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1. Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 06:14:52 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

   There are good reasons why the Fediverse is on so many servers:

   -It prevents Musk (or anyone!) from buying the network

   -If a server is badly run, you can move to another without losing your followers

   -Far more human admins on the Fediverse, moderation tends to be better

   -If one server goes down, the others still work

   -Each server makes its own rules

   -Anyone can set up a server

   -Lots of server types to choose from, and they connect to each other

   More details at https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/

   • Inaya Shujaat عنايه شجاعت 🇳🇿🇵🇸 (inayashujaat@paktodon.asia)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 06:45:43 JST Inaya Shujaat عنايه شجاعت 🇳🇿🇵🇸

     in reply to

     • gentrifiedrose

     @gentrifiedrose @feditips White men have already taken over most of the servers. Just look at how many minorities are admins and mods vs how many white men are.

     Minorities get chased off larger servers because of it. Moderation is no better in the fediverse than it was on Twitter. Not for minorities, anyways. We’re subjected to more abuse in many ways, thanks to decentralised servers and cowboy-style moderation.

   • gentrifiedrose (gentrifiedrose@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 06:45:44 JST gentrifiedrose

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     @feditips I constantly worry that white men will take over again and become tyrants. Tech doesn't have much ethics and the empathy is non existant. Even if we could all agree that those things don't matter and regulate ourselves based on common goals, white men always harass us to death.

   • Jargoggles (jargoggles@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 13:06:03 JST Jargoggles

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     @feditips
     -No algorithm that can be gamed to influence public opinion.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 19:19:26 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Framasoft

     p.s. There's a short animation video by @Framasoft called "What is the Fediverse?"

     https://fedi.video/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD

     TL:DW - The Fediverse allows people on independent social networks to follow and interact with each other without having to get an account on each service. This already happens on email networks and phone networks, why not social networks too?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 20:39:00 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Tante Anja

     @HeyLaiverd

     Most of the time most followers should transfer over, even if it takes a while (sometimes up to a week).

     Some followers may not transfer if your new server is blocked by their server, or vice versa.

     Some followers may not transfer if their server is no longer working properly (they might have followed you a long time ago when it was working).

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   • Tante Anja (heylaiverd@mastodon.nl)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 20:39:01 JST Tante Anja

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     @feditips Except I see the cry for help of people who have moved and lost their followers, on a weekly base.

     And I'm still not convinced (because of lack of knowledge on my part, I guess?) that a collective of right wing servers can be stopped.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 20:41:03 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Tusky
     • Tante Anja

     @HeyLaiverd

     "And I'm still not convinced (because of lack of knowledge on my part, I guess?) that a collective of right wing servers can be stopped."

     A few years ago a far right server called Gab tried to enter the mainstream Fediverse, but so many existing servers blocked them that they gave up and didn't bother federating any more.

     One app @Tusky even added code so that anyone trying to use Tusky with a Gab account just got rickrolled :rickroll:

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 21:03:49 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Tusky
     • Tante Anja

     @HeyLaiverd

     Yeah, was one of the best moments of the Fediverse! Well done @Tusky 👏

     But, yeah, the point you raise is valid in that there's nothing to stop anyone creating their own server. It works a bit like the world wide web, anyone can make a website.

     It's up to each server's management to decide what it blocks and what it federates with.

   • Tante Anja (heylaiverd@mastodon.nl)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 21:03:50 JST Tante Anja

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     • Tusky

     @feditips @Tusky Wauw. That is something. Thank you for telling this tiny bit of Fediverse history. ☺️

   • McQ (gmcq@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 21:31:07 JST McQ

     in reply to

     • Framasoft

     @feditips @Framasoft I’m still learning how this all works and every little bit of info helps me learn. Thanks. One question: if this is the case then why can’t I see posts by, or even search successfully for people on other instances? I have friends on mastodon.social but since I’m on mstdn.social I can’t see them. Someone shared info on how to do that but I didn’t understand it. Can you help clarify? Thanks!

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 21:36:27 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • McQ

     @gmcq

     You can see posts by people on other instances and search for them, but if the account is really new or if it hasn't posted much then it may not be very visible to other servers.

     If you follow someone, then they immediately become visible to everyone on your server, and you will see all their posts from that moment onwards.

     If you can't find someone by searching, you can use their "account address" to make their account appear: https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address/

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   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 21:38:28 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • McQ

     @gmcq

     I know this seems unnecessarily complicated, but there are good reasons why servers work like this.

     Every server is totally independent, to prevent anyone taking over the network.

     It would be incredibly expensive to have a record of every post by every person on all other servers, duplicated thousands of times over on every other server.

     So, as a compromise, servers only list accounts and posts that they have "noticed". Here's more info about this: https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/

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   • McQ (gmcq@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 23:30:43 JST McQ

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     @feditips Thank you for explaining this further! This would account for why I couldn’t find someone recently: their account was brand new and only had maybe one post. But a search didn’t show them even after they started following me, which had me baffled. I’m slow to catch on but I absolutely love how this works compared to centralized social media. Thank you!!!

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 04:02:59 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Paul Will Gamble :unverified:
     • Kazuya Darklight

     @KazuyaDarklight @paulywill

     Yup, that's why it's a good idea to use a server listed on https://fedi.garden or https://joinmastodon.org/servers, as they have all promised to give three months warning if they are going to shut down.

     The larger unfiltered lists don't ask for any commitments at all.

   • Paul Will Gamble :unverified: (paulywill@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 04:03:06 JST Paul Will Gamble :unverified:

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     @feditips how does one move to another server and take one’s followers?

   • Kazuya Darklight (kazuyadarklight@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 04:03:06 JST Kazuya Darklight

     in reply to

     • Paul Will Gamble :unverified:

     @paulywill

     @feditips

     https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

     Both servers must be live for the move to work, if your old host suddenly shuts down, you can't use this to recover.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 16:23:05 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Paul Will Gamble :unverified:
     • Kazuya Darklight

     @KazuyaDarklight @paulywill

     That's unfortunately true of anything on the internet. Unless you physically have server hardware in your own home, you are always relying on a third party to maintain their service.

     Even the largest, best-funded companies regularly have severe technical problems and mass deletions without warning:

     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/21/elon-musk-x-glitch-deletes-twitter-photos-pictures-links

     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/18/myspace-loses-all-content-uploaded-before-2016

   • Kazuya Darklight (kazuyadarklight@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 16:23:06 JST Kazuya Darklight

     in reply to

     • Paul Will Gamble :unverified:

     @feditips

     @paulywill

     Yah that is just a pinky swear though, my old server was on that list, they gave 1, poorly communicated, month's notice and closed shop.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 23:35:18 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Shantell Powell

     @Shanmonster

     Did you try to transfer your followers to your new account?

     There's a procedure for doing this, it has a lot of steps but each step is relatively simple:

     https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

   • Shantell Powell (shanmonster@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 23:35:19 JST Shantell Powell

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     @feditips I had to change servers shortly after joining mastodon, but for whatever reason, I lost most of my followers. I don’t know what I did wrong.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:12:59 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Shantell Powell

     @Shanmonster

     Ah, okay, sorry to hear that. Hopefully should work better next time.

   • Shantell Powell (shanmonster@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:13:00 JST Shantell Powell

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     @feditips yeah, I looked up how to do it, but it didn’t work. Not sure why. The server I was originally on is gone now, anyhow.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:18:54 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Shantell Powell

     @Shanmonster

     If the other server shuts down the process won't work, which is why it's recommended to sign up on a server listed at https://joinmastodon.org/servers or https://fedi.garden, as all the servers there promise to give three months warning if they are shutting down.

   • Shantell Powell (shanmonster@c.im)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:18:55 JST Shantell Powell

     in reply to

     @feditips I hope so, too! Here’s hoping I also don’t need to change servers again.