With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!!
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@hiphopheaven @futurebird @Phosphenes @bovaz @aurochs They do! I left Tik Tok and Instagram a few years ago after I joined the Fediverse, and I was excited to find Loops and Pixelfed.
Naturally it sucks not having a lot of people you know "IRL" on those, since that was a major reason to use Instagram - to keep up with lots of friends through their posts and short video updates.
It seemed that was the only issue - getting more people to join the platform. But that is no easy task...
@resl I may be a minority. The only platform that I feel that is still relatively about people you know is facebook. For instagram, tiktok etc it is about the content not the people
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@resl I may be a minority. The only platform that I feel that is still relatively about people you know is facebook. For instagram, tiktok etc it is about the content not the people
@hiphopheaven The important thing about Instagram for me was the people and being able to keep up with them through that interface.
There are lots of aspects to these things. Just personally liked being able to keep up with people I knew through that. I'd loe to have a FOSS replacement for that, so I want Pixelfed and Loops to work well so I can suggest friends install them.
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With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!! I love this app and I really think the decentralized model is the best for social media.
Still, people don’t want to join! What do you think Mastodon’s biggest barriers are to courting new users? What could be done to improve the product and grow the user base in a positive way?
@taylorlorenz I think major independent journalists need to essentially join forces and manage an independent Mastodon instance.
Most users are terribly risk averse, but news seekers are desperate for a tool where they can get news and information w/out an algo.
People like you, Mehdi Hasan (etc.) could create the critical mass for it to work.
Create a non-profit, govern it with a board, charge other journalists nominal membership fees to manage it and keep it running.
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@EregLoch I’ve never spoken to someone who self hosted email… it’d be a part time job
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@taylorlorenz I don't think many servers are courting users. "If you built it they, will come" hasn't worked that well for the #fediverse
We should learn from the rapid growth of the #forkiverse server, which was due to courting new users via a joint podcast.
@effariwhy Why are we still convinced that "rapid growth" is a good thing?
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@effariwhy Why are we still convinced that "rapid growth" is a good thing?
@matt The demographics of the current fediverse are pretty homogeneous. Some people like it that way and some don't. For those who don't, rapid growth can help change that
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@taylorlorenz honestly? The chance of becoming a famous and/or wealthy internet influencer is much lower here. I think that is a big deterrent for people, whether they're willing to admit it or not.
As for what can be done about that? Nothing, really, because I think that's what makes it so appealing to the rest of us.
@brandonscript @taylorlorenz Yeah, this is a good point
the antiviral design of mastodon is really super weird for people accustomed to the way most corporate social media is designed
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@brandonscript @taylorlorenz Yeah, this is a good point
the antiviral design of mastodon is really super weird for people accustomed to the way most corporate social media is designed
@clive @brandonscript @taylorlorenz Asymmetry has always been at war with reciprocity. (Play-to-win or play-to-keep-playing; choose one.)
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