Twitter was special. But it's time to leave
https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/twitter-was-special-but-its-time
* "Mastodon doesn't need to become popular." Sure. But like it or not, it's getting more popular, and many of the newcomers have a different culture and expectations. Eugen Rochko: "People who are arriving now have as much right to be here and bring their own culture as the ones who came before them." https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/109323118267580967
Again, all I'm suggesting is choice, and I thought Mastodon is all about choice.
@russokrauss @vicki there could be algorithmic feed versions of home, local and federated timelines. I think providing that choice is helpful.
Same goes with quote tweets, an option to enable or disable at a server level should be good. Or why not make it at a user level control? Ppl who don't want to get dunked, QT'ed can disable it.
"CBS News Suspends Twitter Posting ‘In Light of the Uncertainty’ About Musk-Owned Social Platform."
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/cbs-news-pauses-twitter-posting-1235437572/
"In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform,” Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News national correspondent, said in a report about the latest chaos at the company on the “CBS Evening News” Friday.