Peter GasstonNov 7, 2016
Mastodon is a good technical achievement, but that’s not enough. Some thoughts on a path to success. Open for discussion.
https://medium.com/@stopsatgreen/mastodon-is-a-good-technical-achievement-but-thats-not-enough-a6ece58954e0
Show threadEugen RochkoNov 7, 2016
@stopsatgreen Uhh I appreciate having Medium articles being written about my project, but I have some issues with the content. It's not "mostly" a single developer, it *is* just me. Secondly it's not even less than a year it's less than 4 months in total, so give me some time, jeez
Show threadVictor HopmanNov 7, 2016
@Gargron @stopsatgreen Don't worry, us users are very impressed with what you have done so far
Show threadDroesjkaNov 7, 2016
@vic23 @Gargron @stopsatgreen I agree #impressed
Show threadpostmaNov 7, 2016

@Droesjka @vic23 @Gargron @stopsatgreen Same here. Impressive.

Interesting how the author of the article doesn't seem to like participating. Was here for a day, went away for a few days, returns with an article but doesn't seem to actively respond (no replies at all, apparently). Also, he reblogged the 'three months' post, so he knew. But I see he's a marketeer and a 'speaker', that might explain.

Show threadPeter GasstonNov 7, 2016
@Postma @Droesjka @vic23 @Gargron “I see he's a marketeer and a 'speaker', that might explain”. Don’t know what you mean. I’m also a developer and a technologist and a user, does that help my position at all?
Show threadVictor HopmanNov 7, 2016
@stopsatgreen @Gargron @Postma @Droesjka You're hardly a user with only 10 posts.
Show threadPeter GasstonNov 7, 2016
@vic23 @Gargron @Postma @Droesjka What a wonderful, inclusive position.
Show threadVictor HopmanNov 7, 2016
@stopsatgreen @Gargron @Postma @Droesjka I meant to say how can you already have this opinion about a new social network which is run by 1 person and is very much in beta which you have only been participating in for no more than three days?
Show threadPeter GasstonNov 7, 2016
@vic23 @Gargron @Postma @Droesjka My opinion is: I’m impressed with what I see as a technical achievement, but technical achievement isn’t sufficient for a great platform. I don’t think that’s a controversial position.
Show threadEugen Rochko
@stopsatgreen @vic23 @Postma @Droesjka I don't think that's controversial either. But I think you misunderstand the nature of the federated network. The platform already exists in the many older GNU social and StatusNet instances. And they have *awful* mod tools, so whatever I implement will already put me ahead of the curve. Besides, not like Twitter has been doing a good job of dealing with abuse either, and they have tons more resources.
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Show threadPeter GasstonNov 7, 2016
@Gargron @Postma @vic23 @Droesjka “not like Twitter has been doing a good job of dealing with abuse either, and they have tons more resources.” Yeah, that’s what I worry about. Twitter are trying to patch in anti-abuse controls, because they didn’t worry about it early in the project. You shouldn’t use them as the benchmark, because you have the opportunity to do better.
Show threadEugen RochkoNov 7, 2016
@stopsatgreen @Postma @vic23 @Droesjka I know the importance of this; I've had gamergaters take over my notifications on Twitter before. But everything has its time