Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Apr 5, 2025

It's been eight years to the day since Lance Ulanoff, the storied Tech and Social Media Expert and an award-winning tech journalist, decided that Mastodon won't survive because William Shatner couldn't find him on here.

Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives:
https://rys.io/en/177.html

Please join me in celebrating the annual Mastodon Won't Survive Day, right here on fedi.  

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Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives

Eight years ago Lance Ulanoff had a problem. William Shatner could not find him on Mastodon. His distress is understandable, relatable even. Who wouldn’t want to be found by Captain Kirk himself! The

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Show threadDaniël Franke Apr 5, 2025
@rysiek My personal opinion is that fedi, or its successor, will keep on chugging along as VC poisoned shit will rise and fall, absorbing a portion of users that got tired of the churn every cycle, until people realise that it has become the de-facto standard.
Show threadArtemisApr 5, 2025
@ainmosni @rysiek I think it's a bit too optimistic. IMO most people will be fine with hopping from one corporate social network to another.
But Fediverse will most likely live as long as there are hobbyists willing to spend $10–$100 a month for their servers.
Show threadDaniël Franke Apr 5, 2025
@art_codesmith @rysiek Oh, I don't think this will go fast, but I think we get a number of converts every cycle.
Show threadArtemisApr 5, 2025
@ainmosni @rysiek Fair enough, similarly to how Linux gets a bit of an influx every time MS does something greedy.
Show threadDaniël Franke 
@art_codesmith @rysiek Yeah, but switching to Linux is a much bigger step than joining here. :)
Apr 5, 2025 at 11:43amWeb