Lotta talk about replacing Twitter.
The better dialogue is how to get people to re-evaluate how they engage with the internet.
Personally, I'm convinced of two things:
- You can't 1:1 replace Twitter unless it's a similar top-down walled garden.
- Most people probably shouldn't want a Twitter replacement, since Twitter is bad for us.
Instead of finding/molding/creating a replacement, we should encourage people (and ourselves!) to focus on what they like most about internet interaction.
@chrisabides I suspect when most people talk about "replacing twitter" they implicitly mean "replacing my experience of twitter, which really means the people I follow and interact with".
If people could get the feeds they care about on masto, we wouldn't be having these convos.
@chrisabides I think I agree, its hard to imagine brands and celebs here -- they just won't get the same positive feedback in terms of followers and such. If all you want is brands and celebs, probably just stay there ...
Heck, it would be fine with me if twitter devolved into a place I tweet at @DeltaAssist when I'm annoyed at something while flying
Christopher
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