austApr 2, 2017
I really wish Mastodon didn't have multiple networks and instances. Just confusing for 99.5% of ppl. Maybe that's a feature not a bug, but I doubt it. Fragmentation is rarely a good thing in a social network.
Show threadHishamApr 2, 2017

@aust Depends if you're looking at it from the perspective of the owner of the network or as a user. Users don't have a problem with email addresses having "@server" in them, I think they'll cope with federated instances.

I do like the suggestion that they should have been called Planets and Galaxy though!

Show threadaustApr 2, 2017
@hisham_hm but with email it's really just a namespace. All email is on the same network, so to speak
Show threadHishamApr 2, 2017
@aust I think we see it that way because the coordination works, but the occasional hiccups remind us that's not really a single network. I think users will coalesce around major instances and will eventually see federation as email-like namespace.
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@hisham_hm ya that's the only long term solution
Apr 2, 2017 at 4:55pmAmaroq