"The only difference I can see is that being on a topic-specific server makes the local feed more useful/interesting. That's probably not very relevant to BitFolk, though.
Robin" Even that does not make too much difference, I search various hashtags then follow those who seem interesting to me regardless of their instance
The only difference I can see is that being on a topic-specific
server makes the local feed more useful/interesting. That's probably
not very relevant to BitFolk, though.
Robin
On 22/12/2022 15:31, Keith Williams via
BitFolk Users wrote:
My mastodon address is @rizal@universedon.com . To
be honest I don't think it matters a lot which instance you use
really, does it? I chose mine as a friend is on it. But near
enough everyone I follow is on different ones
I'm on historians.social (@RPBook@historians.social if
anyone wants to follow me) but that instance is very much
for people working in or interested in history, so not
really suitable for Bitfolk :)
I think you're right not to open up your instance to
registrations. Historians.social have less than 1,000 active
users, but they field three or four reports a week, and
suspend two or three users.
Robin
On 22/12/2022 14:12, Andy Smith via BitFolk Users
wrote:
Hi,
Continued use of Twitter has become untenable so I will move
"bitfolk" on Twitter to a Fediverse ("Mastodon") instance. The
question is which one?
The current Twitter account doesn't see much use but it's probably
of most use for posting about current incidents and maintenance
work. Therefore it needs to work even if BitFolk is not working. So
it should not run on an instance that's inside BitFolk
infrastructure.
I can run an instance outside of BitFolk infrastructure but I don't
think the cost will be worth it vs the limited use.
Perhaps it is best to just put it on an instance that is already in
mainstream use?
If you are currently active on the Fediverse, could you let me know
which instance you use? Feel free to let me know your full address if
you'd like me/others to follow you. 😀
My personal account is grifferz@social.bitfolk.com. ¹
Assuming I get some replies to this, I'll probably put a bitfolk one
on some instance that you already use. I'll let you know once that
happens. They have RSS feeds so even those who don't use the
Fediverse would be able to keep track of posts there.
Cheers,
Andy
¹ This is a Mastodon instance running at bitfolk but I don't have
any intention of opening this to other users, as I don't think I'm
prepared for the workload of managing such a user community.