mastodon.ar.al is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This is my personal fediverse server.

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@hikingdude @davew @aral I think it has to do with identity. They want every user to have a persistent identifier that persists across hosts. That does have some advantages, it makes migration easier. But it seems that everyone would register with them, so they'd control the user database. Caveat: I don't know if their final system will work that way, maybe it will be more open.

@not2b @hikingdude @davew @aral Imagine (still) thinking Dorsey controls Bluesky and the ATprotocol..😄!
Bluesky imo has (will have) better account portability (including posts), better feeds (algorithmic choice), and better moderation (not depending on admin's moodswings) than Mastodon.
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