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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:07PM (#37339427)
My understanding is that "typical" Mastodon/ActivityPub instances limit you to on the order of 500. Certainly true for Fosstodon.
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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by jowea on Thursday August 31, 2023 @12:16PM (#37339598)
I never used the Fediverse, but is all/most trying to be a Twitter clone?
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Re:Usenet, the OG social network, rises again like a text-on... by cpach on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:30PM (#37340759)
Mastodon is like that. Then you have Kbin and Lemmy which are more Reddit-like, and Pixelfed which is supposedly similar to Instagram.
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