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[–] 58 points 7 months ago (12 children)

They can and should make their own instance. And we can defederate them.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Isn't Truth Social running Mastodon?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I’ve read somewhere they originally took the Mastodon server codebase, but it’s been heavily modified since and not compatible with ActivityPub.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Isn't Mastadon AGPL? So legally if that was the case they would have to share sources (if Trump cared about the law)

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    Its a fork. So its the codebase which they've modified so it's the technology of mastodon but not actually mastodon. Think of it as a drink that someone has put posion in. The drink itself is harmless and maybe even healthy and nutritious but the poison changes it entirely

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    "We" being individual mastodon admins who each choose if they think the server should be defederated or not? That sounds good.

    As for bluesky, what they're doing makes sense for a global non-federated site. Allow anyone to make an account, and allow them to post as long as they don't break the rules. If a user doesn't like that organization they're free to block or mute them. Anything else and you're asking bluesky to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. If they forbid ICE from creating an account, which government entities are allowed? FBI? National Weather Service? FDA? POTUS? Supreme Court? Federal Reserve?

    I would bet if you say bluesky should ban "problematic" accounts and asked 100 people which accounts should be banned, you'd get 100 completely different answers. Just use your own judgment and your own block button.

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