Sven A. SchmidtI’m puzzled by the response of folks abandoning their Mastodon accounts in favour of Threads following the beta announcement of federation. When the prospect is to eventually have the freedom to use either with the same reach, why would you choose the •Facebook• product?
Tristan Colgate-McFarlane@finestructure there are solid techn8cal reasons to be on large "instances". It seem AP federation isn't perfect, I've heard of issues around missing replies. I find notifications very buggy when using the Web interface on my instance. I did look at Threads (many artist and photographers I like on there), the app looked like garbage, and I don't want an algorithmic feed anymore.
@tmcfarlane Yeah, I believe small/individual instances have the problem of missing replies because unless someone "pulls" the content in somehow it won't get synced automatically. I believe there are some plans to address this.
I never wanted an algorithmic feed. On Twitter I did everything to •avoid• it, so I don't understand why people would seek it out.
It's not that hard to create your own timeline by following interesting folks. Let their boosts be the muscle behind your timeline.
@finestructure I do think discoverability is an issue. The search implementation nay have helped, and honestly, we just need more diversity on here.
There's a weird thing where people attack artists if they try and sell their work. Unfortunately the histories of art and commerce are pretty tightly bound, and you aren't going to get people thronging to show interesting work if you attack them for trying to earn a living.
There's a weird thing where people attack artists if they try and sell their work. Unfortunately the histories of art and commerce are pretty tightly bound, and you aren't going to get people thronging to show interesting work if you attack them for trying to earn a living.