Mastodon forms a plan to make decentralized social networks go mainstream.

Tech media is picking up on the changes to Mastodon’s sign up process, where the default option is now Mastodon.social. I don’t think funneling more people to one mega-instance is a good idea…

  • @sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    But that’s exactly how e-mail works.

    Portable accounts, I would love that too, but it is technically difficult. The way activitypub works now doesn’t really make it possible I think, other solutions would probably have drawbacks.

    • anjiOP
      7•1 year ago

      Well regarding email, generally email providers don’t really care as long as you don’t breach a generic TOS. You join a specific mastodon instance, post about grilling some steak, and promptly get banned because it turns out veganism is required on the instance (which, you know, fair). So I can understand users feel extra-confused when trying to pick an instance.

      I think it’s possible, and in fact being worked on, but I of course don’t know if it will actually materialize in Mastodon…

      • @sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        Is there a single instance that has veganism required? Maybe that vegan one? But that’s down I think? They probably had like 15 users. Let them have their funny rules instance ^^

        I feel like a few posts with people talking about the rules they or their obscure instance has make the rounds and hundreds of people feel like they’re oppressed by them.

        I am on a fairly strictly moderated instance and I never saw many problem with them, nor with users on the server or on others. Yes, sometimes the rules are enforced, but that’s great, I don’t want follower spam from temporary servers and stuff like that. I couldn’t be on a server that theoretically has an admin but they’re never thinking about the social space they’re creating or actually handling reports.

        • anjiOP
          6•1 year ago

          Oh no I’m not talking about oppression. Generally I feel most instances are pretty chill. But as Joinmastodon.org lists instances and describes their general purpose (and perhaps rules) I can imagine users feel a little confused about what’s the best choice for them. Versus email which is mostly “what is the domain name” and “does their webmail not suck”.