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The Trouble with Forking Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
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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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[-] dnzm@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

It absolutely is. Yet, as Sean said, it's also yet another bit of software to run and maintain, and ES is known to be a bit of an effort to keep going well.

Admins having only finite amounts of time and/or resources, might make the very understandable decision to leave it out.

this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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