I think it's super important that we realize that Mastodon isn't "the next Twitter / Tumblr / whatever". It's not there yet. I was on the ground floor when people were "migrating" to Google Plus, and that went so horribly because we all thought it was gonna kill Facebook tomorrow.
We won't kill *anything* unless we make this a place people want to come to by 1) keeping all oppressors out and 2) making good community / context / posts
> I think it's super important that we realize that Mastodon isn't "the next Twitter / Tumblr / whatever".
But really -- nothing is ever the next anything at all.
The whole "the next X" is a concept the record industry (among many many others) desperately tried to use to leverage what people like into getting them to try imitations.
Everything is an imitation of something else and a new creation, everything. There's no 'next' Twitter or Tumblr.
Masto will grow. ^_^ That's all.
@artsyhonker @sydneyfalk @tim oh no this *is* the next Usenet, and every day is the last day before Eternal September
GASP
YOU'VE FOUND OUT THE SECRET!
*throws a canister of knockout gas at the floor and vanishes in the excess smoke it produces*
@sydneyfalk well, sure, Masto will grow. It's probably advanced to the point where it won't fail (like Peach or Ello) or become a wasteland (like Google Plus), but it does have a potential of vibrancy that it hasn't reached that we as a community of users can help it reach. That's all.
I actually kinda meant to say "Masto may grow."
I don't assume it will or won't, just that it may, and that'd be interesting, and it won't be like the other places' growth because Masto is its own thing.
> potential of vibrancy it hasn't reached
Possibly? I can hope. But if this is as far as Masto ever gets, I'll still be deliriously happy that it happened and I came across it. ^_^
What can I say? I'm easily satisfied about some things. ^_^
@sydneyfalk perhaps I'm just sad that most of my good friends from birdsite aren't on Masto, and I would love to be able to say "...yet."
Well, I can certainly understand that. <3 I hope you see some of them here ^_^
@sydneyfalk @tim @ben_c You mean this isn't the next Usenet?