part 3 of exploring mastodon closes the mini-series: governance, defederation, Fedipact, and the Truth Social cautionary tale.

the close: governance isn't a tax you pay to use the fediverse. it's the reason the fediverse is worth using.

federatedmind.com/governance-new-differentiator/ (link in bio)

find us on the fediverse:
mastodon: @[email protected]
pixelfed: @[email protected]

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #IndieWeb #governance #ai

Part 2 of Exploring Mastodon is about what specific communities actually feel like from the inside — regional instances, language communities, and craft servers where shared context changes what you can assume when you write.

federatedmind.com/mastodon-community-texture/ (link in bio)

find us on the fediverse:
mastodon: @[email protected]
pixelfed: @[email protected]

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #indieweb

Mastodon isn't one place. it's a constellation of communities connected by a shared protocol.

the server picker is asking you to pick a neighborhood — not commit to a platform. new piece walking through what the communities actually are, how they differ, and what a community's AI policy tells you about who it was built for.

Read more:
https://federatedmind.com/mastodon-constellation-of-communities/

find us on the fediverse:
mastodon: @[email protected]
pixelfed: @[email protected]

#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #indieweb