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Chris Trottier Jan 18, 2023

Another stupid hot take about the Fediverse. This time courtesy of Megan McArdle from the Washington Post.

Apparently, Mastodon is doomed because it solves problems most users don't care about.

Just like Linux is a failure—because only hobbyists and IT professionals use it.

Except—unknown to Megan—Linux is a huge success which runs on everything (including your router).

Also Megan seems unaware that the *actual* problem with social media really is centralization.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/twitter-mastodon-replacement-social-media/

Twitter might be replaced, but not by Mastodon or other imitators

Twitter's successor will probably be something not much like Twitter at all.

The Washington Post

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Chris Trottier Jan 18, 2023

I'm so tired of these journalist hot takes about the Fediverse.

Elon Musk has declared war on journalists, banned them outright—including journalists from the Washington Post.

So what do these bottom feeders do?

Suck on the teat of Twitter all the more while bad-mouthing an actual solution that can save their dying industry.

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Oblomov

@atomicpoet quite convinced there's many of the elements of abusive relationships when Twitter is involved in general <https://sociale.network/@oblomov/109700537932781400> although in the press case I'm willing to bet that there short-term and short-sighted financial motives behind the thing.

Oblomov (@[email protected])

If you've ever wondered why people find it hard to get away from abusive relationships, you have to look no further than anyone still using Twitter as their primary platform. I have no doubts that victims of abuse will find this toot offensive and insulting, especially if they survived physically violent abusive relationships, but still, there's little doubt that the psychological mechanisms between the two are quite similar.

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