Post AVKvYPLPIgLxr1mWLw by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVKvYNyKP0IXb9yZk0 by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T06:25:34Z
       
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       This take is annoying.But it's also not entirely @gruber's fault because the media doesn't really talk about the Fediverse, and when they do, it's as a synonym for "Mastodon".How would @gruber know about the massive development efforts to build more user-friendly alternatives to Mastodon?No one in the media talks about the growth of *key apps, and how they're now the #2 most used Fediverse platform.That story isn't being told.https://mastodon.social/@gruber/110314382066961654@fediversenews
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKvYOd5xQuLdb38Hg by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T06:30:37Z
       
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       Whenever I tell people that Mastodon isn't the Fediverse, the Mastodon stans start saying, "Oh, you sound like a guy who's complains that Linux isn't called GNU/Linux."No, there's a massive difference.To most people, whether you call something Linux or GNU/Linux doesn't affect the user experience of using the OS.Referring to the Fediverse as "Mastodon" definitely affects the user experience of using Mastodon.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVKvYPLPIgLxr1mWLw by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-05-05T06:34:23Z
       
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       If Mastodon users don't know about the Fediverse, they don't know why the messages they receive look wonky sometimes."Why is this guy allowed to post with more than 500 characters?" they often wonder."Why are there links in this post? Why can't I see things that other people can?" they'll ask.And then they realize, "Hey, that guy can quote post! I thought Mastodon didn't allow that! How is that possible?"Well, yeah, because those deviations require the context of the Fediverse.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLf2HKMARczcBuLTs by maegul@hachyderm.io
       2023-05-05T06:35:21Z
       
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       @atomicpoet Just trying to be neutral here, of all the fediverse platforms I've tried/looked at (Mastodon, Lemmy, Friendica, calckey, Akkoma(?)), Mastodon might be my least favourite (which doesn't mean bad), though there are probably features that I'm taking for granted.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLf2HurygppRQzVOS by MetalSamurai@mas.to
       2023-05-05T15:00:46Z
       
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       @maegul @atomicpoet I’ve got accounts on Mastodon, Akkoma, CalcKey, Friendica (and a couple of WriteFreely instances). I almost entirely use mobile (iOS), so a good app experience makes the biggest difference to me. So far Mastodon/Ice Cubes wins. Fast, slick, power efficient (I used to use Metatext and that drained my battery quickly). I’m missing long posts and emoji reactions. CalcKey/Kimis is close. Give me post editing and updated Kimis and I might switch.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVLf2JkJAvZj7G46D2 by MetalSamurai@mas.to
       2023-05-05T15:04:34Z
       
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       @maegul @atomicpoet The Friendica/Relatica combination is disappointing so far. I like the Facebook style handling of groups and conversation threading, but they’re both so slow. Relatica is a Flutter app, and cross platform apps always seem to end up slow, inefficient and weird feeling.Akkoma doesn’t really have a good mobile app. Mona works, but doesn’t support emoji reactions. So far it’s my last choice.