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1. es0mhi@tilde.zone's status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 08:00:23 JST es0mhi

   • Jakob Rosin
   • Diana Poudel :EE_UA:
   • Märt Põder

   #eestimastodon

   In all the years I've been in the fediverse, I've looked every now and then if there are any Estonian users out there. Usually to no avail. Now the immigration wave from twitter (which - looking at my timeline - is already about to end) sets something in motion.

   This week mastodon even made it to estonian public broadcasting: @jakobrosin, @diana and @tramm talked about a newly founded Estonian mastodon instance, est.social. Interesting! However, there were things that felt immediately strange to me: users are expected to post in Estonian - something I almost never do. This is done intentionally to build an 'Estonian community'. For me, this commitment to geographical, language-based spaces is in contradiction to what attracts me to the internet in the first place.

   The discussion also suffered from being very mastodon-focused, barely mentioning the many other platforms that make the fediverse.

   But let's see what happens next.

   • es0mhi@tilde.zone's status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 09:38:10 JST es0mhi

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     • Jakob Rosin
     • Diana Poudel :EE_UA:
     • Märt Põder

     @diana @jakobrosin @tramm

     It is definitely a good decision to be on a smaller instance. Otherwise, the constant flickering of new posts in the local timeline can drive you crazy. But I still don't like the idea to allow only certain languages. I hate all this blocking in advance. I prefer to look for a quieter place ;-)

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   • Diana Poudel :EE_UA: (diana@est.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 09:38:12 JST Diana Poudel :EE_UA:

     in reply to

     • Jakob Rosin
     • Märt Põder

     @es0mhi @jakobrosin @tramm

     Did you know that you can use your Mastodon in multiple languages? For example, if you want to see only my English or Estonian posts, you can select that in my profile (I've pinned guidelines to my profile).

     But I spent my first week on a big server and I've to say it's too messy... The local feed was total chaos... Now in est.social I enjoy our local feed, but that doesn't stop me from having interesting conversations all over the world :)