A lot of people make up all kinds of wild assumptions Mastodon, how it works, and what it is. We're here to help clear up some of the biggest ones.

Hey there! Figured I’d share here since my main instance, Lemmy.ml, seems to be really broken right now. I published an article today focusing on some of the myths and misconceptions Mastodon users have spread over the last few years, with some critical analysis and debunking.

Let me know if you like it!

  • @NOFFEnglish
    20•10 months ago

    As someone who struggled to understand what the fediverse even was, the email analogy was what made it finally click for me.

    For me, it was pretty clear that the analogy was only about how different servers could talk to each other, and that the underlying technology wasn’t equivalent. I never even considered that people might use the analogy that way until this article.

    • @machininEnglish
      1•10 months ago

      Ahh! So that is why users are [email protected]. it is basically like public email threads that are structured to promote discussion!