Mastodawn

It’s officially been over 3 years since I’ve started on Mastodon. Rather then talk about what’s so great I figured I’d just list stuff I haven’t seen:

- I haven’t had any posts from people I don’t follow

- I haven’t been served ads for items I’ve spoke about near my phone or for that matter any ads at all

- I haven’t been served random articles similar to one article I clicked on out of curiosity like two years ago

- I haven’t been asked to upgrade or subscribe to anything

- I haven’t had AI shoved down my throat or have had AI slop dumped on me.

- I do not have bot accounts randomly messaging me

It’s better here and I don’t know why anyone would go anywhere else ..

#mastodon #socialmedia #meow

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Spark Purcell (they/them)Mar 14

@64bithero also it's good cause there's no "content creators" we are not falling for that capitalist framing. We are musicians and artists and people who make things and maybe share them collectively as a community. Profit motive doesn't drive us or help humanity, sharing art and music and ideas does. People who call themselves and what they make "content" are what we are on the fediverse to escape.

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Jimmothy Baggins

@ailurocrat from what I understand that’s been the group least happy with Mastodon. And for the most part I’m happy they aren’t here. However there are many I would like to see on here. Ones I don’t consider garbage. And there can be no denying places like BlueSky took off because “influencers”/Celeberties are using it.

And without them growth here will be slow.

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Spark Purcell (they/them)Mar 14

@64bithero celebrities are what we try to avoid. influencers are trash. The whole concept of "personal brand" is gross and elitist and letting capitalism erode community sharing and communication in favor of marketability which is the opposite of what the fediverse is about.