Mastodawn

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@raimue/116137358252410106

Mastodon is great, but it isn't meant to replicate everything.

Loops has a vibrant community that is quite different than microblogging focused counterparts.

I believe that Loops will thrive and bring a whole new cohort of people to the fediverse because of this specific format.

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Quicky Feb 26

@dansup There's nothing more to that quoted toot than "This new thing isn't the same as the thing I like, so therefore it must be bad".

One man's boring is another man's reason-I-came-to-the-fediverse.

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Rainer Müller Feb 26

@Quicky @dansup Maybe I did not get my point across. I have to start from scratch on a completely new platform with zero followers and friends. There is no way to discover people from the existing social graph that I built on Mastodon, although both platforms are on the Fediverse. That did not work with Pixelfed for me and I doubt it will work with video content. Things need to be integrated, not just use the same technology stack.

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Quicky

@raimue @dansup Fair enough, but "boring" Pixelfed is currently celebrating 1m users - a huge number in Fediverse terms - and which I'd argue is significant traction. If Loops comes anywhere close to that, it will be a success.

It's worth pointing out that some of us discovered the Fediverse through Pixelfed - it's what brought us here. We didn't adopt Mastodon first then complain that Pixelfed wasn't equivalent. We found Pixelfed, then explored the Fediverse. I expect Loops to do the same.