You build your own lists. On a profile page there's a "tags" field, so you can tag people with like #fedsocweb or #saunaclub and then to post to them you "mention" the hash tag and it's like writing all the nicks at once.

So you can choose yourself who to include. Reasonably these lists could be shared and you could mention someone else's list.

@sonya and if you want to cry a bit, ready this thread on the #FedSocWeb #W3C mailing list: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-fedsocweb/2013May/0058.html

Federation has been technically possible for years, but many devs had "precious snowflake" mentality regarding "their" protocols. That's what gives me hope with #Mastodon - it's not reinventing the wheel, works with #GNUSocial. #KeepCalmAndFederate

Just watched https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/networkfreedom/ and I'm so happy. cwebber's enthusiasm is contagious and he's super excited in this talk.

Who else would have thought of making your presentation a MUD, and then live-hacking that MUD taking suggestions from the audience? cwebber would, apparently.

!scheme #guile #fedsocweb #fediverse #actors