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
@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
@stopsatgreen I have this huge list of features people have been asking for (44 issues open on GH right now) and like 10 of them are about abuse-prevention. But I had to prioritize other features first, the ones that make people use the service in the first place
@Gargron I understand this completely. But this is partly the problem; anti-abuse measures need to be at the core of the platform, not added at a later date; otherwise, you’ll run into the same problems Twitter has. This is why I think the project needs to be self-sustainable, and to include a larger team, made up of not only developers.
@stopsatgreen And how is such team to emerge? Who is going to spearhead a crowdfunding campaign... you? I'd participate in a jiffy (in addition to Patreon). @Gargron