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 The ownership of the configuration of my timeline; the absence of a right-wing algorythm; the improved safety of my own data are advantages that the vast majority of the internet users around the world unfortunatelly don’t care about.
@maria @heliopaz So many people who have eloquently savaged Twitter have turned right around and gone to Threads. It’s like… WHAT?
@wampusmm @maria Threads is Meta: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Of course you know that but I always try to explain to people who aren’t tech-savy ant they are never concerned about data proteccion.