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Chris Trottier

So here's what I hope @torvalds's usage of Akkoma results in:

* Movement away from the mentality that "Mastodon is the Fediverse"
* Further development of varied Fediverse services
* More innovation for ActivityPub's potential

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?

16 Mar 2023 at 6:55 | Open on mastodon.social
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TeaPolitics

@atomicpoet @torvalds
At this point the only ones not Federated or on their way are...
I think MySpace and LiveJournal?

16 Mar 2023 at 6:58 | Open on toot.io
Chris Trottier

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.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:01 | Open on mastodon.social
TeaPolitics

@atomicpoet
I suspect Kal Penn and 3 nerds could get the ball rolling on that.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:03 | Open on toot.io
Eugen Rochko

@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.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:03 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

@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 😉

16 Mar 2023 at 7:05 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko

@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.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

@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.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:16 | Open on mastodon.social
Alex Waddell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

@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”.
16 Mar 2023 at 7:48 | Open on mastodon.scot
anggiar :dumpsterfire:

@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.

16 Mar 2023 at 7:06 | Open on mstdn.social
Osma A
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@atomicpoet the *oma family still has one of the worst interfaces of the current internet

16 Mar 2023 at 8:18 | Open on akiba.social
Doug Bates

@atomicpoet @torvalds
Sorry if a dumb question, but I am new to all this (and never used any of the corporate platforms previously - thru choice & distaste).
Q: If

16 Mar 2023 at 10:25 | Open on home.social
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