Fun Stuff > CLIKC

Anyone on Mastodon?

<< < (2/3) > >>

JoeCovenant:

I must be getting old.
It looks pretty confusing to me...

Whenever I have a gander at it, all I can think of is IRC boards!
(Or usenet...)

bhtooefr:
Basically, you can be on (almost) any server, with its own policies, and communicate with/follow anyone on (almost) any server, just by putting their server name after their address (if you're on mastodon.social, you could just use @bhtooefr, but if you were on, say, witches.town, you'd have to use @[email protected] (but if you were following me or conversing with me, it'd likely autocomplete that)), similar to emailing.

The reason I say almost any server is, server admins can choose to block other servers if they're receiving a lot of objectionable content from those servers. (Or, they can block specific users on other servers, too.)

The idea is that you get on a server that matches your interests (not actually necessary, but it makes the server's local timeline more relevant) and desired rules, and then you're in the network.

Charles012:
I should get old.

It looks quite befuddling to me...

hedgie:

--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 14 Nov 2017, 08:35 ---(Or usenet...)

--- End quote ---

Those who do not understand Usenet are doomed to reinvent it badly.

oddtail:
I went and joined Mastodon, https://meow.social/@oddtail - feel free to follow or message me if so inclined. It remains to be seen how much I'll end up using it.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page