Honestly I find it a little weird that Lemmy is so pro-Mastodon. Like a lot of people when the twitter implosion started I went and parked a username on a few potential replacements. And like a lot of people, when I saw that mastodon was all little specific instances, I didn’t bother because the whole point of twitter is that it’s a big public thing with everybody and everything. I haven’t really seen anybody outside of Lemmy mention mastodon in months. Everyone is going to bluesky.
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DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
I see folks posting on Mastodon, griping that it’s failing, that it’ll never be as popular as Bluesky and Threads because of X and Y, and I’m like, I’m over there chatting to people all day, having a fine time, following new people, picking up new followers, and generally enjoying it more than I ever really enjoyed Twitter.
I don’t really understand why those folks want it to be more than it is.
“Oh, but there are no journalists!”
Good? I don’t want endless ragebait posted in my feeds. I just wanna be chill, share music recommendations, and enjoy more people interacting with my radio show than ever did on Twitter.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 1 week ago
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
It’s not that weird, given that they’re both examples of Fediverse software that can (in theory, though not well in practice) interact with each other.
As for Masto being separate instances; I’ve never really had a problem with that. Follow a bunch of people from different servers and you’ll soon begin to federate and link up with other people.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s just a completely different use case. It may or may not continue to exist on its own but it will never replace twitter because it does not have the core thing that makes twitter special among social media (the fact that it is essentially “public”). “A bunch of small communities of nerds talking about niche topics” is something you can find friggin anywhere on the internet.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
Cool, you crack on using Twitter then.
BlindFrog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s not public; it’s exclusive. I don’t want to have to register just to view posts.
Atemu@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I don’t think that’s the kind of “journalism” your strawman desires.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
I have no strawman. I had a wickerman, but, well, it’s awkward.