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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 01:05:06 Now that #Brazil has banned Xitter, where are Brazilian people going? Based on Google Trends, they’re mostly interested in #Bluesky, and to a (much) lesser extent, in #Threads #Mastodon is nowhere to be found, which should immensely worry pro-Fedi people 1/4 Medien: 1 |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 01:09:41 #Mastodon has been losing users for a long time Many of us warned that the app was too complicated, the culture too toxic, the economic model not strong enough to sustain a fast-paced development In just a few months, #Bluesky shipped DMs, major moderation features, third-party moderation, and will soon ship video The last major Mastodon update was 11 *months* ago. An eternity. 2/4 Medien: 1 |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 01:12:53 It pains me to see #Mastodon in such a dire state Meta is building and growing #Threads quickly, and Mastodon can only acts as a powerful counterweight if the platform itself is in good shape Today, it is not It’s not catastrophic, but the writing is on the wall And what’s virtually certain is that Mastodon has definitely missed the unique window that Elon Musk opened when he bought Twitter Such a window won’t reopen soon, and possibly will never happen again 3/4 |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 01:16:41 All of this should be a wake up call for #Mastodon as a community I’m not super optimistic to be honest, which is why I’ve basically deserted the platform and I’m spending my time on #Bluesky these days The silver lining of today’s events in Brazil is that even if Mastodon is left out of the equation, another open platform is benefiting from this mess 4/4 |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 08:19:25 @o_simardcasanova yup and the sad thing is that bsky is centralised and thus subject to similar centralisation risks as twitter was. It’s a pity mastodon has not been as welcoming |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 08:53:09 @kcarruthers @o_simardcasanova I share the same concern - to me right now the saving grace for using Mastodon is relying on @elk as web client. I'm surprised about Bluesky tho; I've been on it since the very beginning but I find it somewhat dead, and only the same like 10 people are tweeting like crazy over there. Threads is having much more variety and I see a lot of non-tech-people migrating to that. |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 10:42:33 @kelset out of curiosity, have you tried the built il webui lately? What do you find better in Elk? |
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Föderation EN Sa 31.08.2024 17:14:59 @renchap I dip into it from time to time, what I like about elk is the UI and overall structure (where the various elements are) and colors. |
