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@lonelyowl How about evaluating any actual Fediverse platforms?

Like 15 August at 14:26 | Open on mastodon.ml

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@drq @lonelyowl
In a two minute video format?

15 August at 14:27 | Open on lor.sh

@drq @lonelyowl
And yes, it is a format on their channel.

For a video like this they did fine.

15 August at 14:30 | Open on lor.sh

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@skobkin Iunno. I still think that evaluating Fediverse by joining Threads or Bluesky is kinda like evaluating a pub by sitting in a corner facing a wall and ordering just diet coke and nothing else.

15 August at 14:48 | Open on mastodon.ml

Шуро

Well, at least he listed some of the menu instead of just pushing something he chose - like it usually happens.

As I see it - this is not Fediverse propaganda but a quick introduction into the phenomenon. Whoever is interested will know what to look for. Whoever is not will just click next anyway.

15 August at 14:51 | Open on friends.deko.cloud

@drq @lonelyowl
> kinda like evaluating a pub by sitting in a corner facing a wall and ordering just diet coke and nothing else

Well, you just basically described me in any pub :philosoraptor:

15 August at 14:54 | Open on lor.sh

@drq @lonelyowl
Jokes aside, AFAIR, he listed FOSS solutions first and then after listing Meta and BlueSky said that it can be strange to leave big tech and go there.

So I really see no issue there. If he didn't mention Threads at all though, I'd agree that video isn't good.

15 August at 14:58 | Open on lor.sh

Owl!🦉

Would be an argument if he'd say anything dumb or wrong, which he didn't 🤷‍♀️

15 August at 15:43 | Open on lor.sh

Owl!🦉

Basically, a non-geek non-tech normie called your platform a good thing on his youtube channel for non-geek non-tech normies, and even did it with enough of respect to mention the software diversity of the network instead of just calling it a "mastodon".

Denouncing him for not digging deep enough is kind of a weird thing to do, knowing that the feddiverse is notoriously unpopular among non-geek and non-tech normies 🤔 🤔

15 August at 15:55 | Open on lor.sh

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@lonelyowl Okay, too harsh, I admit it. I still think that the guy, being a tech journalist, can do better than this.

15 August at 16:08 | Open on mastodon.ml

Owl!🦉

Yeah, probably.
Although i've started to think you'd be better off thinking of so-called "tech journalists" as more "journalists" and less "techies," that better reflects what they do and saves you from having too high expectations.

15 August at 16:24 | Open on lor.sh

Dr. Quadragon ❌

@lonelyowl Well, journalism still means thorough research.

15 August at 16:27 | Open on mastodon.ml

Owl!🦉

The video is too short, and it's not kind of a flaw that makes him a """clown""" anyway. At least not any more than you are, remembering your zealous defense of the "microblogging format".

15 August at 14:33 | Open on lor.sh