2017: "Six reasons Mastodon won't survive: Terrible name, there is no single Mastodon, toots, handles are meaningless, where is everyone, apps feel like a science project."
- @Lance_Ulanoff in Mashable https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive
Six reasons Mastodon won't survive

The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.

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@conradhackett @Lance_Ulanoff
If you switch to Linux after 25 years of Windows, you shouldn't expect Windows - it has to be a bit of manual work. If you're moving from Twitter to Mastodon, don't expect Twitter. You should do something with it, then everything is very simple. I also have criticism, but you are welcome to make suggestions to improve Mastodon.
@conradhackett @Lance_Ulanoff
You won't find the freedoms that exist here on #Muskodon, there are also no algorithms, the best. Treat topics / people preferentially or block them. The only disadvantage of the fact that there are so many instances is that you can't hang around on every server, but the contacts can be reached on all instances. The more participate, the better.