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by andoon 3357 days ago
From what I've seen Mastodon shows an anti-capitalist message in its home page. I'm not surprised it's a left-wing echo chamber comparable to what gab.ai is for the right-wing. I don't understand why would they limit themselves to that. Many of us see the value of open source but are not anti-capitalistic, Marxist, or liberal.

Edit: I made a mistake. I saw that message in this instance: https://oulipo.social/ (the one that was popular a few days ago for not allowing you to use the letter "e") and I believed that to be the default message for a Mastodon instance. Sorry for any confusion.
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narrowrail 3357 days ago
Ok, I'm not on Mstodon and don't plan to be, but I am rooting for it because it is another federated instance of GNUSocial/pump.io/status.net. If you are going to criticize something [4-day old acct, ahem], at least take the time to understand it (i.e. your contribution indicates Mastodon is another-walled-garden/ mouse trap).

So, what is gab.ai's story on federation?

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anderber 3357 days ago
Each instance can have it's own spin of the network. There's a right wing instance, and there's a left wing instance. It's up to you to choose an instance, or create one yourself! Mastodon itself has such message that you're describing. The official instance is: mastodon.social. I personally chose mastodon.network.
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s73ver 3357 days ago
Mastodon.social? I'm not seeing any kind of anti-capitalist message there.
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nextweek2 3357 days ago
The opening paragraph is marketting speak so it doesn't out and out say anything anti-capitalist, but the logical inference does try and target those that worry about multinational corporations.

"A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust"

It's offering an alternative to commercial platforms, trying to imply that you wanted that. It's implying that you are at risk and at the mercy of a monopoly.

Ultimately it will fail, playing on people's fears backfires. Always play to your strengths.

It's hard for new entrants because Facebook is being responsive to its users. This isn't sustainable over the long term, people at the top will change and priority will shift to short term fiscal returns.

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