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Lots of news about Twitter is not a link to Twitter. Most mastodon domains don't have mastodon in the name.

Alupis 3y ago
I don't see the difference between this and just some joe-random's blog post then. If mastodon posts come from random domains - isn't that like saying "Random Blog Post Links are more common than Twitter/X"? Mastodon probably won't ever reach critical mass like centralized Social apps do, as much as we technies might want it.
- 8organicbits 3y ago
  A major difference is that mastodon instances federate together, blogs don't. A rapid resurgence in self-operated blogs would also be exciting and newsworthy. > won't ever reach critical mass like centralized Social apps Is that even a goal? I use it because there's interesting people I can interact with there. Market share is not the only measure of success.
  - Alupis 3y ago
    The reason this particular article was submitted was to dig at Twitter/X/Musk, no? > Is that even a goal? The people pushing for Mastodon seem to have been co-opted by the anti-Twitter/Musk crowd. To them, it does appear to be a goal.
    - 8organicbits 3y ago
      I wouldn't assume that intent and that hasn't been my experience on the platform. There was a visible uptick of Twitter discontent voiced on all platforms (including HN) at several points this year. It's easy to follow accounts that arent fixated on the old.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    You could I think at one time actually have argued it for blogs; there’s a reason people used to call it the blogosphere, and social-network-esque mechanics (eg linkbacks, which likely inspired quote tweets) were commonly used at one time.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  “More people use email than fax” “No, that’s wrong, there are more fax messages sent than emails sent from email.com” Like, the whole _point_ of the thing is that it is not just one site. That is why it was made in the first place.

I don't see the difference between this and just some joe-random's blog post then. If mastodon posts come from random domains - isn't that like saying "Random Blog Post Links are more common than Twitter/X"? Mastodon probably won't ever reach critical mass like centralized Social apps do, as much as we technies might want it.

8organicbits 3y ago
A major difference is that mastodon instances federate together, blogs don't. A rapid resurgence in self-operated blogs would also be exciting and newsworthy. > won't ever reach critical mass like centralized Social apps Is that even a goal? I use it because there's interesting people I can interact with there. Market share is not the only measure of success.
- Alupis 3y ago
  The reason this particular article was submitted was to dig at Twitter/X/Musk, no? > Is that even a goal? The people pushing for Mastodon seem to have been co-opted by the anti-Twitter/Musk crowd. To them, it does appear to be a goal.
  - 8organicbits 3y ago
    I wouldn't assume that intent and that hasn't been my experience on the platform. There was a visible uptick of Twitter discontent voiced on all platforms (including HN) at several points this year. It's easy to follow accounts that arent fixated on the old.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  You could I think at one time actually have argued it for blogs; there’s a reason people used to call it the blogosphere, and social-network-esque mechanics (eg linkbacks, which likely inspired quote tweets) were commonly used at one time.
rsynnott 3y ago
“More people use email than fax” “No, that’s wrong, there are more fax messages sent than emails sent from email.com” Like, the whole _point_ of the thing is that it is not just one site. That is why it was made in the first place.