Dr. Brandy SchillaceI’ve heard folks say ‘server/instance doesn’t matter’ —but it must, or we would not have them. I’d just like a basic break down of what they do for us, really. How to use them.
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@bschillace I think the key is not to think of Mastodon as a replacement of Twitter. It might look and feel a bit like Twitter, but it's a different ecosystem. My understanding is that the servers prevent it from becoming centralized (and therefore susceptible to being bought/controlled like other platforms). I'm still learning though!
Mike McHargue@DrLindseyFitzharris @bschillace You are absolutely correct.
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Also the moderation may vary a little bit, every instance will have different rules and may “defederate” other servers if their users misbehave or post icky content. So you want to pick a server with rules that works for you. I’m not sure I used the lingo correctly 😅