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diff --git a/content/posts/mastodon.md b/content/posts/mastodon.md deleted file mode 100644 index edf144f..0000000 --- a/content/posts/mastodon.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Mastodon -language: en -translationKey: projects-mastodon -disable_feed: true -date: 2021-09-02 -layout: project -name: Mastodon -author: Gargron -authorURL: https://zeonfederated.com/ -maintainers: - - name: Mastodon gGmbH - URL: https://joinmastodon.org/ -projectURL: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon -projectStatus: active -categories: ["software", "social network"] -tags: ["social network", "federation", "fediverse"] ---- - -*Mastodon* is a [federated][fedi] social network, with a Twitter-like -<abbr title="user interface">UI</abbr>. - -[fedi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse - -## Features - -- Content feeds: **home** (posts from accounts you follow), **local** (public - posts from accounts on the same instance), and **federated** (public posts - from connected servers) -- Character limit: 500, which is much longer than Twitter - <abbr title="for what it's worth">fwiw</abbr> -- Customizable web UI -- Various available clients on all platforms -- Instance custom emojis -- Moderation - - Instance admins are capable of blocking contents from other servers on - different levels - - Normal members are capable of mute and block other users or instances, and - filter words -- Accounts can be exported and migrated to another server (posts are not - migrated, however) - -## Forks - -Mastodon has a few forks, the most two popular ones are [Mastodon Glitch -Edition][gs] and [hometown][ht], which provides some extra features. - -[gs]: https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon -[ht]: https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/ - -## Personal opinions - -Overall, Mastodon gives a nice and intuitive user interface. It also provides -quite flexible tools for moderating your timeline. However, this can be abused -by some instance admins who would block other instances without specific -reason, which pretty much defeats the purpose of federation. - -Mastodon doesn't support markups (the [glitch-soc][gs] fork does, -<abbr title="as far as I know">afaik</abbr>). This can be limiting if you like -embedding links into the text. For this reason, I prefer -[Pleroma][pleroma]. - -## See also - -- Guides: - - [Kev's guide][kevq] - - [joyeusenoelle's guide](https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon) - - [Göktuǧ's tips on federated social networks][cadadr] -- Mastodon instance lists: - - [joinmastodon.org endorsed list][mastodon.org] - - [instances.noct.zone](https://instances.noct.zone/) -- Other microblogging social networks: - - [Pleroma][pleroma] - - [Misskey][misskey] - -[kevq]: https://kevq.uk/how-does-mastodon-work/ -[mastodon.org]: https://joinmastodon.org/communities -[cadadr]: https://toot.cat/@cadadr/106561338340521311 -[pleroma]: /projects/pleroma/ -[misskey]: /projects/misskey/ |