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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The blog discussed progress on a "privacy-respecting search tool" that could be used to explore the entire Fediverse, a collection of independent social media networks that Mastodon connects to. That could make it possible to discover more content without depending on a "For You" algorithm mining user data.

Inshallah. Lack of search is my biggest gripe with Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lack of search is my biggest gripe with Mastodon.

I follow hashtags, it's how i discover interesting content for me. I only use the search function to follow specific accounts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Problem being that any instance only displays those posts under a hashtag that it knows about. Currently, if I follow #formula1 from my home instance, I'm seeing different posts than if I follow #formula1 from a certain other instance.

Will probably get better with developments in that aspect in the next few years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

that it knows about.

TIL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

So do I, but I can't even search for my own posts. It's frustrating.