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tlckl OP wrote
So the network is distributed across several "instances". While nothing stops fashy instances from existing, they are excluded from communication with other instances. Racists can be instance-wide blocked even if they're on another instance.
The biggest instance, mastodon.social, has a pretty strong antifascist policy, explicitly prohibiting hate speech and fascism.
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tlckl OP wrote
Here's a few other instances:
- icosahedron.website: Even stronger content policy than mastodon.social. Run by a comrade like mastodon.social.
- anticapitalist.party: Explicitly anticapitalist instance.
- gnusocial.no: Although not a Mastodon server, it is compatible with Mastodon. Home of rms.
- lgbt.io: Mastodon for LGBT with extra moderation and anti-harassment measures.
- mathstodon.xyz: For math nerds, run by AMS (American Mathematical Society). Supports LaTeX.
- soc.ialis.me: For socialists. Mostly marxists. Be aware of tankies.
- octodon.social: Nice domain. Run by a comrade. Not very moderated due to only one staff.
Ultimately, the choice is pretty unimportant. The only differences it makes are:
- your domain.
- the local timeline (if the instance is small, people may communicate within it and have fun there). This is partially the reason why there are so many specialized mastodon server.
- trust (do you trust the owner to protect your privacy etc.?)
- content policy and moderation (all the ones I've listed have good moderation, but you must still be aware that not all servers have that many moderators, so if you pick a low-staff instance, you will have to do some blocking by yourself)
- possibly interface and modding.
tlckl OP wrote
Yeah, your instance choice doesn't restrict communication. You can still communicate with users on other instances.
jaidedctrl wrote
Question: GNU Social has been around longer and is also a libre federated Twitter-like network. What advantages are there to using Mastodon over it?
tlckl OP wrote
Mastodon is compatible with GNU social. You can read posts from GNU Social and even interact with GNU social users, so the end result is really just a more Twitter-like, nicer interface.
jaidedctrl wrote
Oh, really? Wow, that's so rad! Matsodon is perfect, then. :)
aiwendil wrote
an_whale wrote
Is it popular though I don't know anybody using it
ziq wrote
So they pledge to ban fashes?