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Have you ever heard of the term federation-washing?

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[–] Kecessa 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that mean everyone is centralized on the same instance? I don't use Mastodon so I don't know if it's the same as here...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not everyone. Just those users who don't care enough to be picky. I wish they would rotate the instances but this is better than nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry what do you mean? I see users posting from other instances in my mastodon app (I haven't used it much).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, what do you mean?

I see users posting from other instances in my mastodon app

Which would indicate that

everyone is centralized on the same instance?

is incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Idk this whole thread confuses me. I'm on est.social instance, I'm gonna assume I see everyone who hasnt excluded my instance and vice versa..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

It's a bit more complicated than that, but yes, that's the gist of it.