Chris Trottier on Nostr: Regarding Mastodon, I came across an interesting comment on kottke.org:(1) Mastodon ...
Regarding Mastodon, I came across an interesting comment on kottke.org:(1) Mastodon lacks a reassuring parent brand and so people may wonder if it's really that workable (by which I mean does it work well not does it have good content). Threads is from Meta and so it's going to work because people know Instagram and Facebook work. And related, (2), Mastodon was really hampered by the "it's too complicated" rep in the beginning months. Whether that was deserved or not isn't as relevant as the perception that it was too complicated and that's as far as the general user got. The good news is, it's kind of still early days maybe. Remember the first year or so of podcasting, when every podcast had to explain what subscribing was and where to even access podcasts? We got through it. Hoping Mastodon does too. I agree with the point about podcasts. Federation, which is the idea behind Mastodon, is still in its infancy. As more people realize they can have their own social network with minimal costs, it has the potential to revolutionize the way we connect online.
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