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    From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Friday, December 25, 2020 11:43:00
    Hello Tracker1!

    ** On Wednesday 11.11.20 - 19:31, tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

    I wish XMPP and Mastadon had gained better, broader acceptance so peoople could cluster by interest group instead of one site to rule them all mentalities.

    If someone hosted Mastadon server and established specific message areas, would those same areas be available to someone else's Mastadon server?

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  • From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Friday, December 25, 2020 11:44:00
    Hello Arelor!

    ** On Thursday 12.11.20 - 04:37, arelor wrote to Tracker1:

    Mastodon is a politized mess at this point, with users harassing operators
    of servers who don't ban impopular users, people demaning for hardcoded blacklists in the reference software itself etc.

    That doesn't sound too good then. :(

    Does the individual user and or the server operator have the ability to block specific users? Telegram's "block user" is very simple and powerful.

    I took a quick peek at Mastadon. It looked promising.. but then I noticed the variety of different "apps" available for the Web vs Desktop and got confused. Can those apps be used interchangeably?

    The sample screenshot at Mastadon's main page looks a lot like Telegram.


    There is a reason why I am prowliing BBSs instead of popular web services these days. Also, long life IRC!

    A certain charm and simplicity remains with interacting with BBSes directly. Networked message areas like Fidonet/Dovenet are a bonus.

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Ogg on Friday, December 25, 2020 17:38:54
    Re: Mastadon
    By: Ogg to All on Fri Dec 25 2020 11:44 am

    Does the individual user and or the server operator have the ability to bloc specific users? Telegram's "block user" is very simple and powerful.

    I don't know, but I think that is likely.

    Regarding apps galore, that is to be expected in FOSS. I suspect there will be 999+ clients you can use developed by fans and hobbyists. Most nodes have web interfaces so you can always use them if you dare.

    A quick search online reveals there are things like text blocking and such for Mastodon so at the very least I expect moderation tools to be available.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ogg on Friday, December 25, 2020 16:34:00
    Ogg wrote to All <=-

    Hello Tracker1!

    ** On Wednesday 11.11.20 - 19:31, tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

    I wish XMPP and Mastadon had gained better, broader acceptance so peoople could cluster by interest group instead of one site to rule them all mentalities.

    If someone hosted Mastadon server and established specific message
    areas, would those same areas be available to someone else's Mastadon server?

    It's more like Twitter in that you have a timeline. You could use
    hashtags to identify threads, but you'd need to be subscribed to
    their feed to see/search them, if I'm not mistaken.


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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, December 28, 2020 15:58:00
    On 12-25-20 16:34, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ogg <=-

    It's more like Twitter in that you have a timeline. You could use
    hashtags to identify threads, but you'd need to be subscribed to
    their feed to see/search them, if I'm not mistaken.

    Urk, that puts me off. I don't like the large unstructured feeds of Instagram and Twitter. :/


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  • From Warpslide@VERT/NRBBS to Vk3jed on Monday, December 28, 2020 14:10:00
    On 28 Dec 2020, Vk3jed said the following...

    Urk, that puts me off. I don't like the large unstructured feeds of Insta and Twitter. :/

    I'm the same way. I don't have an Instragram account anymore, but I do follow a select few accounts on Twitter more to keep up with some news, alerts & notices for work.

    I had to delete Reddit from my phone as well as it's now just one long toilet paper roll of never ending "content". I only look at Reddit on my laptop now.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Vk3jed on Monday, December 28, 2020 12:39:22
    Re: Re: Mastadon
    By: Vk3jed to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Dec 28 2020 03:58 pm

    It's more like Twitter in that you have a timeline. You could use
    hashtags to identify threads, but you'd need to be subscribed to
    their feed to see/search them, if I'm not mistaken.

    Urk, that puts me off. I don't like the large unstructured feeds of Instagram and Twitter. :/

    I tend not to use Twitter or Instagram much, myself. I don't like that Instagram only lets you post photos (I know that's the main idea), and I'm also not very fond of hashtags. I'd think there would be a better way to tag posts that isn't so visible. Also, some people tend to #speak #in #hashtags, which I find a little weird.

    Nightfox

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Warpslide on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 20:02:00
    On 12-28-20 14:10, Warpslide wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Urk, that puts me off. I don't like the large unstructured feeds of Insta and Twitter. :/

    I'm the same way. I don't have an Instragram account anymore, but I do follow a select few accounts on Twitter more to keep up with some news, alerts & notices for work.

    I revived my Twitter account the other day, mainly so I can access Twitter links that some people I know keep sending (many are actually of interest), but I don't actively follow my feed. My Instagram account is still active, but hardly used.

    I had to delete Reddit from my phone as well as it's now just one long toilet paper roll of never ending "content". I only look at Reddit on
    my laptop now.

    I follow little on Reddit, but its notifications are useless, keeps pushing stuff I don't follow. I know others have complained about that "feature" in Reddit.


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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Nightfox on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 20:04:00
    On 12-28-20 12:39, Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    I tend not to use Twitter or Instagram much, myself. I don't like that Instagram only lets you post photos (I know that's the main idea), and
    I'm also not very fond of hashtags. I'd think there would be a better
    way to tag posts that isn't so visible. Also, some people tend to
    #speak #in #hashtags, which I find a little weird.

    I don't mind hashtags, they are easy to use, even if you #overuse them. :D


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