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The Trouble with Forking Mastodon

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In recent weeks, people unhappy with Mastodon project talked about forking the project in a different direction. It's harder than it looks.

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Yeah, getting projects off the ground is hard work. These aren’t really Mastodon specific problems, it’s just another version of the whole “I have an app idea” meme that coders joke about.

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