Notices by dynamic (dynamic@social.coop), page 2

@evan @fraying

Which specific implementations?

(trying to explore better ActivityPub alternatives to Mastodon)

@liaizon found some cool images and resources regarding =where Mastodon instances are hosted (AWS vs. Cloudflare, etc.) and how they are interconnected:

https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/109668017191038052

@liaizon

Did I do something wrong?

(for anyone following along at home who might be concerned, the humorous misunderstanding has been resolved in DMs)

It looks like there's some tension arising around norms for the use of CWs on Mastodon, e.g. the thread here, on a journalism instance that got blocked by some servers for not using CWs for politics: https://hcommons.social/@jburnford/109313810564907086

In the case of journalists who were put off by having been blocked for not CW'ing political posts, one thing I think that needs to be emphasized is that Mastodon is not one single community. Different instances and cross-instance social networks have different norms.

Just because one instance blocks your toots does not mean that Mastodon as a whole isn't interested in them.

CWs can be used in different ways... as subject lines, as trigger warnings, as general content warnings, as a way of decreasing text. In each case, some users like them, and some maybe don't like them, or even dislike them.

Because Mastodon allows so many tools for users to decide whose content and what content to see or not see, it is actually pretty good at supporting this kind of divesrsity.