SiddharthWhat is the advantage of a federated network (like
@Mastodon) over centralised networks (like
@TwitterOffical)?
@Mastodon) over centralised networks (like
@TwitterOffical)?
Does this make it any easier for the governing team to control the sanity, reduce the toxicity and prevent the platform from enabling bigotry? - or are those functions of only the makers' politics?
Can one be part of multiple instances? For instance, can we make a separate instance exclusively for Left Mastodon and be part of both?
Rate@dearthofsid it does say so. I added an instance in my account. It seems to work
@RateUnrate How do you add instance?
@dearthofsid if you’re making one for Left, I’d love to join (if that’s okay)
Guneet Narula@RateUnrate @dearthofsid there are some cool leftie instances out there, todon.nl is one of them
@guneetnarula how to join?
@dearthofsid you are already part of it in a way. you could make a new account there, but instead you can see what's happening in its public timeline here https://todon.nl/public and follow users with your account here. So your home feed here will be full of toots from todon.nl users.
@guneetnarula @dearthofsid I tried following you, Guneet, it’s just automatically unfollowed multiple times
@guneetnarula @dearthofsid okay this is *just* happening with your account. Have you set it up like that or something?
@RateUnrate @dearthofsid hey, no this is not an account settings issue. Happened with me too. I think it is because most instances of mastodon run on different servers that are not super powerful/expensive, and all apps are third party too, some communication between apps and servers breaks down sometimes.