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Re:Mastodon Explained by johannes1234321 on Saturday November 05, 2022 @09:04PM (#33487657)
My Mastodon instance can exchange messages with yours, similar to my mail server sending you messages to you. See ActivityPub protocol.
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Re:Mastodon Explained by jefftk on Saturday November 05, 2022 @09:15PM (#33487718)
Mastodon is federated, but by running an instance just for yourself you give up on per-instance culture
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