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Onboarding that guy on any alternative platform would be a huge marketing coverage and grow in userbase for the said platform. I wonder if a company will try to
by tasogare 6y ago
Onboarding that guy on any alternative platform would be a huge marketing coverage and grow in userbase for the said platform. I wonder if a company will try to play this card.
- tomcam 6y agoWhat guy?
- dicknuckle 6y agoprobably trump or something.
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoI think the parent is referring to the outgoing President of the U.S.
- convery 6y agoAh yes, Voldemort.. What an interesting time to be alive =P
- cinquemb 6y agoHe Who Must Not Be Named… the true cause of all of problems and evil… lol
- forgingahead 6y ago"May you live in interesting times" is often understood to not be a positive wish!
- marcinzm 6y agoThe issue is that then a lot of very toxic people will go to that platform and there will be a lot of very toxic content. Then all the people who aren't toxic will leave the platform because they don't want to be subjected to that content. Then advertisers will leave because they don't want their brands associated with that content. Then app stores will drop the app because they don't want their brands associated with that content. Then the platform essentially dies or stagnates.
- r00fus 6y agoSo you’re saying the individual you’re discussing is truly radioactive? If so, for how long?
- BlueTemplar 6y agoAs the Gab/Mastodon situation has shown, this is not guaranteed to happen.
- marcinzm 6y agoIn what way? Gab was banned on most app stores as I understand it. Gab seems to be user financed which has historically paid out less than advertising. Mastodon basically blacklisted them everywhere it could (clients, instances, etc.) so they're not really part of the fediverse. Gab is for all intent and purposes not part of the Mastodon platform because Mastodon knew what would happen if it was.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoGab was indeed blacklisted in many (though not all?) Mastodon apps. My point is that, since Gab "joined" Mastodon, nothing of what you have predicted happened to Mastodon. My hope is that the same things will (not) happen to Peertube, for the same reasons.
- marcinzm 6y agoExcept the point I responded to talked about marketing and a huge user increase. Mastodon hasn't gained marketing or users, Gab did. They use the same code mostly but are separate platforms for all intent and purposes. You can't have your candy and eat it too.