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How does Mastodon work?

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  1. Tenar
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    I've been using Mastodon for a bit, and am really enjoying it. I wonder though, does this article help explain it to someone who didn't know it before, or wasn't convinced into using it before...

    I've been using Mastodon for a bit, and am really enjoying it. I wonder though, does this article help explain it to someone who didn't know it before, or wasn't convinced into using it before this? Please tell me (or ask questions!)

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    nsz
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    Never herd about it before. Seemed to explain it fairly well. I guess my question is where would it fall on continuum from say tildes where it's all about the stuff on the site and what is said;...

    Never herd about it before. Seemed to explain it fairly well.

    I guess my question is where would it fall on continuum from say tildes where it's all about the stuff on the site and what is said; with little to no user aggrandisement, following individuals etc. Or like twitter where it's all about following people regardless of what the topic is.

    1 vote
    1. Tenar
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      It's most like twitter, it's a microblogging service so you follow people & see what they say, reply, etc. text + pictures or videos. However, because of the protocol it uses that allows...

      It's most like twitter, it's a microblogging service so you follow people & see what they say, reply, etc. text + pictures or videos.

      However, because of the protocol it uses that allows 'federation' (talking to other servers also running mastodon) you can also talk with other services/sites that use the same underlying protocol, even different from Mastodon: pleroma (which resembles mastodon a bit), peertube (which is videos), and others are being built, like a blogging platform, or a image-sharing (kind of like IG) platform, etc.

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