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Sean Bonner
For the morning crowd, here's 1500 words or so with some deeper thoughts on Mastodon after using it this week. http://blog.seanbonner.com/2017/04/05/taking-a-ride-on-mastodon/
Apr 6, 2017 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadAndrew Roach ✅Apr 6, 2017

@seanbonner A lot of the problems you discussed with identity and federation could be mitigated by running a single user instance. You could become @[email protected]

No chance of mistaken identity, full control over federation.

Show threadSean BonnerApr 6, 2017
@ajroach42 Unless someone running another instance decides they don't like my opinion on X and stops federating with my instance cutting me off from huge chunks of the network.
Show threadAndrew Roach ✅Apr 6, 2017
@seanbonner Cutting you off from the portions of the network they control, sure. But only from the portions of the network they control.
Show threadblinking lineApr 6, 2017
@seanbonner I feel like Mastodon could get really interesting as more instances (especially homebrew ones) get deployed. Similar in a way to a slack instance, with the exception that there's a gateway to a public audience.
Show threadAndrew Roach ✅Apr 6, 2017

@blinkingline
I want to deploy a personal instance so I can be [email protected] or something like that.

I'm concerned about losing the few followers I have here, when I do that though.

Any thoughts on that?

Show threadblinking lineApr 7, 2017
@ajroach42 I like the idea, and of course, Mastodon supports single user instances, which could be both great (for verification/validation reasons) and a nightmare (making it much more difficult for blocking entire instances to work). I feel like if you want to do this, you should do it sooner rather than later, as you have to have your audience refind you, unless you want to PM them all.
Show threadAndrew Roach ✅Apr 7, 2017

@blinkingline I bought the domain name last night, and I'm setting up the private instance this weekend.

I heard some rumblings from other users about writing a script to automatically DM all your followers that you were at a new instances. I think I'll try that first.

Show threadblinking lineApr 7, 2017
@ajroach42 let me know how it goes. I've considered it myself but as of yet haven't had time to sit down and do it.
Show threadSean BonnerApr 6, 2017
@blinkingline It's interesting for sure, but potentially problematic which is why needs to get solved quickly.