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Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by TheJoYo on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:40PM (#25895738)
Users have to make the same choice with any other social media service.
Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by lmm on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:14AM (#25899921)
Not really, because the account is less coupled to the topics. I have one reddit account even though I'm in a bunch of different subreddits (and I'm not even in the subreddit that I originally joined reddit for). I have one discord account even though I'm in a bunch of different discords (and even have different usernames in different ones).
Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by incrudible on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:03PM (#25896013)
There is only the choice of whether to use the service or not. If you get banned for wrongthink on Twitter, it does not immediately affect you on Facebook.

Twitter and Facebook only ban the more extreme or inconvenient forms of wrongthink. Mastodon servers on the other hand often are Subreddit style echochambers.

Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by TheJoYo on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:07PM (#25896054)
I haven't had any moderation issues on my instance.
Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by bluesign on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:53PM (#25895892)
Sorry maybe I couldn't explain my point clear.

Think Mastodon instances (hosts) as reddit subreddits.

Basically you are creating an account in not universe (reddit) but on instance (subreddit)

And this subreddit is deciding, which other subreddits you can see with your account. (fediverse)

Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by TheJoYo on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:06PM (#25896035)
I am questioning the presupposition that one chooses to make any account at all.

Using your analogy:

I don't need to create an account to view a subreddit or reddit. I don't need to create an account to view federated instances.

When I publish content on any social network I am always thinking about who it is intended for. I don't post the same things on Facebook that I would on Instagram, for example.

Users have to make the same choice of what to publish with any other social media service.

Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by bluesign on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:11PM (#25896086)
Yeah but I am more thinking about not hosting your Instance angle.

Mostly topic based federation is what I am against. (When bundled with identity)

Re:Our experience with the Fediverse, and why we left by TheJoYo on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:07PM (#25896650)
You might be mixing up threads here, I didn't mention single user instances in my reply.