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No idea where you get your gossip, the only real problem I'm aware of with Mastodon is search functionality being useless garbage. Not even sure what you would
by eqvinox 1y ago
No idea where you get your gossip, the only real problem I'm aware of with Mastodon is search functionality being useless garbage. Not even sure what you would "fiddle" with on a social platform? Or are you talking about self hosting?
- tialaramex 1y agoAs with the history of Linux, there is a certain kind of person who cannot imagine any middle ground between "I buy only Microsoft-approved products" and "For each named server we start with LFS and it typically takes 6-8 weeks to customize the build for that server". In this space it's "I use Twitter" and "After sitting down with the protocol documentation I reckon in January 2026 I will launch my own custom Mastodon server". No middle ground at all. No "Maybe I could join this instance of like-minded individuals?" or even "I found a turnkey solution for $10 per month", it's either 100% blood oath loyalty to Elon's service or they have to write all the software by hand themselves.
- fragmede 1y agoSpecifically, https://mathstodon.xyz/ https://mathstodon.xyz/ seems to be pretty popular among the math scientists I know, https://biologists.social/ https://biologists.social/ for biologists, computer security folk seem to be using https://infosec.exchange/ https://infosec.exchange/ Don't look at mastodon as a whole, look at specific popular servers and their niche.