DragonLuvr89🎅I think people are threatened by mastodon because they spent so long building up their brand on the other social media sites and don't want to feel like it was all for nothing.
Julien Deswaef (moved)@dragonluvr89 yep, that's called "resistance to change".
Colin Gourlay@dragonluvr89 it's this feeling we should be trying to fix when they inevitably decide to hop from one instance to another. Everything should be about fighting lock-in, and the disadvantages it brings
@collypops Can you tell me more about what lock-in means?
@dragonluvr89 I mean: our account [history, favs, follow(ing|ers)] is @name@instance, so if we want to move to another instance, we have to either delete all that or leave it all behind. This is a real situation that people are gonna be faced with if/when their instance admins block people/instances you personally want (or don't want) to engage with. Of course you're always free to leave, but the potential sacrifice creates an lock-in-like effect
ps@dragonluvr89 shouldn't those "brands" transfer though? the first thing i did when i joined was look up some of the folks i follow elsewhere
@paul Yeah I did that too but I only knew one person. I think everyone should be included who has their own personal brand but I don't like the idea of Wendy's advertising at me. I don't have the logic to back it up, that's just what I feel like.