Mastodawn

OLD ACCOUNT Apr 4, 2017

reading a bunch of comments about Mastodon on tech news sites about how it "will never succeed" or will go extinct. Problem is, that defines Mastodon's success in the metrics of Silicon Valley VC. The point of Mastodon does not appear to be a growth -> exit -> brand vehicle strategy that Twitter has been struggling with.

I'm having a good time here. Isn't that success enough?

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maloki

@PolymerWitch This makes me think about relationships. Is a relationship not successful / good because it eventually ends?
We used to have a lot more turn-over on websites. I.e. they were there, then we moved on to the next thing.
But now we've gotten "used to" being stuck in one place. Being "owned", but thinking we're invested. When we're just the product.
I think that the site is a great success in it's own right, because it's bringing federation to the people!