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1. silverwizard (silverwizard@friendica.obscuritus.ca)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:10:40 EST silverwizard
   One thing I'm noticing about Mastodon (vs other parts of the Federation) the culture there seems to be very per-instance, and users/admins often treat entire instances as the same people. I don't have a sense of why that culture is specifically different.
   1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:21:16 EST Hypolite Petovan

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      I think it is because it reflects the culture of each instance admin. this behavior even is encouraged. Each instance, at least from the domain name, is thematically differentiated. There isn't a wide "come one come all" policy because Mastodon started as a project to cater to specific audiences marginalized on Twitter.
      
      When you start advertising a social network with "we ban Nazis on sight", you're bound to have a strong emphasis on culture, much more than if you just promote free speech or free software in general.
      1. silverwizard (silverwizard@friendica.obscuritus.ca)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:48:58 EST silverwizard

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         Yeah - the way Mastodon lives as a "we ban nazis" culture makes many of the admins (especially of older instances) very jumpy. I can't blame them at all - but it's weird to look at - especially to my very 90s sensibilities of "always own your own data, block as little as possible, but only follow what you care about".
         1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:52:00 EST Hypolite Petovan

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            Ah, the 90s, the great old times when only very rich people had Internet access.
   2. PennyForTheGuy (therealpennyfortheguy@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:34:41 EST PennyForTheGuy

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      @silverwizard Honestly .. There's nothing more repugnant than cliques, at worse, accompanied with the assumed hierarchical bullshit that goes along with it.
      1. silverwizard (silverwizard@friendica.obscuritus.ca)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:47:37 EST silverwizard

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         @therealpennyfortheguy I mean - all communities are cliques - and have norms. And "server admins" create hierarchy. But drama is weird.
         1. PennyForTheGuy (therealpennyfortheguy@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2018 16:50:13 EST PennyForTheGuy

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            @silverwizard Ain't that the truth.