@ShallowWater @jonty Yeah, I'd MUCH prefer someone...

@ShallowWater @jonty Yeah, I'd MUCH prefer someone temporarily finding a way to get a gag handle (until they patch it) than years and years on end of major usability bugs unpatched. Thanks.

If there's any "hastily made beta software", it's Mastodon, only it's stayed in this state for years on end.

And as for "BSOD", I've had *plenty* of Mastodon server downtimes and other issues come up. None at Bluesky.

Like 4 May 2023 at 3:49 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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Shallow Water

@nafnlaus @jonty

If Mastodon were just hastily made beta software, it would have died. The things you listed look like warts to me.

4 May 2023 at 3:52 | Open on mas.to

Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦

@ShallowWater @jonty Hey, guess what? A huge number of people came here fleeing Twitter, made accounts, and got so frustrated and left. The vast majority, actually. It's visible in the account creation vs. active users numbers. It's visible in my own experience with friends. And guess what? Those people are now going to Bluesky instead.

4 May 2023 at 3:54 | Open on fosstodon.org

Shallow Water

@nafnlaus @jonty

Good. I wish them well on bluesky.

But it was pretty stinky when Taylor Lorenz showed up here and started demanding immediate changes "or the journalists will leave."

It never occured to her that she was being treated to the kindness of strangers, who built Mastodon on a shoestring, and gave it to her for free -- no $8 blue check subscription service charge.

4 May 2023 at 3:57 | Open on mas.to