2025-12-26 19:19 UTC
@melroy@mastodon.melroy.org
I mean what is mastodon? it's not the network, but a service on it? the org runs a few instances but it also develops an app and the server software. they are doing a ton of great work and should be supported for it, but we also lose the plot if we don't make these distinctions.
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@melroy@mastodon.melroy.org 2025-12-27 10:35
@wjmaggos@liberal.city ah Mastodon can best be explained as software for the fediverse. It's a software platform for connecting to the fediverse. Alternatives like Mbin, Lemmy or piefed exists as well. Which are also software for the fediverse.
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@Raccoon@techhub.social 2025-12-30 19:21
@wjmaggos@liberal.city @melroy@mastodon.melroy.org Mastodon is the interface, the program that runs on the server to give you a way to read, post, and interact on the Fediverse. The Fediverse is the actual network, which has more interfaces than Mastodon: Misskey, Sharkey, Friendica, etc are also part of the Social Network here.