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Afaik, Gab doesn't use Mastodon anymore. They did start as a Mastodon instance, but after being blocked from most instances and even at the software level by mo

Afaik, Gab doesn't use Mastodon anymore. They did start as a Mastodon instance, but after being blocked from most instances and even at the software level by most Mastodon apps, they stopped using Mastodon and I believe wrote their own new backend that does not federate.

BlueTemplar 6y ago
Source please ? Wikipedia is not completely clear about the subject ("customized Mastodon fork") : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)
- sundarurfriend 6y ago
  Not very official but: https://todon.nl/@isolategab/105362599835139257 https://todon.nl/@isolategab/105362599835139257 Direct link to screenshot of post from someone from Gab (from the above page): https://todon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/105/362/596/471/665/810/original/c5dd5d93e9188899.png https://todon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/105/362/596/... Here's the commit that removes the Public/All timeline (the above image mentions that removal): https://code.gab.com/gab/social/gab-social/-/commit/7ad7fe06bdd55456ba82ff4d900d6b6bcdfe2e41 https://code.gab.com/gab/social/gab-social/-/commit/7ad7fe06... Couldn't find when exactly Federation capability was removed, since that's less obvious from the commit messages (as someone who doesn't know Mastodon internals). It's still based on the Mastodon fork, but they seem to have been changing the code constantly even before this (based on information under #gab on Mastodon), so it's not clear how much it resembles the Mastodon source by now. PS: Somehow looking at the source repo and commit messages makes this more "real" for me, more than any screenshots or the user-facing site itself. It's a weird feeling.
BlueTemplar 6y ago
Looks like Gab has silently broken federation a few months ago : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715513

BlueTemplar 6y ago

Source please ? Wikipedia is not completely clear about the subject ("customized Mastodon fork") : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)

sundarurfriend 6y ago
Not very official but: https://todon.nl/@isolategab/105362599835139257 https://todon.nl/@isolategab/105362599835139257 Direct link to screenshot of post from someone from Gab (from the above page): https://todon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/105/362/596/471/665/810/original/c5dd5d93e9188899.png https://todon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/105/362/596/... Here's the commit that removes the Public/All timeline (the above image mentions that removal): https://code.gab.com/gab/social/gab-social/-/commit/7ad7fe06bdd55456ba82ff4d900d6b6bcdfe2e41 https://code.gab.com/gab/social/gab-social/-/commit/7ad7fe06... Couldn't find when exactly Federation capability was removed, since that's less obvious from the commit messages (as someone who doesn't know Mastodon internals). It's still based on the Mastodon fork, but they seem to have been changing the code constantly even before this (based on information under #gab on Mastodon), so it's not clear how much it resembles the Mastodon source by now. PS: Somehow looking at the source repo and commit messages makes this more "real" for me, more than any screenshots or the user-facing site itself. It's a weird feeling.

BlueTemplar 6y ago

Looks like Gab has silently broken federation a few months ago : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715513