@box464Jeff Sikes is bonfire just another instance?
The language on their website is quite vague, presumably because it can be tweaked. But it makes it hard to understand what it is
@leroy It's a separate platform using ActivityPub and can communicate with Mastodon, etc.
It's modular. Devs can create plug-ins to add features. For example, you can run different "apps", including social (Mastodon-like), community (Forum-like) while using the same core components but different feature sets.
The social app is the first release candidate, with a unique feature of boundaries, your posts can be shared to specific people within your "circles".
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.social/users/box464/statuses/114762962043899358 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)