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I want to try Mastadon, but after giving up all social media (besides some private slack/irc/discord servers, hn, and reddit) I don't know if I want to go back

• yogthos 8y ago
  FWIW I find that Mastodon doesn't have the same effect as commercial social media because it's not designed to suck you in and keep you engaged so you can be monetized. There's little drama that I've observed on Mastodon compared to Twitter. People mostly just post things they're interested in and have discussions about them. Since Mastodon is decentralized, you can find a community that fits your interests best. And since Mastodon is a federation of small communities with common interests the interactions tend to be more meaningful. Mastodon also allows turning off boosts and retoots, so you only see notifications when somebody messages you or replies to your toot. I find this alone makes it much easier to step away from it.
• gerdesj 8y ago
  You and me both (however I still have a FB account for some reason). I keep on hearing about Mastadon but haven't dabbled. I have access to quite a lot of hardware and internets ... right ... deploy VM and let's have a play. https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation#running-mastodon https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation#running-mastodon
  • AsyncAwait 8y ago
    I found the Docker option to be the best route, especially as far as updating is concerned.