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I guess "joins" means created account..

by riku_iki 3y ago

als0 3y ago
...and their own server...
jayknight 3y ago
Well, they're running their own mastodon instance at wikimedia.social.
WolfeReader 3y ago
More than that, in this case. They're hosting an entire instance.
thewataccount 3y ago
Beyond the fact that they created an entire instance - > I guess "joins" means created account.. I do think this statement would be accurate, you are "joining" if you create an account. At least I don't see an argument for how creating an official account wouldn't count as "joining" - although it's admittedly boring if that's all they did.
- Kye 3y ago
  That's what I had in mind when writing a suitable title. They joined the Fediverse by making their own instance, then joined Mastodon by creating an account on that instance.
- riku_iki 3y ago
  > I do think this statement would be accurate, you are "joining" if you create an account. I personally was confused, and initially thought Wikimedia joined corresponding orgs, became codebase contributor, etc. But maybe that's me not familiar with his topic.
libraryatnight 3y ago
Even if that were the case, and others have pointed out it's not, what would your point be?
proactivesvcs 3y ago
Yeah, joined by renting masto.host's service. Nothing against masto.host but Wikimedia are not running their own server, or really their own instance. It's a net positive but it's not the decentralised, independent example that it could be.
Aeolun 3y ago
Yeah, I read the headline and was briefly completely mystified until I opened the article. This reads like the title of s ‘Beautiful journey… chosen to join [company]’ post.
- Kye 3y ago
  I think we're past the point where Mastodon is obscure enough to need extra explanation in a place like this. This is a completely ordinary title form for people and organizations joining new platforms and technologies. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22joins+Twitter%22 https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22joins+Twitter%22 Notable examples: Bill Gates: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1064772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1064772 Tim Berners-Lee: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898727 The Pope: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4897631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4897631 The CIA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7862990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7862990 Warren Buffet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5645650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5645650 It coexists with other uses.
shapefrog 3y ago
I guess "reading the article" means skip the headline and rush to the comment section to have your own special unique hot take.

I guess "joins" means created account..

als0 3y ago

...and their own server...

jayknight 3y ago

Well, they're running their own mastodon instance at wikimedia.social.

WolfeReader 3y ago

More than that, in this case. They're hosting an entire instance.

thewataccount 3y ago

Beyond the fact that they created an entire instance - > I guess "joins" means created account.. I do think this statement would be accurate, you are "joining" if you create an account. At least I don't see an argument for how creating an official account wouldn't count as "joining" - although it's admittedly boring if that's all they did.

Kye 3y ago
That's what I had in mind when writing a suitable title. They joined the Fediverse by making their own instance, then joined Mastodon by creating an account on that instance.
riku_iki 3y ago
> I do think this statement would be accurate, you are "joining" if you create an account. I personally was confused, and initially thought Wikimedia joined corresponding orgs, became codebase contributor, etc. But maybe that's me not familiar with his topic.

libraryatnight 3y ago

Even if that were the case, and others have pointed out it's not, what would your point be?

proactivesvcs 3y ago

Yeah, joined by renting masto.host's service. Nothing against masto.host but Wikimedia are not running their own server, or really their own instance. It's a net positive but it's not the decentralised, independent example that it could be.

Aeolun 3y ago

Yeah, I read the headline and was briefly completely mystified until I opened the article. This reads like the title of s ‘Beautiful journey… chosen to join [company]’ post.

Kye 3y ago
I think we're past the point where Mastodon is obscure enough to need extra explanation in a place like this. This is a completely ordinary title form for people and organizations joining new platforms and technologies. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22joins+Twitter%22 https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22joins+Twitter%22 Notable examples: Bill Gates: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1064772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1064772 Tim Berners-Lee: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=898727 The Pope: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4897631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4897631 The CIA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7862990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7862990 Warren Buffet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5645650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5645650 It coexists with other uses.

shapefrog 3y ago

I guess "reading the article" means skip the headline and rush to the comment section to have your own special unique hot take.