@ai6yr @buckfiftyseven @tante

Sorry, I don't do things the normie's are talking about.

( Ok, seriously, that's actually kind of neat, and hopefully folk are doing testing about it, but I'm guessing she'd win anyway. )

@buckfiftyseven @ai6yr @tante

Yes. I would support this even if it was a declining effort. Because I would want to, and that's pretty much the same reason I would support any other effort. (there are a bunch of other "low value" projects I support, including a bunch of artists, musicians, programmers, and others. I'm weird that way. I like to make other folks happier.)

I'm not "investing" in the platform. I'm not looking for any down market reward. It's a goofy project that a bunch of folk find either fun or useful.

@buckfiftyseven @ai6yr @tante

Look, I'll acknowledge that the people who insist on pushing their opinions onto people who don't want them are sad.
I'll also say that Mastodon has a long, deep HOA inspired history. Both things can be very true.

It's almost as if it's made of people, who have their own opinions and ideas, who are gathered together, but are allowed not to hear things they don't like and more of the things they do. People are like that. They do that sort of thing. It can be both positive and negative.

That said, the fediverse is under no obligation to grow. It can exist just fine as the niche place a bunch of weirdos hang out and share cat pictures because the folk that like to do that are the ones footing the bills.

If I'm not able to find my audience, that's not your problem. I wouldn't expect you to want to sit through a weird mix of cryptography, systems operational discussions and bad puns unless you enjoyed that sort of thing, and even then, I'd worry about you. I post here because it's an outlet. I'd do it even if I had zero followers. I also enjoy the fact that @tante and other folk post really interesting things, so I like discussing those topics with folk, but I also understand those folk have zero obligation to listen to me and always have the option to either mute or block me.

@buckfiftyseven @ai6yr @tante

I know, right? How will Mastodon ever be profitable and return positive value for it's shareholders.

( Sorry, I promise I'll stop laughing soon. )

@ai6yr @tante

Honestly it was the "voluntary downsize" comment that got me.

Nobody wants to follow my hot takes and brilliant insights? Clearly, then, Mastodon must be what's pushing them away.