Mastodon.social has no advantages over any other Mastodon server. It has no special status or privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers.
In fact I'd strongly advise people NOT to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server
TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger.
If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at https://fedi.garden
#FediTips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services they also are anti-Palestinian
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services finally someone says something about this. THANK YOU.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services you might be interested in this browser extension I made... https://github.com/cclambie/fediverse-home-server-refactor
Helps if you are browsing another server to follow users on that server.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services the ultimate in decentralisation would be everyone runs their own instance with only one user
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Thanks for the information! I just moved from mastodon.social to muenchen.social.
Thanks to your helpful instructions everything went well 😄
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Though you can't easily move to another instance if that instance has 'suspend' on mastodon.social ... and not all instances seem to publish their suspend/silence lists ...
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I blocked mastodon.social a while ago because an awful lot of #antisemitism came from users on that server. Haven't missed it.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I was deciding between mastodon.social and mastodon.plus. ended up choosing mastodon social. I'm happy with my decision, although I am still relatively new here. I will say having all those different servers is confusing for new people. I remember when Mastodon first started, I didn't join because it was so confusing. That's definitely off-putting for new people. Fediverse and the concept of it is still confusing for me but I am trying to learn it.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I am on mastodon.social but also on two other Mastodons and another #Fedi site. I seldom post on the big one. Does #FediTips want me to change anything?
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services This was the reason I originally joined Mastodon.world when I first started on Mastodon about 5 years ago. Social was to big even then and there was guidance not to join it.
Since then (because of frequent 'outages' on .world) I moved to a local server (Mastodon.scot) - best move and easy enough to do!
@dwillanski@aus.social
That was attempted by various distributed networks, maybe most famously Scuttlebutt.
However, the current structure of the internet apparently made this very difficult and they still had to use multiuser instances called "pubs" so people could discover others to follow.
One of the most prominent Scuttlebutt projects was @manyver_se@fosstodon.org but it seems to be dormant now.
@imbrium_photography@mastodon.social
Most instances don't suspend mastodon.social, but if they do the workaround is to move to a third server that federates with both, then from the third server to the one you want.
@CathyBikesBook@mastodon.social
Thanks for the feedback 🙏
I've made a sign-up site at https://fedi.garden which hopefully avoids this confusion. If there's anything I can do to make it even less confusing, feedback welcome there too.
I know it is confusing but there are really important reasons why there are so many servers: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Thanks, I think I found that further down your move tips page, but I was a bit surprised by this stumbling block !
While I could do A->[C]->B I suspect it will be easier just to find an instance C that I like and do A->C ... and there are some accounts on mastodon.social that I follow and wouldn't be able to see on B ...
@CathyBikesBook@mastodon.social
Thanks for the feedback 🙏
I've made a sign-up site at https://fedi.garden which hopefully avoids this confusion. If there's anything I can do to make it even less confusing, feedback welcome there too.
I know it is confusing but there are really important reasons why there are so many servers: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Thanks, I think I found that further down your move tips page, but I was a bit surprised by this stumbling block !
While I could do A->[C]->B I suspect it will be easier just to find an instance C that I like and do A->C ... and there are some accounts on mastodon.social that I follow and wouldn't be able to see on B ...
Fedi.Tips
