Post AV4WYqlpiwMbX2tiFc by jeff@indieweb.social
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 (DIR) Post #AV3AbWGC2qXIdi0QmO by matt@oslo.town
       2023-04-26T17:00:42Z
       
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       @jemal @Meyerweb Defederating .social is a stupid idea but I think there’s a perfectly valid point in saying, in order to keep the mastodon network decentralised, the official Mastodon app shouldn’t point to signing up to .social as the default option.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV3CxkBj8pp27DdsUi by matt@oslo.town
       2023-04-26T17:27:06Z
       
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       @harald I know. I know. I have PixelFed, I have PeerTube, I have an ActivityPub enabled blog.  That’s why I specifically said the “mastodon network” because I’m talking specifically about “all the servers in the fediverse that run mastodon”
       
 (DIR) Post #AV4WYpsX2Y7ylX1Y3M by jemal@jemal.contact
       2023-04-26T17:10:33Z
       
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       @matt @Meyerweb I just think the gap between “people are doing things that I would not prefer even if they aren’t necessarily harmful and are totally within their rights” and “we should cast them out never to be seen again because of some paranoid nonsense about how a guy who has dedicated much of his life to stewarding the largest part of the fediverse” is enormous and a lot more worrying to me than what Eugen and Co. are doing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV4WYqlpiwMbX2tiFc by jeff@indieweb.social
       2023-04-27T03:37:27Z
       
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       @jemal @matt @Meyerweb Also, let’s keep things in perspective:A clearly-labeled option to pick one’s own server can be found… just 12 pts below.(With a “Learn more” button linking to a page explaining what federation entails below that)If this is a mustache-twirling eeevil capitalist plot to spend half a decade creating a decentralized social network only to corral it for one’s own, I’m just not seeing it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV4WYrLdZp0HK5eJ3g by jeff@indieweb.social
       2023-04-27T03:42:10Z
       
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       @jemal @matt @Meyerweb I’m sure Eugen is open to feedback about the UX of that screen, but treating it as a conspiracy — and dismissing the (rather understandable) need to simplify things, because having to pick a server is absolutely a sticking point for a lot of people — is just bonkers.If Mastodon fails to live up to its potential it’ll be because too many people put absolute ideological purity ahead of addressing user needs.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV4WYrrXfCWYv2Zmmu by jeff@indieweb.social
       2023-04-27T03:43:07Z
       
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       @jemal @matt @Meyerweb Anyhow, from my perspective, if there is anything to fault about that screen it is its inconsistent use of title case.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV4WYsNRka2qVzVGW8 by matt@oslo.town
       2023-04-27T08:41:29Z
       
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       @jeff What are you talking About. 😏