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I still don't believe Mastodon will come out on top as a result of the fallout from Twitter, whatever it finally settles into, but I do think Mastodon is part o

I still don't believe Mastodon will come out on top as a result of the fallout from Twitter, whatever it finally settles into, but I do think Mastodon is part of a larger contingent of the next generation of social media. Interconnected but smaller social networks that serve different purposes much like the web forums of old.

zrail 4y ago
Mastodon is an implementation of ActivityPub. There are a bunch of them, with more to come. I believe ActivityPub or a descendent thereof will the protocol behind the next generation of social media, but will Mastodon the software? Hard to say.
- ladyattis 4y ago
  Yeah, I think it'll be an interesting few years but to imagine one person with too much money and not enough sense to be the impetus to finally break the log jam of social media development is kind of fitting. Especially how social media today is all about appearances even if they're mostly fake. Personally, I would've thought it would be the larger conflict between news publishers and Google that would've broke it but so much for my own prognostication.
marban 4y ago
It's not about comparing products — It's about the greatest, albeit questionable, drama party on the planet. And if you've been on Twitter long enough, you're not going to leave, because no one wants to be home from a party before the host has passed out. Also, Mastodon is ugly and clunky AF, and not ready for mainstream — The Typo3 of social.
- spookie 4y ago
  What's ugly about it? Genuinely interested.
  - marban 4y ago
    Looks & feels like a ~2006 CMS, just not fun to use. Not to say that Twitter has advanced a lot recently, but it's still miles ahead in terms of polish.
    - knewter 4y ago
      Soapbox is a phenomenal frontend
      - aorth 4y ago
        Cool! This is the first time I've heard of it, though I'm new to the fediverse. Looks like the project has been super active for years: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox Also, I was pleasantly surprised that you can use https://fe.soapbox.pub/ https://fe.soapbox.pub/ to try it on your own instance. I don't mind the default Mastadon interface, but the Soapbox one is better (and actually looks a lot like Twitter). Anyways thanks!
    - alwillis 4y ago
      There’s also https://pinafore.social https://pinafore.social. Much nicer than Mastodon’s default web front-end.
  - warning26 4y ago
    The fact that they use a "toot" button certainly doesn't help their case.
    - alwillis 4y ago
      Turns out only in the US (5% of the global population) is “toot” associated with farting.
      - woojoo666 4y ago
        Even in the US I've never heard anybody in the younger generation use it
- alwillis 4y ago
  You just need a modern front-end or app. For example, the open source app Metatext [1] for iOS is on par with any Twitter app I’ve used. [1]: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1523996615 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1523996615

zrail 4y ago

Mastodon is an implementation of ActivityPub. There are a bunch of them, with more to come. I believe ActivityPub or a descendent thereof will the protocol behind the next generation of social media, but will Mastodon the software? Hard to say.

ladyattis 4y ago
Yeah, I think it'll be an interesting few years but to imagine one person with too much money and not enough sense to be the impetus to finally break the log jam of social media development is kind of fitting. Especially how social media today is all about appearances even if they're mostly fake. Personally, I would've thought it would be the larger conflict between news publishers and Google that would've broke it but so much for my own prognostication.

marban 4y ago

It's not about comparing products — It's about the greatest, albeit questionable, drama party on the planet. And if you've been on Twitter long enough, you're not going to leave, because no one wants to be home from a party before the host has passed out. Also, Mastodon is ugly and clunky AF, and not ready for mainstream — The Typo3 of social.

spookie 4y ago
What's ugly about it? Genuinely interested.
- marban 4y ago
  Looks & feels like a ~2006 CMS, just not fun to use. Not to say that Twitter has advanced a lot recently, but it's still miles ahead in terms of polish.
  - knewter 4y ago
    Soapbox is a phenomenal frontend
    - aorth 4y ago
      Cool! This is the first time I've heard of it, though I'm new to the fediverse. Looks like the project has been super active for years: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox Also, I was pleasantly surprised that you can use https://fe.soapbox.pub/ https://fe.soapbox.pub/ to try it on your own instance. I don't mind the default Mastadon interface, but the Soapbox one is better (and actually looks a lot like Twitter). Anyways thanks!
  - alwillis 4y ago
    There’s also https://pinafore.social https://pinafore.social. Much nicer than Mastodon’s default web front-end.
- warning26 4y ago
  The fact that they use a "toot" button certainly doesn't help their case.
  - alwillis 4y ago
    Turns out only in the US (5% of the global population) is “toot” associated with farting.
    - woojoo666 4y ago
      Even in the US I've never heard anybody in the younger generation use it
alwillis 4y ago
You just need a modern front-end or app. For example, the open source app Metatext [1] for iOS is on par with any Twitter app I’ve used. [1]: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1523996615 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1523996615