The collapse of Twitter is a system breakdown. Mastodon and the fediverse represent something different: _system change_. From for-profit "Big Tech" to nonprofit, open source, community-owned public spaces.
System change is always harder than you think. It always incurs short-term costs, with hoped for long-term benefits.
The next few weeks will be really tough for the fediverse. Stick around, vibe with it, and you just might help us put a huge part of the web back in community hands. <3
Expect some of the following to happen in the coming weeks:
- celebrities with huge follower counts pushing tiny community-run servers to their knees
- instance admin burnout; shutting down of servers
- big new servers that don't "vibe" with common rules or culture being widely defederated
- some notable account violating an instance code of conduct and throwing a fit
- lots of people ragequitting Mastodon for one reason or another
- etc.
It'll be a rough ride. Patience and strength, all.
@hans live and learn... might become an issue for the celebs as well which imo may not be a bad thing. The fact that a celeb may not get a million favs/boosts by randomly posting a random word or two might turn out to be a personal growth experience for some of them.
Also, seems that being here only for a bit over a week has made me even more critical towards Twitter and its reactionary culture.
Erik Moeller
Hans van Zijst
Erkki Mervaala
Kara Shallenberg