Post APE2C7ZFk6m40kIZCy by john@liberdon.com
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(DIR) Post #APDHztyfqezYUoQNGq by Gargron@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T02:23:33Z
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199,430 is the number of new users across different Mastodon servers since October 27, along with 437 new servers. This bring last day's total to 608,837 active users, which is without precedent the highest it's ever been for Mastodon and the fediverse.
(DIR) Post #APDX0ZLnWVPg7m15ii by emax@hci.social
2022-11-03T02:47:07Z
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@Gargron amazing! genuine question: how are you able to get these stats given the decentralised nature of mastodon? is there some centralised reporting across the whole fediverse to you?
(DIR) Post #APDX0kgPODR5GskCsC by jpfox@m.g3l.org
2022-11-03T05:46:21Z
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@emaxhttps://the-federation.info/ @Gargron
(DIR) Post #APDXc6ZOydxRrpHJUe by haikushack@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T02:25:57Z
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@Gargron Super impressive numbers! I'm just confused by the concept of servers. Are these people spread across those new servers and can we access all from the mastodon.social platform?
(DIR) Post #APDXc7611O2tUyXMKO by jpfox@m.g3l.org
2022-11-03T05:53:10Z
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@haikushackhttps://savjee.be/videos/simply-explained/mastodon-and-fediverse-explained/ @Gargron
(DIR) Post #APE2C6JcOkfq7xyZCS by IgnisIncendio@tech.lgbt
2022-11-03T02:27:43Z
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@haikushack @Gargron Hello! I can see your post and I’m on another server :verify:
(DIR) Post #APE2C6jqpDepRKFW5Y by haikushack@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T02:28:21Z
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@IgnisIncendio Hello there! So what's the difference between that server and the one I'm in?
(DIR) Post #APE2C78fKxVUgHrKlc by iiogama@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-03T02:31:53Z
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@haikushack @IgnisIncendio Hi from a completely different server. Our servers are run on completely different hardware than your server, and have completely different moderation teams and generally a different culture between our respective local users.
(DIR) Post #APE2C7ZFk6m40kIZCy by john@liberdon.com
2022-11-03T11:35:49Z
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@iiogama @haikushack @IgnisIncendio Also, when switching different servers/instances you _may_ find them running different software with different features, capabilities, and/or rules. On one of mine, "instance-only" posts are common, making having a local account important.And "moderation" often involves one instance blocking entire instances. From here I can't interact with folks on fosstodon, because they blanket-block all of liberdon. And of course some aren't microblogging at all.
(DIR) Post #APG1NXT24r61svBnZA by haikushack@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T02:33:57Z
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@iiogama @IgnisIncendio I'm starting to understand everything! I might join another server later, but I see that if you have the Federated Timeline set up properly, it won't be necessary, as we can all communicate without a hitch.
(DIR) Post #APG1NXnaqPXiugoDc8 by iiogama@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-03T02:35:53Z
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@haikushack @IgnisIncendio Exactly! You should also feel comfortable moving to a different server, if you happen to find one that seems cool to you. Mastodon has easy migration tools for moving servers in the settings.
(DIR) Post #APG1NY89bxzPwSQdf6 by haikushack@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T02:37:58Z
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@iiogama I see! But wouldn't I have to use a different app for each server?
(DIR) Post #APG1NYQEWkS2qWt4qG by iiogama@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-03T02:40:35Z
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@haikushack, the idea is that if you migrate from one server to another, you're shutting down your account on the original server. If you choose to have multiple accounts on different servers (which is a valid option), then you may want to use a different app than the official app. Toot! on iOS for example allows multiple accounts and you can switch between them pretty darn easily.
(DIR) Post #APG1NYmZBiJdxnKueW by Parnikkapore@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T03:18:22Z
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@iiogama @haikushack On the "official" Android app, you can tap and hold the profile pic on the bottom right to bring up an account switcher. I'm not sure if the same thing exists on iOS, however!
(DIR) Post #APG1NZJXD8gfc2lF2W by haikushack@mastodon.social
2022-11-03T03:19:23Z
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@Parnikkapore I am not a fan of apps, I do pretty much everything from my computer. But thank you!
(DIR) Post #APG1NZdO1KZCbc35yy by b1keridingpinko@mastodon.online
2022-11-03T12:25:00Z
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@Parnikkapore @haikushack I found this diagram last week. Investigate before you move to another instance (server) - you can migrate your followers but who you follow you have to do all over again - you can download the list of them. And your toots/posts don't migrate either. What I've seen some people say they're doing is setting up their own instance which means they will have control over their own data and still have access as per below to what they want to. Hope that helps a bit.
(DIR) Post #APLuLcL2NLBNO0AGv2 by Balkingpoints@mastodon.online
2022-11-03T13:10:01Z
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@Gargron Long time Twitter user here. Based on the platform and decentralized operators, a lot of progressives on Twitter would move here when Musk guts the Twitter TOS and lets trolls and propaganda run amok.As I mentioned, the different servers do put up roadblocks to a unified town square. If possible the software needs to detect your @ user info and not ask you to enter it when boosting or following across servers. #politics #news #voteblue cc: @angiecoiro@birdbots.leptonics.com
(DIR) Post #APLuLd2HmXmFY8OoKW by IcyGrillz@noagendasocial.com
2022-11-07T06:45:36Z
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@Balkingpoints @Gargron @angiecoiro