The Mastodon community is growing by the minute. We ourselves have seen a massive influx of followers these last few months.

How likely is it that you will still be on #Mastodon next year?

#BOOST OK

✅ Of course
90.6%
⭕ Not sure
8.8%
❌ No way
0.5%
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@Tutanota

Hi there!

I'm one of your paying users and I'm very happy that you are part of the Fediverse.

Please, consider taking about the Fediverse instead of Mastodon. Mastodon is a software to access the Fediverse. Please don't reduce the Fediverse to Mastodon. The Fediverse was build by several others developers, long before Mastodon arrived.

Reducing the Fediverse to Mastodon is like calling the whole email network Gmail. Would you like it if people used Gmail to refer to Tutanota? I certainly wouldn't! And I know that you wouldn't either!

So, please, don't help the growth of this mistake!

Keep up with your great work!

Best regards to the whole Tutanota team!

@joao @Tutanota The problem is that most people don't understand what this all means, myself included. Please keep in mind that we're all coming from Facebook and Twitter. Everything was tightly controlled over there.

The Fediverse, however, is just one big ocean. People just want to board the first ship they see. Right now, that ship is Mastodon.

@adrianmorales

I don't forget that. I meant no harm to anyone, and I said that respectfully.

The point is that insisting on the mistake won't make it correct. So, calmly, everyone can learn the difference.

Tutanota knows the difference. They should find a way (which is easy) to convey their message correctly.

As I said, they wouldn't like people to say that Tutanota is Gmail.

@Tutanota
@joao @Tutanota Oh, I'm sorry if it came out that way. You're right, of course, and I'm grateful you're here to inform us and tell us the difference.
@adrianmorales

No worries! I only hope that you enjoy the Fediverse!

You can also have a look at https://fediverse.party/ to have a better idea of what the Fediverse is.

Finally, I'll be glad to answer any question you may have.

Enjoy yourself!

@Tutanota
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