Gregory's Server@inquiline does mastodon have any individual relevance beyond being the largest (and falling) platform on the fediverse? imho, the increasing MAU of misskey and lemmy is what is really relevant. Data from https://fedidb.org/
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   @inquiline @ophiocephalic >>the other capitalist networks also introduce effective lossiness in the form of the algorithm (and more deliberatively, censorship) Yes, IMO this is a really good point and I wouldn't want to overstate the contrast from a user's perspective in particular; tho the mechanisms behind the lossiness differ as you point out. Wish I could add this as a FN! @inquiline @ophiocephalic π― exactly what I conclude too. ! >> are we building a space for communities to organize in, or a twitter clone to conquer the world And this is also a really good reminder/prompt @inquiline  @inquiline Please accept my apologies. I did not consider that my doubt and opinion would be perceived as questioning your deeds or liberties. I did not think that bringing up another metric to the discussion and trying to contextualise it, would be seen as an act of hostility. To everyone else that commented and gave labels here, I'm sorry and I withdraw with my own observations about the social dynamics exposed here. @mapto Thanks, appreciate it. (This kind of misunderstanding can be modulated a lot by tone & framing that expresses intent. If you'd prefaced your remark with "Interesting paper. Do you think Mastodon itself is already becoming less relevant..." I think it's safe to say the reaction would have been pretty different, because it would have been perceived as conversational, not antagonistic)  @mapto Jesus, dude. Youβre really going with this, as your response to that article? Chapeau, I guess. @inquiline @adamgreenfield or argues for it being just like any other FLOSS space, therefore should be burned in a fire π @adamgreenfield Ironically I'm sitting outside in frankly offensively bright sunshine and can barely see this  @adamgreenfield I do kind of love that by the time I go to look at the original offending post you're replying to that the poster has almost always been suspended already! Means I don't know what idiocy or hate they were peddling but that's kind of a perk. @mapto@qoto.org @inquiline @fifilamoura @adamgreenfield It seems a lot of us aren't networked to qoto?? What I can see over here is my instance admins have hidden either the user profile or the domain, but someone else brought this reply to me partly as a meta "can you see this thing" i.e. part of the work the paper is doing. I'm not sure if it would have appeared for me as a regular mention if I hadn't clicked through(?) @inquiline I get a 404 error if I click through so it's not just hidden, the poster or post no longer exist (for me at least). @adamgreenfield @fifilamoura @adamgreenfield Ah, maybe they deleted. Still visible here, but maybe bc cached. The mysteries and joys of federation! @inquiline I'm also on an instance with very proactive and responsive moderation. @adamgreenfield  @inquiline @fifilamoura @adamgreenfield Still there for me, so I believe yβall are defederated @kissane Yes, quite likely and one of the reasons I enjoy being on the instance I'm on. @inquiline @adamgreenfield @fifilamoura @adamgreenfield In this case I'm screenshotting in case it disappears, bc it's such a <chef's kiss> of the total Mastodon package lol |
@mapto I don't know; does Mastodon have any relevance? π€ It brought over many tens of thousands of users during the moment/s when people were fleeing Twitter, and was written up in countless news stories then. It is also the subject of a paper I spent many hours experiencing, writing, and editing, to which you're responding, to tell me this topic isn't relevant. Do I have that right?