Pleroma 2.0: a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols
It saddens me that every time I see a fediverse-related post on HN, it gets inundated by people who don&#x27;t &quot;get it&quot; and that is to be expected: fediverse is not Twitter and everybody gets Twitter. That change in mentality is not easy.<p>Fun story: massive influx of users from India recently and the timelines got flooded by posts indirectly asking: &quot;what is the way to fame here? How do I get followers?&quot;. Fediverse doesn&#x27;t work like that. You just… talk with others. There&#x27;s no &quot;you and your followers&quot;. There&#x27;s &quot;us&quot;.<p>Analogy: you are not in a metropole. You are in a village that is extremely well connected to all other villages. You do not need to shout to be heard.<p>I&#x27;m on a FOSS-focused instance. We talk all kinds of stuff and FOSS is one of them. I have my Home timeline where I follow all the people I want to hear from (both my instance and all others). I have my Instance timeline where I&#x27;m basically guaranteed to read interesting stuff I can reply to and meet new people who also considered this instance to be their haven. And the Known Fediverse timeline… Well, it&#x27;s fun to browse but come on, imagine a timeline of all tweets on Twitter: mostly useless.<p>Choosing the right instance also involves choosing the right moderators for you. Mods can block other instances. If you don&#x27;t like what the mods do, change instance or start your own community. After all, it&#x27;s not Twitter, the people decide how content is moderated, not a for-profit company.<p>That&#x27;s the fediverse for ya. Hope to see you there!