*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
@Gargron hm i expected it to be worse
@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