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Big rumblings in the expansion of the #Fediverse have been happening recently.

#Tumblr has already promised to implement #ActivityPub (the protocol Mastodon uses), which will mean you can follow Tumblr accounts from here and vice versa. And today we a learning that #Flickr is also considering it!

This will be a massive expansion, which obviously carries some uncertainties, but I, for one, welcome our new federation partners.

This is the way the internet is supposed to work.
#fediverse #activitypub #tumblr #flickr
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katedegerdon anti-tory pro-eu
katedegerdon anti-tory pro-eu  
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Will Mastadon's servers have the capacity to cope with all this new activity? They must have zillions arriving from Twitter too?
PammyStarr :ani_clubtwit: ✍️
PammyStarr :ani_clubtwit: ✍️  
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I assume more activity means more instances. It seems every busy celebrity needs their own, for instance. Businesses will pop up that specialize in running your Mastodon servers, etc.
Kadin
Kadin  
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That already exists: https://masto.host offers managed Mastodon hosting ($40/mo for ~500 users, seems a bit high but not unreasonable to me), but right now they are so swamped they're not taking new subscriptions. Heck of a problem to have as a business.

I do have some questions about how well Mastodon (the mainline server) scales, and if there are opportunities for optimization that could make managed hosting cheaper per user.

Masto.host - Fully Managed Mastodon Hosting

Masto.host was built from the ground up to make running a Mastodon instance easy.
Masto.host
John Conway
John Conway  
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Other implementations of ActivityPub are more efficient, so I understand. Pleroma for one.

Still, I think masto.host offers a good deal, and their support is top-notch.

Toot.io also offers managed hosting, but it's starts pretty high: https://toot.io/mastodon_hosting.html

Mastodon Hosting

Managed Mastodon Hosting
toot.io
Ramiro Salas :veritrek:
Ramiro Salas :veritrek:  
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I think Pleroma is the way to go. Its Elixir-based scalable architecture, design and compatibility surpasses Mastodon, but it does need more love on the web UI side of things.

The Metatext app connects seamlessly to it as well as Mastodon.
John Conway
John Conway  
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Pleroma's web-facing aspect could do with some work, yes. But also, is there a reason Pleroma instances seem to be run by mostly trollish dickheads?
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Nelson Chu Pavlosky
Nelson Chu Pavlosky  
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Top reason is that Pleroma had a prominent TERF involved with development for a while, so the Pleroma community self-selected for people who are ok with transphobia. (Discussing this often attracts sea lions who claim that technology is neutral, bemoaning cancel culture.)

For people who like the technology but want a community that might enforce a code of conduct, consider the hard fork Akkoma instead: https://coffee-and-dreams.uk/development/2022/06/24/akkoma.html

Akkoma: A vision to refocus Pleroma

I figure I should probably put developments of the past two weeks or so into a more formal format - I tend to be rather too keen on the "doing" ...

Coffee and Dreams
RichSJ
RichSJ  
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I really wanted to like Pleroma, but its just too dang buggy (even Akkoma) and the interface is just all over the place. I definitely favor Mastodon, Misskey, and Soapbox.
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Nelson Chu Pavlosky
Nelson Chu Pavlosky  
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And now I have to get specific, Alex Gleason is a TERF and he's the founder of Soapbox. I cannot recommend Soapbox to anyone, trans rights are human rights and this developer should not be welcome in any community.
piccolbo
piccolbo  
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but didn't Gab run in mastodon for a while? Couldn't i start a progressive server running pleroma? Or is hate hard-coded?
neo
neo  
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hate is hardcoded into the mastodon user's DNA. Using pleroma is reason enough for them for permanent action.
RichSJ
RichSJ  
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Well, regardless of how people feel about Gleason, they can't deny that Soapbox is an excellent piece of software. (if a bit too tw*tt*r-like)
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