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And a bit of a pain to separate and isolate yourself across it. I no longer have the inclination to blast myself everywhere on the intertubes. That era of "sign

And a bit of a pain to separate and isolate yourself across it. I no longer have the inclination to blast myself everywhere on the intertubes. That era of "signing up for everything" is over. Deleted my FB account last year but rarely used it to begin with. Never linked my IG account with FB either but am waiting for a reasonable excuse to delete it as well.

3np 5y ago
If you want more fine-grained control over federation than Mastodon (which already has the basic knobs), Pleroma is more flexible in that regard. It’s trivial to set up in a way that your content never leaves your server if you want, blanket or per-post. Note I’m saying that content flows across servers and implementation, not that all of these share federated auth. You can not “sign in” on any other server than the one you registered with. Some people have multiple accounts on multiple servers, some stick to one. fosstodon.org is a great one for floss and Linux talk if you don’t want to run your own. BTW, check my HN profile if anyone wants to be friends :)
- iszomer 5y ago
  > ..not that all of these share federated auth. You can not “sign in” on any other server than the one you registered with. Oh definitely, I haven't conflated the two. The issue (at least for me) is I haven't found a way to limit mass propagation of content. Things I post in one federated instance may not jibe for others when it is a two-way street. Vice versa, maybe I don't want the exposure from more radical persuasions and/or content. Trying to reconcile the tradeoffs is also an issue in of itself as well.
  - 3np 5y ago
    If you're willing to run your own instance, Pleroma is the way to go. Maybe Misskey, haven't tried yet. You can specify arbitrary (including one-way) federation and content propagation policies. I'm also assuming that the support in server software for non-moderator users to have better control (assuming trust in the operator of course) will continue to improve over time.

3np 5y ago

If you want more fine-grained control over federation than Mastodon (which already has the basic knobs), Pleroma is more flexible in that regard. It’s trivial to set up in a way that your content never leaves your server if you want, blanket or per-post. Note I’m saying that content flows across servers and implementation, not that all of these share federated auth. You can not “sign in” on any other server than the one you registered with. Some people have multiple accounts on multiple servers, some stick to one. fosstodon.org is a great one for floss and Linux talk if you don’t want to run your own. BTW, check my HN profile if anyone wants to be friends :)

iszomer 5y ago
> ..not that all of these share federated auth. You can not “sign in” on any other server than the one you registered with. Oh definitely, I haven't conflated the two. The issue (at least for me) is I haven't found a way to limit mass propagation of content. Things I post in one federated instance may not jibe for others when it is a two-way street. Vice versa, maybe I don't want the exposure from more radical persuasions and/or content. Trying to reconcile the tradeoffs is also an issue in of itself as well.
- 3np 5y ago
  If you're willing to run your own instance, Pleroma is the way to go. Maybe Misskey, haven't tried yet. You can specify arbitrary (including one-way) federation and content propagation policies. I'm also assuming that the support in server software for non-moderator users to have better control (assuming trust in the operator of course) will continue to improve over time.