• @P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br
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      34 months ago

      Maybe offtopic, but does anyone has a good guide on how to join Mastodon? I’m still trying to find a good instance.

      • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        4 months ago

        The best guide isn’t written down: don’t be afraid to try a few instances until you find one you like!

        Once you’re on Mastodon and following people, you’ll start to notice the servers and gravitate towards the ones you like.

        I would advise against mastodon.social since it is the biggest and also has some problems with moderation. But some people like it, so maybe it is good enough also.

        To choose a server, check out https://fedi.tips/which-server-should-i-join-how-do-i-find-out-more-about-a-server/

        The fedi.tips account also posts a lot of helpful tips and themed lists of accounts to follow/discover so I recommend following them too!

      • @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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        84 months ago

        Thats an advantage so thin it is almost invisible. Its a centralized platform, it could be bought by Elon or shutdown for whatever reason at any second. Being this shortsighted about the future of global communications systems is not a great idea when Trump is about to take office.

      • Liz
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        54 months ago

        That’s the same advantage all the other options have, too.

        • @nexguy@lemmy.world
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          24 months ago

          So you are of the opinion that the bluesky devs are currently lying about working to get it federated?

          • Liz
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            24 months ago

            I wasn’t thinking about that at all, but they probably aren’t trying very hard, if I had to guess. What’s their current monetization model?

            • @nexguy@lemmy.world
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              24 months ago

              Not sure. You can run your own instance right now so they have enabled that but you can’t yet federate with the main instance. I believe you can store your own data in your own instance though but I’m not sure.