Embed Notice

@mike@thecanadian.social @mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @tchambers@indieweb.social @laurenshof@indieweb.social @cheeaun@mastodon.social @rolle@mementomori.social @scottjenson@social.coop @zeldman@front-end.social @renwillis@mstdn.social
What was going to a single person instance on my personal domain turned into a city wide regional instance for people who are blown away by the idea of collaborating social media platforms. May be having a place for people to discover local events, festivals, news, meetup groups etc would bring life back to Edmonton, City of Festivals earned the nickname "Deadmonton".
There are also the unintended advantages of fediverse such as no profiling of people, no manipulation through advertisements, no algorithm driven recommendations of profiles or injecting posts into where they don't belong, no dark-patterns to lock-in users into the platform etc. It is a digital, word of mouth platform.

I am a SysAdmin for small to medium businesses in Edmonton who need a website, cheaper email hosting etc. I have no clue how much of a need there is for a regional social media platform. But I have a computer powerful enough to host 1,000 or so people, so that they can move away from Facebook. That is good enough to start and see how much of a need there is. I am not trying to snitch users from other instances of Fediverse, lets federate.

I see how badly my previous post was worded. I shouldn't have rushed to press reply before going into the tunnel. What I meant was "Do you think running a city-wide regional instance would exaggerate the issue of centralization? It would basically act like a subreddit for Edmonton, and can be interpreted as an echo chamber by some people. What would I need to do to avoid the mistake of creating echo chamber or other mistakes the mainstream social media platforms done? Is federating with other instances such as Qlub.social , NWT.social , toronto.place , mstdn.social , thecanadian.social and more enough? I am asking because I was born into the era of mainstream social media platforms and my world view might be more different than most of you, and I didn't get to experience pre-socialmedia times. I want to be part of the solution without repeating the same mistakes".

Note: "You don't need to download an app" is surprisingly effective way to market it. So many people looks surprised that this thing works and functions amazingly well on a regular boring internet browser, as if it was on a purpose built app. That is Edmontonian Social's audience.