Chris MartinApr 5, 2017

It's actually really awesome that Mastodon attracted a shitload of users who largely aren't aware that the underlying GNUSocial platform is old.

You know why?

Because it means we can do this over and over.

Every time someone releases a new implementation with different-looking chrome on top, it can go through its own marketing and media cycle and garner new users. *And the network effect will be cumulative.*

Show threadBas ✅Apr 5, 2017
@HedgeMage I'm one of these people who weren't aware, and I think I still don't really get it... Does this mean that people using an older Gnusocial-based service can follow me here, now that I'm on Mastodon?
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@bdenh Yes, apart from the couple of services that have specifically chosen not to federate with Mastodon instances.

I'm told that some of the older OStatus-based services are having interoperability problems with Mastodon, and have turned off federation until this is resolved. However, I've followed several GNUSocial users, so that's unlikely to be one of the platforms having issues.

Apr 5, 2017 at 12:59pmWeb