Ecologia Digital“And now, inevitably, half of my #Bluesky timeline is like: oh, we need a service that’s resistant to this sort of shit, something that’s not beholden to capitalist pressure, something that’s queer-friendly…, quickly followed by but don’t say #Mastodon!
Sorry, I’m saying it. We want fucking Mastodon. It’s run by an actual non-profit foundation, none of this “public benefit corporation” bullshit. It’s not subject to creeping network-wide puritanism. Mastodon. Goddammit.”
Lydia Conwell@josemurilo I don't get why social media users have so much aversion to Mastodon. I understand it's expensive for hosting instances and there might be other troubles. But for people who just want to post on social media, there is a real disdain for Mastodon.
And it's probably the fact you have to work a bit to get people to see your posts, and you can post something that gets zero response. There are the attention-hungry types who just can't bear to feel mildly ignored but no matter how much you list the benefits of decentralised social media, people either don't want to listen or seem to want Fedi to fail (which it isn't).
I don't really get it.
Drew Mochak@lydiaconwell @josemurilo Literally every conversation I've ever had on this topic
Me: you should join Mastodon. It's like twitter, but better.
Them: I do like the sound of better twitter. Where do I sign up?
Me: Uuum, well, that depends on your instance, see, it depends on your interests, there's a huge list of...
Them: zzz
aaron@prism @lydiaconwell @josemurilo That's why I don't do that. I suggest an instance and that is that.
@fireborn But I dont' know which one would be best! I shouldn't make that decision for them. Inevitably it won't meet their needs and then they'll leave anyway :(
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@prism @lydiaconwell @josemurilo The only way they realise it doesn't meet their needs is with exposure to other instances.
@fireborn I probably could have saved myself a lot of headache if I just directed folks to masto dot social.
*braces for the flood of reply guys telling me that this is bad actually, boooo centralization, etc.*
@prism @lydiaconwell @josemurilo usually the people I'm recommending to are people I know at least least a bit about, so I point them to an instance with a focus on something they like.
@fireborn I tried that, unfortunately most of my friends are stoners and weed.life shut down (which is so perfectly on-the-nose)
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@prism @lydiaconwell @josemurilo Fair. I also tend to recommend this one, because I'm a mod on it and can generate invites and have a good idea of the content people will see.