@LiterallyLMAO I don’t think so. But why do you think this is self-promotion? I’ve got nothing to do with the project, and it’s news about the fediverse so it’s on-topic for this community.
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@LiterallyLMAO I don’t think so. But why do you think this is self-promotion? I’ve got nothing to do with the project, and it’s news about the fediverse so it’s on-topic for this community.
@daveley Great question. A rew reasons:
- mastodon.social’s so big that the Local and Federated timelines aren’t very useful.
- smaller instances (even if they’re not special-interest focused) are more likely to have a good community.
- many other instances have “silenced” mastodon.social (because of its long history of moderation issues – or just because of the volume), so people on other instances are less likely to connect with you.
All that being said, I wasn’t trying to say that mastodon.social was terrible - it’s the advice that’s horrible. It’s just that for most people it’s not the best place to start.
@MrJameGumb yeah I thought @Diplomjodler3 nailed it with “monetize my ass”. Then again people have been trying to commercialize the fediverse even before the term got invented – StatusNet got initial venture funding back in 2009 or so back when it was still the identifverse. So it’s a long-standing tension in fedi as a whole.
Mostly though I’m just entertained that people think that it’s self-promotion on my part 😂