Well this is a new place... seems better than facebook and twitter already just by virtue of not being either of those... anyways... I presume each instance of mastadon is an entirely enclosed space with its own users... I am not sure if this is quite the global social network I was looking for, but I am chilled and this was the first option sooooooo... meh
@Exhale are you looking at the federated timeline? I’m fairly new to this but I’m slowly starting to grasp it. Basically each instance is it’s own community that can have its own rules and block other instances. You can view a timeline of just that instance. The federated timeline is all instances minus the ones your instance blocks (I believe). That’s what makes it a global network. I think everything you post can be viewed by everyone (which is how I can see your post).
@Exhale no problem. One thing I’m trying to figure out is if you can post things that only your instance can see or if it’s automatically viewable by all instances. Also I wonder if it’s possible to follow other instances so you can have a more relevant timeline. Seeing everything is great except half of it’s not in English so it’s kind of a mess.
@kilo lol i admit i prefer seeing everything i can, it makes these instances feel so much more like a global community... i like it but i would be interested to learn from your findings
@Exhale I agree for the most part. I’d rather see everything than some algorithm tailoring it or my instance blocking stuff. It would be nice to have some language filters though. I know what you mean by it feeling like a global community but ultimately I think it’s not very practical to see a bunch of Japanese posts lol. It should definitely be the user’s decision though. Not forced upon everyone.
@kilo i could definately get behind a mechinism to chose such things
@kilo i am definately new to this too... so yeah just beginning to grasp that concept and i loke what i see so far. Thanks for extra clarity though.