Non-federated instances are a feature, not a bug

Sometimes, you just want to connect to your peers, and only your peers. Being able to do so without accidentally the world is a good thing; compare randos dropping into mentions on the bird site.

Or, better yet: imagine a neighborhood instance, where people from a certain geographical are coordinate stuff.

Different usecases, different needs to federate

I am originating a new usage of the ✅. I hope it catches on, because in a sense it's mostly used this way now.

As portability is currently quite limited, the checkmark now indicates that I am actively using that instance, and that my other nonchecked instance identities are hibernating.

@necrobuffalo CONDENSATION FOR THE CONDENSATION LORD

LIDS FOR THE LID LICH

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Sorry. In the absence of @god_tributes over here I had to do *something* about that gap.

Remember when #Twitter had #RSS / #Atom feeds for all users? Wasn't that great? Well, #Mastodon and any other #Fediverse server has that too. And it's here to stay, since the protocol is based on this.

Here's mine, for example: https://mastodon.social/users/rysiek.atom

Now you can use your favorite RSS reader to read my toots. I know, right?

#KeepCalmAndFederate