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Mastodon seems like a promising alternative. From the description: "Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial pl

Mastodon seems like a promising alternative. From the description: "Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust — whichever you choose, you can interact with everyone else. Anyone can run their own Mastodon instance and participate in the social network seamlessly." https://mastodon.social/about https://mastodon.social/about

jug 9y ago
I tried to sign up using both a hotmail.com and gmail.com mail address but it's saying both are invalid and turning the text field to red. shrug I've confirmed I'm actually on the sign up page and not the login page.
- novia 9y ago
  "Due to exceptionally high traffic, registrations on this instance are closed until quality of service can be assured for existing users." Maybe try again later?
bigbugbag 9y ago
With all the buzz around mastodon lately, several of its claims and people expectation have been debunked. Mastodon is just another of the alternatives that already exist and is mostly a take on twitter and microblogging.
- novia 9y ago
  This is a little off topic but, I'm curious, does Mastodon have policies regarding what sorts of photos can be shared on their site? If so, do they have admins that review reported photos to make sure they should be removed? I'm a little confused about how this decentralized thing works. A problem I have with Facebook and other social media sites is that they define topless photos of women to be lewd and therefore not allowed, but allow topless photos of men. If Mastodon explicitly allows their users to post those sorts of photos without censorship, them I will definitely be signing up. > Mastodon [...] is mostly a take on twitter Oddly enough, twitter is just about the only social media site that does not remove topless photos of women. So, if it is essentially just a twitter clone, I am slightly less interested.
  - confounded 9y ago
    It's software/protocols, not a company. Moderation is up to the people that run the server, which allows people to find the policies/servers/communities that suit them best. It's the least-bad solution to the moderation problem I've heard of.

jug 9y ago

I tried to sign up using both a hotmail.com and gmail.com mail address but it's saying both are invalid and turning the text field to red. shrug I've confirmed I'm actually on the sign up page and not the login page.

novia 9y ago
"Due to exceptionally high traffic, registrations on this instance are closed until quality of service can be assured for existing users." Maybe try again later?

bigbugbag 9y ago

With all the buzz around mastodon lately, several of its claims and people expectation have been debunked. Mastodon is just another of the alternatives that already exist and is mostly a take on twitter and microblogging.

novia 9y ago
This is a little off topic but, I'm curious, does Mastodon have policies regarding what sorts of photos can be shared on their site? If so, do they have admins that review reported photos to make sure they should be removed? I'm a little confused about how this decentralized thing works. A problem I have with Facebook and other social media sites is that they define topless photos of women to be lewd and therefore not allowed, but allow topless photos of men. If Mastodon explicitly allows their users to post those sorts of photos without censorship, them I will definitely be signing up. > Mastodon [...] is mostly a take on twitter Oddly enough, twitter is just about the only social media site that does not remove topless photos of women. So, if it is essentially just a twitter clone, I am slightly less interested.
- confounded 9y ago
  It's software/protocols, not a company. Moderation is up to the people that run the server, which allows people to find the policies/servers/communities that suit them best. It's the least-bad solution to the moderation problem I've heard of.