Mastodon

Nowadays, we have got two more Twitter alternatives - one more similar, than Mastodon (Bluesky) and one bigger than Mastodon (Threads).

All that "sign-up difficulties" (2, 6) should be no more after the official app making mastodon.social a default instance.

They even acknowledge mastodon is growing and twitter is shrinking, write this article when mastodon starts shrinking and twitter starts growing

You know what? I'm gonna mastadon even harder

Honestly, I'm enjoying Mastodon more because it hasn't replaced Twitter.

It's not full of spam and arseholes, it's not trying to bruteforce shite takes or adverts into my feed, and I can self-host the whole thing while still interacting with the platform as a whole.

Personally I don't use it because I just never liked the Twitter style and always liked forums and image boards more. But it seems like it comes down to lack of awareness and willingness to switch. Their other points don't really hold up

TLDR;

1. Mastodon Hasn’t Appealed to the Masses
2. Ordinary Users Often Find Mastodon Difficult to Use
3. Twitter Is Well-Established
4. Mastodon’s Business Model Might Not Be Enough to Compete With X
5. Mastodon’s Growth Has Slowed Down
6. Users Sometimes Have to Wait to Join Mastodon Instances

4. Mastodon’s Business Model Might Not Be Enough to Compete With X

Although Mastodon does have a diverse business model and has the capability to succeed in the long run, competing with a company the size of X is challenging without significant resources. If Mastodon chooses to keep its platform ad-free, it’ll need to think about how it markets existing revenue streams and potentially create new ones.

Lol what

This feels like a badly organized listicle than an actual discussion about what might happen

1. Almost, but not enough nazis
2. No billionaire owners
3. Not enough of it is a walled garden
4. Very few corporate media accounts
5. No algorithm to decide for you what to read
6. Not enough proprietary software