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All these tools are great, and I've been using some myself to reconnect my network on the Fediverse, but after 2 weeks I've already started seeing people going

by syx 4y ago

All these tools are great, and I've been using some myself to reconnect my network on the Fediverse, but after 2 weeks I've already started seeing people going back on Twitter, it really feels like it was just a phase.

WesSouza 4y ago
Although I'm not sure the Twitter to Mastodon migration makes sense for everyone on Twitter, I think there will be a good chunk of people that will use Mastodon more frequently than Twitter. Also, other disgusting decisions from Elno will certainly trigger more influx spikes.
dpkirchner 4y ago
It's a relatively minor thing but the thing that drove me away from Mastodon was the "content warnings" that are used all over the place. People (ab)use them like they'd use hashtags and it makes viewing the content either annoying (web) or frustrating (iOS app). Twitter provides a vastly superior interface, somehow.
- benjiweber 4y ago
  You can turn that off https://mastodon.social/@benjiweber/109388009967277758 https://mastodon.social/@benjiweber/109388009967277758
  - dpkirchner 4y ago
    You can turn it off on the mobile site, however you will see a header above every post mildly nagging you about the content in high-contrast text (annoying). You can't turn it off at all on the iOS app, as best as I can tell, so you're just going to have to tap reveal all the time (frustrating). For some reason they decided to elevate random noise to the same level as pornography, forcing you to automatically reveal it all (on platforms that support that feature) or just be annoyed. It's a minor thing in the grand scheme, but it does leave Twitter in a superior, less user-hostile position.
    - rsynnott 4y ago
      If by "the iOS app" you mean the first-party one, it's pretty new. There are lots of more mature third party ones. I've found Metatext to be a lot more featureful (and it can disable the content warnings); your milage may vary.
      - dpkirchner 4y ago
        I'll check it out, thanks.
        rsynnott 4y ago
        Also worth noting that there are third party _web clients_. People tend to miss this, because the first-party one is part of the core product, but if you don't like the first-party web client, others are available. (This is actually something I like a lot about Mastodon vs Twitter; the third-party ecosystem seems healthier)
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by syx 4y ago

WesSouza 4y ago

Although I'm not sure the Twitter to Mastodon migration makes sense for everyone on Twitter, I think there will be a good chunk of people that will use Mastodon more frequently than Twitter. Also, other disgusting decisions from Elno will certainly trigger more influx spikes.

dpkirchner 4y ago

It's a relatively minor thing but the thing that drove me away from Mastodon was the "content warnings" that are used all over the place. People (ab)use them like they'd use hashtags and it makes viewing the content either annoying (web) or frustrating (iOS app). Twitter provides a vastly superior interface, somehow.

benjiweber 4y ago
You can turn that off https://mastodon.social/@benjiweber/109388009967277758 https://mastodon.social/@benjiweber/109388009967277758
- dpkirchner 4y ago
  You can turn it off on the mobile site, however you will see a header above every post mildly nagging you about the content in high-contrast text (annoying). You can't turn it off at all on the iOS app, as best as I can tell, so you're just going to have to tap reveal all the time (frustrating). For some reason they decided to elevate random noise to the same level as pornography, forcing you to automatically reveal it all (on platforms that support that feature) or just be annoyed. It's a minor thing in the grand scheme, but it does leave Twitter in a superior, less user-hostile position.
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    If by "the iOS app" you mean the first-party one, it's pretty new. There are lots of more mature third party ones. I've found Metatext to be a lot more featureful (and it can disable the content warnings); your milage may vary.
    - dpkirchner 4y ago
      I'll check it out, thanks.
      - rsynnott 4y ago
        Also worth noting that there are third party _web clients_. People tend to miss this, because the first-party one is part of the core product, but if you don't like the first-party web client, others are available. (This is actually something I like a lot about Mastodon vs Twitter; the third-party ecosystem seems healthier)

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