A lot of people make up all kinds of wild assumptions Mastodon, how it works, and what it is. We're here to help clear up some of the biggest ones.

Hey there! Figured I’d share here since my main instance, Lemmy.ml, seems to be really broken right now. I published an article today focusing on some of the myths and misconceptions Mastodon users have spread over the last few years, with some critical analysis and debunking.

Let me know if you like it!

  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
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    11 months ago

    Pretty decent list. It covered a lot of the myths I think about.

    One myth you mention that I see a lot is the idea that people you don’t like won’t be on the fediverse. On the face of it it’s an absurd idea – So anyone can start an instance and run it however they want but somehow it’s going to be more locked down than big tech sites that spend millions of dollars on moderation?

    The myth that “it’s all called mastodon” that you mention I feel is less like the gnu/linux distinction, and more like your mom calling every video game system a “nintendo”. I’m running 6 different services that use some form of federation, and none of them are Mastodon (nothing against the program, it’s just that I’ve always been running with system performance at a premium so something heavy and scalable like that wasn’t on my radar)