@PeteForsyth@mastodon.oeru.org
Post #2961511
2022-11-08 19:01 UTC
@zoran@photog.social @eloquence@social.coop
Your question picks one metric of success; let's look at another.
When I joined Twitter in 2008 it felt like a gathering place for friends and family. A few people I already knew, and many I could easily talk to. Many things grew out of that dynamic: ideas, relationships, events, business connections, learning.
In 2022 Mastodon offers something more like that. We can see limitations because it's not all that Twitter has become, but it *is* something valuable.
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@PeteForsyth@mastodon.oeru.org 2022-11-08 19:03
@zoran@photog.social @eloquence@social.coop So, two observations: 1. If you're looking for something more "social" from your social networking, and you happen to have some friends who have already come here, it doesn't matter whether they're celebrities or not. There may be reason to spend more time here regardless. Mastodon doens't have to vanquish Twitter to flourish in that way. It's less important to a federated system than a corporate-driven one that it tend toward monopoly.