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 Brown4d ago

"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.

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 Brown
@noodlemaz Yes, I cannot press-and-hold to copy links.
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