Ali AlkhatibFeb 12, 2023

the framing of mastodon having attrition problems bafflingly misses what's interesting here

mastodon's new user retention rate being as high as it is, despite there being no UX team designing shady psychological tricks into the service/apps to keep you coming back, is a pretty big deal

like, let's be honest, there's very little about mastodon that's making us want to return here compulsively or addictively the way so many for-profit services implicitly aim for

it's pretty much just the people

Show threadBoiglenoightFeb 12, 2023
@ali all I know is, nearly every time I post something different, seemingly down to earth humans reply. Compared to #twitter in which rarely would I get a response, even from friends. #Mastodon is being used by actual people. Twitter is used by a few to post, and everyone else to listen/watch a daily train wreck.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 13, 2023
@boiglenoight @ali and so many people have been trained to lurk rather than engage. We went from conversational media to "social media" that is really just about one-sided posting of attention seekers trying to get likes.
Show threadBoiglenoight
@darwinwoodka @ali yup. Something great about Mastodon is that if you ask a question you’re likely to get an answer. Something more meaningful than #Google or #chatgpt
Feb 13, 2023 at 1:58amWeb
Show threadSomersetWhovian 🇺🇦💙Feb 13, 2023
@boiglenoight @darwinwoodka @ali
Yes! An answer based on a real human being's experience. And I've (so far at least) never been belittled for not knowing the answer.