Bastian AllgeierNov 8, 2022

Some people think Mastodon is too weird to become popular:

I joined Twitter in 2008. We had to put a "d" in front of a tweet to convert it to a direct message and every other day you had some embarrassing private moments exposed because someone forgot about the “d”. Hashtags were just a community hack, introduced by Chris Messina to somehow tag content. Search? Hah, you wish! Tweets via SMS were supposed to be a thing. Oh, and the daily meet and greet with the failwhale. Totally not weird.

Show threadJonasnutsNov 8, 2022
@bastianallgeier And #FollowFriday and #ThrowbackThursday :-) Here at mastodon it smells a lot like those days (joined in 2008 as well). We were shaping the service. And then, the algorithm took place. Maybe we can help shape Mastodon, and expect no algorithm, this time :-) The return of the utopia? :-)
Show threadBastian Allgeier
@jonasnuts oh yes please! I'm here for it!
Nov 8, 2022 at 2:21pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadJonasnutsNov 8, 2022
@bastianallgeier So am I :-)