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The Trouble with Forking Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
submitted 6 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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A lot of people have talked about the possibility of forking Mastodon to get the many improvements their communities need. Making such an effort successful is another discussion entirely.

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[–] caos@metalhead.club 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

@deadsuperhero There are several forks of Mastodon that have been around for years and work well (not only #Hometown) like #Ecko, #Glitchsoc, etc. for years.

https://joinfediverse.wiki/What_is_Mastodon%3F#What_are_Mastodon_forks_and_why_use_them?

They have many more functions such as editable character limit,
editable poll options, local posts, changeable favicon, markdown formatting - and if that's not enough, there is plenty of other software in the Fediverse for micro- and macroblogging

[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Yeah, if you read the article, Hometown and Glitch actually get mentioned. The criticism is not about making a fork to do your own thing... but, instead, about trying to compete with Mastodon directly.

Doing that kind of fork (which is what people are calling for) requires a tremendous amount of coordination, effort, and commitment that cannot be done casually.

[–] damon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Those aren’t the kind of forks that this article is addressing