Post APSnkresj36LqL3bMW by Ironwood@social.anthro.cc
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(DIR) Post #APSYVE8nry7Fcs8d7I by fristi@akkos.fritu.re
2022-11-10T11:43:48.481203Z
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Hello, and welcome. I hope you're doing well and that mastodon.social hasn't been too wildly confusing for you.What you have joined is not Twitter. It looks a bit like Twitter, and you can microblog just as you did on Twitter. But it is not Twitter. Perhaps you will have already read posts about users trying to explain things to you. How it's not "Mastodon" but "Fediverse" and how there's also Pleroma and Misskey and whatnot. These things are true. But also very technical. I understand that not everyone here is a geek or a nerd or otherwise highly invested in the technicalities, and that's fine.To keep it simple, let's take it one step at a time. What you've joined, Mastodon, is by itself a bit like Twitter. A Twitter-clone, you might say. However, there are many, if not thousands of these Twitter-clones. It's like having a thousand slightly different Twitter websites, all somewhat alike, though not entirely. And the best part? These Twitter-clones can talk to each other. You, on mastodon.social, can talk to anyone who's on one of these other Twitter-clones.We call this "federation". The whole network of all these Twitter-clones is called the "Fediverse". Mastodon, is a -federated- microblogging service.Luckily for you, this is not something you need to constantly worry about. You don't have to keep track of a thousand Twitter clones. All you will notice, is that your handle (that is your username) now looks a bit like an email address. And that not everyone has theirs end in "@mastodon.social". The part behind the @ tells you from what particular Twitter clone that person is. When you look at my profile, you will see I am indeed not from mastodon.social! Indeed, I am talking to you from a very different Twitter clone. And that's all this really is. That's the one important difference to be aware of. Knowing this, you'll be able to realize all the other technicalities of the Fediverse.With this in mind, the most important thing to now realize, is that all these Twitter clones are like little communities. Some, like mastodon.social, are quite generic and somewhat big. You'll find many kinds of people here. Others are like small communities that revolve around particular interests. Some are focused on tech, some art, some music. Others instead might focus on providing a community for people of a specific country. And some Twitter clones might have only a single person on them. The fediverse is like a patchwork blanket of many different communities. This is why some would recommend you not to join mastodon.social, but instead one of these smaller communities. You'll more easily find like-minded people to talk to.So, now that you have a bit of insight on how Mastodon, the Fediverse, and Twitter relate and compare to each other, I hope you will understand this place better, and understand its people a bit better.Lastly, you might wonder when people talk about the Fediverse and how Mastodon is not the same as the Fediverse. As said above, the Fediverse is a network, containing many Twitter clones (among other things). Mastodon is one such Twitter clone.Specifically, Mastodon is a piece of software, a microblogging service, that anyone can host for themselves. There exist other such microblogging services, like Pleroma and Misskey. These are also part of the Fediverse, and you can talk to these Twitter clones in exactly the same way. Once again, this is nothing you need to keep track off, and just a technicality.Besides microblogging services, the Fediverse network also contains other services that can talk to each other. Peertube, is a video hosting service similar to Youtube. Youtube-clones, so to say. And there can be many of them too. And one youtube-clone can view the videos of another youtube-clone. There is also Friendica, which is more like a Facebook-clone. And more! But too much to all name here. But if it peaks your interest, simply ask around! Many of us will gladly tell you.
(DIR) Post #APSmOn219D8PAUmyB6 by nadmin@usne.social
2022-11-10T14:02:15Z
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@fristi what happened to 500 character limit. Lol. đ
(DIR) Post #APSmOnWrIXnwi9DbFY by fristi@akkos.fritu.re
2022-11-10T14:19:30.397179Z
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@nadmin Mastodon has a very specific character limit of 500, however other software like Akkoma or Misskey have much higher limits. This is because the way these services speak to each other, a protocol known as ActivityPub, does not care about the size of posts. They can be any size. However, for the sake of good user experience, Mastodon tries to limit your post size. It can however still show you much larger posts from other servers where such posts are allowed.
(DIR) Post #APSnkresj36LqL3bMW by Ironwood@social.anthro.cc
2022-11-10T14:33:21.303857Z
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Many people i know IRL were utterly unimpressed with Fediverse when I showed them. ânot-twitterâ was their takeaway from my explanation. :blobfoxmelt2:
(DIR) Post #APSnks4lApnl8bAGhM by fristi@akkos.fritu.re
2022-11-10T14:34:42.149005Z
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@Ironwood what was their main issue with it?