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> Elon does something particularly stupid with Twitter, Mastodon takes on another wave of new accounts It seems that Bluesky has a different opinion on who act

> Elon does something particularly stupid with Twitter, Mastodon takes on another wave of new accounts It seems that Bluesky has a different opinion on who actually benefits from the Twitter implosion, at least the last episode https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/bluesky-now-has-10-million-users/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/16/bluesky-now-has-10-million... And at least one Mastodon user seems to be very anxious about it: https://masto.es/@pablogilah/113064426425857890 https://masto.es/@pablogilah/113064426425857890 But my point is not about protocol wars or disputing that fediverse platforms are "good enough" for a small number of niche users, predominantly techies. The challenge is to take the fediverse mainstream. When somebody is building a "Tiktok competitor" this is clearly what they have in mind.

krapp 2y ago
"niche" and "mainstream" are moving targets, but from what I've observed, plenty of non-techie people are already on the fediverse. Even if you don't consider that mainstream, adoption is clearly moving in that direction. And even if the fediverse never becomes "mainstream" (centralization may simply always be the most popular model because of lower friction and convenience) that's still OK. I liken the Fediverse to the old internet, where you had personal sites and blogs and forums. Many of those never had millions of views or millions of users and they did fine. The draw of the Fediverse is opting out of the commercial surveillance and exploitation driven web ecosystem and every "x for fediverse" alternative makes it look more attractive.