Mastodawn

Ernie Smith Jul 1, 2023

So let me break down how things are going on the internet today:

- Twitter: Rate-limited
- Reddit: Third-party apps dead
- Pornhub: Effectively just got banned in my state because of a bad law
- Bluesky: Slow as molasses because everyone’s on a single server
- Twitch: Hear they’re having problems, too
- YouTube: Working OK but sudden questions about them, too
- Mastodon: Running perfectly

We can make this work.

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Aeáro, a SeaWyrm

@ernie

If I'm not mistaken, the latest Twitch thing was about them not letting streamers run ad banners on their streams, because they're trying to force them to use Twitch's in-house ad stuff (which of course gives Twitch a cut of the revenue.)

But a lot of the big streamers rely on things like sponsorships to make money, and they can't get sponsors if the sponsors can't get their logos onscreen during streams.