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> You have to make logins for every single one. You don't. You join one - or host your own - and your mastodon instance is connected to the others. You can fol
by dcchambers 4y ago
> You have to make logins for every single one.
You don't. You join one - or host your own - and your mastodon instance is connected to the others. You can follow users on any other public mastodon instance.
- skybrian 4y agoThat is, unless they block each other for some reason. Each site's admins can set their own policy on blocked servers.
- diffeomorphism 4y agoSo? Same as email. If your site is blocked for spam...
- jdrc 4y agounfortunately it is not like email. they don't block for spam, they block for things they don't like. i don't know if it is a cultural problem, or an consequence of the fact that mastodon started in the mid-2010s vs email which is ancient
- VMtest 4y agoI can block emails that I don't like as well... That's their mastodon instances, not anyone else's, it's up to them to do what they want
- skybrian 4y agoAnd that would be fine if everyone ran their own servers. For a new user looking to create an account on someone else's server, it means that which one you pick matters and you need to know the admin policy, which makes "shopping" more difficult. If Mastodon ever takes off for real, I expect that professionally run servers will be pretty popular.
- ipaddr 4y agoYou have to find a host that accepts content for all other nodes you care about. TheFoss server probably isn't carrying anthing adult. So you do need to host your own
- 0xdeadb00f 4y agoNo you don't. You just join a general purpose instance that doesn't block nsfw instances. These are plentiful.