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Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Mastodon does not fit the needs of the millions of users using the platform daily. I believe that Twitter will terraform what we think of as social media, and with that, a new way of communication will emerge
Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Mastodon does not fit the needs of the millions of users using the platform daily. I believe that Twitter will terraform what we think of as social media, and with that, a new way of communication will emerge
> Twitter is not going anywhere anytime soon; there is no replacement. Not yet . You're right that Mastodon is not ready for the masses, which makes me wonder if federated systems can ever have mainstream appeal.
Currently biggest problem is ease of registering: Suggested way to register is through joinmastodon.org and it's pretty complicated.
If mastodon.social could handle the influx, they'd open up registration from that site which is much easier way to register.
Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.
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Nobody is forced to do anything. People don't have to sign up for Twitter. Twitter users don't have to stay on Twitter. They don't have to tweet. They don't have to reply. They can still follow anyone they want, unfollow anyone they want, mute anyone they want, block anyone they want.
Some people think of Twitter as high school debate club on a global scale, but other people have no interest whatsoever in that.
Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.
What point is there in continuing to post when it's clear Twitter will give preferential treatment to paid accounts? FB/IG are no better, they'd prefer you not post text+images at all, but pivot to video so they can throw ads in between and make their Christmas bonus.
The author has the right idea: instead of wasting your attention on these dumpster fires, focus on the non-corporate communities where your voice is valued. I am trying to do this by hanging out in the forums of software products I use, and commenting on topics there. Unfortunately, even that is not a given these days, as many software makers insist on a Discord for tech support and discussion.
I've spoken about this as well on a blog post [0] about the death of old message boards and the unique cultures they had:
[0] https://fuzzcrush.xyz/blog/dead-forums-extinct-communities-a...
Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.
My ads have gone from mainstream brands to dregs, degens, and grifters. This doesn't seem great, unless Elon's intent is to replace advertising revenue with other sources.
Other than a bunch of people complaining about how Twitter is changing, I haven't seen any change at all.
Musk's drama posts if anyone you follow follows him. Stopped Twitter partially because I'm tired of reading whatever his current emotional outburst is.
...and the slow hello to Medium? Nobody tell them that Medium is also a publicly traded company vulnerable to hostile takeover...
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Moderation seems to have changed by a lot. More gory videos stay up, nsfw pictures stay up, etc. It will slowly go out of control if this is a trend, I would guess.
I'm a heavy reader/average writer on Twitter, and I've never seen anything like that. It could be your followers that retweet/like things like that