Episode 129a - When Elon Ruins your Weekend

Iron Sysadmin Podcast

Welcome to Episode 129a Main Topic

Mastodon, with Jerry!

• Setup and Background
  • Is he a Llama?
  • Twitter changed hands
  • New owner appears insane
  • People are afraid that their social network of choice is going down the tubes
  • They are looking for a place to go
  • Decentralized, and federated
    • The platform isnt controlled by one party
    • It effectively cannot be taken away.
  • Why is that important?
  • Fediverse? Activitypub? what’s that all about?
  • Open Source
  • Why is _that_ important?
• Who is Jerry?
• A little about Twitter, just for reference
• Why did people like Twitter to begin with? Why not one of the other social networks?
• What is Mastodon?
• So What’s it like when your hobby becomes a life raft?
  • What is that?
  • What made you decide to start it up?
  • And what happened in the past few weeks?
  • How is it hosted?
  • Cloud? Metal? Vms?
  • How do you afford it??
  • https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange
• Infosec.exchange
• Links and things
• https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
• https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/switch-twitter-mastodon
• https://www.undrground.org/2022/11/13/building-a-mastodon-instance-to-vacate-birdsite-on-rhel-in-podman/

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