Post AaS2cb897DeeP19sZ6 by feditips@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AaQwDYN5RVHvisrTRA by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-04T14:24:59Z
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Many, many people have asked about error messages when using mastodon.social.Mastodon.social is far too large. Its massive size causes errors, and threatens the long term safety of the whole Fediverse.I strongly encourage people on mastodon.social to move their account to another server.You can find reliable servers on the official site at https://joinmastodon.org/servers or my own recommended list at https://fedi.gardenHere's a step-by-step guide for moving: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
(DIR) Post #AaQyV17lzbc5jK9amu by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-04T17:52:08Z
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Just to clarify, I am not suggesting signing up on a random server with no track record.The server lists I linked to have very specific requirements to be listed (https://joinmastodon.org/covenant and https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/).Also, many of these servers have been going for years without problems. You can browse the servers on fedi.garden listed by year of foundation:https://fedi.garden/servers-sorted-by-founding-year/
(DIR) Post #AaQyV1ofQ7vNsMDqe8 by getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz
2023-10-04T17:58:46.830315Z
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@feditips well, if someone makes a new instance and they get to invite their friends there to have fun on fedi, technically they sign up on a random server with no track record. :blobcatgoogly:
(DIR) Post #AaS2aZGH5pI21jzak4 by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-04T14:48:31Z
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@m @stephan The optimum is partly what percentage of the entire network are on a single server. Mastodon.social's percentage of all users is far too high (something like 15-20%), and the promotion of mastodon.social as a "default" server with other servers sidelined is just making it worse.
(DIR) Post #AaS2cYJjZg8pg5Yai8 by richardgrant@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T16:55:48Z
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@feditips I question whether you should be editorializing from the Fedi.tips account. Many people have come to rely on you for understanding how to use mastodon (and the fediverse generally), and will assume you're speaking in some official capacity.But what you're doing is advocating for a particular view of the fediverse — which I consider alarmist and, at the very least, open to debate. There's no objective standard by which a server can be declared "too large." Why stoke this conflict?
(DIR) Post #AaS2cZ9UTFXeGblvNo by richardgrant@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T17:04:01Z
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@feditips If you *are* going to push people toward smaller servers, at least acknowledge some of the problems that may arise. The admin may get overwhelmed, depressed, or fed up — and just quit, with minimal notice. The server then ceases to exist. This happens all the time.The admins of small servers often feud with one another, and with larger servers, which leads to impulsive defederation, which messes up the user experience. There's no easy way to foresee which servers will be affected.
(DIR) Post #AaS2cZqjsS8WQk0SnI by richardgrant@mastodon.social
2023-10-04T17:11:05Z
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@feditips Moderation cuts two ways. Yes, bigger servers have more posts and more posters to moderate. But they also, being larger, can field a well-trained moderation team. With small servers, what you've typically got is one admin and maybe a couple of (volunteer) helpers. Maybe they are good at what they do. But maybe they're erratic, distracted, or just not suited to the task. It's quite difficult really, and more complex than one might think.
(DIR) Post #AaS2caQBkeUcCgam36 by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-04T17:37:36Z
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@richardgrant ". But they also, being larger, can field a well-trained moderation team. "I don't follow the logic there?Why would moderation on a server with a million users be better than on a server with a thousand users?If anything, going by experience of the Fediverse, the moderation on massive servers is much worse. The ratio of staff to users tends to become lower as a server grows, which leads to lower quality moderation.
(DIR) Post #AaS2cb897DeeP19sZ6 by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-04T17:41:10Z
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@richardgrant "With small servers, what you've typically got is one admin and maybe a couple of (volunteer) helpers."It's not the numbers that matter, it's the ratio.If a server has a thousand people and one moderator, that's 1:1000.For Facebook to match that ratio they would need three million moderators, which they clearly don't have. Meta's entire employee count is only 70,000.That's why massive networks depend heavily on automated moderation, they don't have enough people.
(DIR) Post #Aaeu2DV1aCe4TIbT0q by stevenroose@x0f.org
2023-10-11T11:14:42Z
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@feditipsWhere are the "activism" or "politics" categories in fedi.garden? :)
(DIR) Post #AaevCMxNNM6OeXGliC by feditips@mstdn.social
2023-10-11T11:27:37Z
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@stevenroose Could you message me on my @FediGarden account? It's easier for me to keep track of things that way.