Fediverse

I have a suspicion that a lot of the defensive maneuvering on Mastodon is happening because Mastodon fans know that the network absolutely cannot compete on user friendliness and basic social functionality, so they’re leaning hard into the things it does get right—and then, in some cases, trying to shame people into not even thinking about trying a competing network.

Exactly this. Eugen is damn late with his announcement to address the needs of potential users and finally get Mastodon out of that musty nerd bubble.

People are criticizing him like hell for implementing features that have been in the Fediverse (Pleroma, Friendica, etc.) for ages - and are missing from Mastodon, scaring the hell out of a lot of people only to turn it into a secluded island. I'm really tired of seeing Mastodon like an idealistic island in development that, on the other hand, sabotages the needs of social networking users in the 21st century wherever it can.

Not interested in Bluesky at all, but it's about time Mastodon became usable for the regular Soccer mom without fifty browser-extensions.

the longer Mastodon stays in Linux-on-the-desktop mode, the more likely those people are to take their energy somewhere where it’s valued.

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