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2026-01-28 04:58 UTC

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social one thing, the decentralized nature means there is perhaps too much choice. Do you get an account on mastodon.social, mstdn.ca, mastodon.com, tusky.whatever.... And also what app do you use to access it? When there was Twitter, there was one official app. With Mastodon, there are a multitude. Sometimes too much choice is counterproductive.

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  • @jbd@twit.social 2026-01-28 05:08

    @hfinyow@mstdn.ca @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social at the same time, this isn't a problem with email. Everyone uses email and they're not tripped up by there being dozens of email service providers. The big problem is Mastodon resists commercialization by its nature so there's no giant corpo spending big bucks pushing the "one" canonical version that everyone flocks to

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  • @bitpickup@troet.cafe 2026-01-28 05:17

    You are reasoning against the constitution of the fediVerse and FOSS @hfinyow@mstdn.ca itself. Dictatorship is way easier than a democracy, no elections, no choice, none of the troubles independence comes with .. 🤷 @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social

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  • @T_X@chaos.social 2026-01-28 05:35

    @hfinyow@mstdn.ca @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social I think I'd suggest people to just start on mastodon.social. don't worry about instances to start with, as it's very easy to migrate later. And then once they got the basic hang of it, tell them like "oh, btw as you're really into literature/art/music/tech/... did you see this other instance? I think it'd match really well with your profile. And it'd help the network, too, if you'd chose a smaller, more individual instance!" Keep it simple to start with, don't overwhelm.

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  • @hfinyow@mstdn.ca @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social Isn't the Mastodon app on Google Play an official one? I've always used that on mobile and it works great. On PC I just open my instance on my browser

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  • @Domi_Smalls@troet.cafe 2026-01-29 15:44

    @hfinyow@mstdn.ca @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social There is a Mastodon app though. I'm on it atm. Just not one Fediverse app. Or am I mistaken?

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