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Describes how poll votes are represented by Mastodon using ActivityPub.

Discussion of how Mastodon adapts ActivityPub to represent Polls (using the AP Question activity).

Research into account portability with Mastodon.

Discussion of Mastodon user experience and users that tried it and later moved to BlueSky.

Discussion of benefits of decentralization and the difference between Mastodon and Bluesky.

Overview of the important components of a Mastodon installation.

"From August 15th, 2023 to August 24th, 2023 Red Planet Labs operated a Twitter-scale Mastodon instance at to demonstrate the power of our programming platform, Rama. The source code for the instanc…"

(2019) "If you're looking for social media options where the user has more control, you'll find a range of options to explore in the Fediverse, including t..."

"And before I get into why Mastodon (as is) will fail, I want dissect all of the things Mastodon does right, and why it’s such an important stepping stone in the decentralized computing movement in general."

"Mastodon link previews can lead to excessive requests at the same time, which is not Mastodon’s fault."