I'm trying to understand The Federating Instances and I think a lot of people are here now and not there and I don't know what I'm doing
(I'm kevspace on mastodon.social)
@kelspace it's kind of confusing because federation isn't working exactly properly between this instance and mastodon.social
@typhlosion I mean it was already confusing because I 99% don't understand federation and don't expect to, so, this is mostly just me trying to also be here if mastodon.social collapses under the weight of... whatever is happening
@kelspace posts from instances this one federates with show up in the federated timeline
when you follow someone on another instance, you can get their posts on your home timeline
i think you can also @ people on other instances too, but cross-instance DMing doesn't work yet
@typhlosion I have a long history of being enthusiastic about tech only to be reminded I don't understand it so please don't feel bad that I don't get this, seriously
I might go back to watching and seeing if functions become apparent, maybe my problem is just that it isn't working (even though it looks a lot like when it was working, to me)
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@typhlosion (also I have brain problems and something being not hard to understand has never been any guarantee I personally would understand it, heh)
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@kelspace ahh, i understand! i hope i didn't assume something that put you off :s
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@typhlosion oh no it's cool, I've accepted my forever role as a fake geek girl haha
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@kelspace aw, yer not fake if your enthusiasm isn't pretend enthusiasm, that's my viewpoint
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@typhlosion aw, yeah, it's not even a concept I buy into at all, it's just helpful shorthand sometimes (and the irony with which I apply it is more evident in person probably)
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@maloki whoa, I'm only being shown this now, for some reason? 2 days later? I still don't know quite what's going on, but I'm feeling more hopeful in general today. Thank you :3
@typhlosion I guess it's the 'can' part that confuses me to no end, like I'm sure that's the exciting tech difference but I like to know what WILL happen when I interact with a person using a thing, apparently? Still chewing on this.