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Thoughts on Mastodon - Nolan Lawson (nolanlawson.com)
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By the developer of Pinafore, writing : My heart’s just not really in it, so maintaining these projects is probably not a great idea long-term. At some point, I will probably need to find a new maintainer for my Mastodon instance, and either “retire” Pinafore or pass it on to another maintainer.

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[–] rysiek@szmer.info 6 points 2 years ago

Before anyone construes this into a MaStOdOn WiLl NeVeR wOrK hot take, here's the crux of Nolan's blog post:

In my five years on Mastodon, I’ve found that there is a lot it does better than Twitter, but there is also a lot that is just endemic to social media. To the endless scroll. To the status games, the quest for adulation, the human urge to shame and shun and one-up and manipulate. I’m sure this goes back to Usenet – Jaron Lanier called it “chaotic human weather”.

There is a better way to foster kind, thoughtful, generous, joyful conversation on the internet. I’m not convinced that Mastodon has found the magic formula, but it is a step in the right direction.