# A Mastodon instance dedicated to coworking people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Software/Technology\ **Created:** [April 25, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/a-mastodon-instance-dedicated-to-coworking-people/6089 "2017-04-25T18:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/shalf/32/368_2.png) [@shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/u/shalf)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/a-mastodon-instance-dedicated-to-coworking-people/6089/1 "2017-04-25T18:26:49Z")
Hi there, I am extensively testing Mastodon (something a lot like twitter, but based on FOSS, decentralized: anybody can run an instance where people host their accounts, and the instance connects to a “Fediverse” aka a Federation of servers using the same software, et voilà, you get Twitter, but better, that passed the half-million users worldwide recently). Are there other members of this group looking forward to opening a coworking dedicated instance? Do you think that could be a cool service to offer on [coworking.org](http://coworking.org)? I am [@shalf@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@shalf) if you wanna join and discuss this there. -Y. ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/alex/32/338_2.png) [@alex](https://forum.coworking.org/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/a-mastodon-instance-dedicated-to-coworking-people/6089/2 "2017-04-25T20:16:50Z")
I recently joined a custom Mastadon server that has a funny tweak: you’re not allowed to use the letter “E” or any character variation on it. [https://motherboard.vice.com/en\_us/article/its-like-tweeting-but-you-cant-use-the-letter-e](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/its-like-tweeting-but-you-cant-use-the-letter-e) It’s a silly constraint that leads to some rather clever writing. Not something I’ve really spent much time with, but it reminds me of some of the early internet communities that I joined in that it’s relatively small and the ability to create these special sub communities is kinda like how forums have sub-forums, allowing more focused conversations to thrive. Would be fun to see something like this set up for coworking. I presume someone has to pay for the server to keep it running, right? Or is there a way to run one for free? -Alex > **···** > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Yann Heurtaux [yann.h...@gmail.com](mailto:yann.h...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I am extensively testing Mastodon (something a lot like twitter, but based on FOSS, decentralized: anybody can run an instance where people host their accounts, and the instance connects to a “Fediverse” aka a Federation of servers using the same software, et voilà, you get Twitter, but better, that passed the half-million users worldwide recently). > > > > > > Are there other members of this group looking forward to opening a coworking dedicated instance? > > > Do you think that could be a cool service to offer on [coworking.org](http://coworking.org)? > > > > > > I am [@shalf@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@shalf) if you wanna join and discuss this there. > > > -Y. > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > * * * > > **The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.** > > Better Coworkers: [http://indyhall.org](http://indyhall.org/) > > Weekly Coworking Tips: [http://coworkingweekly.com](http://coworkingweekly.com/) > > My Audiobook: [https://theindyhallway.com/ten](https://theindyhallway.com/ten) ---
**Author:** ![shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/shalf/32/368_2.png) [@shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/u/shalf)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/a-mastodon-instance-dedicated-to-coworking-people/6089/3 "2017-04-25T21:39:41Z")
Yes, I know some early members of the Oulipo instance 🙂 Hosting and bandwidth costs, even limited, are to be expected. Most important resource is time from a volunteer sysadmin (at least one). Pretty much sure e.g. [coworking.ch](http://coworking.ch) could cover for the very limited hosting costs. Do we have a sysadmin volunteering? 😉 An instance where you can’t technically post a toot with “co-working” in it? ^^ #deathtothehyphen > **···** > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Alex Hillman [dangerous...@gmail.com](mailto:dangerous...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I recently joined a custom Mastadon server that has a funny tweak: you’re not allowed to use the letter “E” or any character variation on it. > > > [https://motherboard.vice.com/en\_us/article/its-like-tweeting-but-you-cant-use-the-letter-e](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/its-like-tweeting-but-you-cant-use-the-letter-e) > > > > > > It’s a silly constraint that leads to some rather clever writing. Not something I’ve really spent much time with, but it reminds me of some of the early internet communities that I joined in that it’s relatively small and the ability to create these special sub communities is kinda like how forums have sub-forums, allowing more focused conversations to thrive. > > > > > > Would be fun to see something like this set up for coworking. I presume someone has to pay for the server to keep it running, right? Or is there a way to run one for free? > > > > > > -Alex > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/5eaP8IOPtSo/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/5eaP8IOPtSo/unsubscribe). > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > **- Yann “shalf” Heurtaux** > > _Conversationalist_ > > [@shalf](https://twitter.com/shalf) | [shalf.me](http://shalf.me/) | [y...@shalf.me](mailto:y...@shalf.me) | +41 78 845 9266 > > Skype: live:yh\_127 | Hangout/Drive/Google products : [yann.h...@gmail.com](mailto:yann.h...@gmail.com) > > * * * > > **The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.** > > Better Coworkers: [http://indyhall.org](http://indyhall.org/) > > Weekly Coworking Tips: [http://coworkingweekly.com](http://coworkingweekly.com/) > > My Audiobook: [https://theindyhallway.com/ten](https://theindyhallway.com/ten) > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Yann Heurtaux [yann.h...@gmail.com](mailto:yann.h...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I am extensively testing Mastodon (something a lot like twitter, but based on FOSS, decentralized: anybody can run an instance where people host their accounts, and the instance connects to a “Fediverse” aka a Federation of servers using the same software, et voilà, you get Twitter, but better, that passed the half-million users worldwide recently). > > > > > > Are there other members of this group looking forward to opening a coworking dedicated instance? > > > Do you think that could be a cool service to offer on [coworking.org](http://coworking.org)? > > > > > > I am [@shalf@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@shalf) if you wanna join and discuss this there. > > > -Y. > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/shalf/32/368_2.png) [@shalf](https://forum.coworking.org/u/shalf)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/a-mastodon-instance-dedicated-to-coworking-people/6089/4 "2023-02-15T21:55:59Z")
Hi there. Am afraid I’ll have to bump this. - Mastodon is more and more a thing: would you fancy @yourname@social.coworking.org? - I still am a huge fan of the “you technically cannot post co-working” on this instance idea 😃 Anyone else?