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Perhaps it would be better to submit https://joinmastodon.org https://joinmastodon.org instead of the flagship instance. The project homepage has links to all t

by daveid 9y ago

Perhaps it would be better to submit https://joinmastodon.org https://joinmastodon.org instead of the flagship instance. The project homepage has links to all the info as well as a directory of servers (instances), which might spread out new users better.

KGIII 9y ago
One that may interest HN is called mathstodon.
- ColinWright 9y ago
  Found at https://mathstodon.xyz/ https://mathstodon.xyz/
j_s 9y ago
When did the 'flagship instance' begin accepting new users again? I wonder how long it will last this time, and whether or not this HN post will affect that! Of all the random strangers hosting the service, I waited until I could get onto the instance hosted by the actual project itself; the bus factor feels higher, and the account suspension process less arbitrary. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406103653/https://mastodon.social/about https://web.archive.org/web/20170406103653/https://mastodon.... (April 2017) Due to exceptionally high traffic, registrations on this instance are closed until quality of service can be assured for existing users. Choose one of the various other public instances to sign up! https://web.archive.org/web/20170806214711/https://mastodon.social/about https://web.archive.org/web/20170806214711/https://mastodon.... (August 2017) Given that this is most shared instance, to preserve the ideals of decentralization we have closed sign ups in favour of spreading new users through the various alternative instances — you get the same network wherever you sign up. Click below to find one:
- kmfrk 9y ago
  Gargron closed it off during its peak, not because of the load, but because mastodon.social became too synonymous with Mastodon proper, so he forced people to go to other instances so everyone wouldn't be in the same basket of eggs. A few months later, I think mastodon.social has been fairly open to signups, especially now that we've got all these French and Japanese instances up and running.
- api 9y ago
  ... and here we have one of the largest problems with the federated model of decentralization. Who wants to be in a province when they could wait for an account in Rome? Throw in a DHT and a key pair for every user and you could fully divorce account ID from instance.

by daveid 9y ago

KGIII 9y ago

One that may interest HN is called mathstodon.

ColinWright 9y ago
Found at https://mathstodon.xyz/ https://mathstodon.xyz/

j_s 9y ago

When did the 'flagship instance' begin accepting new users again? I wonder how long it will last this time, and whether or not this HN post will affect that! Of all the random strangers hosting the service, I waited until I could get onto the instance hosted by the actual project itself; the bus factor feels higher, and the account suspension process less arbitrary. https://web.archive.org/web/20170406103653/https://mastodon.social/about https://web.archive.org/web/20170406103653/https://mastodon.... (April 2017) Due to exceptionally high traffic, registrations on this instance are closed until quality of service can be assured for existing users. Choose one of the various other public instances to sign up! https://web.archive.org/web/20170806214711/https://mastodon.social/about https://web.archive.org/web/20170806214711/https://mastodon.... (August 2017) Given that this is most shared instance, to preserve the ideals of decentralization we have closed sign ups in favour of spreading new users through the various alternative instances — you get the same network wherever you sign up. Click below to find one:

kmfrk 9y ago
Gargron closed it off during its peak, not because of the load, but because mastodon.social became too synonymous with Mastodon proper, so he forced people to go to other instances so everyone wouldn't be in the same basket of eggs. A few months later, I think mastodon.social has been fairly open to signups, especially now that we've got all these French and Japanese instances up and running.
api 9y ago
... and here we have one of the largest problems with the federated model of decentralization. Who wants to be in a province when they could wait for an account in Rome? Throw in a DHT and a key pair for every user and you could fully divorce account ID from instance.