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    From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Adovka on Fri Jan 23 09:46:31 2026
    Re: Mastodon - wich server to
    By: Adovka to Mindsurfer on Wed Jan 14 2026 04:33 pm


    Since Mastadon is a "federation" basically whats happening is that every server has their own rules, and the funny thing, if server you decide to join is "pro-freespeech" then other servers can just block trafic from and to it.

    My understanding is that the guys behind Mastodon created it because they regarded Tweeter as too permissive regarding "nazies" back then, therefore they though an alternative platform was needed.

    The Fediverse is neat as a concept but there are too many morons running it.

    It is intended to work as a federation, like you described, but the software guys behind it really, really want their political opponents out of the race, so there is a lot of preasure in the software stack itself in order to root uncensored servers out. This is the reason why you see so many Mastodont clients include hardcoded lists of servers they are not programmed to interact with, for example.

    Such a shame, but certainly not unexpected.


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  • From Kirkman@VERT/GUARDIAN to Mindsurfer on Thu Feb 19 19:45:52 2026
    Re: Mastodon - wich server to
    By: Mindsurfer to All on Mon Dec 29 2025 01:36 pm

    Am i right, that each server can have its own set of rules and that you could be canceled by your server admin if they think you promote what they understand as hatespeech etc?

    Yes, each server has its own set of rules, much like a BBS. So it's a good idea to try to find one that seems like a good fit for you.

    I have two accounts -- I post my retrocomputing stuff from kirkman@digipres.club, which is a digital preservation server; and more general or work stuff from kirkman@mastodon.social.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Kirkman on Fri Feb 20 04:58:48 2026
    Kirkman wrote to Mindsurfer <=-

    Yes, each server has its own set of rules, much like a BBS. So it's a
    good idea to try to find one that seems like a good fit for you.

    I have two accounts -- I post my retrocomputing stuff from kirkman@digipres.club, which is a digital preservation server; and more general or work stuff from kirkman@mastodon.social.

    Not just a matter of finding rules you prefer - but finding a local
    community with common interests is another benefit of federated social
    networks. I'm on Tilde.club, a node that caters to people from a
    handful of tildes. I've been able to find people to follow locally that
    I don't think I'd find otherwise.



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