At the end of the day, people would like to be entertained with as little effort as possible. That’s how we got to the current system. Largely speaking, people

At the end of the day, people would like to be entertained with as little effort as possible. That’s how we got to the current system. Largely speaking, people are not sick of Twitter, they’re sick of the current ruler. If Mastodon can reduce the friction and be more engaging then it might have a chance. If it’s not possible to do that without becoming everything that’s wrong with Twitter then it may be true that we have the best system already. This is similar to how some people want a new economic system because they’re sick of capitalism but it turns out it’s very difficult to improve on it without causing a great deal more suffering.