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> The fediverse implicitly asks the question: what if that assumption is wrong? Yep. And I and maybe others are answering that question: Nope, we want a single
by iudqnolq 4y ago
> The fediverse implicitly asks the question: what if that assumption is wrong?
Yep. And I and maybe others are answering that question: Nope, we want a single namespace. And then fediverse proponents pop up to tell us actually we're wrong about what we want.
The primary thing I want from social media is algorithmic discovery. I love bumping into cool, interesting people I wouldn't have encountered otherwise. With the fediverse I can't even reliably see the past posts of someone I follow if they're on a different server.
- tptacek 4y agoYou can want whatever you want. 2 years ago, I'd have agreed with you. But I remember the blogosphere now, and: it was better than what we had 2 months ago. I wrote off Mastodon, but this is a better situation than Twitter. I'm psyched. The tooling isn't perfect yet, but it'll be better than Twitter's tooling within 12 months --- not least because there won't be a giant public company doing its level best to make sure the tooling doesn't get too good.