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   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 23:16:28 JST Fraser Cain

   I've just got to say how happy I am with the Mastodon community, especially all the science/space people that I'm following. This place is the clear winner after the social media meltdown, despite its outstanding issues and missing features.

   What makes me even more excited is that it's open and unmonetized, so it's completely immune to shareholder demands or the whim of a billionaire.

   Don't worry if your friends aren't here yet, we're your new friends.

   #mastodon

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 23:16:27 JST 翠星石

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     @fraser I'm sorry, but I'd just like to interject for a moment.
     
     Mastodon is just one of the numerous free software ActivityPub implementing instances that make up the fediverse.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 17:34:45 JST clacke

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     • Vint Prox

     @vintprox You'll find better computer nerds here.

     @fraser

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     Vint Prox (vintprox@techhub.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 17:34:46 JST Vint Prox

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     @fraser

     And here I have some computer nerd tell me that Lemmy/Mastodon are dead and their apps are dead interfaces. I don't follow this train of thought. I like this place.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 04:14:09 JST clacke

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     • Jason_Dodd
     @Jason_Dodd @fraser Still wouldn't kill Fedi, which is the point of Fedi.
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     Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 04:14:11 JST Jason_Dodd

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     @fraser I wouldn't put it past him to buy Mastodon for 20 billion USD and closing it up. Would be a bargain compared to what he paid for X.

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     Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 14:22:04 JST Jason_Dodd

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     • clacke

     @clacke of course i was just making a joke with hyperbole but i'm thinking buying mastodon.social and the project would result in that.

     sure forks would happen but i'm thinking would be detrimental to the project.

     heck, there are already articles with titles like, "why mastodon failed" after musk bought twitter. so many might already think it's dead.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 14:22:04 JST clacke

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     • Jason_Dodd

     @Jason_Dodd It would be detrimental to the project, which would lose one of its two most active contributors and it would be detrimental to the network, which would lose two of its top servers.

     It might also hurt public perception, to the extent that there is any public perception.

     Whether you're joking or not, after a hit like that, someone torpedoing Mastodon gGmbH, I still seriously think the network would be more active than it was in October 2022.

     The biggest hit to growth would probably be joinmastodon, but I think the network has enough friends of friends that joinmastodon is only important, not crucial.

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     Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 14:22:06 JST Jason_Dodd

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     • clacke

     @clacke @fraser could possibly put it back to where it was in terms of use a couple of years ago. that's not dead to you and me but much of the world would think it was.

     then again to me the year of the linux desktop was 2001 and irc is the best social media platform.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 14:22:06 JST clacke

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     • Jason_Dodd

     @Jason_Dodd That could have been a fair point if acquisition would affect all Mastodon servers, but it would affect two servers only (sure, two big ones, but still), not all Mastodon servers, and as for the software there are several living forks already.

     That's before we count the rise of Firefish, but I admit the overwhelming part of Fedi is still Masto and derivatives.

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     Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 18:37:05 JST Jason_Dodd

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     • clacke

     @clacke perhaps. i might be biased influenced by how the masses seem to think everything that isn't number 1 or number 2 in popularity is "dead" or has failed.

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