Trees, Pixels & Press: The Human Touch in Design - Prisca Schmarsow - E98

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2026-09-14 19:05:23

Trees, Pixels & Press: The Human Touch in Design - Prisca Schmarsow - E98

Prisca Schmarsow - @humanum@mastodon.art
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ROBIN MEETS THE #FEDIVERSE

ROBIN: So #Mastodon is not the fediverse?

GPT: No. Mastodon is one part of it.

ROBIN: One part of what?

GPT: A large network of independently run communities that can communicate with one another.

ROBIN: So my Mastodon #server is one #community

#GPT: Exactly. Your #account lives there. It has its own administrators, rules, #moderation #culture and general #atmosphere.

ROBIN: General atmosphere?

GPT: Some servers feel like #libraries. Some feel like university #common rooms. Some feel like #pubs where everyone has read one article and now considers themselves an #expert.

ROBIN: That sounds more like humanity.

GPT: It is disturbingly similar.

ROBIN: Who owns the fediverse?

GPT: No one.

ROBIN: Who is in charge?

GPT: Also, no one.

ROBIN: That sounds either very advanced or completely mad.

GPT: Both can be true.

ROBIN: So each server looks after its own patch?

GPT: Yes. It can make #rules, moderate its space and decide which other servers it will interact with.

ROBIN: But I can still follow people elsewhere?

GPT: Usually, yes. You can #follow, reply to and #boost people across server boundaries.

ROBIN: So it is more like email than #facebook ?

GPT: Precisely. #Gmail does not own #email. Mastodon does not own the fediverse.

ROBIN: Then why does my server matter?

GPT: Because it is your home base. It holds your account, your posts and your followers. It also gives you a local community and sets things such as the character limit.

ROBIN: Ah yes. Mastodon.social gives me 500 characters. Mastodon.au gives me 2,000. Aus.social gives me 3,000.

GPT: Different #villages. Different-sized noticeboards.

ROBIN: Is a larger server more widely seen?

GPT: Sometimes #locally, because more people may browse its community feed. But real reach still comes from #followers, replies, boosts and hashtags.

ROBIN: So moving to a bigger server does not #automatically make me famous?

GPT: #Tragically, no.

ROBIN: Can I have accounts on several servers?

GPT: #Certainly. One can be home, another a backup, and another an #emergency cottage when the village #electricity #fails.

ROBIN: Which it did today.

GPT: Yes. Mastodon.au disappeared behind a #Cloudflare #Error 522 for hours.

ROBIN: So the fediverse is not one vast #machine going down?

GPT: No. One village can lose power while the rest of the #country carries on.

ROBIN: That is reassuring.

GPT: And inconvenient.

ROBIN: Mostly inconvenient.

GPT: But you now know more about the #fediverse than you did this morning.

ROBIN: I learned that it is decentralised, #untidy, resilient, occasionally broken, and full of different #neighbourhoods, customs, friendships, arguments and difficult people.

GPT: Much like #human life.

ROBIN: And the #occasional village lunatic shouting across the fence.

GPT: Every #healthy community #needs one.

ROBIN: At last, a clear role for me.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #intermittentfasting #AI