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Re:Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, makes it 'a m... by verdverm on Friday December 15, 2023 @12:25PM (#38656299)
I'm going to deploy an ActivityPub server this weekend on the Threads news, probably a different implementation, but we'll see

I stopped using Twitter a few weeks back. I tried to give Elon the benefit of the doubt early on, turned out to be a mistake. The platform has become worse and worse. Eschewing moderation leads to hate, misinformation, bickering, and spam becoming the predominant content.

Federation seems like the right way to organize social media. Problem has always been the big servers each having their own protocol and not providing interoperability.

Also, I want way more control of my feed

Re:Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, makes it 'a m... by hn1986 on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:11PM (#38656824)
Please provide an update on how challenging that is to deploy!
Re:Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, makes it 'a m... by verdverm on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:13PM (#38656857)
I'll post it to the new instance and share

I'm leaning towards https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Re:Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, makes it 'a m... by dawnerd on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:29PM (#38657013)
I run my own with a few people and it’s really not that hard if you’re comfortable with docker.