Conrad Hackett Dec 1, 2022
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.

Mashable
Show threadBarbaraKB in MichiganDec 1, 2022
@conradhackett wow. pretty big prediction coming from you. For me, it’s replacing time at Facebook and TikTok, not Twitter. But… maybe it will?
Show threadlakeladyDec 1, 2022
@barbarakb did you read the graphic?
Show threadBarbaraKB in MichiganDec 1, 2022
@lakelady um… sure.
Show threadJay CheroskeDec 2, 2022
@lakelady @barbarakb he’s not making the prediction. He’s mocking it.
Show threadBarbaraKB in MichiganDec 2, 2022
@jcheroske @lakelady and predicting it will make that chart like other “predictions.” it won’t. Mastodon is great… but not *that* great 😝
Show threadJay CheroskeDec 2, 2022
@lakelady @barbarakb It could be the thing that ends the era of big corporate social media. I’ve felt dirty for 15 years, using services like Facebook and Twitter. I quit FB a few years ago, and now I’m off Twitter. I can’t be the only one who’s realizing just how much healthier this platform feels now that I’m no longer ground meat being sold to advertisers.
Show threadBarbaraKB in Michigan
@jcheroske @lakelady independent and self-built actually built the internet. mastodon isn’t a unique venture. it’s always been here. and there are huge issues with it just as there with corporate, ad-sponsored ones. people go where it’s easy and where they’re able to create and be heard. I’m glad you enjoy it here.
Dec 2, 2022 at 2:25pmMastodon for iOS