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Yeah but to where?

• sterlind 5y ago
  mastodon, I guess? maybe this will put some wind in mastodon's sails.
• topspin 5y ago
  Mastodon, apparently. That has been a popular proposed alternative.
  • fleddr 5y ago
    I've seen prolific Twitter users "move" to Mastodon for years, but they always come back. It's not the same thing on the other side. A fraction of the followers and activity, but there's also an interesting psychological effect. Due to the distributed nature of mastodon, you'd likely create or move into a "community" of your liking. Where you'll meet friends and like-minded people. A little happy bubble. You'd think it's a utopia where people can finally leave behind the "hell" that is Twitter. Turns out they need the hell. They've become addicted to continuous outrage and their counter rage is what was holding the bubble together. As it comes to media and social media, it seems to me it can't exist without rage, division and hate. Imagine social media updates like this: "Had a pretty good day at work. Ran into my conservative neighbor, we shared a drink, and agreed to disagree on a few matters. To each their own I guess." Or news channels and papers largely reporting on things going pretty well and reasonable, which is like 99% of reality. Nobody would want to consume that, it's super boring. Not at all "engaging". Happiness sucks. Even our escape of reality, entertainment, largely consists of even more suffering. Imagine a movie where nothing traumatic happens to the characters. What is the point of even watching it?