it's kinda hilarious watching bluesky users talking about how they have to stay on the site, even as it gets worse, because they can't go back to twitter!

[crazy_pony@rubber.social]

@Devourer_ITA @foone
I also have seen popular furries (influencers) constantly tell their audience on Twitter; Instagram and Bluesky that "Mastodon is shit"

These influencers are constantly making a kind of competion to create "content" and game the algorithm and surf on the wave of resulting likes

I dont care about influencers and popular people, but they are the ones who set the directions and pull the masses to what they want - and thats the opposite of the model of the Fediversum

[o@b.osmarks.net]

@foone It isn't doing the same thing as Twitter or Bluesky. There's no central discovery mechanism.

[marlo404@bark.wolp.chat]

@flammableengineering@app.wafrn.net @foone@digipres.club

[ronleo] i have also noticed that bluesky users seem to love complaining. i have so many weird filters to keep the doom and gloom off my dash, but it still leaks over…

#if-you-fix-the-problem-there-is-nothing-left-to-complain-about! #not-to-sound-hateful #there-are-a-lot-of-artists-i-love-on-bluesky #just-a-cultural(?)-thing-with-the-site-i-guess

[rotopenguin@mastodon.social]

@foone the prejudice against Pictochat is ridiculous

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@nora @aran @foone I think most of them just come up with excuses to hide the fact that they have grown dependent on the timeline manipulations that constantly feed their timelines and, when they are “VIPs”, blow up their sense of importance

[nothacking@infosec.exchange]

@foone@digipres.club I think it's because mastodon is very different from everything else, largely because it's truly decentralized:

• There is no global feed
• ... so curating a follow list takes time
• ... and you should find an instance with a local feed you like
• ... therefore, the official mastodon.social is not a good choice
• Moderation is done by instances and users
• ... so you don't want a instance that's completely unmoderated or blocks severs because they didn't agree with someone.
• You are the recommendations algorithm
• ... so go boost someone's bullshit.

I can see how these things would really put someone off if they are looking for elon-free twitter, to the point that it seems completely unusable and not worth considering.

... not to say that these are bad things: If you ask any mastodon user, they will respond with "exactly".

Personally, I wouldn't even consider hanging out anywhere where these weren't the case.

[nothacking@infosec.exchange]

@foone@digipres.club As for practical advice, I think that recommending a particular instance would go a long way towards letting people have a good experience.

[flammableengineering@app.wafrn.net]

@marlo404@bark.wolp.chat @foone@digipres.club

I think it’s a combination of the cultural carry-over from Twitter and a natural consequence of the short character limit. I don’t understand how people tolerate the character limit. I live for long posts and in-depth discussions, and I genuinely think the short character limit severely limits critical thought.

[marlo404@bark.wolp.chat]

@flammableengineering@app.wafrn.net @foone@digipres.club

YESSS I need my long-winded rambles and stories to live

#on-the-critical-thought-point: #i-feel-like-short-character-limits-definitely-make-discourse-more-volatile #people-dont-have-the-space-to-properly-explore-their-thoughts #so-you-end-up-with-more-snappy-and-rude-than-thoughtful-responses

[cazabon@mindly.social]

@foone

It doesn't exactly have a marketing budget behind it like the commercial sites do...