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Q: What's a good article on the background of GNU Social and the technologies underlying Mastodon?

A: This: "What is GNU Social and is Mastodon Social a 'Twitter Clone'?"
robek.world/featured/what-is-g

h/t @maiyannah who knows vastly more about this than I.

"Mastodon: Here to stay or DOA?"

Better than the title would suggest -- strengths/weaknesses analysis.

holtz.com/blog/blog/mastodon-h 

@dredmorbius I think @shelholtz hits the nail on the head with this article, that just having an account at one instance is never enough, it should be around your interest; likewise, will likely to carve out a different revenue model than what we have seen with social media so far (er ... centralised social media). This is definitely a space to watch, rather than proclaim DOA.

Dr. Edward Morbius ⭕ @dredmorbius

@arinbasu @shelholtz I've currently got two profiles running, one on mastodon.cloud (this), and @dredmorbius (mammouth.cafe).

The first is a 40k user instance, the second ... has about 50 users. It's a /very/ different feel.