Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Feb 12, 2023

People on Twitter are using the shutting down of the mastodon.lol instance, to mean that Mastodon “is not a viable model”. Hard disagree.

A strength of Mastodon is that if one instance is shutting, you can easily move to another. It’s quite literally a strength of decentralised systems in action.

Show threadLiam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Feb 12, 2023
It is also however a weakness in action, as any can shut down. However, that same thing is true of basically any service online ever - happens to online games plenty, they shut and people are locked out (which is why I always argue for being able to host your own servers…).
Show threadLiam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Feb 12, 2023
Oh your email provider “totallysecuremeails124” is closing. Clearly email is not a viable model. Oh wait.
Show threadGrathFeb 12, 2023
@gamingonlinux So in a decade, there'll be a Google mastodon instance that's got a dominant userbase and defederates most other instances, effectively centralizing the service? 😜
Show threadSimon BrookeFeb 12, 2023
@Grath @gamingonlinux that's pretty much what happened to #Usenet. Google Groups is all that remains.
Show threadJulio J. 🀲
@simon_brooke @Grath @gamingonlinux And Jabber, although it's still in use when Google defederated its Chat was a big hit
Feb 12, 2023 at 4:17pmWeb