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1. Constance Variable (lambadalambda@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2017 13:23:31 UTC Constance Variable

   • Adam Curry
   • Chris named Ben
   • John C Dvorak
   @adam @chris @johncdvorak It is a good articles that 'gets' the real difference between a federated system and the walled gardens of twitter / fb, but I wish it didn't also present Mastodon as completely new. The network it is a part of has been running for a decade, just with less media attention.
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   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2017 13:28:51 UTC Bob Mottram

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     • Adam Curry
     • Chris named Ben
     • John C Dvorak
     @lambadalambda @adam @chris @johncdvorak This is what amused me when one of the articles said Mastodon was dead in the water. The underlying system has already been going for a decade, which is a pretty good run for any software system. FOSS projects remain alive for as long as they're relevant to the community.
   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2017 13:39:07 UTC Bob Mottram

     • Adam Curry
     • Chris named Ben
     • John C Dvorak
     @lambadalambda @adam @chris @johncdvorak Mastodon won't die after a month, but it is entirely likely that many of the recent Twitter refugees will return to their silos. It's like the social tide coming in and going out again. Some percentage will hopefully remain though.
   • Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2017 13:44:00 UTC Bob Mottram

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     • Adam Curry
     • Chris named Ben
     • John C Dvorak
     @chris @lambadalambda @adam @johncdvorak There's the old SatusNet UI which gnusocial still comes with. It's functional, but looks rather dated. Then there was Qvitter, which looks a lot more like a good version of the Twitter UI. Qvitter is still pretty decent. More recently there is Pleroma. Pleroma is like a re-engineered version of Qvitter. It's fast and themeable. I'm currently adding customised versions of it to the !Freedombone project.