Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
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Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
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Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#2And it is not early days anymore.
We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending'.
Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact.
Regardless of the $48BN takeover, I'm already seeing the Mastodon circus running back to Twitter as they knew Mastodon was going the way of the Mastodon; extinction.
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#3And it is not early days anymore. We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending' . Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact. Reg…
Twitter doesn't have to "lose", for Mastodon to "win".
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#4But was it ever supposed to?
If I remember correctly, one of the main element of the product vision was to allow better moderation, to have a "safer" online experience.
Provided it is a very relative concept, the community approach makes a lot of sense.
In a way, it is very similar to how forums used to be.
Can it be improved? 100%. Many UX elements would make the product more popular, but was it meant to be a twitter replacement? not sure.
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#5And it is not early days anymore. We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending' . Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact. Reg…
My favorite part about Mastodon/The Fediverse is people like you think it is dead and hopeless and don't come there
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#6And it is not early days anymore. We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending' . Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact. Reg…
Just because you are not there, doesn't mean other people are not.
> My conservative estimate of current Mastodon network totals, based on my own stats aggregation, is 3 million registered users and 250k monthly active users.
> - Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko (April 2022)
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#7And it is not early days anymore. We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending' . Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact. Reg…
My favorite part about Mastodon/The Fediverse is people like you think it is dead and hopeless and don't come there
Consider the feeling mutual.
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#8And it is not early days anymore. We have given it enough time to realize the claims as a Twitter alternative and it has simply failed. Twitter had tens of millions of users in its first 6 years. Mastodon is still struggling and considers 20 people as 'trending' . Mastodon is a total failure, and virtually no-one is there or uses it frequently or daily other than the general hyper tech-crowd and that is the fact. Reg…
Just because you are not there, doesn't mean other people are not. > My conservative estimate of current Mastodon network totals, based on my own stats aggregation, is 3 million registered users and 250k monthly active users. > - Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko (April 2022)
That sounds pretty dismal? E.g. >90% of "registered users" don't actually use the platform.
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#9whatever, still way more metal than Twitter
Re: Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter
#10Nothing can equal Twitter as the place for the rich and powerful to make complete fools of themselves. It’s got that niche locked down. Also seems to have the online lynch mob niche pretty solid.
Mastodon is good for communities and tech chat.