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I thought of Mastodon as more of a protocol than a single entity, so I didn’t even realize there was a “Mastodon” entity or “Mastodon’s app.” But even though I
by xp84 4y ago
I thought of Mastodon as more of a protocol than a single entity, so I didn’t even realize there was a “Mastodon” entity or “Mastodon’s app.”
But even though I was technically wrong, I’ll continue to not care what this “Mastodon” entity does as long as they leave me alone, which they have to, since they don’t control the instance I use, nor the app that I use (Ivory)
- smoldesu 4y ago> I didn’t even realize there was a “Mastodon” entity or “Mastodon’s app.” There isn't, really. There's an official "Mastodon" instance and accompanying app (that supports other instances), both made by the Mastodon lead developer. OP seems to be going hyperbolic over them recommending the lead developer's instance when you're onboarding. Not really the end of the world, but as a non-Twitter user I'm willing to believe I'm missing something too. Fear not, though. Mastodon is still Open Source, ActivityPub is still alive, and the lead dev seems to mostly care about catering to Mastodon users rather than Twitter ones.
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