https://L0g.is/tags/socialmedia/ Recent content in SocialMedia on L0G.is Hugo en-us Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/leaving-birdland/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/leaving-birdland/ <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p>This week, I deleted all my tweets on Twitter and posted a signpost to my new Mastodon account at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@L0G1S">https://infosec.exchange/@L0G1S</a>, might delete the whole thing next week, we&rsquo;ll see.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve noticed from others within the infosec.exchange instance that there are some various growing pains for some when moving from Twitter to a federated community and I wanted to speak about why that is. Moving from a centralized community to a federated instance of something requires a shift into a new mindset of how you approach online communities in general. Even if the operation of the social media is similar. It doesn&rsquo;t matter if tweets and toots are very similar, the underlying model is drastically different. If someone isn&rsquo;t aware of those differences with the federated model, they might be disappointed when this community doesn’t operate the same (meaning: offer the same features) as the old, centralized service. Also moving from a billion dollar app to an open source one will also differ in quality and features.</p>