I should share that I was an advisor briefly to Post.news, asked to put together an advisory board. I withdrew for various reasons -- disagreement about another advisor and about federation -- and have no ties to it now. I received nothing. I like Noam, its founder, and respect his work (Waze!). I'll watch Post. But I'm much more engaged here and want to study and learn about the potential of federation -- ActivityPub, Bluesky, Scuttlebutt -- as a model for public discourse.
@jeffjarvisIt's deeply frustrating watching my friends who ought to know better—journalists, tech policy people, etc.—acknowledging that Twitter's on the outs, but then getting excited about moving to yet another closed, proprietary platform.
@arossp @jeffjarvis Dare I ask which one are they moving too? Not Truth Social, are they??
@arossp @jeffjarvis Ahh I've heard stuff about them, but not really able to see much without signing up, which I don't want to do from what I've read so far lol.
@Howard @arossp @jeffjarvis I am on Post….people keep saying on Twitter how great it is. I don’t like it. Mastodon is much better and easier to use. IMO of course.
@melindajean @arossp @jeffjarvis Of course, YMMV etc. But it's good to be able to get some kind of feedback. What is it that you prefer on here vs on Post?
@Howard @arossp @jeffjarvis Seems too basic.
Lots of bugs.
No notifications.
Seems less interactions for smaller accounts
In a weird way, seems cliquey.
No freestanding app.
Some of these might be solved down the road because it is still in beta.
@Howard @arossp @jeffjarvis Sorry, I only gave what I didn’t like about Post. You can assume I have the opposite impression of Mastodon….so far anyway 😜
@melindajean @arossp @jeffjarvis Ahh I hate the "cliquey" thing. I actually find it so much nicer here than bird app - the actual conversations happening and interaction seem so much more real and human, rather than being like on bird app where a lot of interaction felt like it was just designed to tick boxes / game the algorithm.
@jeffjarvis @Howard @arossp Oh, one good thing on Post, they have an edit button.
@melindajean @jeffjarvis @Howard @arossp Ummm. Not that I could see on my iphone.
@kegill @jeffjarvis @Howard @arossp I had the Post edit button available on the web version using Safari.
@melindajean @kegill @jeffjarvis @arossp Ahhh sorry, didn't realise you were on mobile. I'm using Mastodon on desktop / web version.
@Howard @melindajean @jeffjarvis @arossp
Ah! I didn’t have edit on either Post or Mastodon on mobile. I appreciate it on here on desktop Safari!
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