Book recommendations? Non-fiction only
And don't compare Mastodon to Ello. Ello didn't die because it was distributed. It died because it sucked in every way.
I'm used to thinking about social networks in terms of Silicon Valley - need 500m users or failure. But Mastodon could have 50k users that love it and that's just fine
It's irrational to bet against Elon Musk at this point
My problem with most free and open source software is that the creators assume users have infinite amounts of time and energy
I really wish Mastodon didn't have multiple networks and instances. Just confusing for 99.5% of ppl. Maybe that's a feature not a bug, but I doubt it. Fragmentation is rarely a good thing in a social network.
I'm very intentionally not moving my Twitter network over to Mastodon
"If you have a ten year plan of how to get somewhere, you should ask yourself, 'Why can't I do this in six months?'" - Thiel