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ShortFormErnie hondanhon Actually it was seeing hondanhon doing self hosting that made me write the thread! I usually agree with Dan but not on this! I think that verification is already very effectively handled with rel=me links on author pages and that could be how discovery is handled for pubs...Permalink On twitter.com
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ShortFormErnie hondanhon But I think that successful Mastodon instances both for users and interested parties have to be around communities! So I think that if a pub sets up its own Mastodon instance it should be a place intended for interested readers and reporters to interact...Permalink On twitter.com
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ShortFormErnie hondanhon I think the best case version of a pub-run Mastodon instance is a local publisher and their community or a topically-focused publisher and their most engaged readers, not a place for their reporters to isolate themselves...Permalink On twitter.com
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ShortFormErnie hondanhon Like... Kotaku and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - great places to set up their own Mastodon instances. The Washington Post and The New York Times... not so much.On twitter.com
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