Jeff TriplettNov 14, 2024

🤷 The Mastodon vs. Bluesky discussions give me VI/Vim vs. Emacs vibes, and I haven't given a crap about that either over the last three decades.

**All four suck in their own special ways.**

Unlike Vim or Emacs, I have to use both Mastodon and Bluesky, and I suspect more of us will have those feelings, too.

I go to where my friends and the community are, which means I spend too much time on Discord, too.

Sadly, social media is life.

**UPDATE:** Thank *!@# for an edit button.

Show threadTim SchillingNov 14, 2024

> I go to where my friends and the community are

The latter part is the part I struggle with. There's a large segment of python and django devs on X. I feel like as that platform is abandoned, we're creating a disconnect / making the divide bigger.

Show threadTim SchillingNov 14, 2024
With Djangonaut Space, I've noticed that applicants are way more likely to have X or LinkedIn accounts than others. If we're looking to make our contributor pool more diverse, what responsibility do existing contributors have to engage with prospective contributors where they are rather than expecting them to come to us?
Show threadTim Schilling
This has been on my mind for a while. These questions aren't meant for you to answer. Just finally making them public.
Nov 14, 2024 at 1:44pmWeb
Show threadEric MatthesNov 14, 2024

@CodenameTim > I feel like as that platform is abandoned, we're creating a disconnect / making the divide bigger.

I believe Twitter was bought in order to disrupt many online communities. It worked; so many groups I was part of have splintered because that's where a group of people with diverse strengths and interests intersected.

We need to figure out how to move forward in a way that reconnects. But I think it's important to recognize this is more than just a failing on our part.