Chris TrottierDec 19, 2022

Notice something interesting from this Wired article?

Media is already branding Mastodon as "Twitter's most popular alternative".

Not Post, not Hive, not Gab—it's Mastodon.

And once a media narrative takes shape, that becomes the story.
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/

Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)

Elon Musk's platform could learn a thing or two from its most popular alternative—like how to build a social platform people actually want to be on.

WIRED
Show threadBilly Smith

@atomicpoet

It was only yesterday that i found out that the early Twitter apps were all created by 3rd parties, and not by Twitter.

Twitter was very open to working with other people, which is why they got the traction that they did. :D

When looking at Twitter last week, I can't help but think of what happened to FreeNode.

Dec 19, 2022 at 7:43amWeb
Show threadChris TrottierDec 19, 2022
@BillySmith Yep, I worked on the #1 third party Twitter client for 7 years.