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People use software, the value add Mastodon has over GnuSocial is that it's software that advertises itself to users on its own merits. (Well that and a moderat

People use software, the value add Mastodon has over GnuSocial is that it's software that advertises itself to users on its own merits. (Well that and a moderation policy that's stricter than Twitter's, supposedly.)

mattl 8y ago
GNU social was never supposed to be a brand seen by end users. The idea was “take our software, make your own network”
spc476 8y ago
Yeah, but I'd like to use software that isn't written in PHP or Ruby (for a variety of reasons, some valid, and some not). If the protocol was better documented, there might be more choice.
- zaarn 8y ago
  There is pleroma which is written in Python and functions with the mastodon web interface natively .
  - marci 8y ago
    Pleroma is written in Elixir https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/#less-moving-parts https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/#less-moving-pa...
    - zaarn 8y ago
      I probably remembered wrong... still not Ruby or php!
- AsyncAwait 8y ago
  The protocol is pretty well documented and even has a tutorial section: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub