Trevor BurrowsThinking about looking for a new instance, since I'm not as invested in tech/coding as I was a few years ago. (Still there, just differently!)
Any arts and culture (books, music) instances out there I should check out?
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNature: Instance-level community detection in the Mastodon federation: a graph- and content-based approach. “This study analyzes Mastodon, a prominent federated social network made of several interconnected instances, and investigates community detection at the instance level by integrating content-based edge weighting to enhance modularity maximization techniques.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/instance-level-community-detection-in-the-mastodon-federation-a-graph-and-content-based-approach-nature/
Instance-level community detection in the Mastodon federation: a graph- and content-based approach (Nature)
Nature: Instance-level community detection in the Mastodon federation: a graph- and content-based approach. “This study analyzes Mastodon, a prominent federated social network made of several…
LuminexHave y'all ever migrated from one instance to another and if yes, how many times have you?
Or perhaps you have multiple accounts on different instances? Do you use all those accounts?
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Are you currently satisfied with the Mastodon instance you're currently using?
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Yes
No
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LuminexTheOtakuWhy is that when I search for an account on an instance, it shows up but when I search for the same account on another instance, it doesn't show up? This has happened to me far too many times at this point. And I used to think it only happens on #infosec.exchange (this was the only instance I have ever used till today's afternoon). But I checked out other instances today and it happens on others too including #sakurajimamoe 🥲 And this doesn't only happen with accounts but also with posts. On some instances, for some accounts, it doesn't show any activity or posts of the account at all even while the profile shows when searched. And sometimes, it shows some posts and doesn't show some. Can anyone enlighten me about this 🙏🙏
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Man.... Finding the right Mastodon instance for oneself is so hard! There always are problems on each instance.
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Fiona 
It’s posts like this where I love that I’m now on #Sharkey and don’t have to deal with the usual length-limits of most #Mastodon-instances but instead get to use basic markup. 😊
(Yes, I know that this is a per-server-option in Mastodon, but in practice Mastodon has lower limits on most instances.)
(Yes, I know that this is a per-server-option in Mastodon, but in practice Mastodon has lower limits on most instances.)
Writings of Emelia: Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation. “I’ve worked on trust and safety tooling for Mastodon and related federated and decentralized social networks for a number of years now. This is the tooling I believe will be necessary to handle the current and future moderation and trust and safety issues for these networks and the greater trust and […]
Piggleston PecanpantsFurry mastodon has huge representation.
No, I am not a furry. But I support your right to be who you are. #MastodonInstances
No, I am not a furry. But I support your right to be who you are. #MastodonInstances
David B. HimselfIn the middle of all these funs and games and death and destruction, I still haven't found a new instance for my Mastodon account (not this account, the other one).
Ideally, I'd like it to:
- Be not too big, not too small. (I'd say around a few hundred active users)
- Be around for a while to make sure it'll stay around for a while longer.
- With a server possibly not in the US. (EU being the ideal choice, other places are fine too)
- NOT block or limit Threads and the big Mastodon accounts because that sectarianism is ridiculous and goes against what the Fediverse is about.
- have @David available because I'm vain this way.
However, what do you think of an @ that's just initials? weird or not? I'm not really comfortable putting out my full name on a social media handle (even though it's easy to find) for some reason and DavidB is for this current account.
- a name that's not weird for the content I usually put on the account: anecdotes and blog posts from my life in Japan, posts about the climate crisis, my friendish with the neighborhood's crows, posts and pictures about my corner of the world (rural and coastal Japan), those things mostly.
Some instances on my shortlist, but none check all the boxes above:
- federated.social: I've known it for over a year but I still don't know if it's for me or not.
- indieweb.social: on top of my list, but @david is not available, also it's in the US, right?
- scholar.social: but it sounds a bit too pompous.
- c.im: I've always been intrigued by this one. Anyone knows it?
- mastodon.coffee (if @stux let me in... please, please, please)
If you have any feedback on them or more to suggest, I'm all ears.
#Mastodon #MastodonInstances
Ideally, I'd like it to:
- Be not too big, not too small. (I'd say around a few hundred active users)
- Be around for a while to make sure it'll stay around for a while longer.
- With a server possibly not in the US. (EU being the ideal choice, other places are fine too)
- NOT block or limit Threads and the big Mastodon accounts because that sectarianism is ridiculous and goes against what the Fediverse is about.
- have @David available because I'm vain this way.
However, what do you think of an @ that's just initials? weird or not? I'm not really comfortable putting out my full name on a social media handle (even though it's easy to find) for some reason and DavidB is for this current account.
- a name that's not weird for the content I usually put on the account: anecdotes and blog posts from my life in Japan, posts about the climate crisis, my friendish with the neighborhood's crows, posts and pictures about my corner of the world (rural and coastal Japan), those things mostly.
Some instances on my shortlist, but none check all the boxes above:
- federated.social: I've known it for over a year but I still don't know if it's for me or not.
- indieweb.social: on top of my list, but @david is not available, also it's in the US, right?
- scholar.social: but it sounds a bit too pompous.
- c.im: I've always been intrigued by this one. Anyone knows it?
- mastodon.coffee (if @stux let me in... please, please, please)
If you have any feedback on them or more to suggest, I'm all ears.
#Mastodon #MastodonInstances