This post caused me to log in to Mastodon for the first time in quite a while, I joined it from curiosity -- when? I have no idea and that is not shown in my Profile. Let's say, 2018?
Well, what server am I on? At the time I picked it because a well-known blogger I follow was on it. The timeline today is not offensive, but not interesting either. Which server is it? I have no idea, it is not shown in my profile.
What other servers are available? There is no way to answer that question from the home page (https://mastodon.social/web/timelines/home). Several links in posts here go to joinMastodon.org, a site that I'd never have known about except for this HN post.
While the list at joinmastodon.org/communities is interesting, it is also very shallow (where are "writing", "philosophy", "atheism", "photography" -- to name only a few of my reddit subs?) and, crucially, there is no search box!!
Well, what server am I on? At the time I picked it because a well-known blogger I follow was on it. The timeline today is not offensive, but not interesting either. Which server is it? I have no idea, it is not shown in my profile.
What other servers are available? There is no way to answer that question from the home page (https://mastodon.social/web/timelines/home). Several links in posts here go to joinMastodon.org, a site that I'd never have known about except for this HN post.
While the list at joinmastodon.org/communities is interesting, it is also very shallow (where are "writing", "philosophy", "atheism", "photography" -- to name only a few of my reddit subs?) and, crucially, there is no search box!!