Mike Evans

Giving up on Mastodon for now. I'm old enough to have seen multiple social networks die, and Twitter has got a long way to go.

I gave it a solid try. But I see even the most hardcore "move!" proponents are still as active as ever on Twitter. It ain't happening, folks. At least not now.

If you don't follow me there already, you can find me at https://twitter.com/mikeev

Mike Evans (@mikeev) / Twitter

GPUs from fs to ms @amd / Interests: GFX, AI, RTL / Previously: AuthenTec (Digital HW), @nasa, @GeorgiaTech_ECE grad. @F1 fan. Views & statements are 100% mine.

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Dec 29, 2022 at 11:15amWeb
Show threadJack MottDec 29, 2022
@mikeev I don’t care if mastodon happens or not, Im not giving a monster billionaire more money.
Show threadMike EvansDec 30, 2022
@jackmott definitely can't fault anyone for that take.
Show threadCarsten SpilleDec 29, 2022
@mikeev What did you expect? Business as usual after a couple of months (or, in your case, less than 2 weeks?) whereas Twitter had a decade+ to grow? *sigh*
Show threadMike EvansDec 30, 2022

@CarstenSpille I'm not talking about the current state but rather the trajectory, as I see it anyway.

I expected the biggest proponents of Mastodon to at least stop using Twitter... and that hasn't happened (and likely never will at this point).

And this is just at the top of the list of the many problems that this platform has.

Show threadchrisheinonenDec 29, 2022
@mikeev I took the rest of the year off from the Bird site, and miss it less and less every day. Yeah, I'm sure there are some cool discussions I'm missing, but I don't feel like I'm really missing out on major things.
Show threadAlan SillDec 31, 2022

@chrisheinonen @mikeev Honestly, my experience is the opposite. I still check the other site from time to time, but find far fewer opportunities to engage in any useful way with people still there now. It’s mostly announcements from projects and ad-posts from publications. The HPC tech journalists seem not to have followed their peers from other media in abandoning it. But it’s not a contest—it’s all communication!

For hpc.social the growth has definitely been here.