You know what mastodon/pixelfed/peertube needs to be "successful"? Users. Users who are not willing to accept their data being mined. Who are not willing to be

You know what mastodon/pixelfed/peertube needs to be "successful"? Users. Users who are not willing to accept their data being mined. Who are not willing to be sold as eyeballs. Who are willing to pay a few bucks a year just to keep other smaller providers running. The software exists. Unlike Vine, millions of people use it already.