ambercadabra πŸ’™πŸ¦¦Nov 16, 2022

Another quick helper for people coming from the #TwitterMigration (slightly overly simplified).

Feeds:

Home = people you specifically follow, no matter what instance they "live" on

Local = the feed for the people across the same instance you're on, whether or not you follow them

Federated = public posts from people "known" to your instance, ie people on the same instance as you OR people followed by people on your instance, like a 2nd degree connection (it is NOT "every user on Mastodon).

Show threadambercadabra πŸ’™πŸ¦¦

It helps to think of Mastodon as the city, instances as neighborhoods, and the connections as the streets that link people and places.

So there are a bunch of ways to get to one destination and for people from different neighborhoods to find and make their way to each other.

So you can hang out hyperlocal (Home), on your block (Local), or wander around the city (Federated). :)

Nov 16, 2022 at 9:50pmWeb
Show threadAllan Paterson 🐟#FBPE #FBPPRNov 16, 2022
@ambercadabra that a very nice description πŸ‘πŸΌ
Show threadHope πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ SNPNov 16, 2022
@ambercadabra excellent way to describe it…and it makes it all the more appealing. So is the other place the sewer through which all the toilets flush πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‚
Show threadKevin Troy Darling Nov 16, 2022
@ambercadabra I love being able to duck into a coffee shop or quiet bar-level conversation and leave the Times Square-level discourse for when I have steeled myself.
Show threadLa temerariaNov 16, 2022
@ambercadabra thank you for a great visualization. Please forgive one more basic question. How can I tell if I'm connected to the federated world & not stuck in my own neighborhood?
I search for people who say they are on Mastodon but get nothing. Maybe I'm missing their neighborhood connection?
(I try names, add @, try entire @domain/name thing. Still nada.)
Show threadSvengoNov 17, 2022
@ambercadabra This is a nice comparison
Show threadJoshua WilnerNov 18, 2022
@ambercadabra appreciate the explanation, that is helpful.