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You will have a really hard time finding a person outside tech circles who knows of, much less actively uses, Threads or Mastodon.
by glimshe 3y ago
You will have a really hard time finding a person outside tech circles who knows of, much less actively uses, Threads or Mastodon.
- krapp 3y agoI've see authors, actors, scientists, artists, musicians, journalists and people of all stripes (and not all from "tech circles") on Mastodon. Ironically, most complaining I've seen about the technical hurdles of joining Mastodon have come from techies on HN. Meanwhile Stephen King, a nearly 80 year old author who probably still uses a rotary phone and manual typewriter, managed to figure it out. Or more likely find someone to figure it out for him but still.
- theonlybutlet 3y agoThink I've come across two links to mastodon in my life (probably here on HN), and have never encountered threads (I do live in Europe).
- alfanick 3y agoAgreed. I've never been on Mastodon, because there is no reason for me to bother (I did hear about it). Threads? I DID hear about it and I'm actively refusing, because if I need Threads account, it's bound to my Instagram account and if I don't like it and resign my IG is gone. Meh, no need for that. But same applies with Discord for me. Why would I be there? Why companies expect me to contact them via Discord? Yo, gimme wiki, or answer email. I don't need some chat-thingy/Slack/Discord. Edit: Why don't we have email, nntp and IRC anymore? Just build stuff on it, don't reinvent.