"Freedom of speech" went out the window faster than Superman when Lois Lane is falling from a 10th story window.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2022
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I can't read this...
Twitter has blocked its users from sharing some links to its social media rival Mastodon.
Mastodon is a software and a network, it cannot be a "rival"... it is like saying the Internet is a rival to T-Mobile.
Mastodon is divided into groups, called servers, based on many topics including the UK, snooker, and security.
Nope, it is called instances. Servers are computers running services on a network.
Twitter has blocked links to some of the largest servers which users would join, including the most popular "social" channel.
There are no "channel"s on the network, just instances.
Mastodon said it gained hundreds of thousands of users in November, with some Twitter users seeking alternative platforms.
Again, a person can say something, company representative can, but a network does not say anything.
OMG. Such a culture shock for some :)
Mainstream media is having a really hard time trying to cover Mastodon because they keep trying to treat it like a commercial social media company. It's kind of hilarious.
I think simplification in this case is okay. Such simplifications help Mastodon gain new users. You don't expect people to take time to understand all this stuff. And let's not pretend that this is easy-peasy for non-technical person.
Exactly. It may be "cringe" for us who actually know/care about all this stuff, but for a news agency trying to reach a wide audience, its beneficial to simplify some of the more technical details. They'll learn too, in time. Before long, people will be all comfortable saying with "instance" they are on. We just need to give it some time.