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.
@Jason_Dodd That could have been a fair point if acquisition would affect all Mastodon servers, but it would affect two servers only (sure, two big ones, but still), not all Mastodon servers, and as for the software there are several living forks already.
That's before we count the rise of Firefish, but I admit the overwhelming part of Fedi is still Masto and derivatives.
@clacke of course i was just making a joke with hyperbole but i'm thinking buying mastodon.social and the project would result in that.
sure forks would happen but i'm thinking would be detrimental to the project.
heck, there are already articles with titles like, "why mastodon failed" after musk bought twitter. so many might already think it's dead.
@Jason_Dodd It would be detrimental to the project, which would lose one of its two most active contributors and it would be detrimental to the network, which would lose two of its top servers.
It might also hurt public perception, to the extent that there is any public perception.
Whether you're joking or not, after a hit like that, someone torpedoing Mastodon gGmbH, I still seriously think the network would be more active than it was in October 2022.
The biggest hit to growth would probably be joinmastodon, but I think the network has enough friends of friends that joinmastodon is only important, not crucial.
Fraser Cain
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