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Mastodon plus the rest of the Fediverse is a good idea. See a big list of servers here: https://fedidb.org/network https://fedidb.org/network
by _hypx 3y ago
Mastodon plus the rest of the Fediverse is a good idea. See a big list of servers here: https://fedidb.org/network https://fedidb.org/network
- adamredwoods 3y agoIt's a good idea, but it's not clear how to navigate it. Centralized social media is easier to participate and browse.
- _hypx 3y agoCentralized social media is the reason why we're in the mess we're in right now. Eventually, someone will come up with an effective way to navigate decentralized social media. It will likely mirror what Google did for Web 1.0.
- intended 3y agoAll federated systems will be centralized. Once you get a way to navigate federated things, the navigation becomes the core of the experience. The crux of the internet experience is that Quantity is a quality in itself. Once the navigation window becomes core, and handles the highest volumes, it’s easier to streamline monetary rewards to a single place. Federated communities that work better with whatever navigator/window/Tool is created do well, and will have more resources to expand and gain users.
- _hypx 3y agoYou can replace the centralized navigation system in a federated system if it becomes necessary. But that is not possible in a centralized social media system. Everything is permanently centralized in that system.
- presbyterian 3y agoI agree, and I used to hold that against the fediverse, but now I kinda consider it a feature and not a bug. It's not hard to use, it's just a learning curve. Once you've learned it, it's very straightforward. So far in my experience, this has lead to an overall higher quality in posting and a general decrease in spam, because the people there are those who were willing to put in the effort of learning it.
- xmprt 3y agoAre there any good guides to learning it?
- cpach 3y agoThis might be a useful starting point: https://jointhefediverse.net/learn https://jointhefediverse.net/learn
- I_am_uncreative 3y agoSo what you're saying is that it basically acts like the old Internet, where the requirement of being able to read instructions acted as a filter against stupidity?
- tptacek 3y agoI know there's a lot of other opinions here about the benefits of decentralized social media or whatever, but: I don't perceive a difference. I installed Ivory, and I use Mastodon just like Twitter. The only difference to me is that the handles have domain names in them --- they're a little longer. That's it. I don't think about "federation" and "decentralization" at all.