But also, I get a lot more interaction on Mastodon, and it's genuine, not from bots spamming my posts. Despite its number, posting to Twitter is talking to a void, with most of my posts there going entirely unresponded to despite the use of tags and asking specific questions.
And in general, the atmosphere / vibe is better on Masto.
@rolle Because I feel people in the fediverse seem to be interested in each other and real conversation instead of yelling at each other (at least most of the time, the occasional exception proving the rule)
@rolle this might go into the "No commercial algorithms" but the feed has an end. All other social media wants to keep you on the platform. Mastodon doesn't show you things you might find interesting. It just shows the posts from yesterday you've already seen if you scroll far enough. Then you get bored an do something else. It a great way to don't get lost in the feed.
@rolle I actually don’t like it the most (I am having more fun on bluesky) and I think this post points to why: a lot of things about tech and principles, nothing about people and relationships and culture.
@linc@rolle but this is also not honestly my point; it’s not that I can’t find people who talk about culture, but that when people talk about what mastodon is FOR, they’re often not talking about the things I value most in a social network.
@thatandromeda Oh, I see. That feels like a byproduct of the smaller slice of early adopters that came here from Twitter (and earlier). If you can't discern the tech & principles difference, there's little reason to not just join whatever the next BigCo tech venture is. However, my hope is that because the folks who deeply care about that will be cemented here, over time the gravity will pull in the rest of the people and culture as long as we continue to focus on making it a welcoming space.
@linc I can discern it; I just don’t care very much. IMO the killer app has always been people. There are a lot of cool people here but it has a very parallel-play feel for me. And a lot of explaining why I should care about the abstruse parts 🤣
@thatandromeda Sorry that was the general "you" not meant to imply anything 😅 I agree we could collectively stand to explain less. I hope you stick around long enough for it to continue evolving & growing such that it becomes a niche concern.
@rolle Actually one of the coolest features is federation and the possibility to interact with other non-Mastodon Fediverse platforms as well, like #Pixelfed, #Peertube, #WordPress (when using the ActivityPub plugin), #Lemmy, #Kbin, etc. So in most cases there's no need to create a separate account on the other platform.
@Tattooed_mummy@rolle At least here, the process is relatively painless and you can take your following list with you - or at least, this was the case for me.
@rolle most casual users here are pretty mask off when it comes to socializing here. You won’t get that elsewhere where shit you say on deadbird can have very real consequences for standing up for what’s right.
@rolle federation is underappreciated as a feature. Being able to follow & interact with whoever we want, independently of which platform they’re on, just might end the era of one or two companies being able to dominate just by having the most users.
@rolle "Something else": the nice people here make me feel safe and like I could be accepted, and like I don't have to watch everything I say or worry about being piled on by right-wingers very often.
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