Post AVOMooNfGPRANClPc0 by chidgey@engineered.space
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(DIR) Post #AVKsa7DBO8e4Kk3cCu by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T05:18:06Z
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Bluesky is going to skyrocket to mainstream popularity and actually replace Twitter, and Mastodon cannot, because Bluesky is being designed to be simple, fun, and — most importantly — easy to understand.
(DIR) Post #AVKsa8DvcqptTLPj0a by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T05:34:12Z
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I’m not trying to provoke. I like Mastodon, especially using @ivory, and I love the community I’m in here. And maybe our community will stay here. What makes Mastodon good for us nerds is that all the non-nerds aren’t here.But it’s obvious already: regular people instantly grok Bluesky. They’ve had months to sign up for Mastodon and haven’t — because they don’t understand it, and what they see of it doesn’t look like fun.As soon as they see Bluesky they start trying to score an invite code.
(DIR) Post #AVKsa93gWQEi3rd3gG by buzz@andersen.social
2023-05-05T05:56:55Z
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@gruber Oh, and: it supports freaking quote tweeting. Which, I would argue, is central to how some very engaged users use Twitter. I really think the Mastodon community made a big mistake in assuming quote tweeting was only associated with abuse.
(DIR) Post #AVKsa9EfrZ1ibwlpoG by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T05:54:03Z
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Bluesky: “If you liked Twitter, you’ll love Bluesky.”Mastodon: “If you hated Twitter, you’ll like Mastodon.”Hundreds of millions of people liked what Twitter once was, and what it aspired to be. Bluesky might be that.
(DIR) Post #AVKsa9GRkyRchRbFZY by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T05:52:20Z
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Bluesky, in both word (stated intentions) and deed (the nascent service as it stands today), aspires to be a better Twitter. An idealized Twitter, perhaps. It even looks just like Twitter — without all the crap.Mastodon was created by and for people who wanted something different from Twitter. So when Twitter refugees show up, it doesn’t feel familiar. Because it’s not supposed to.
(DIR) Post #AVKsa9u9NMCggaAxSS by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
2023-05-05T06:03:24Z
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@buzz @gruber Quotes are coming to Mastodon too. They changed their mind on this, and it is being implemented.
(DIR) Post #AVKsaBvzpSruyt3Sc4 by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T06:00:21Z
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If I’m right, I imagine conversations like this a decade from now:—Why is it named “Ivory”?—When Tapbots originally started it after Musk killed Tweetbot, it was for an open source social network called Mastodon. Get it? Mastodon… Ivory?—Huh.—They still support it. It’s just a different account type.
(DIR) Post #AVKss9NS4j9iGLSbQm by buzz@andersen.social
2023-05-05T06:06:20Z
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@anderspuck @gruber Yeah, that’s what I keep hearing. But they’re already behind the curve on this and losing mindshare.
(DIR) Post #AVKtnwV86fFl7jbpLM by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
2023-05-05T06:17:03Z
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@buzz @gruber They just announced it this week. I'm not sure about the timeframe, but it's the first time we have official confirmation that quotes are coming.
(DIR) Post #AVKzPliv7opWTMuqJM by thomholwerda@social.tchncs.de
2023-05-05T06:58:41Z
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@gruber BlueSky sends everything you post to an AI company called The Hive for analysis. It's already showing its true colours as a VC tech bro platform designed to extract money from its users.It's Twitter all over again alright.
(DIR) Post #AVOMooNfGPRANClPc0 by chidgey@engineered.space
2023-05-06T22:26:33.315197Z
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@gruber We’ll see John.
(DIR) Post #AVOhFMpnmmifqHrgbw by danvanmoll@twit.social
2023-05-05T05:56:51Z
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@gruber that’s why I’m convinced Mastodon and BlueSky can co-exist (at least in my world).If Mastodon would replace Twitter it would need to entertain all the trolls and idiots, too as they make like 70% (feels like) of the user-base on Twitter. I’m happy with just having a few but good folks on Mastodon. Quality over quantity.
(DIR) Post #AVOhFNX3BzJY0Q6E1Q by wjmaggos@liberal.city
2023-05-07T02:15:27Z
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@danvanmoll @gruberI want everyone here, block them if you want. Block their servers if they become the home bases for harassers. I want a decentralized old Twitter, and so much more. Journalism, and all other media, should exist on a decentralized network so everything can go viral, if we decide it should. Closed platforms are fine for hanging out with your friends, but this network enables worldwide attention democracy. Merit culture. The advancement of liberal democracy. It's special.
(DIR) Post #AVPQzci9aKPELCiaVk by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T02:15:34Z
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@chidgey Honest question: do you see any sign that any communities other than nerds are joining Mastodon?
(DIR) Post #AVPQzdIJPtKU9LdSs4 by chidgey@engineered.space
2023-05-07T10:48:05.673678Z
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@gruber I think the problem is the definition of “nerd”. The context is whether (given a significant passage of time) whether or not the Fediverse or BS (or whatever in future) breaks out from the early adopters to mass adoption. I think the Fediverse is extending to non-nerds, yes, just slowly. It has a multi-year head-start over BS. Then again, BS has Dorsey, so that’s an unfair advantage.
(DIR) Post #AVPR48EOKuyDFywlzk by Jeremysean55@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T08:47:04Z
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@chidgey @gruber Not really. Various tech based people, Glenn reposting about print books. But no #auspol, no major organizations. It’s a nice space but seems constrained
(DIR) Post #AVPR48s5xIjHF7WTse by MsDropbear@kolektiva.social
2023-05-07T09:12:15Z
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@Jeremysean55 @chidgey @gruber >But no #auspol I don't understand. Every day i see heaps of this in my Home, & enjoy participating in lots of it. Given you used the applicable hashtag here, i presume that you are indeed Following it, as am i... so why you don't get it in your Home is a puzzle to me 🤷♀️
(DIR) Post #AVPR49Qps8WCyrmE1w by chidgey@engineered.space
2023-05-07T10:48:56.283966Z
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@MsDropbear @Jeremysean55 Yeah same here. I see lots of #AusPol on the Fediverse. I ignore most of it, but it’s there.
(DIR) Post #AVQEOw5Pa67bQRIRSi by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-07T16:33:30Z
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@chidgey How is it unfair? Do you think Jack Dorsey has magic powers?
(DIR) Post #AVQEOwlF4Za9WArqfA by drdrang@fosstodon.org
2023-05-07T17:02:23Z
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@gruber @chidgey Dorsey has gobs of people with gobs of money willing to invest in what he does. I wouldn’t call that unfair, but it is a magic power.
(DIR) Post #AVQEOxMoordjOiRrEW by chidgey@engineered.space
2023-05-07T20:01:42.765881Z
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@drdrang @gruber Fairness is an invented concept, I grant you, but in this context, it gives whatever Dorsey touches a popularity advantage over Gargamel, who was effectively no-one when he created Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #AVQEQlGInSyYQwGEcq by maschinentraum@mastodon.green
2023-05-07T12:24:22Z
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@gruber At least for Europe/Germany we have quite some “normal” people here. Not really in Tech, but healthcare, interested in climate protection and so on. @chidgey
(DIR) Post #AVQXhkwB9frPTkfKWu by paul@tapbots.social
2023-05-05T10:14:17Z
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@gruber hard to say what would be more personally unpleasant, a bunch of conditionals everywhere or copying/pasting code between two apps.
(DIR) Post #AVQXhllw3FGE4GsfCa by tomwinzig@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T14:22:57Z
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@paul @gruber You forgot the extremely hard 3rd option: an app that is simultaneously connected to both Bluesky and Mastodon and merges both timelines into one 🤣
(DIR) Post #AVQXhnIwM1FuovKXHk by paul@tapbots.social
2023-05-05T14:28:26Z
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@tomwinzig @gruber hard pass.
(DIR) Post #AVQXkGaGSt1WCxc21w by gruber@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T18:09:46Z
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@buzz Another analogy: No pool tables in the Mastodon bar. Why? Because at the Twitter bar shitheads were getting into fights and breaking pool cues over people’s heads.The problem wasn’t the pool tables.
(DIR) Post #AVQXkHLPdajmZBfgWG by Gte@mastodon.social
2023-05-05T18:12:19Z
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@gruber @buzz The problem isn’t the pool cues.
(DIR) Post #AVQXkI5UsFbIs7EULo by lstaples@mastodon.social
2023-05-06T04:02:52Z
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@Gte @gruber You’re characterizing the dialogues of millions of Mastodon users, but you don’t know what you’re talking about — literally. My interactions here are far more entertaining and engaging than on Twitter. Somehow the folks I’m communicating with managed to onboard last year and most of them landed on an instance called famichiki.jp, a name that has a rich history in itself. (mastodon.social was closed at that time.) You need more data to make these assertions.