Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive
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@rysiek If you interpret the word, "Stagnant," like that, sure, but that's not what I mean by stagnant, and I thought that was pretty clear with the arguments and links I provided.
I mean stagnant in terms of growth, and I am talking about Mastodon specifically, we're not talking about the Fediverse in general. Where did I mention the Fediverse as a whole and not Mastodon?
@Eeveecraft fair enough. Mastodon is often a stand-in for fedi, hence me interpreting it that way.
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@dgodon move slow and gradually improve things.
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Today more time has passed since the Mastodon Won't Survive piece got published than there is left until the AI bubble pops.
Feeling old yet?
@rysiek 🥹🥹 yeah I miss the old days even tho I am around 20s I can feel back pain ehehe
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek lmao
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@rysiek what if Mastodon didn't survive and this is all limbo?
@sexybenfranklin
That would explain A LOT, honestly.
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@rysiek *casually reading '8 years ago', not really believing it, looking at the calendar and groaning*
@BenjaminNelan
1990 was ten years ago, and you can't convince me otherwise.
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek please don't open that article, they'll see an uptick in traffic coming from Mastodon, which won't survive
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@quinn I don't think growth for growth's sake is the way to go, and while it does provide *a* signal, it is not *the* signal so to speak.
I fully expect Bluesky to start enshittifying, because of course they will with their cryptocurrency bro overlords looking for payout eventually.
Meanwhile fedi is doing its thing, getting more resilient, easier to join, dealing with some long-term issues around moderation and so on. And will be there, better prepared than ever, for the next wave.
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@quinn I don't think growth for growth's sake is the way to go, and while it does provide *a* signal, it is not *the* signal so to speak.
I fully expect Bluesky to start enshittifying, because of course they will with their cryptocurrency bro overlords looking for payout eventually.
Meanwhile fedi is doing its thing, getting more resilient, easier to join, dealing with some long-term issues around moderation and so on. And will be there, better prepared than ever, for the next wave.
@rysiek not many of my non geeky friends are here, and none of the communities I am trying to reach out to
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek
There were three men come out of the West
Their fortunes for to try.
And these three men made a solemn vow.
John Mastodon must die. -
@rysiek not many of my non geeky friends are here, and none of the communities I am trying to reach out to
@rysiek there's a lot of good people saying important things on Twitter still, too. People I respect and people I care about. Network effects are crucial.
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@rysiek lol. Didn't have to read beyond "I signed up primarily to protect my name."
Yeah, uhm. Good to be here. Not missing those people.@nblr
I've seen people say that about BS accounts. Just signing up to protect my brand! Like copycat accounts are concerned about accuracy in account impersonations. They'll let some celeb have their real "protected" account of @johnsmith on BS and just use @johrsrn1th to ask people for iTunes gift cards. -
@rysiek How is the Metaverse going, anyway?
Mastodon has outlived the Metaverse, bitcoin usefulness, NFTs...
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@rysiek
"This is no BlueSky"Said like it's a bad thing to not be scraping everything for ai, or to be beholden to crypto bros.
@revengeday@xinit @rysiek @revengeday his comment is a year old, when bluesky's nefarious pivot was signposted, but less clear.
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek to me there is fundamental flaws in his arguments and to anyone trying to mock him.
On one hand the chief complaint of Mastodon for him and for many is also its biggest feature. By its very nature Mastodon has no reason to ever “die”. It has no stakeholders no profit margins no business to keep a float. If someone just one person is willing to keep a server running In their basement forever with Mastodon on it. Mastodon will live for ever.
The gist of argument in my view ? Or what I see is the argument; is that Mastodon will never outgrow Twitter or X. And I agree, it won’t. Mastodon GMBH essentially guaranteed that by killing the ability to find other servers while using their servers.
I am done caring if Mastodon grows to billions. If people don’t want to put in a little work and see something amazing. That’s their problem ! Mastodon has plenty of interesting funny people who toot everyday. And that’s more than enough for me
The article itself is douchey as I imagine the author of it Is. But I think the argument is won that Mastodon will not achieve mainstream. My argument is that doesn’t matter.
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@xinit @rysiek @revengeday his comment is a year old, when bluesky's nefarious pivot was signposted, but less clear.
@liquidlamp
Fair, but we all knew they were going to have to bring VC money in. Even in the early days of Twitter, it was pretty obvious to many that there needed to be a way to generate revenue to pay for infrastructure and salaries. Monetize or die, more or less.
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek It'll never catch on. Lol.
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek Insightful views on Mastodon from a man who ... *reads again* ... set up an account solely to stop someone else from signing up using his name ... clearly not realizing there is no central username database for Mastodon.
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@rysiek what a treat
"Mastodon cannot live on hype alone."
@leanderlindahl @rysiek Oh yeah; we’re just drowning in hype here. All those politicians and influencers heaping undeserved praise on the little ol’ elephant.
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Happy ninth Mastodon Won't Survive Day to all who celebrate!
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive@rysiek Uh-huh. Great post to see in trending after coming from threads to check if mastodon gained any traction yet (it didn't)
