instance you are on matter?

28 Nov 2022 at 15:31 | Open on SSelf.co
Elizabeth Tai

@LauraPhillips99 @mattblaze common tech jargon - I use it at work too, but not for Mastodon - Confluence.

28 Nov 2022 at 6:22 | Open on mastodon.world
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