5. Mastodon
• Social networking, back in your hands
• not a single website, but a network of communities
• … operated by different organizations and individuals
• no algorithmic newsfeed
• no tokens/blockchains
• open source
7. Local Timeline vs Federated Timeline
• Local Timeline
• like local newspaper, things “near” you
• Cozy, Gentle, Friendly
• Federated Timeline
• Aggregated from all federated instances
• Fast and Fun
9. ActivityPub
• Mastodon is build around a
protocol
• Everyone can setup their
instance
• …and communicate with
ActivityPub
• Everyone can evolve freely
10. Other ActivityPub Tools
• Funkwhale: Music sharing
• Misskey: microblogging
• Peertube: video streaming
• PixelFed: image sharing
• Write.as: blogging
• Lemmy: reddit
12. Heavy Moderated?
• Mastodon comes with effective tools:
• content warnings
• NSFW
• instance blocking
• cross instance reporting
• Encourage: Talk about what you did, not what you saw.
15. Sustainable Technologies
• Most website don’t survive long
• Low maintenance cost = longitivtiy
• 1 hour/month for updates and patches
• Moderation
• Find someone help you
16. Patreon
• Monthly membership
• Pure donation currently
• Planning on providing more
exclusive content for
members
• Budget
• 60% community supported
• 40% self-funded