Subj : mastodon
To   : N2qfd
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Apr 09 2024 13:22:30

 n>   Money talks right, nothing .gmi will be taking the 
 n> world of commerce by storm any more than Mastodon has 
 n> overtaken the "hellscape" of X (Twitter) and I think 
 n> Tumblr must be some sort of joke waiting for a punchline! 

Hard to disagree with a truth like 'money talks'!  That's a reality.

Wanted to jump in at the mention of Mastodon to say how great my experience using Mastodon has been, similarly I have found Lemmy to be great too.  While I may have put more hours into doom-scrolling Twitter in the past, I've found Mastodon to have higher quality posts.

Likewise for Lemmy - I started using it last year after years of using reddit less and less - the content on Lemmy has been really enjoyable.  I check into reddit still, and while reddit has more users I find the quality on Lemmy to be far higher most of the time.

I'm realizing that I don't really want to spend my time on a platform with EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD, I want to spend my time with groups of people with similar interests or other characteristics.  Too much reach is actually a negative - too much noise comes along with it.  I'm not an advertiser, so maximizing the number of eyeballs isn't a priority.  Eyeballs don't equal interesting discussion.  I suppose here in the BBS world this sounds like preaching to the choir!  I enjoy the rant!  :)


Chris/akacastor

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