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The biggest problem with making Mastodon better is exactly that: anyone who dares suggest the way it's always been has a flaw will quickly be shouted down by pe
by rodgerd 2y ago
The biggest problem with making Mastodon better is exactly that: anyone who dares suggest the way it's always been has a flaw will quickly be shouted down by people telling them that they're an idiot who clearly doesn't understand that the shortcoming is a feature.
- jeromegv 2y agoWe are on a forum, having a discussion. Not everyone disagreeing is someone shouting you down. Nobody called each other an idiot here.
- marcus0x62 2y agoHave you expressed disagreement with a duly sworn officer of the Mastodon HOA before? Because they definitely like to yell at and call people with whom they disagree idiots. It is, frankly, a very unwelcoming place.
- nine_k 2y agoBut maybe for them it's a feature. It keeps the microblog content in a particular shape, like daily chat but not too-serious, long-term-valuable content. Clearly there's a market for both. And maybe they could even be... confederated? That is, it might be possible to combine several sources in your stream, and accept identities across servers for easy commenting. Heh, this all awfully reminds me of the stuff that was already built in early 2000s, with RSS/Atom, the original OpenID, and no huge corporations interested in taking over these small potatoes.