It adopts a similar structure by serendipity, rather than by design.
Anyone can create an instance, so the pondlife that occupy T_D and other sub-reddits are free to create their own instances. Other instances are equipped to block such communities though and it’s through active, local moderation that you can avoid…
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Instances are not closed bubbles though, unless you actively shut yourself in, your network naturally expands and broadens.
Through your ‘Federated Timeline’ you are exposed to anyone other members of your instance follow so the larger your instance grows, and the more people you follow, the wider your network becomes.
He absolutely could. Mastodon is a totally open-source project, he can set up his own instance with his own rules and his own social group and never interact with any of the rest of the Fediverse if he so wishes.
You create your own experience essentially.
Yes and no.
The fundamental architecture that Mastodon is built on is one what makes it so different. Discord is a closed source, proprietary version of IRC, whereas Mastodon is open-source and connected with any service that uses ActivityPub (AP) as a protocol.
If you decide you want to ditch Mastodon but continue to…
Unfortunately right now the only way to switch instances is to create a new account. You can however ‘redirect’ your old account to your new account and export all your followers and posts.
The devs and contributors are looking for a way to create seamless account switching and one universal instance account across all…
Different strokes for different folks.
Personally, I like to compartmentalise and I wouldn’t enjoy using a program that I associate with first homework, then college essays, then work reports for my more creative, free-form thought gathering.
A dedicated app can help you focus and build up a routine.
I get what you’re saying but most (if not all) of these options offer some form of export method so if they were to disappear or radically change business models, you can pack up your proverbial things and move onto another platform or service.
I really enjoyed this less tech focused, more background/culture focused take on ‘How I work’. I was hooked from the moment I read ‘Computer: Don’t use one’!
I just took a look for the article but I couldn’t seem to find it either, it’s possible it was part of a larger article that might make it harder to locate. I did come find another article from Polygon I’d saved though:
I don’t I’m afraid, I took a quick look through Evernote to see if I’d saved it and it seems I saved a similar article from Polygon:
All I could think about was how many colored pens I’d need on hand whenever I booted up a game.
Well Mastadon has been around for 2 years now, and I’ve personally been using it for over a year so not quite.
Why not check it out and be part of the reason it won’t be forgotten about?
If that supermarket is purchasing cereal from a manufacturer that doesn’t abide by food safety standards and perform quality assurance - yes. This is why supermarkets only stock produce from reputable sources.
The food industry is regulated, and if the video game industry wants to avoid regulation in the future, its…
You just edited your comment again without giving any indication you’ve done so.
That’s the thing - it shouldn’t be a risk at all. These are some ridiculous gymnastics to go through to justify Steam selling malware on their platform because they don’t want to perform quality assurance.
You edited your comment AFTER I replied, don’t act disingenuous.
But those users had to expose themselves to cryptojacking malware in order to warn you about the cryptojacking malware. Valve are essentially requiring customers to take all the risks, put in all the work and test their products for them.
I’m not sure where you got this censorship idea from but it has nothing to do with this topic. What the article is discussing is quality control.
This malware would have been caught before it got to consumers if Valve implemented any kind of testing or QA on the products it allowed on its storefront. This lack of…
I’m on 25 ads (47% of the page) and 12 trackers.
Fluctuates depending on the software I use and how strict the conditions are though.