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@kissane While being yelled at is not fun and likely needs to be cut down, a lot of these other things subtly point towards key differences in what people want from a social network. I'm noting two big divides. Number 1: a lot of people want to be tracked. They don't say it explicitly, but they're asking for features that only work if the network is doing tracking. Number 2: people want the "right to post", but they really don't want to be partake of the governance required... 4 comments
@kissane ... sadly, some instances of Number 2 were actually just misrepresented. > I was told picking a server didn’t matter... migrating is easy Of course it matters. > I’ve set up 4 accounts, each on a different server, and don’t know how to amalgamate all the people As above. Like why would you want to amalgamate all of the people? Unless you had some misinformation at the start that made this seem like a good idea. > the federation model is a mess and it’s impossible to use ... @kissane ... yes, the federation model is messy. It's trying to replicate human social structures, it's going to be messy. > discovered I was on some kind of different continent from my friends, and could not follow them, nor they Immediately felt frustration and disgust and never looked back But you didn't move to the new continent to be with your friends? To me, Mastodon participation is citizenship, not "userdom". A lot of the quotes belie that people don't want citizenship? |
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@kissane Some examples for Number 1.
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...the way it could throw things in front of me that I never would have even thought to go look for on my own
That's tracking.
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Discoverability/self promo is limited
Tracking
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Quote-replies ... is how I decide are important follows.
Tracking
Likewise, Number 2 pops up a variety of places.
But note how not a single quote includes lines like "I helped fund my instance but disagreed with the board of governors" ...