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I disagree. I see like three trends that all seem to be dead, so I have no idea what people in the world are actually talking about. All I see is that about 50
by Hamuko 4y ago
I disagree.
I see like three trends that all seem to be dead, so I have no idea what people in the world are actually talking about. All I see is that about 500 people talked about the FIFA World Cup final game during the past 48 hours, since that's taking two out of three top trends.
"Tweets" are much longer, so it no longer feels like microblogging. Sensitive content feels even dumber, I don't want to click "Read more" in order to view a tweet like it was some kind of a ad-bait blog post.
If someone sends me their profile link that's not on my instance, I can't actually reply to it. Instead, I need to go to my Mastodon instance and then search for that link in order to actually have an interactable version of that "tweet".
Everything also feels slower, possibly because it's having to juggle between so many different instances.
And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion.
I'd much, much rather stay on Twitter. It's just that no one has any idea if it's going to be a viable platform in the future and who are going to stick around there.
- paranoidrobot 4y ago> won't read my private messages I heard other folks who're more in the security mindset explain it that you shouldn't just trust your particular fediverse/mastodon instance not to read your private messages. If you have something truly private, exchange contact details for some other secure thing and have that conversation there. For instance, Signal.
- some_furry 4y ago> If someone sends me their profile link that's not on my instance, I can't actually reply to it. Instead, I need to go to my Mastodon instance and then search for that link in order to actually have an interactable version of that "tweet". Actually, you have options: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109507990803168318 https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109507990803168318 > And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion. I'm working on that. https://github.com/soatok/mastodon-e2ee-specification https://github.com/soatok/mastodon-e2ee-specification
- infinitezest 4y ago> "Tweets" are much longer, so it no longer feels like microblogging. Sensitive content feels even dumber, I don't want to click "Read more" in order to view a tweet like it was some kind of a ad-bait blog post. While messages can be longer, IME they tend to be about Tweet length. Content Warnings are optional and can be expanded automatically by your client. > And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion. Valid. But I'm not sure this is much different at Twitter. And at least with Mastodon, you can leave and take your data with you. If you're concerned about this, you have the option of hosting yourself. I know a lot of people rankle at that suggestion but Twitter doesn't even give you that option.
- Hamuko 4y ago>And at least with Mastodon, you can leave and take your data with you. Can I? Because if I go to Import settings, I can see options to import my "Following list", "Blocking list", "Muting list", "Domain blocking list" and "Bookmarks". How do I move my posts and media? Also, are these export options still accessible to me if the local hall monitor bans me? With Twitter, they are required to allow me to export my data under the GDPR and I feel like my local Data Protection Ombudsman might actually have some power to compel Twitter to do so. With Mastodon, I have less confidence.