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Re:Ask HN: Why does everybody say “Mastodon” when they mean ... by JonathanBeuys on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:03AM (#33517649) 

    There is no such thing as a ActivityPub node
    whereas there is such a thing as a Mastodon node.
It is simply the other way round. It is the same with every protocol and its implementations.

You run an Ethereum node, not a "Geth node" or a "Mantis node".

You run a BitTorrent node, not an "rtorrent node" or an "qBittorrent node".

You run a webserver, not a "Django behind Nginx server".

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