Neil Brown4d ago

This day in 2017 - nine years ago - Mashable published an article saying that Mastodon would not survive (https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive).

Thank goodness it was wrong.

If Mastodon, and indeed the broader fediverse, had not survived, I would not have all you fantastic, amazing, fun, interesting, and diverse people to share things and chat with.

Yes, that includes *you*!

It is a genuinely delightful social media experience, and I am incredibly grateful for it.

Six reasons Mastodon won't survive

The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.

Mashable
Show threadNeil Brown

"Mastodon" is a perfectly fine name.

There is no single Mastodon. This is a massive strength.

"Toots" is much better than "posts".

Where is everyone? Here! Loads of you. I have a feed full of fun and fascinating chat.

Apps are great. I like Tusky on Android, and the advanced / multi-column web interface or toot tui on my computer.

Apr 5 at 4:37pmWeb
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
I have, at the back of my mind, a feeling that the author has said that he has changed his mind / got it wrong, but I can't be 100% sure.
Show threadAgnieszka R. Turczyńska4d ago
@neil Here: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116352032630728598
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
@agturcz Thank you!
Show threadAgnieszka R. Turczyńska4d ago

@neil Thank @rysiek, he's a godsend here 😊

Like, literally. This is a 2nd time in less than 1 hour, when someone asks something and I am "oh, Rysiek had a toot about that recently".

All hail Rysiek!

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦4d ago
@agturcz @neil happy to be of service! 🫡
Show threadRairii   4d ago
@neil https://mastodon.social/@Lance_Ulanoff/114285108628269898
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
@Rairii Thank you!
Show threadMarianne4d ago
@neil has your Tusky stopped letting you press+hold to copy links though? Mine has. Also doesn't have quote toot functionality (yet)?
But it feels like effort to use a different thing 😅
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago
@noodlemaz Yes, I cannot press-and-hold to copy links.
Show threadMx. Alba 4d ago
@neil

Also, there isn't just Mastodon in the fediverse... There's Pixelfed, Loops, Peertube, Lemmy, Friendica, Misskey, Sharkey and many more. ​​

For example, I'm on Sharkey, which is basically Misskey but with more Blåhaj ​​
Show threadNeil Brown4d ago

@MxAlba

Yes! That's why I wrote

> Mastodon, and indeed the broader fediverse

Show threadExploring4d ago

@neil @bootblackcub

Initially on Mastodon I was microblogging. The first Android app I used regularly crashed while I was adding ALT text, and I would lose the entire post I had composed. Repeatedly.

So I tried other apps. All the apps I tried have some sort of bug. It's what you're able to live with. I use Moshidon on my Android phone, and the web interface in a browser on my laptop.