Ian Livingston 🌪So far I’d say I like Mastodon more than Post. Tho at the same time I’m already quickly tiring of having to find a new social medial platform.
digital luciferase@ianlivingston the Fediverse model is for people who are willing to grapple with the uncertainties of a democratized social media. Post is for people who just want a clean well lighted place.
I'm ok if these two populations self sort into their preferred stacks.
@resonancewright that's fair. it does take a little getting used to perhaps but once you think about it, seems the logical way forward unless we want to keep repeating what happened to Twitter.
Amy McGovern@ianlivingston now that I have people to follow, I’m growing to like it here. I joined about 2 weeks ago and couldn’t figure it out as well at first. I still miss the diversity of science twitter but I’ll eventually grow the follows so I see lots. And I don’t miss the ads or the spam or the rotten stuff.
@profamymcgovern yeah agreed. it's all a bit weird wherever since we've been on Twitter so long but this place has a lot of quality.
Lynda 
@ianlivingston
Agree 
It's new and will likely improve, but for now, I think it's "boring"? Unlike here, it's difficult to converse, and there are no notifications (occasionally emails).
@Lynda yeah they seemed to prematurely launch with Twitter stuff going down. The comment system is not great if you are seeking real interaction guess they will prob fix it.
@ianlivingston I understand why they let us in. They started by letting in the blue checks, influencers, large accounts from twitter, which wasn’t a good look at all. Letting them jump the line was aggravating and turning off a lot of folks. Plus, they saw twitter degrading worse and worse everyday, so they let a bunch of us in - begging us to understand that we’re the beta testers.
I’m sure that over time they fix “stuff”. For now, I go there about once a day. 😊
@Lynda yeah agreed. questionable rollout on several levels. it is a contender but so far I don't feel too drawn to it.
Brian Kelley@ianlivingston @Lynda Ian, one of your Washington Post colleagues pointed out some problematic issues with Post News earlier today on multiple platforms, especially regarding one of the key funders. And the reply sent by the CEO wasn’t all that great. Definitely some red flags for me there.
@ianlivingston @Lynda funny you mention weird…after feeling really welcome here with my first couple of interactions with the Fediverse, I go there to write my first post and mentioned how it felt weird. First reply comes in seconds and it was someone kind of blaming me for it being weird because my first post there wasn’t interesting enough. Like, what?
Tom@ianlivingston mastodon seems to more about community than Post which seems to be about shouting out links.
@tbridge yeah that could be it. seems like influencers are being paid to be positive at times hah. think they released it early to capitalize on Twitter meltdown.
CK DexterHaven@ianlivingston I think it’s one of those things where we’re just stuck waiting until twitter does go boom. I’m getting a bit of a vibe that stuff may split between Post/Mastodon, with breaking news landing on Post because of the easier to work with moderation.
@ckshowalter yes that may be the case. I wish we could minimize split among quality posters tho.
Rob Lightbown@ianlivingston I got my invite to join Post beta just a little bit ago. Not sure if I'm going to join. I really like Mastodon & this may be the spot I stick with. The big thing that I really like is the open conversation that I can have w/ other weather folks, astronomy peeps and such w/o having trolls & idiots butt in, like I find w/ the bird site. I actually find the chatting about science much more engaging here than the bird site, for sure.