malokiApr 27, 2017

Yesterday Gargron helped me get his take on the project, so that I can write a mission statement. But, I would also love to hear your take, so I can combine the two into our collective statement.

This is me trying to be more transparent with the process.

Feel free to help me answer these questions:
1. What does Mastodon mean to you?
2. Where do you want to see the project go?
3. How do you talk about Mastodon with your friends?

#MastoTalk #MastoDev

Joshua A.C. NewmanApr 27, 2017
Show threadMasoud Abkenar
@maloki (3) Instead of selling it as "a federated social network" (too vague & complex for most people), I would like to call #Mastodon as "the social network that doesn't go away by a company's whim" or "the social network as resilient as a real human language" or "the network that is governed by its users". You know, *benefits* of federation instead of the name "federated" itself.
Apr 27, 2017 at 2:38pmWeb
Show threadHRH ginsterbuschApr 27, 2017
@masoud @maloki I'd "sell" it as a microblogging platform everybody can take part OR even host.it themselves.
Show threadSnoopy 🐤Apr 27, 2017
@masoud Speaking about resiliance, it'd be great if your account could also be distributed on several trusted instances.
Show threadChris TonkinsonApr 27, 2017

@masoud @maloki This.

This *continues*, in 2017, to stymie adoption of #Git. The Alpha Nerds want to trumpet how distributed it is, whereas the real benefits are indirect consequences of that (such as merging that actually works).

Center on the features, but sell the benefits. Sales 101

Show threadJoshua A.C. NewmanApr 27, 2017

Not sure this is quite the answer, but roughly, yeah. Likewise, "instance" is only barely meaningful in this case. "Like an email server" is easy enough to wrap your head around, though.

@masoud @maloki

Show threadCaias WardApr 29, 2017
@masoud Peer to Peer social network?

@maloki