Why do you engage on Mastodon?
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Why do you engage on Mastodon?
@Kristine Habit. I've been on the internet for a long time.
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Why do you engage on Mastodon?
I answered "belonging" FWIW. That's the short answer; the long answer is, at this point, self-hosting. That wasn't even a goal I had, to begin with, when I first created what I'll refer to in this context (incorrectly) as "this" account (which has migrated several times). "Belonging" is still the most correct answer, though, and it's not much more complicated than that in detail. Frankly, the reality of the Fediverse is that it allows you/me/whoever-wants-to to run their own instance, whereas other forms of social media—particularly those that are quite literally run for profit by some corporation, so, by far the majority of social media respecting how many people actually use the thing—do not allow for this, and that is by design. The Fediverse does allow for this, and that is also by design. "They" don't want their users to be able to operate with any amount of sovreignty to the extent that "they" are able to control that. They are the proprietor, of course; users' self-sovereignty is abrasive against advertisers and therefore bad for business. So, to put it even less delicately, I belong here because I don't belong over there—so there you go.
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I answered "belonging" FWIW. That's the short answer; the long answer is, at this point, self-hosting. That wasn't even a goal I had, to begin with, when I first created what I'll refer to in this context (incorrectly) as "this" account (which has migrated several times). "Belonging" is still the most correct answer, though, and it's not much more complicated than that in detail. Frankly, the reality of the Fediverse is that it allows you/me/whoever-wants-to to run their own instance, whereas other forms of social media—particularly those that are quite literally run for profit by some corporation, so, by far the majority of social media respecting how many people actually use the thing—do not allow for this, and that is by design. The Fediverse does allow for this, and that is also by design. "They" don't want their users to be able to operate with any amount of sovreignty to the extent that "they" are able to control that. They are the proprietor, of course; users' self-sovereignty is abrasive against advertisers and therefore bad for business. So, to put it even less delicately, I belong here because I don't belong over there—so there you go.
@plutarch well said
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@Kristine Habit. I've been on the internet for a long time.
@roknrol when one is as old as the internet
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Why do you engage on Mastodon?
@Kristine
All of the above?
Perhaps should have allowed for multiple sections
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@Kristine
All of the above?Perhaps should have allowed for multiple sections
@niels you have to think about it and all answers feel somewhat right and relatable in single selection polls is my goal
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@niels you have to think about it and all answers feel somewhat right and relatable in single selection polls is my goal
what's your primary motivation?@Kristine
Well looks like you achieved your goal
