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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by FormerBandmate on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:45PM (#33553852)
Truth Social, one of the biggest private Twitter competitors with 4 million users (although obviously not appealing to Muskfugees because it’s essentially a playground for Trump and his supporters), is literally just a Mastodon instance with federation removed. It’s already happening
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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by djvdq on Friday November 11, 2022 @04:02PM (#33566783)
IIRC the same situation is with Gab
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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by janv on Saturday November 12, 2022 @02:11AM (#33570838)
The difference is that Truth Social never intended to federate, while Gab was defederated and isolated by the community. You can still federate with Gab if you own your server.
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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by djvdq on Saturday November 12, 2022 @05:08AM (#33571750)
Yeah, of course you're right. I just meant that Gab is also just a Mastodon instance, what people might not know. I should've been more precise in my previous comment.
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