Tracketpaceri’ll stop being “a traitor” (??? seriously, infosec influencers??) when mastodon allows me to upload photos & videos properly & allows me to see the content i want rather than be forced to wade through unrelated garbage. why would i move over here just for a lackluster experience, holier-than-thou attitudes about other social media sites, & the inability to even promote my stuff anywhere near the level i’m able to on twitter??
Tyler B@Tracketpacer not sure about this traitor nonsense but I'm curious about how you're not able to "see the content I want"? Do you follow any hashtags (works on mobile apps)? You can follow as many as you want and they appear in your main feed. On the web app you can create "topics" by pinning multiple hashtags to one feed. Those two things alone have made Mastodon a great experience and I'm able to discover new people and ideas that way.
@tylerb what bothers me the most is the fact i can’t post photos and videos here. it prevents me from actually developing as a content creator. many of the most vocal about moving to mastodon are influencers who already have massive followings & don’t have these kinds of issues when moving to new platforms. and then the comments about people staying on twitter being horrible people—it’s enough to make me actually hate it here before i even start.
@Tracketpacer Yeah the photos thing is weird - I've done that without issue. Video I'm less certain about - I suppose the work-around would be link to a proper video sharing site - especially ones that don't require accounts to view (YouTube/TikTok/etc).
As for those comments - those are bad takes and a lazy way of expressing their (very misdirected) frustration at what's happening over there. ☹️ I think there's real potential here - and I think the "warts" that exist here will only get better.