Back to Mastodon after the #Twitter exodus. I left Twitville years ago and set this account up. Personally I'm not a fan of instance versus federated, but 🤷♂️ whatever. As before, I'm mostly here for #economy #religion #sociology #classicfilm and generally related topics.
@theonetotheleft Not sure what you mean with 'instance versus federated' because Qoto is an instance, and we're federated just fine?
@trinsec Things like finding specific people. Search is better now than 4 years ago, but it was trying then. Also the standards can be different on each instance. Sure, you can research the instance first, and block people, but it can also potentially get chaotic if an instance changes its rules or stance on something. Basically balancing federated and instance is can be more complicated than other social media (and often confusing to new people).
@theonetotheleft That's why you find your community first with an instance with house rules you like. Sure, rules can change over time but if that instance's any good it'll be announced in advance.
Be glad you're not an admin or moderator, that's a bit more annoying. ;)
That said, welcome back to Qoto. :) Things might've improved bigtime since 4 years ago. Relax and have fun!
