« if someone sends you a link to a Mastodon post, you will be visiting that post’s server instead of your own. You won’t be logged in there, because you have an account on your own server, but not on any others. »
« Your handle on Mastodon is more complicated than on Twitter, because you need to name your server also. I am « @nedbat@hachyderm.io« . It’s more to remember than just « @nedbat » on Twitter, and it doesn’t fit as well in places like the footer of presentations. »
« The server could stop operating, or could just silently wither. It could even be purchased by an egomaniacal tyrant. »
« Because there is no central company, every server admin has to fund their own server, both the technical infrastructure, and the time they put into it. This can be difficult, and given the recent surge of interest, unpredictable. Some servers ask for donations, some even charge money to join. »
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