https://sn.1w6.org/file/bob-20170617T093301-9vl2hgx.html

RT @stitchxd @sda I have run mastodon, it was bulky and slow compared to GNUSocial. My instance has been up a couple months, but I used to run gnusocial.me as well. Technical differences: #GNUSocial has (And Mastodon does not): - PHP - Plugins, modules, etc (easier to customize) - Runs in Apache, Nginx, lighttpd, etc - MySQL support - Windows Support with IIS and PHP5 - User polls (Voting system) - Groups - JSON, ATOM, and RSS feeds for accounts and API - True support for SSL/TLS - Admin can set text limit. (p2px.me can send out 2000 char. notices (Or toots as they are called on Mastodon)) #Mastodon has (And GNUSocial does not): - Content Warning System (Allowing users to hide posts) - Privacy Settings (GNUSocial kinda has this, but is way too limited) - Runs on Ruby with or without docker (GNUSocial has docker support as well, but that is old) - PostgreSQL with Redis Queue (GNUSocial can use redis queue as well like my instance does, but Mastodon uses it by default) - Native Statistics page (GNUSocial needs a module installed for this) I can't think of anything else at the moment. I prefer GNUSocail because it is written in PHP (Which I know and love, unlike ruby) Let me know if you have any more questions, also fediwiki.info (Ran by me as well) has a great tutorial for installing and maintaining Mastodon AND GNUSocial. Check it out sometime.