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Re: Mastodon distro

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Mastodon distro
Date 2023-02-12 23:52 +0100
Message-ID <i57objxqaf.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References <ts5knf$1fqt$77@gallifrey.nk.ca> <id2nbjxaul.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <tsaq48$1noa$71@gallifrey.nk.ca> <qd8nbjxsuq.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <tsbhmp$dss$37@gallifrey.nk.ca>

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On 2023-02-12 21:20, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <qd8nbjxsuq.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>,
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2023-02-12 14:38, The Doctor wrote:
>>> In article <id2nbjxaul.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>,
>>> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2023-02-11 23:52, The Doctor wrote:

...

>>> Never heard of Mastodon social media site then.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> I thought, though, it might be some twiter clone made by trumpists
>> evicted from tuiter. Not been USAian, that doesn't interest me at all.
>> Nor tuiter itself.
>>
>>
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)>
>>
>> Mastodon (social network)
>>
>> Mastodon is free and open-source software for running self-hosted social
>> networking services. It has microblogging features similar to Twitter,
>> which are offered by a large number of independently run nodes, known as
>> instances, each with its own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy
>> policy, privacy options, and content moderation policies.[6][7][8]
>>
>> Each user is a member of a specific Mastodon instance (also called a
>> server), which can interoperate as a federated social network, allowing
>> users on different instances to interact with each other. This is
>> intended to give users the flexibility to select a node whose policies
>> they prefer, but keep access to a larger social network. Mastodon is
>> also part of the Fediverse ensemble of computer servers, which use
>> shared protocols allowing users to interact with other users on
>> computers running compatible software packages[9] such as PeerTube and
>> Friendica. Mastodon is crowdfunded and does not contain ads.
>>
>> Mastodon was created by Eugen Rochko and announced on Hacker News in
>> October 2016,[10] and gained significant adoption in 2022 in the wake of
>> Twitter's acquisition by Elon Musk.[11]
>>
>> The project is maintained by German non-profit Mastodon gGmbH.[12]
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers, Carlos.
>>
> 
> That one! It needs a distro!

Why?

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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