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[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think I'd rather keep Mastodon small and quirky. The moment it starts to feel like twitter, I'm off.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nah it'll never be like Twitter. Those users will all line up for Bluesky

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

Or threads.

[–] AlmostDachshund@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel Bluesky already lost its hype. Should've been launched near the announcement. I believe Threads it's where people would go if leaving X.

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

It seems to be growing pretty fast, and importantly has celebrities and such. It's going to replace Twitter, but Mastodon has staying power that BSky doesn't.

[–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Out of the loop: why there is so much hype for Bluesky?

[–] Sneptaur@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Jack Dorsey made it, and it's kind of federated. Might even hook into Mastodon in the future.

[–] Erikatharsis@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I feel like Mastodon is kinda never going to be like Twitter, even if its user count were to grow by two orders of magnitude. There are several reasons why, as the other replies point out, but the most important (IMO) is that Mastodon is just not a profit-driven platform. And if Mastodon is not a profit-driven platform, it is not designed to maximize user engagement. And if it is not designed to maximize user engagement, it is not designed to encourage toxic behavior.

[–] baropithecus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

At the risk of sounding like a door-to-door fediverse evangelist: the good thing about mastodon is you can always move to a small and quirky instance, or even start your own small and quirky instance and defederate from any parts that you don't like.