Mastodon

Interesting to see in the mastodon ecosystem.

Another thing they do is provide their own default instance, so if you don’t want to worry about which instance to join you just join theirs. They did this way before the official app put mastodon.social as the default, which has its own problems given the dominance of that instance.

Generally it seems like they’re trying to fill all the usability gaps mastodon has.

From memory though they have some VC funding. So it’s also curious to read that they may be ~~pinning~~ pining for Meta/Threads to join.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The official Mastodon app is fine, but there’s also Ivory, Mona, Fedilab, Ice Cubes, Elk, Mastoot, and many others.

This openness is part of the whole appeal of the ActivityPub-powered social networking ecosystem, and it has already led to some solid new ideas.

Now, with the launch of Mammoth 2 for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, the app is going even deeper into curation and personalization: it’s launching a series of “Smart Lists” filled with good posts, a set of suggested people and accounts to follow, and more.

Most lists are filled with websites and well-known posters, so they’re more like a starting point than a long-term solution.

The default process has improved over time, but it’s still a lot of work to pick a server, sign up, find people, and get your timeline tuned just the way you like.

In general, he says he sees the app as a way to explore the entire fediverse, whether it’s on Mastodon or Pixelfed or anywhere else.

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Mammoth is a great app with a nice user experience. I really liked It when i was on iOS.