@Random Ambler
Thank you again for proposing to post here.
@Background Pony #A555
This is a long post so take your time and do not hesitate to ask questions.
>it all seems very confusing
I am aware of that. 99% of all internet users do not have the knowledge to understand basic network functions.
But that’s not a problem, you don’t need to know the in depth.
The fediverse is not centralized, it’s decentralized, see
this picture meaning that anyone can make their own instance/domain, a domain name is for example “derpibooru.org”. The advantage of decentralization is that their is no more one entity who can decide to ban/censore content like it’s happening with tumblr, or like it’s going to happen with newsground or twitter at some point, it mitigates the negative effects of censorship and can be a problem for government since servers can be hosted in other countries like for example venezuela. You also avoid the infamous
worldwide datamining on most servers since most instance are made by people who are passionate and not for monetary reasons.
One of the instances who succumbed to such while behavior is mastodon.social who sells back the private and public data of it’s users to companies.
How does it work ? Very simple, you subscribe or create a server, if you are a newbie and cannot create a server so you will have to rely onto someone, that’s why I suggested you to seek help to lain. When you are registered on a server you will have two timelines, one local to your own server and one with all the interconnections that exist on the fediverse network. When you post on the server where you are registered your post is shared automatically on the fediverse. So the fediverse isn’t defined by the software used but by it’s protocol which permits interconnections between the servers, the protocol is called Ostatus, but don’t go too far on that it’s in depth details.
As for software their are 4 softwares that exist who use the protocol Ostatus, Gnu Social which is very old and not maintained well, Pleroma a newly made and working software which needs very little hardware needs (aka=more users on one server), PostActiv a fork of Gnu Social who tries to update Gnu social and Mastodon who’s creator betrayed the neutrality principals that we had on the network for the past ten years.
I’m pretty sure most of tumblr artists will just migrate there,
Are you saying that because you suppose that every body is going there that you need to follow ?
>since twitter doesn’t give a damn if you’re posting porn
Have you read
twitters terms of service ?
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We reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, including for example, copyright or trademark violations, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or harassment.
By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
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This is gibberish to you but I’ve been reading this sort of awful things for the past three decades so to make it short, they can remove anything they want for any reason, and whatever you post on it they can claim it their own.
But wait there’s more see:
Citation
Please review the Twitter Rules (and, for Periscope, the Periscope Community Guidelines at
https://www.pscp.tv/content), which are part of the User Agreement and outline what is prohibited on the Services.
Do not post content that:
Depicts pornography or sexual acts.
Promotes or depicts unnecessary violence or graphic imagery.
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Wasn’t that also tumblrs politics for years until now ?
There’s also the whole
software freedom part to explain since the protocols and servers are made of them but that is already a lot I think.
Here’s a
wacky video made a few years ago to explain all this.
@Meanlucario
Newsground is centralized so it’s the same problem.
