Mastodon is Twitter for people who still wonโ€™t get over Google Reader going away and want to find other like minded folk.
A *lot* of people are incorrectly seeing this as a positive ๐Ÿคฃ
โ€œHey you know that thing that died because it only used by nerds and had no survivable funding model? Yeah I want Mastodon to be that!!โ€
@bea there really needs to be an "economics for software developers" course
@bea that's exactly why we're here, right? I told a friend this morning that I'm quite happy of this "selection"
@bea Is there a Mastodon client for my Amiga?
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@bea Damn, I thought I'd reached far enough back into the past of lovedlonglost products to be safe! ๐Ÿ˜‚
@thomasbeagle @bea nice try. I came online in 1988. It was the time of โ€˜hacker hoursโ€™ to go online at 300 baud. We paid $6/hr for the privilege. Offline readers were a necessary.

@bea
Rude. I'll have you know what I never got over was the removal of the RSS pane in Firefox!

Yes, I know there's a plugin! But it's different! And I refuse to get over it.

@Kichae oh you use Firefox? How pedestrian. Now Phoenix had RSS support.
@bea Hmmm. I do walk places sometimes. I guess it makes sense that that's why I never got into Phoenix.
@bea holy hell you nailed it
@bea Why do you need to call me out like this? 
@bea @george Iโ€™m not sure whether I should feel attacked or seen.
Mastodon is the new Google Reader

Iโ€™m optimistic about Mastodon, the open-source federated Twitter clone, but even more optimistic about ActivityPub. Together, they can bring back the heyday of Google Reader. Your friend tellโ€ฆ

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@bea Part of me wants to express offense at this. But, that part is overruled by the other parts which can find no flaw in this statement.
@bea oof. right in the feels.

@bea Well that is... pretty accurate. The whole community has been kinda like that for 10+ years.

And that even before Greader got shut down.

@bea It is also now Twitter for people who are allergic to certain wealthy megalomaniacs.
@bea you are damn right. Where are they?
@bea just joined mastodon. Itโ€™s not very intuitive.. is there a way to learn the basics?
@bea I'm still grieving Wave
@bea I gasped out loud. Yes 100% this.
@bea and Google Wave and Google Plus honestly
@bea Itโ€™s funny because itโ€™s true. ๐Ÿ˜†
@bea never forget ๐Ÿซก