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Saying “mastodon has lost” is like saying gopher has lost, or personal web pages have lost, or rss has lost. You don’t need most people to be there to “win”; th
by freeone3000 2y ago
Saying “mastodon has lost” is like saying gopher has lost, or personal web pages have lost, or rss has lost. You don’t need most people to be there to “win”; the best conversation isn’t the one with the most people.
- xigoi 2y agoPersonal websites and RSS don’t have the toxic echo-chamber walled-garden culture of Mastodon.
- freeone3000 2y agoIf you are having problem with “echo chambers” in the list of people you decided to see posts from: My brother in Christ, you made the sandwich.
- lynx23 2y agoWell, but personal websites and rss have lost, sadly. I agree with you that being mainstream is not the defining characteristic of a working system. OTOH, every "community" has a lower bound when it comes to involvement. At some point, things just die out, like FidoNet or CB radio.
- ryandvm 2y ago> the best conversation isn’t the one with the most people I think this has to be the sentiment that saves discourse on the internet. We spend too much time focusing on the size of the network graph and not nearly enough time considering how to elevate the best conversations.