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  • @LandedGentry@lemmy.ziptoFediverse@lemmy.world•An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to MastodonEnglish
    3•5 hours ago

    We both know that is not how this should work. If everybody joins the same instance, we’re basically right back where we started. We want people to be distributed among other instances.

    If one instance has 97% of the userbase then they basically get to dictate the whole thing. What if mastodon.social ended up being hexbear or lemmygrad? Or some MAGA right wing instance?

    Twitter was a shit hole but nobody thought it was going to be where it is now. Your average “liberal” CEO typically has a floor of how shitty they are willing to be because even they have common sense. Must has no such floor

  • @LandedGentry@lemmy.ziptoFediverse@lemmy.world•An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to MastodonEnglish
    18•5 hours ago

    It’s not that simple and I don’t get why people pretend it is. The “instance” concept confuses everyone. The email comparison everyone uses is inadequate.

    Edit: The issue is incredibly fundamental. You don’t just download the app, create an account, and go.
    You download an app that lets you participate, then you need to decide your instance which is like deciding which specific browser you want tonuse that then lets you see individual communities. But also your instance might have a community with the exact same name as a community in another instance, so make sure you know the difference despite both of them being “news“ or “politics.“ Also all the different instances have different nuances to their federation and voting that you may or may not see, unless you are familiar with how each instance operates.