I still think this site has potential long term, but honestly, I've been back to The Other Site a lot more lately, just because it's too hard to look away from a trainwreck as it's happening. Yes, yes, can't let the public square be owned by billionaires, gotta build a new model for social media, etc etc. But... there's just nothing as remotely outrageous happening over here. I feel like I have to enjoy the show while it lasts.
@pfau the tranquility of Mastodon is hard to get used to when bird app always has something outrageous going on. I've been there all day reading on the FTX situation
@jean72human It takes time to build a network.
@jean72human Plus midterms, FTX, Twitter itself...it does feel like there has been just an exceptional amount of drama lately.
@pfau yes a lot more than usual. But I doubt that Mastodon will ever be like that and honestly I do not really want it to be exactly like that. Twitter is too much anxiety