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> This isn’t an issue for like 99% of them That's why 99% don't care or will ever care about mastadon. Just like all other EU funded efforts go nowhere. Socia
by gsatic 3y ago
> This isn’t an issue for like 99% of them
That's why 99% don't care or will ever care about mastadon. Just like all other EU funded efforts go nowhere.
Social medias main features are - broadcast, Following others broadcasts, discovering what's trending. To the general public these are already solved problems on existing platforms.
The reason they jump from blog posts to twitter, or Facebook to insta or from insta to tiktok is there is a new feature available.
Mastadon does nothing new that the 99% think they need. In fact the main search results and discovery is a stream of total shit compared to other platforms.
- ASalazarMX 3y agoThat's why Fediverse apps are awesome, 99% of regular social media users are not there. But seriously, I believe their strengths are what will make them win in the end: - Rapid pace of development. - Focus on users instead of ads or investors. - You can become a dictator of your own instance, but no one gets to be dictator of the Fediverse. - Bad instances will get shunned by the rest. Of course, their biggest weakness if funding. So far donations can keep up with the small userbase, but the userbase will keep growing. Some popular Lemmy instances are growing at almost 100 GB per day already.
- Forgeties79 3y ago>focus on users instead of ads or investors I remember when we talked about Reddit the same way. We’ll see if it lasts. I say this as someone who uses Kbin in particular a lot. I like it now but we’ve been down this road so many times. It’s hard not be skeptical. They also need to make the relationship between these different apps and how it all works easier to digest. And some quality 3PA’s to fill in the gaps. I think Sync has plans to point at Lemmy so here’s hoping we see that soon!
- ASalazarMX 3y ago> And some quality 3PA’s to fill in the gaps You mean third-party apps? The passion with which developers have been working on Fediverse apps lately is humbling. On iOS, the ugly child of open source apps, just for Lemmy there's Memmy, and in TestFlight, Mlem, Thunder, and LiftOff!. These last are still beta/alpha, but Memmy is mature enough to compare with the former third-party Reddit clients. The official Mastodon app recently got a much needed upgrade, and there are other good clients like MetaText, Ivory, and many more. If anything, there are too many choices now, the dust needs to settle. It's refreshing to see a fundamental questioning of the status quo (corporate lordship), and a disrupting and viable technology (Fediverse) making strides in the right direction. I might be biased because I remember a diverse Internet from before the corporate takeovers, and it seems like the Fediverse is attracting older adults who got to experience some of that diversity too: https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502 https://mastodon.art/@jsstaedtler/110668308409683502
- Forgeties79 3y agoLike I said, I am regularly on Kbin now. I like the fediverse concept as well. I’m just somewhat jaded because like you I remember and enjoyed the more “diverse” internet, warts and all. Being a bit cynical doesn’t mean I think it’s doomed. Appreciate the app suggestions!
- timeon 3y ago> Social medias main features are - broadcast This features decreased for those platforms recently - since they are becoming walled gardens. That is why for example Slovak railway company switched from Twitter to Mastodon this month. More people are on Twitter, but that does not matter for some forms of broadcasting, when anyone can view content on Mastodon.
- sureglymop 3y agoIt's mastodon... With an o!
- harouiin 3y agoMastodon is awesome. It doesn't matter about the 99%. The quality of engagement there is far superior and it's a platform that respects users.