Helen CzerskiJul 7, 2023
Favourite summary of the current situation, from the Guardian and @firstdogonthemoon : https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/twitter-is-burning-bluesky-is-smug-where-is-the-best-place-to-do-your-pathetic-doomscrolling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling?

Here is First Dog on the Moon’s handy guide to the dystopian social network you should be on

The Guardian
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@helenczerski @firstdogonthemoon mastodon/fediverse has both a chronological timeline and "shitposters" though?
Jul 7, 2023 at 12:19pmWeb
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@byroon @helenczerski @firstdogonthemoon

The problem is... if a popular instance or your instance goes down, gets overloaded, or has some sort of moderation/bot-spam snafu that requires partial/total defederation... the timeline suddenly /isn't/ chronological: Toots disappear or refuse to load... and users are caught in a horrid half state reminiscent of "Trying to get the critical website to fully load over spotty wifi"

This is both a feature and a bug. As what usually doesn't load is some sort of Drama-laden flame-war nobody really should be giving attention-to (gasoline on the fire), but what is the Internet-for if not finding the biggest drama-laden flame-war to gawk-at?