Nitin PaiToday in The Print, I write about why I got onto #Mastodon and why I’m circumspect about the chances of its success.
Tarique Sani 
@nitin isn’t that a bit apple to oranges comparison? I guess most still don’t get the decentralised nature of mastodon and power of instances. The closest analogy I can draw is talking in a coffeehouse vs shouting in a fish market ;-)
A shakeout will happen and it will be good.
@tariquesani I hope the shakeout happens. It will be a good thing if it does. Over a longer term, patterns of human behaviour are likely to recur on the platform, as they’ve done since Usenet.
@nitin the influencers are going to be disappointed and some/most will leave. Then we can start having conversations.
@tariquesani As Animal Farm tells us, once the influencers leave, others among those who remain will become influencers.
@nitin I have hope for humans to go beyond repetitions. More than that mastodon is not really conducive to growth of influencers. It will more likely foster tribes than offer soapboxes