Mastodawn

Fraser Cain Aug 4, 2023

I've just got to say how happy I am with the Mastodon community, especially all the science/space people that I'm following. This place is the clear winner after the social media meltdown, despite its outstanding issues and missing features.

What makes me even more excited is that it's open and unmonetized, so it's completely immune to shareholder demands or the whim of a billionaire.

Don't worry if your friends aren't here yet, we're your new friends.

#mastodon

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nickapos Aug 5, 2023

@fraser lots of journalists judge fediverse with terms of corporate growth and as such it may fail to grow as fast as various other corporate services, but they forget it’s not a corporation, it’s a constellation of communities. Their metrics are wrong and so is their analysis.

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Fraser Cain Aug 5, 2023

@nickapos Yeah, but I even see this kind of feedback from regular people, that Mastodon needs to implement features quickly or it's going to "lose the race." It's not in a race. It has no burn rate, no cashflow, no shareholder pressure. It just exists as an emergent function of people agreeing to use a protocol. It disappears when the last two people stop using it.

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nickapos

@fraser you are right but people do not realise something basic. There is no centralised command in fediverse. There is a lot of development happening, both on the frontend and the backend but it is not necessarily what people expect. These are community driven activities and are designed to satisfy certain communities. It is certain that they wont satisfy everyone.