How can a decentralized platform have a CEO?
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Because there's a company that makes the software used to run a Mastodon instance. Same way Mozilla has a CEO even though they're not in charge of the internet.
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How do I find out if my Mastodon server is federated with Threads?
At least on mine, there's an "About" link on the bottom left side on the web interface, click that and scroll to the bottom where you'll get a list of blocked servers, then just uncollapse that and ctrl+f for "threads.net".
Also if you search "@threads.net" in your mastodon client and you find users from that server, then your server should be connected
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“Who saw that comi… who saw where that came from!”
Oh, no It's not like Mastodon instances have fact checkers or even sufficient moderation staff
Back in my day we were perfectly capable of checking our own facts. A rare skill these days.
I have an idea. Make it so every time you create a social media account, you have to check "agree" to a giant banner that says "if you take anything you see on here seriously, you are an idiot.". That's how we used to automatically treat things on the Internet at first glance.
Bullshit. Where would you get these facts? From sources curated by government censors and Cold War propagandists.
I watched a damn Doris Day movie last month that had imperialist propaganda shoved in it. No living person predates propaganda, and your overconfidence that you were able to sort it out with even less information sources available is ridiculous.
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