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Sure, but these aren't my words, and you told me to stop complaining about something that I didn't complain about. I can't teach you basic rules of attributing

Sure, but these aren't my words, and you told me to stop complaining about something that I didn't complain about. I can't teach you basic rules of attributing speech, either. In particular, the original submission has a comment which, among other things, said: > The author seems under to be under the wrong impression that Mastodon servers are isolated communities (and therefore compares them to subreddits). This is incorrect. (...) And then a person further replied with: > This is only true among mastodon servers that connect to each other. As I recall, most servers would not talk to gab's servers. It is as if there existed only two exclusive options: either you federate with Gab, or your server is a lone island. If you share the same sentiment, I think I can understand your wider experience and frustration with the Fediverse.

snickerbockers 4y ago
do you have a point you're trying to make?
- phoe-krk 4y ago
  Sure, in no particular order: * Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug; * You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon; * If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others; * I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way; * You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that.
  - snickerbockers 4y ago
    >* Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug; i never disagreed with that part just the part where you thought that means that instances that don't federate actually do federate. > * You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon; always nice to meet with a fan >* If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others; Of course not, that comes from all the other instances its also not federating with. >* I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way; then this is all just a big misunderstanding and your original post was completely irrelevant to the thread > You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that. Gee whiz not the internet forum moderators! what ever shall i do? please don't take away my upvotes!

snickerbockers 4y ago

do you have a point you're trying to make?

phoe-krk 4y ago
Sure, in no particular order: * Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug; * You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon; * If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others; * I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way; * You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that.
- snickerbockers 4y ago
  >* Choosing not to federate, just like choosing to federate, is a feature, not a bug; i never disagreed with that part just the part where you thought that means that instances that don't federate actually do federate. > * You no longer lose your followers during account migration on Mastodon; always nice to meet with a fan >* If my instance does not federate with e.g. Gab, it does not mean that my instance is an insular community disconnected from others; Of course not, that comes from all the other instances its also not federating with. >* I'm not complaining about Fediverse instances being insular communities and in fact I don't experience them being that way; then this is all just a big misunderstanding and your original post was completely irrelevant to the thread > You're getting multiple posts in a row flagged off HN and there's likely a common reason for that. Gee whiz not the internet forum moderators! what ever shall i do? please don't take away my upvotes!