I applied for mastodon, but never got an confirmation. I think the tech has some serious bugs, and afaict needs polish. When users cant sign up theres red flags going on.
there are multiple server-side platforms too, incl. some forks, so if mastodon.social is not for you – look around for better lighter alternatives (as well for self-hosting)
Literally one of the first ones i found in mastodon.org. Clicked "tech" servers, then browsed until i found fosstodon.org, which seemed like the best match for my own preferences. So signed up, and still nothing. This was months ago, so i have pretty much given up on the entire thing.
if all you wanted to do is look around, it is understandable why giving up was this easy.
honestly, if github and HN suffice for all your social needs, you probably dont need anything else.
microblogging is not for everyone. but for others, since twitter is just no longer viable, people have been migrating to something that can't be just bought out by yet another rich asshole. plus privacy, extended control over your own data, and all that other nerd shit no one cares about.
I really dont care that much. To be honest i just wanted to "try it out", and also i cant stand twitter, its just such a echo chamber, and is full of pro russia trolls and trumpists, so i gave that up too. Im sure the trolls will migrate to mastodon too, sooner or later.
I applied for the web, but I got a 404 error. I think the web tech has some serious bugs and needs polish. In the mean time, I plan not to log to the web and avoid those 404 errors.
Come on, especially on hacker news, you are a tech person, surely you can find out how the other 10 million people created an account. If anything it was in your spam.
