Eugen Rochko*opens HN* 7th item on the frontpage is "Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is… uncomfortable"
ugh
this article, jesus take the wheel
It's on 5th place now, congrats on getting Mastodon on the frontpage of HN again, I guess
beatrix bitrot@Gargron hm i expected it to be worse
Will 🌹🏴@Gargron he tries to present himself as an impartial judge of the forces driving Mastodon adoption, but data privacy, advertisement, and attention grabbing manipulation never came up? Suspicious
Dipankar@Gargron now i am curious
@Gargron now i know and i got to say, why Japan ?
Luk@Gargron that's an interesting development (even if not entirely surprising). Taking it as face value, I don't think the article is unfair, though.
Eelco M 🇪🇺@Gargron I am not worries for the reasons also stated in the post :
"While I suspect some advocates for distributed publishing will be disappointed that Mastodon’s growth is so closely tied to controversial content, it’s worth remembering that controversial content has long been a driver of innovations in communications technology — pornography arguably was an engine that drove the adoption of cable television, the VCR and, perhaps, broadband internet. "
@Gargron This is really the same thing you run into when doing privacy enhancing stuff