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Mike Masnick ✅Feb 8, 2023

Anyway, now that a ton of journalists are flocking back to Mastodon... you should read my article about how all your articles about Mastodon "slumping" were bullshit. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/lazy-reporters-claiming-fediverse-is-slumping-despite-massive-increase-in-usage/

Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage

There’s been this weird series of articles lately, trying to frame the rapid growth of the fediverse (mainly Mastodon), as somehow now failing. It started last month, with the Guardian’…

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Disco Sexual Feb 8, 2023

@mmasnick
Nicely said. This part rings truest for me:

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The fediverse might not ever get as big as these other sites, and it doesn’t need to. It’s already hit critical mass to be an extremely useful site . . .
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I don't know if it's the Silicon Valley mindset or what: that if your tech offering doesn't dominate the world and earn fat returns for investors, that it's somehow a failure.

I know the fedi will continue to evolve, but for me and many others, it's already greatly useful.

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グレェ「grey」

@bezorp there is definitely some sort of monopolistic mindset that has infected the Bay Area. Where at least one billboard in recent years read: "One app to replace them all".

Somehow, invoking The One Ring, aka the Ruling Ring aka Isildur's Bane, was considered a "good thing" by a PR department?

I mean, I know I live in a ring of hell, but JFC, that billboard (and associated unnamed app[s]) had zero tact.

Then again, the Salesforce Tower was known to display the Eye of Sauron.;(

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