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Interesting, they also have a live web version at: https://mozilla.social/ https://mozilla.social/ albeit not available (for login) at my location just yet. I c

Interesting, they also have a live web version at: https://mozilla.social/ https://mozilla.social/ albeit not available (for login) at my location just yet. I can see the whole website with live feeds though thankfully. Mastadon feeds are already available in "federated" section which is quite nice. Mostly UI seems to be a twitter clone, which is great as a starting point for inviting new users. It has a dark mode and a separate mode to hide chrome and fluff called "zen mode". Yay!

zeraphy 3y ago
They're using a fork of Elk, an amazing mastodon client, which works really well as a PWA btw
- maelito 3y ago
  My daily mastodon client. No need for an app on my phone, same interface on big or small screens. Almost perfect.
NoraCodes 3y ago
The spelling is "Mastodon", like the extinct megafauna. The client also displays other ActivityPub feeds.
- echelon 3y ago
  It's still a horrible name. Doesn't roll off the tongue, unfamiliar to a broad audience, connotations of extinction. And don't even get me started on "toot".
  - NoraCodes 3y ago
    I won't, since instances like mastodon.social have been using "post" for over a year now. Personally I think "toot" is perfectly fine; no sillier than "tweet".
    - corobo 3y ago
      Tweet is a noise birds make when they're talking to each other Toot is a fart
      - djbusby 3y ago
        Horns toot. One can toot their own horn even.
        echelon 3y ago
        It's ambiguous and overloaded. Even if you explain to users (a situation you should never find yourself in), they'll still subconsciously maintain the overloaded meaning.
        righthand 3y ago
        Yes how will people ever wrap their heads around it? Those poor stupid users…
        corobo 3y ago
        Yes but as arses tooting is funnier that interpretation will always take precedence At least it's not as bad as Bluesky's skeet, I'll give it that E: returning from a rabbit hole. Looks like Mastodon retired toot back in 2022 anyway (and skeet was never officially sanctioned by Bluesky) The toot is moot.
        kristianp 3y ago
        Don't forget X's xeets!
  - masto 3y ago
    Not to mention people abbreviate it as "masto", which just sounds stupid.
    - drcongo 3y ago
      I think your downvoters haven't noticed your username. Thanks for the chuckle.
      - masto 3y ago
        I'm glad someone got it. If you want to follow me on Mastodon, BTW, you can find me at @masto@masto.masto.com.
echelon 3y ago
I really hope Mastodon is just a stepping stone and evolutionary dead end. The "federation mods are all powerful" is another step in the wrong direction. Reddit mods revel in the control they wield, and we've already seen this happening in the Mastodon ecosystem all over again. BlueSky's protocol will allow end users to subscribe to the moderator(s) they want without having to worry about choices being made for them carte blanche by online dictators lording over their fiefdoms. The internet bred the worst kind of power structures. We're sliding backwards with these platforms that enable and empower useless middle managers.
- izzydata 3y ago
  So far Mastodon has been reasonable, but I've personally seen another federated Reddit clone Lemmy fell down this Rabbit hole. The two "biggest" instances admins are all power hungry and like to bully users to exert their authority. The people who always end up as admins and power moderators on these sites are absolutely the ones who should not have it.
  - mariusor 3y ago
    I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but you just need to search for the right instance. You must treat the fediverse the same way as your neighbourhood not a club. You should not go to the most glamourous instance, but find one that has people that share the same values you do.
    - brnt 3y ago
      What I'll say to that advice is that it boils down to self-bubbling, which isn't what some want, and not what most need.
    - izzydata 3y ago
      All instances combined of Lemmy is already small. If 99% of the traffic of the all instances combined come from 2-3 instances and all of it is run by terrible people then I don't really see how going somewhere that has a handful of active people is a solution. Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. More will pop up.
politelemon 3y ago
Does 'federated' section get decided for everyone on that server, or can people on that server choose which other servers to get items from?
- jayveeone 3y ago
  Mozilla is very invested in the success of Threads-to-Mastodon so I'm sure they'll allow federation.
- sp332 3y ago
  As a user, you can mute entire servers if you want to. The admins can also block servers for all users. The list of blocked servers does not seem to be visible from https://mozilla.social/about https://mozilla.social/about

zeraphy 3y ago

They're using a fork of Elk, an amazing mastodon client, which works really well as a PWA btw

maelito 3y ago
My daily mastodon client. No need for an app on my phone, same interface on big or small screens. Almost perfect.

NoraCodes 3y ago

The spelling is "Mastodon", like the extinct megafauna. The client also displays other ActivityPub feeds.

echelon 3y ago
It's still a horrible name. Doesn't roll off the tongue, unfamiliar to a broad audience, connotations of extinction. And don't even get me started on "toot".
- NoraCodes 3y ago
  I won't, since instances like mastodon.social have been using "post" for over a year now. Personally I think "toot" is perfectly fine; no sillier than "tweet".
  - corobo 3y ago
    Tweet is a noise birds make when they're talking to each other Toot is a fart
    - djbusby 3y ago
      Horns toot. One can toot their own horn even.
      - echelon 3y ago
        It's ambiguous and overloaded. Even if you explain to users (a situation you should never find yourself in), they'll still subconsciously maintain the overloaded meaning.
        righthand 3y ago
        Yes how will people ever wrap their heads around it? Those poor stupid users…
      - corobo 3y ago
        Yes but as arses tooting is funnier that interpretation will always take precedence At least it's not as bad as Bluesky's skeet, I'll give it that E: returning from a rabbit hole. Looks like Mastodon retired toot back in 2022 anyway (and skeet was never officially sanctioned by Bluesky) The toot is moot.
        kristianp 3y ago
        Don't forget X's xeets!
- masto 3y ago
  Not to mention people abbreviate it as "masto", which just sounds stupid.
  - drcongo 3y ago
    I think your downvoters haven't noticed your username. Thanks for the chuckle.
    - masto 3y ago
      I'm glad someone got it. If you want to follow me on Mastodon, BTW, you can find me at @masto@masto.masto.com.

echelon 3y ago

I really hope Mastodon is just a stepping stone and evolutionary dead end. The "federation mods are all powerful" is another step in the wrong direction. Reddit mods revel in the control they wield, and we've already seen this happening in the Mastodon ecosystem all over again. BlueSky's protocol will allow end users to subscribe to the moderator(s) they want without having to worry about choices being made for them carte blanche by online dictators lording over their fiefdoms. The internet bred the worst kind of power structures. We're sliding backwards with these platforms that enable and empower useless middle managers.

izzydata 3y ago
So far Mastodon has been reasonable, but I've personally seen another federated Reddit clone Lemmy fell down this Rabbit hole. The two "biggest" instances admins are all power hungry and like to bully users to exert their authority. The people who always end up as admins and power moderators on these sites are absolutely the ones who should not have it.
- mariusor 3y ago
  I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but you just need to search for the right instance. You must treat the fediverse the same way as your neighbourhood not a club. You should not go to the most glamourous instance, but find one that has people that share the same values you do.
  - brnt 3y ago
    What I'll say to that advice is that it boils down to self-bubbling, which isn't what some want, and not what most need.
  - izzydata 3y ago
    All instances combined of Lemmy is already small. If 99% of the traffic of the all instances combined come from 2-3 instances and all of it is run by terrible people then I don't really see how going somewhere that has a handful of active people is a solution. Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. More will pop up.

politelemon 3y ago

Does 'federated' section get decided for everyone on that server, or can people on that server choose which other servers to get items from?

jayveeone 3y ago
Mozilla is very invested in the success of Threads-to-Mastodon so I'm sure they'll allow federation.
sp332 3y ago
As a user, you can mute entire servers if you want to. The admins can also block servers for all users. The list of blocked servers does not seem to be visible from https://mozilla.social/about https://mozilla.social/about