Getting Acquainted with Mastodon (and Nextcloud Enters the Space)
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Getting acquainted with Mastodon — Instances
This decentralised approach now also works with short messages. Via Mastodon. I can choose my server, or my instance as it is now called. But my messages can be read by all Mastodon users, no matter which instance they use. I find that convincing.
Which instance is the right one for me? Who offers me a Mastodon account now?
My research this weekend revealed 55 potential providers. I collected these manually, I did not find a central overview of providers. (EDIT: As is sometimes the case, after writing this I found the link to the Fediverse Observer. There is even an API there. I'll take a closer look at that another time).
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Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, Nextcloud to ship their own social network app
Just a bit of big industry news to cover today, as an update to the previous article talking about Elon Musk and Twitter — as the sale has completed. Plus a reminder on Mastodon and Nextcloud doing some fun social stuff too.