> That model still needs users, then. "It's self-hosting" does not provide any kind of user story for, say, me. I have Twitter. So lets speak enthusiastically

> That model still needs users, then. "It's self-hosting" does not provide any kind of user story for, say, me. I have Twitter. So lets speak enthusiastically about it then! It costs you nothing and it helps to level the playing field against incumbents like twitter etc. Personally I find the whole microblogging concept overhyped and really just want open social networks with adjustable privacy (along the lines of google+, just open source or at least multi-vendor) + chat, group chat, channels, bots etc along the lines of Telegram. Actually that social network could just be an improved version of Wordpress/Blogger etc where I can straightforwardly choose what is visible to anyone, to colleagues, family etc etc.