content: Mastodon Network - Review https://files.catbox.moe/51licp.png Mastodon is a Twitter alternative that allows anyone to run their own Server that can host users. People make an account on any Server that someone else has set-up. From there, you can “Follow” another user by going to their Profile Page, even if it’s located on another Server. Because all these  machines are running their own version of Mastodon (Called an ‘Instance). Their posts, called Toots, will appear in your Home-feed and your Servers Federated timeline. Fediverse: Derived from the word “Federated” (Smaller entities, united within an allianceSmaller entities, united within an alliance), this describes a Network of computers that implement (To put into effect) the ‘ActivityPub’ standard. This is an open-source distribution of Software updates that allows internet servers to interlope with one another. Hence, the word ‘Federated’. However, different programs or ‘Networks’ such as PixelFed (An alternative to Instagram) do not allow you to ‘follow’ their users from the Mastodon Network, even though they use the same protocol. Internet Protocol: Rules for processing data in a format that can be transmitted between computers. So content from other networks cannot be viewed without leaving the Mastodon platform. One minor exception to this is when a URL of a PeerTube video is tooted, it will appear directly in your feeds as an mp4 file, instead of just a link. But this is simply not the case with other programs, such as PixelFed. While it’s possible for external content to be conveyed across different Networks, it is not made clear which Networks can share what information with Mastodon. Note: Strangely enough, ‘SoundCloud’ music tracks can also be posted to the feed. Complete with the same waveform graphic that you’d find on the main website, instead of a buffer-bar. Perhaps future improvements will allow it’s users to post from outside the Mastodon Network and have it appear in their feeds, but it’s obvious they have a long way to go before that happens. There isn't a clear guide on how to use its features and what you can or can’t do. After some experimenting, I've put what I found into a condensed list: (1) The initial Mastodon UI resembles the app called “Tweet-deck” for Twitter users. Here, Several rows of columns display different categories of information simultaneously. This User-interface (UI) is known as the ‘Front-end’ of a server and there are other Front-ends or flavours of Mastodon made for both Desktops and Phones. https://joinmastodon.org/apps Notable examples are: i. Halcyon (Made to resemble Twitter) https://www.halcyon.social/ ii. Whalebird (Has an appearance very similar to Discord) https://whalebird.org/en/desktop/contents iii. Thedesk (Enhanced version of the default UI that runs on the Desktop) https://thedesk.top/en/ (2) In the default UI, the first column is a simple combination of a Menu, Search-bar, and a dialogue-box for writing Toots in. Some other options can be expanded upon, next to your profile picture. In this column’s menu, the first icon gives you a few new options. You can choose to display either the ‘Local’ timeline (Only toots that were made from within the Server your currently logged into) or the ‘Federated’ timeline. This feed shows Toots that were posted by people on other Servers because someone ‘Followed’ them while they were logged-on to this particular Server. (3) There should also be a “Profile Directory” where you can see all the members of the server. (4) Direct messages (DM’s): The privacy settings can be adjusted for each individual Toot. Public: Your post will appear in both the Local (The Server you’re making the Toot in) and Federated timelines. Unlisted: Your Toot will not be posted on either Timeline, but anyone who views your profile can see it. Followers-only: Appears in their ‘Home’ column. If you mention someone in the Toot, they’ll be able to see it too. Private: Only those mentioned in your Toot are able to see it. This is a Direct Message. (5) Next, you are given the ability to group together the people you Follow into separate ‘Lists’. Selecting a List will open a column showing all the Toots from those users. This is a feature that Telegram seems to lack. (6) The other columns : Home: This is where the posts from the people you’ve ‘Followed’ appear. Notifications: Displays Toots that mention your username or are replying to you. (7) On Twitter, you can search for posts based on whether they have a particular string (A line of letters, numerals, symbols and punctuation marks). In Mastodon, hashtags are the only way to search for someone’s Toot, besides scanning people’s profiles. If a hashtag you want to make has multiple-words in it, you are expected to write it in Bumpy-text (Camel-case). Named so, because of how each word starts with a Capital letter. (8) People can mute and block each other, but the Servers themselves can block each other if the domain owner chooses to. Shutting them out of the timelines of all their users.  (9) ‘Boosting’ is said to be the equivalent of a Re-tweet. Apparently, this causes it to appear on the Home-feed of your Followers. (10) A fun feature is how the Server owner can add custom Emoji’s. (11) **Finding new people: To discover new Mastodon users, (Besides those in the local directory) you’ll need to visit other Servers. A domain usually allows you to view a list of their members, without having to make another Mastodon account there. Also, if you wish to Follow someone from your ‘main’ account, you need to Log-out of that Server if you've done so. https://fediverse.party/ The initial presentation is a damn mess, but it definitely has a LOT of potential. The user-base is a cesspool of Trannies, but setting-up your own server seems to be a simple and straightforward process. If we made a /pol/ themed Server, it would be blocked by just about every other SJW-snowflake infested Server, which is pretty much the entire Mastodon Network. But if you've ever imagined Twitter being filled with Neo-Nazi’s, we now have that option. How does this compare to Telegram, Discord, Voat, Gab, Roit.im and most importantly, 8Chan? https://files.catbox.moe/04iyl8.pdf