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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 n
by 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 agoWhat's ugly about it? Genuinely interested.
- marban 4y agoLooks & 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 agoSoapbox is a phenomenal frontend
- aorth 4y agoCool! 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 agoThere’s also https://pinafore.social https://pinafore.social. Much nicer than Mastodon’s default web front-end.
- warning26 4y agoThe fact that they use a "toot" button certainly doesn't help their case.
- alwillis 4y agoYou 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