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Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by guywithahat »

simonw wrote: post #312
guywithahat wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been on the fediverse for years and while I enjoy it, I think it's naive to think it'll replace Twitter. Fundamentally it lacks good discovery, features take too long to implement (or simply can't be implemented), and verification is impossible without setting up your own server which seems like too much overhead imo. Further it just doesn't scale, although Andrew Torba was never known for his coding ability the…

"verification is impossible without setting up your own server" I don't think that's right. You don't need to run your own server in order to add verified links to your profile - but you do need to have pages you can link to on trusted domains which can rel=me back to your Mastodon page.

I guess in my mind I meant in order to know it's Ford's official account, the username url would have to be something like ford@ford.com. Every instance will end up with a ford@poa.st or ford@mastodon.social and it's not going to be clear who is the real one and who isn't (at least without being deep into fediverse drama). I don't think people will want to (or have time) to check whether every post they come across is from the official account or not

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by corobo »

Klonoar wrote: post #342
corobo wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah back when Elon bought the place and everyone was talking about moving to Mastodon I was dismissive. Wasn't expecting Twitter to start switching off systems like a ship in Star Trek trying to conserve energy for life support.. Looking forward to Tapbots new client. Don't really care what's powering the backend as it turns out, it just needs to stay working. Nice work Mastodon and the rest of the federation, I'll…

As an FYI you can have the "vanity domain" if you just use the webfinger protocol with your own custom domain. Don't necessarily need to self-host it.

Nice one for pointing this out, thank you

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by coldpie »

josteink wrote: post #203

If this doesn’t teach users (and developers) of the risks associated with centralized, closed services… I guess nothing will? It will be interesting to see if this drives users and traffic elsewhere.

There's risks, sure, but it was a successful business model for more than ten years, and it only ended because a sociopathic billionaire spent dozens of billions of dollars in order to promote his favorite neo-nazis and anti-vaxxers. It's hard to blame the devs for not seeing that one coming.

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by teach »

dyno12345 wrote: post #359
teach wrote: post #14

I have an old friend who is blind. The official Twitter client is a LOT less accessible than the one she was using. This change impacts her ability to use Twitter considerably. And before you start with the "well, she's probably better off" -- she lives in a small rural town. Twitter and Facebook and the like are one of her few connections to a larger world.

Was it this person? > This makes me so sad. Your iPhone app allowed me as a blind person to use Twitter so much better than the app that they themselves produce. Sorry for the hostility you are receiving from them, but know that you are appreciated for the hard work you’ve done. > Maybe the best thing anyone's ever told us. Thank you for this, truly. It is everything. Please take care. https://mobile.twitter.com/Rust…

No, but I guess my friend isn't the only blind person in the world who uses Twitter. Class action lawsuit?

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by hendersoon »

tptacek wrote: post #87

If you're not paying attention to Mastodon now, a think to know about Tapbots and Ivory, their new ActivityPub client, is that their TestFlight betas, which they release in batches of a thousand or so at a time, last for just a couple minutes before they're all snapped up; there seems to be pretty huge demand for it. With a decent client (I've bounced around a couple of them so far), even in a beta state, the experie…

Unfortunately Ivory will have a mandatory subscription so not something I'm personally interested in, but the level of interest in Mastodon is encouraging. Right now around 1/3 of the people I follow on Twitter moved over. I wish it was all of them, as now I'm stuck in two platforms.

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by dom96 »

moneywoes wrote: post #231
dom96 wrote: post #124

Shameless plug: I created a browser extension to help transition to Mastodon[0]. If you don't yet feel like you can leave twitter.com, but want to explore alternatives it's a great way to get started. Essentially it injects Mastodon posts into your Twitter timeline, so you can retain your existing Twitter following while getting exposed to Mastodon. [0] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mastodon-chirper/l..…

Your extension looks fantastic. Is it cool if i sent you some questions?

Please feel free. Email's on my website http://picheta.me

Re: Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023

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Post by stefandesu »

tptacek wrote: post #87

If you're not paying attention to Mastodon now, a think to know about Tapbots and Ivory, their new ActivityPub client, is that their TestFlight betas, which they release in batches of a thousand or so at a time, last for just a couple minutes before they're all snapped up; there seems to be pretty huge demand for it. With a decent client (I've bounced around a couple of them so far), even in a beta state, the experie…

When I first tried to join the Ivory beta (after they announced new slots on a particular time), the ~1000 slots were gone in 12 SECONDS. It's on the App Store now by the way.
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