If you're wondering why there are so few news stories about the rise of #Mastodon, it's because nobody is getting paid to game the media about it.

There's no publicists, no cozy ad deals, no suits, no coercion: Nobody is getting rich off of Mastodon

... that's also why it's so enlightening and fun to participate here

@maria Unfortunately, the most recent stories about it have instead been pretty much paid hit pieces by those same companies that see Mastadon as a threat, in addition to high-profile celebrities like Neil Gaiman recently posting that he found Mastadon unpleasant due to inappropriate responses (as if those aren't blockable, or as if they aren't issues on all social networking platforms.)