I like the idea of Mastodon and obviously I could be wrong, but I don’t think it will be very huge just because of the name of the site/app. I think it needs a better or catchy name.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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I'm hoping it won't. I've had discussions with my friends from the earlier days of the Internet. The Internet was a much nicer place when you didn't have everyone and their grandma on it. You actually had to be tech literate to use it. This resulted in higher quality interactions and content. You still had undesirable groups and places, but they were sectioned off to their own corner. Now, social media and its algorithms give everyone a soapbox. I'd rather they stay off my fediverse lawn.
It will take a lot of time before that happens, if it does at all. The platform just needs more people and right now as much as we like to believe Reddit is dying… it still has a massive user base.
Yes, and it won't be as wild-westy as people may like to think thanks to common sensibilities.
Ultimately I see corporations owning all the most popular servers, and attempting to federate with everyone else.
No, nothing can. But like everything else in life, they’ll just grow and add to what was there before. A direct replacement would be unnatural. Even AOL is still around.
It kind of reminds me of the olden mIRC days.
It can but given how media is ignoring it I dont see that happening in near future. Us user will have to shape the future of the fediverse and I think that is the best thing.
No, I think meta is going to kill it and it'll have been fun while it lasted.
Yes. Facebook/Meta is attempting to get in on the ground floor. It's important to tell people that there are safer, open, free alternatives to Meta attempting to infiltrate this space. Now's the time to spread the word and stop these corporations.
no
Unless it politically comes to the center, then absolutely not. Right now it’s a circle-jerk of tankies.
Nope