Whole-known-network
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@postweber" class="u-url mention">@<span>postweber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Chip_Unicorn</span></a></span> </p><p>As I have said many times before, I understand where the Mastodon design is coming from and I respect that. It's just not really the design for me (just as the "one single place where everyone is" design isn't for others).</p><p>Because of it, I just have not gotten as much value out of Mastodon as on Bsky as I have from X and am starting to get from Bsky. We may just want different things. I'm glad Mastodon exists for those who want its design.</p>
<p>And <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@postweber" class="u-url mention">@<span>postweber</span></a></span> , I did very explicitly say "instance" in my post. Apologies for not writing a full technical manuscript in it. But instances and cross-instance peering politics, etc., are central to the Mastodon experience in a way they are not on X or Bsky (for now; though Bsky is ostensibly distributed, I'm glad that for now it's not really). ↵</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Chip_Unicorn</span></a></span></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@postweber" class="u-url mention">@<span>postweber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> </p><p>To further complicate things, instances have different peering policies. I believe one of the main PL instances decided that mastodon.social was too full of Nazis or something and hence doesn't treat it as a full peer (I'm not up on the details). That makes the discovery harder, and things less likely to appear across instances. ↵</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Chip_Unicorn</span></a></span></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@postweber" class="u-url mention">@<span>postweber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> </p><p>But I'm also interested in systems discussion. That's in a different instance. I am *very* interested in education, cogsci, and sociology, and learned a lot about it from finding and following people on Twitter. That *must* be happening here, but I don't even know where — I've seen virtually NONE of it. ↵</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Chip_Unicorn</span></a></span></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@postweber" class="u-url mention">@<span>postweber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> <br />I can't possibly know everyone who is on an SM. Scanning a feed and finding people who either (a) are interesting or (b) I know is how I add them. If I'm not following them, I'm just not seeing them in my feed.</p><p>A lot of what I look for is PL discussion. Much of that happens over in a different instance that I'm not on. So unless I make an explicit effort to be on there, I miss out on a lot of it. ↵</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention">@<span>Chip_Unicorn</span></a></span></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@akshayn" class="u-url mention">@<span>akshayn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@dev" class="u-url mention">@<span>dev</span></a></span> <br />OMG this is the best comment yet, and non-positional cricket fans everywhere should blush it didn't come from them.</p><p>Gripping stuff. This alongside Basavanagudi food is the stuff of dreams.</p>
<p>The Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle is a good deal not to be missed <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-awesome-games-done-quick-humble-bundle-is-a-good-deal-not-to-be-missed/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-</span><span class="invisible">awesome-games-done-quick-humble-bundle-is-a-good-deal-not-to-be-missed/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fullyabstract" class="u-url mention">@<span>fullyabstract</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Yes. I was just as confused a few weeks ago. It's totally valid, but maybe he should add it as a disclaimer whenever he mentions Mastodon 😅</p>
<p>He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany's far-right and blasted the European Commission. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where some are grappling with how, or even whether, to contain him. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/04/world/politics/musk-rightwing-influence-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/</span><span class="invisible">04/world/politics/musk-rightwing-influence-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uk</span></a></p>
