Gregory's Server@kissane ... sadly, some instances of Number 2 were actually just misrepresented.
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I was told picking a server didn’t matter... migrating is easy
Of course it matters.
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I’ve set up 4 accounts, each on a different server, and don’t know how to amalgamate all the people
As above. Like why would you want to amalgamate all of the people? Unless you had some misinformation at the start that made this seem like a good idea.
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the federation model is a mess and it’s impossible to use
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@kissane ... yes, the federation model is messy. It's trying to replicate human social structures, it's going to be messy.
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discovered I was on some kind of different continent from my friends, and could not follow them, nor they Immediately felt frustration and disgust and never looked back
But you didn't move to the new continent to be with your friends?
To me, Mastodon participation is citizenship, not "userdom". A lot of the quotes belie that people don't want citizenship?