@70sgayspaceangel @ethanschoonover

1995 The internet is useful
2005 The internet is full of nonsense

2005 Smartphones are useful
2015 Smartphones are full of micro transactions

2006 Twittr is useful
2016 Twitter is trading on your attention

When the masses come along we always see an erosion of what made the technologies great in the first place heh.

But I’m actually more optimistic about Mastodon. There’s enough freedom & flexibility here to keep it good even with everyone else on.