Low Quality FactsJul 17, 2023

How to use Mastodon:

Step 1: Sign up.

Step 2: Do regular social media stuff.

Journalists: Only those with advanced degrees in computer science should even attempt to navigate Mastodon, the frustrations of its complexities will drive the average user to a state of hysteria.

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"I suspect thousands of other Tooters (blech!) will soon do the same and Mastodon will lay down beside all other other fossilized social media platforms and fade from existence."

~ Lance Ulanoff
Mashable, 2017

https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive

Six reasons Mastodon won't survive

The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.

Mashable
Jul 17, 2023 at 5:03pmWeb
Show thread~robbyJul 17, 2023
@art @lowqualityfacts that article is a goldmine :D

> I registered on the upstart social media platform using, as I always do, my full name: "LanceUlanoff" to protect it from potential social media identity poachers (they're everywhere).

I'm tempted to make a @[email protected] just to troll them, as the devious identity poacher I am 😈
Show threadGunChleocJul 17, 2023

@art Now that's a low quality fact!

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Show threadjohnbessaJul 18, 2023
@gunchleoc @art @lowqualityfacts
Sounds like we owe a lot to #Musk, though not in ways he meant.
Show threadGunChleocJul 18, 2023

@johnbessa Free marketing 😈

@art @lowqualityfacts