Post AWqeSI7GsaEXuBY0XY by phoe@functional.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AWqb2sFXc8IwZybWaG by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2023-06-19T11:04:08Z
       
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       Myth: The #Fediverse™ Is Decentralised™I run my own #Mastodon instance just for myself. An instance of one. What does that mean on today’s fediverse?It means I’m on mastodon.social.What?That makes no sense!Let me explain:Since I have my own instance, surely I decide who I follow and anyone can follow me, right?Wrong.For ~1M accounts, Eugen decides. If he blocks my instance, a large number of people who follow me today will no longer be able to.So I may as well be on his server.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqb2sm9esOOD7rZQ0 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-06-19T11:10:04Z
       
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       @aral Organise the exodus of users from mastodon.social. Let us do a Reddit on this one instance.Stop using Mastodon, the software, which is not very good and extremely resource-hungry, from what I understand.Make the Fediverse truly decentralized again.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqbK3lG4FTnCkdONc by phoe@functional.cafe
       2023-06-19T11:09:23Z
       
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       @aral Dropping this 1M means that 90% of the Fediverse, according to https://fediverse.observer/stats, can still reach you. So, I call bullshit.I hate Eugen's approach as much as you do, but please stop spreading FUD.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqc15hyhi8PhBcRg8 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2023-06-19T11:08:25Z
       
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       The same goes for other large servers.Look at how many of the people you interact with are on the handful of the largest servers and imagine that just those handful of servers blocked your server.Come, let‘s take this further…Apparently Facebook/Meta is “joining” the fediverse. How nice of them. Now imagine that the largest instance is run by Zuckerberg. (Or <insert your favourite Silicon Valley billionaire here>.)Imagine they become large enough to do the same thing to mastodon.social…
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqc16Pa5b0rsQ1Gds by getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz
       2023-06-19T11:20:57.660791Z
       
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       @aral I think a significant majority of people who joined mastosoc either didn't know or didn't care about the alternatives and joined because other people were there as well, even though the protocols of fediverse try to eliminate this issue. The users were used to it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqdOhNGvdUb84krL6 by jsoriano@mastodon.online
       2023-06-19T11:15:21Z
       
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       @aral this is what basically happened with XMPP. All big players joined, only to build walled gardens later and excluding anyone that had their smaller servers.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqeNJDHNER9rKywVM by Hawkmoon@mastodon.social
       2023-06-19T11:42:25Z
       
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       @getimiskon @aral As a recent arrival, it's counterintuitive to me as to why I would move to a smaller server.I'm sure that's my own ignorance, but if you could explain conceptually why we should spread out, that would probably help with the people like me coming over from Reddit to grasp these new ways of doing.A video or guidelines or recommendations.What I found before I came was more descriptive than prescriptive.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqeSHBqK6IR24g91k by babumenos@sunny.garden
       2023-06-19T11:35:04Z
       
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       @aral As much as I agree with your general idea that large servers are a bad idea, I humbly disagree with the notion that therefore, it’d be a “myth” that the fediverse is decentralised. Of course it still is, no matter the influence of any or all large instances!Firstly, I’ll have to agree with @phoe and this reply, https://functional.cafe/@phoe/110570567349604055Secondly, if you are looking for as many followers as possible, what you say has some relevance. But if you are looking for meaningful conversation with like-minded people, the “rest” of the fediverse with its thousands of small servers/instances will certainly be a great place still.@karinC77
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqeSI7GsaEXuBY0XY by phoe@functional.cafe
       2023-06-19T11:36:33Z
       
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       @babumenos @aral @karinC77 And since I've earned myself a block from Aral: No, I've only written you've made a conscious lie; you've written all the rest. Fediverse is not centralized, and you claiming otherwise is, honestly, not "working to make things better" by my standards.I have no other problems with your work and I appreciate it. Just, please, don't spread bullshit like this.And, as @babumenos wrote above, if you're looking for followers by posting clickbait and bullshit, have you considered Twitter instead?
       
 (DIR) Post #AWqf0UZF5oH6MqwHT6 by getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz
       2023-06-19T11:54:28.340015Z
       
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       @Hawkmoon the fediverse is built in a way that you can talk with any user you want, from any instance. So, even if you are in a smaller instance, or even in your own instance (if you can run it), you are still able to communicate with people from mastodon social, if you want to.Also, moving to smaller instances can help those larger instances as well. For example, the users there can experience less issues with the service, the moderation will be easier and the cost to run the instance will be lower.Also, you might want to try another software that provides features that Mastodon doesn't. There are lots of instances out there to try out. For new users, I suggest visiting fediverse.party to see what the fediverse can provide.@aral
       
 (DIR) Post #AWr0qtVpgtpnpSAm1o by dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-06-19T15:59:12Z
       
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       @aral And if, while on "His" server, he decides you are still not worthy of his association, those millions of users will still block or mute you. He could make your life even worse by NOT throwing you off his server but keeping you their friendless and ignored.At least with your own instance, you have choices, using someone else's server you need to abide by their rules and potentially warped views. 🤷‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #AWsUe8EYpyTPVMstRA by Hawkmoon@mastodon.social
       2023-06-20T06:19:22Z
       
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       @getimiskon @aral Thanks, that helps.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWz3CwCk6oFsVJVa8e by freeschool@qoto.org
       2023-06-23T13:03:19Z
       
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       @aneel @pls @aral MASTODON AS MAIL! (Semi-related... based on existing direct messages and activity pub style smtp, only accepting white-listed messages as to not need  much spam management)Includes some interested people and graphics I did for it in posts below...https://qoto.org/@freeschool/108521437249228849https://qoto.org/@freeschool/109240443194281837https://qoto.org/@freeschool/109626152626446989https://qoto.org/@wes/107792520583552969https://qoto.org/@freeschool/108748319656535301https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/109240451438432825https://fedi.tyil.nl/notes/9527aivuijhttps://social.touha.me/@dragnucs/108986525927214688https://qoto.org/@freeschool/109737999583943396https://qoto.org/@wes/107862014346507474
       
 (DIR) Post #AX2ofvjgD25olg7Y80 by jcb2016_@mastodon.social
       2023-06-25T02:33:51Z
       
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       @getimiskon @aral I was just reading about Meta and this is what happend to me. I left Reddit during the blackout. still happening and i came to mastodon, lemmy and kbin because everyone is doing it. I really don't know what to do now. Meta will destroy the #fediverse period!