Notices by Ignis Incendio :autism: (ignisincendio@tech.lgbt)

@Gargron May I ask what’s the reasoning/feedback of removing the total user count from the list? Thank you for your hard work!

@mastohost Does anyone know of any alternative #Mastodon/ #Akkoma hosting services? I remember some but I can't find it ?

So one way of looking at the Fediverse is this, from what I'm learning...

Forums are commonly about a specific topic, and *only* about a specific topic; off-topic posts are removed or consigned to an off topic board.

Fediverse instances are commonly (not always) about a specific topic, which influences your local/fed timelines (ie "your view into the fediverse")... but *not* only about it.

Not sure if this is correct.

@feditips Yes, I understand that the servers don't only talk to themselves :P I was thinking tons of servers federating together to form a fuzzy-boundary topic-specific network.

But I am confused. Could you explain the difference between phone/email servers and Fediverse servers? I'm trying to figure out why one is usually generic (eg gmail, Yahoo) while the other is very interest-specific.

In other words, IMO servers do feel like forums that can federate with tons of similar forums :P

@feditips This is a good analogy! But it's a bit flawed -- phone networks (and email servers) aren't themed like Fediverse instances... I think the difference is because phone networks and emails are private, while Fediverse instances are public (which requires curation that's more than just anti-spam).