Ron PatzDec 18, 2022

This platform—#Mastodon—still lacks what I liked about Twitter all these years: enlarging my horizon beyond the usual suspects:

Follow a politician from Malaysia and a journalist from Zimbabwe alongside the IMF Managing Director. Learn about an earthquake in Mongolia from someone on the ground after a comment on Belgian party politics. Communicate with an activist in India and a bureaucrat in Palestine.

I think any modern platform should make accessible—and amply—voices we usually don't hear.

Show threadNicolas Kayser-BrilDec 19, 2022
@ronpatz I totally agree. But I haven't met many people who agree with me that's there is a resource issue. That setting up and moderating an instance in Bengali or Marathi is not the same thing as setting up an instance in Germany. I wish media dev agencies would give grants to that effect, but I'm not holding my breath.
Show threadRon Patz
@algowatching Yeah, don’t think this will happen. It will all depend on a few central servers set up for larger groups, that may have the same reliability issues as a typical centralized instance, maybe with a bit more robustness against Muskesk takeovers.
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