Gregory's Server@techgeeklife @mdiluz Let's say that as (at)ticho(at)mastodon.online, I want to post something longer, so I'd like to use Writefreely. I need to have an account on some Writefreely instance, I can't do it with my Mastodon account.
Yes, I could boost my Writefreely post with my Mastodon account, but that is an ugly kludge that harms discoverability, and shatters community (those interested now have two accounts to follow).
So people make these "twitter threads" instead, which is amazingly ugly.
@techgeeklife @mdiluz Same with Pixelfed, which should be used to share photos, or even whole photo albums or "stories", to use Instagram lingo.
Instead, most people don't bother, and just attach photos to their Mastodon posts. And whenever I do a post with several photos, I feel guilty because I'm misusing the service, and adding to their hosting costs. At least whoever is hosting a Pixelfed instance is doing so already expecting having to host a lot of images and budgeting accordingly.