⛈️ Information ⛈️So is it the plan that there will be very limited matodon servers that only federate with a subset of the whole?
Like, will electrical engineers have a mastodon instance? Or is that pointless?
the anarsmurf@Elucidating It can be useful, since it could make the local timeline be largely about the chosen subject... But I guess such specialization would require a client that can manage multiple accounts on multiple instances, or else it's just not worth the effort! :/
Lieselotte ❤️🔥❤️@Elucidating awoo already does this. So, yes.
@lieselotte I am trying to work out how I feel about this idea. It has pros and cons.
The amount of labor even one social media account introduces makes me surprised people are all game for 2.
But I think it's very... what even is the word for the post-cyberpunk world we live in where a less fully connected social graph is a FEATURE we seek out?
loather@Elucidating It seems self-defeating, honestly - part of the draw of a platform like this is to make new info available for everyone. We just need better ways of organizing it, like lists
@loather As I've said in some other tootootooTOOOOOOOOTs it may actually be a feature that information has a slower propagation speed across these networks.
The notion of an instantly connected global social medium is one only Twitter and advertisers seem to propose.