Zack SheppardSo how do we stop Mastodon from becoming Ello or Peach?
Eugen Rochko@zack I frankly don't even know those but I think the difference is this is an already established network?
@Gargron Is there an import users function? I'm having trouble finding people to follow.
As for those, ello.co and peach.cool respectively were previous "flash in the pan" social phenoms.
As for those, ello.co and peach.cool respectively were previous "flash in the pan" social phenoms.
Critical Value@zack The Ostatus federation is already well established. To find new users you can look at the public streams at other OStatus enabled network like social.heldscal.la, quitter.se or shitposter.club.
@lambadalambda Cool! I had no idea this was a thing!
@zack It's kind of hidden, but it's getting more popular now.
johnsimmons@lambadalambda lol shitposter.club sounds like my kinda place
@Gargron So after a bunch of other people replied about Ostatus, I now know what you mean by "established network." I just came here from Product Hunt <womp> so I didn't know about the deeper tech at play. :)
Kat MCP(NT4) MCSE(Win2K)@zack it's free software, using a federated open protocol. It's nothing like ello
@kat Don't get me wrong, I have great appreciation for free and open. But, I still think that automatically make one "nothing like" the not-free not-open alternatives.
Mastodon and Ello are both social networks where people post content to followers, much like Gimp and Photoshop are both software used to manipulate images.
@zack perhaps I didn't understand properly. what do you suggest the problems with Ello, etc.. were? Mastodon is an OStatus client and server. There are other OStatus Client/Servers, and can be other mastodon instances. How is this like the problem with walled garden software service, that needs to monetize its users to become sustainable ?