Post by @Mastodon@mastodon.social

2026-07-23 06:33 UTC

It's time for our first Server Spotlight! We want to help people find their communities across the #fediverse so we're featuring servers here on this account. First up: The Mended Drum, a home for fans of all things Sir Terry Pratchett. It is said that if you stay on The Mended Drum long enough, you'll meet every hero on the server: https://mendeddrum.org/directory (keep an eye on your horse, though 😉) #FeaturedServer #CommunitySpotlight #Mastodon #SocialWeb #GNUTerryPratchett

Replies (4)

@wjmaggos@liberal.city 2026-07-23 07:08

@Mastodon@mastodon.social I don't get thinking of servers as a community, except to the degree something like the fans of a podcast start a server to talk to each other AND figure out the fedi. but communities are insular and that's the opposite of interoperability. and everybody will soon have friends off server that they feel like are part of their community. a server shares mod policy. in order to avoid centralization, when no other sensible division makes sense, let's separate servers by locality.

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@flwwhtrbt@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 08:16

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Funnily enough I'm listening to Men at Arms on my morning walks at the moment!

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@DramatisPaws@toot.wales 2026-07-23 11:14

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Everybody on there looks so cool!

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@djtoebeans@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-23 13:26

@Mastodon@mastodon.social :gnutp:

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