{"id":2894,"slug":"mastodon-social","name":"mastodon.social","type":"organization","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:50:16.859358+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"4a4a26e9-9750-4b08-a3d5-574178b2e483","slug":"s16e08-free-range-organic-and-natural-the","subject":"s16e08: Free-range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise","title":"Free-range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise","publish_date":"2023-10-04T22:45:21.771766+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":8,"episode_label":"s16e08","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e08-free-range-organic-and-natural-the/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4440,"context":" … network-free\" (free a…\" - Mastodon\nvia @irenes@<mark>mastodon.social</mark>\n↩︎\n\nIrenes (many): \"@danhon \"community-driven\" is …\" - Mastodon\nvia @irenes@<mark>mastodon.social</mark>\n↩︎\n\nAssemblag.es - Tristan Ferne: \"@danhon doesn’t use … ","reading_minutes":22},{"id":"9175a986-997e-469d-97a9-e4b56d82adf2","slug":"s14e09-building-and-documentation-making-new","subject":"s14e09: Building and Documentation; Making New Mistakes; Eternal Tumblr; Governance in the Early Days of a Better Nation","title":"Building and Documentation; Making New Mistakes; Eternal Tumblr; Governance in the Early Days of a Better Nation","publish_date":"2023-01-25T19:24:14.139676+00:00","year":2023,"month":1,"season":14,"episode":9,"episode_label":"s14e09","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e09-building-and-documentation-making-new/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2586,"context":" … Mastodon gGmbH, the operator of <mark>Mastodon.social</mark>, the default new user instance with 138,000 active users, is a non-profit, but it\ncould\nenter into a rev … ","reading_minutes":13},{"id":"386ffe25-df66-49e3-97a2-47b1bd94b778","slug":"s13e23-colliders-speedrunning-benevolent","subject":"s13e23: Colliders; Speedrunning; Benevolent Dictators Have Significant Failure States; Verification Deserts; The Inflationary epoch","title":"Colliders; Speedrunning; Benevolent Dictators Have Significant Failure States; Verification Deserts; The Inflationary epoch","publish_date":"2022-11-22T19:49:34.747989+00:00","year":2022,"month":11,"season":13,"episode":23,"episode_label":"s13e23","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e23-colliders-speedrunning-benevolent/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3002,"context":" … Mastodon is the least-bad network and service, so it will \"win\"\n\n<mark>Mastodon.social</mark> is the least-bad service, so it will continue to \"win\"\n\n<mark>Mastodon.social</mark> will … ","reading_minutes":15},{"id":"542bc823-2c4a-4de2-b8bb-424faf040bfb","slug":"s13e19-just-because-we-can-doesnt-necessarily-8337","subject":"s13e19: Just Because We Can Doesn't (Necessarily) Mean We Should: Mastodon and Social Networks Edition","title":"Just Because We Can Doesn't (Necessarily) Mean We Should: Mastodon and Social Networks Edition","publish_date":"2022-11-08T19:28:26.271373+00:00","year":2022,"month":11,"season":13,"episode":19,"episode_label":"s13e19","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e19-just-because-we-can-doesnt-necessarily-8337/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3403,"context":" … a defined shared identity other than right now for something like the giant <mark>mastodon.social</mark>, which might be described as an Eternal October of \"Fuck That Space Karen … ","reading_minutes":17},{"id":"68566582-63e2-48fd-a3ea-57ae01c865f4","slug":"s13e18-mastodon-or-what-happens-when-your-7233","subject":"s13e18: Mastodon, or What Happens When Your Software Has Opinions And Now You Have Choices","title":"Mastodon, or What Happens When Your Software Has Opinions And Now You Have Choices","publish_date":"2022-11-01T20:59:04.364353+00:00","year":2022,"month":11,"season":13,"episode":18,"episode_label":"s13e18","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e18-mastodon-or-what-happens-when-your-7233/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4393,"context":" … But now I come back to \"what instance should I be on?\" Well, this is complicated! Do you join a general instance (most people are on <mark>mastodon.social</mark> … ","reading_minutes":22}]}