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Thank you to everyone who shared feedback with me about why they use social media, and about how #Mastodon can improve when it comes to the size of #MastodonSocial. I'm collating the information you shared with me today to discuss with the team 💞
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Laurens Hof
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Laurens Hof
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controversial take on the m.s. size thing, but imo a huge underrated problem is that from a publishing/reach perspective the fact that m.s. is the largest server is exactly what makes it an appealing server for my connectedplaces account, and thats why im not moving from there.

for that account i care about reach. and because almost nobody can afford to defederate from m.s. due to collateral dmg being too large, m.s. is simply the best server for me

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Laurens Hof
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Laurens Hof
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its absolutely a bit cynical read, and im very aware that other people have very different needs and priorities. just wanted to point this out that the size of m.s. also creates new types of incentives for individuals that dont align with network health
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hannah aubry
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hannah aubry
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@laurenshof it’s a really interesting counterpoint and I’m glad you shared it. Thanks, Laurens!
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Axel Rauschmayer
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Axel Rauschmayer
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I keep thinking: If Mastodon supported a simple kind of nomadic identity (*) then having big instances is not a problem.

(*) Maybe: a domain as an alias for a current (full) account name. If someone additionally constantly backs up their account (to their drive or the cloud) then a server suddenly disappearing is not a big deal.

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