From: @pluralistic:

"To understand the future of Mastodon, we have to understand network effects...a product or service that gets more valuable as it attracts new users.

The people who stay...make it a busier, more exciting place...the next surge will find an even higher equilibrium as users who try Mastodon find more fully acclimated users who can hold their hands as they get settled in, and also provide the vibrant community that presents a good reason for doing so."

https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891

Of Course Mastodon Lost Users - Cory Doctorow - Medium

This week (Feb 10–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 13. Next are Melbourne (Feb 14), Sydney…

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@tchambers @pluralistic Looks interesting... alas I will need to wait for it to appear on https://pluralistic.net/ as Medium has decided I have read all the articles they will allow me to without paying - and I'm not ready to do that for Medium yet.
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