@freemo
> Eugen was explicitly against it. So he did this on purpose, though I disagree.
He has a LOT of control in this project, and sadly that has BAD implications sometimes. It's best for Fediverse if other platforms grow.
Pleroma, Friendica, others all have value and LESS controlling lead developers.
Also -- NOT modelled on the twitter model.
@freemo I think your 'switch to pleroma' idea sounds pretty good.
@zleap Idk why but the archetypal Mastodon user is obsessed with getting this feature even though they want mastodon to be a twitter clone even though they don't like actual twitter.