 Can't get over the fact Linux Torvalds (@torvalds) is running Akkoma! And not only that, kernel.org's official Fediverse server is running on Akkoma too! Whether he realizes it or not, that's quite a political choice 😁 Whatever @torvalds uses is usually interpreted as an endorsement. So think about it: 1. He's on the Fediverse Further reading: https://coffee-and-dreams.uk/development/2022/06/24/akkoma.html 21 comments
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Wow, I hope to muster up the courage to migrate to akkoma in the future. I am a bit scared of breaking stuff. 😅 So here's what I hope @torvalds's usage of Akkoma results in: * Movement away from the mentality that "Mastodon is the Fediverse" After all, we wouldn't want to miss Linus Torvald's posts just because one well-known client doesn't want to support Akkoma, right? @atomicpoet @torvalds Now what if Barack Obama decided to start his own self-hosted Calckey server? Clients would probably find a way to support Calckey in a jiffy.  @atomicpoet You will not miss @torvalds’s posts because Mastodon federates with Akkoma, not because of anything a client can or cannot do. These are completely separate layers. @Gargron There's a certain client (who I'm not putting on blast) that doesn't display posts from non-Mastodon servers. I don't know how they manage this -- but they do. Interestingly, the best Pleroma/Akkoma client for iOS is the official Mastodon app 😉 @atomicpoet A client has no way of knowing what software generated a post on the other end. All posts are uniform in the Mastodon API, federation is handled by the server entirely. There is no way for a client to not display posts from non-Mastodon servers. @Gargron You say there's no way, and you probably can't imagine it happening -- but I'm saying it's happened with a specific client. @atomicpoet @Gargron it is 100% true and very disappointing tbh. Compare @IceCubesApp where it shows I’m following Linus versus the other one… the Ice Cubes screenshot is taken BEFORE the other one. Hopefully it’s a “mistake”. @atomicpoet @torvalds damn, if it weren’t because of your post, I would never know that Linus made a Fedi account as it is not appear on search result. @anggiar @torvalds He made his first post yesterday. https://social.kernel.org/notice/ATcXm6Z9dVSQTt6QQi @atomicpoet @torvalds Fedi got a lot of catching up to do when it comes to information dissemination.  @atomicpoet @torvalds Well, but are we sure #Akkoma is compatible with itself? @atomicpoet @torvalds  @atomicpoet @torvalds I don't think kernel.org running Akkoma is a statement of anything more than "Akkoma is a solid piece of software that does the job in this usecase" @atomicpoet I'm happy that he's not using Mastodon so that he doesn't contribute to a monoculture (unlike me and you), but what do politics have to do with choosing Akkoma? The article you linked says the Pleroma developers were divided by some design choices regarding free speech of which I still don't understand, but how is choosing Akkoma or Pleroma for your own server political at all? I don't think Pleroma has some AI that restricts free speech or something. |
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