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˗ˏˋ Doug Belshaw ˎˊ˗ 🇪🇺☠️✊ (dajbelshaw@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 09:47:49 EDT ˗ˏˋ Doug Belshaw ˎˊ˗ 🇪🇺☠️✊

Although I see increasing numbers of people doing it, I haven't really read a post about the reasons behind setting up a Mastodon instance just for yourself.
So this post by @laura is particularly interesting/useful: https://laurakalbag.com/what-is-mastodon-and-why-should-i-use-it/
In conversation Monday, 08-Oct-2018 09:47:49 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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1. What is Mastodon and why should I use it?
  
  from Laura Kalbag
  
  Now you know why I’m moving away from Twitter, you probably have a vague idea of what I’m looking for in a social network. Mastodon is unique for a few reasons: it is federated, ethical, and inclusive.
1. Ton Zijlstra (new account) (ton@m.tzyl.nl)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 11:01:06 EDT Ton Zijlstra (new account)
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  @dajbelshaw @laura My reasoning parallels @laura . To me the logical endpoint of federation is individual instances, and it fits into what I call networked agency. Blogged about it at https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2018/10/running-mastodon-myself-an-experiment-pt-4/
  In conversation Monday, 08-Oct-2018 11:01:06 EDT from m.tzyl.nl permalink
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    Running Mastodon Myself, an Experiment Pt 4
    
    from Interdependent Thoughts
    
    As I didn’t succeed yet in getting Mastodon to run on a Raspberry Pi, nor in running a Gnu Social instance that actually federates on my hosting package, I’ve opted for an intermediate …
  1. Ton Zijlstra (new account) (ton@m.tzyl.nl)'s status on Sunday, 14-Oct-2018 10:45:56 EDT Ton Zijlstra (new account)
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    @dajbelshaw @laura following up on your post on 1-person instances, I blogged about disintegrating discourse and decentralistion https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2018/10/disintegration-of-discourse-and-decentralised-tools/
    In conversation Sunday, 14-Oct-2018 10:45:56 EDT from m.tzyl.nl permalink
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      Disintegration of Discourse and Decentralised Tools
      
      from Interdependent Thoughts
      
      We’re in a time where whatever is presented to us as discourse on Facebook, Twitter or any of the other platforms out there, may or may not come from humans, bots, or someone/a group with a s…

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