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that sounds to me like growing pains. i happened to find a “generalist” mastodon instance without really trying. i just read a few twitter ex-pats for awhile,
by allenbrunson 4y ago
that sounds to me like growing pains.
i happened to find a “generalist” mastodon instance without really trying. i just read a few twitter ex-pats for awhile, to get the lay of the land, and picked one. i sent an email to the administrator, offering to donate some money, because i couldn’t find a donation link. if this one doesn’t work out, i’ll pick a different one. or run one myself!
again: your criticism sounds to me like “social media has never worked, therefore mastodon also can’t work.” i choose to believe that there is something beyond the status quo.
- AstixAndBelix 4y agoI didn't say generalist instances are difficult to find, on the contrary they are the most popular. What I'm saying is that there's too few of them. > your criticism sounds to me like “social media has never worked" There is an entire paragraph where I explain exactly what functionality could be added to Mastodon to at least make it possible to be better. In its current state I believe it's bound to develop this behavior with no way to fix it
- allenbrunson 4y agoi guess we will have to agree to disagree. i think it’s way to early to assume that. also, you titled your post “mastodon is not a good social network.” that is the very definition of pessimism, versus optimism.
- AstixAndBelix 4y agoI could have titled it "Mastodon is a terrible social network" but I didn't because it's not a lost cause. I provided an argument and a modest suggestion. I don't think I can do much more in my positiom.