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arvind@dialecticalmusings@app.wafrn.net (2026-06-24 01:34:13)
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Have you seen this blog post?


It confirms, from first-hand experience, most of the points I made in an earlier post and its follow-up.


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 #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Mastodon #ATProto #Bluesky
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Jon@jdp23@neuromatch.social (2026-06-24 02:46:13)
thanks for the tag, I hadn't seen that.   A very good article! It's a telling point that "Honestly, my anxiety and mental health since shutting down our server has drastically improved."

On the one hand, Mastodon's community focus makes a lot of sense given its potential strengths.  On the other hand, looking at who has the money to host their own non-tiny communities -- or pay to have them hosted -- could also reinforce the cultural monolithism the article talks about.  So, we shall see.

BTW many of these issues are discussed in more general terms in Engine Room's excellent report at https://www.theengineroom.org/library/new-report-exploring-a-transition-to-alternative-social-media-platforms-for-social-justice-organizations-in-the-majority-world/

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