Michael Nov 9, 2022

This looks like it might turn into the first big drama of this #TwitterMigration

http://scholar.social (academic server) is defederating from http://journa.host (journalist server) because of the history of some of the journalists on the latter.

If others follow suit, there might be a lot of confused journalists out there soon.

https://scholar.social/@socrates/109310119094734208

Scholar Social

Microblogging for researchers, grad students, librarians, archivists, undergrads, high schoolers, educators, research assistants, profs—anyone involved in learning who engages with others respectfully

Mastodon hosted on scholar.social
Show threadAria Ritz FinkelsteinNov 9, 2022
@mykd This is actually a pretty good object lesson in how federation works for those of us who are still quite clueless here. Thanks for posting it!
Show threadMichael Nov 9, 2022
@AhhReeUhh Oh there's a much better object lesson out there: the right-wing Gab social media site runs on federated software but isn't seen as part of the fediverse: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691957/mastodon-decentralized-social-network-gab-migration-fediverse-app-blocking
How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem

Mastodon is a decentralized social network designed to be accessible to anyone. It’s now dealing with the migration of Gab, a social network known for far-right extremism.

The Verge
Show threaddawnatellaNov 9, 2022

@mykd @AhhReeUhh

Between this and the counter-social split, it's like the MCU over here! Where is the movie? #FediWars #FediverseStrikesBack

Show threadFinCanSco
@dawnatella @mykd @AhhReeUhh I'm just wondering who the Romulans are in this Federation.
Nov 9, 2022 at 1:47amWeb