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What features are missing? The big barrier to adoption is people and content. Mastodon has been an okay twitter replacement with its feature set, it’s just mi
by redserk 3y ago
What features are missing?
The big barrier to adoption is people and content.
Mastodon has been an okay twitter replacement with its feature set, it’s just missing people.
Threads appears to have succeeded by bootstrapping their platform with major accounts, brands and popular personalities. This isn’t a thing more feature development can solve.
- anigbrowl 3y agoIt's missing people because 98% of people can't get past the 'pick an instance' stage, when it's not at all obvious why you should pick any given instance or what the repercussions will be. Imagine if you had to pick a particular node to access Facebook, or select a particular data center before you started shopping on Amazon. Consumers just want to find people and exchange a mix of public and private messages, they do not want to be bothered with the dogma of federation.
- redserk 3y agoA bit over a year ago, sure, but this is a bit incorrect in the month of December 2023. Mastodon is, by far, the most active software and both their app and site now guide you to Mastodon.social. https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/