@_elena Came across yesterday with my first thread on Mastodon, in which a techbro was proudly mocking others for not liking his LLM app making a summary of Mastodon posts without users consent of course. 🤬
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Whenever I read something about "crytpo", I substitute the word "criminal" and it makes it much easier to understand.
I sure great things could be done for the Fediverse with that level of funding though.
Where the money comes from is as important as the amount though.
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@_elena @lisamelton guess how many millions threads.net has quietly raised from FAANG companies—mostly F tho.
@_elena
"Can you imagine Mastodon raising 100 MILLION dollars from a crypto VC fund..."
Well *I* can imagine it!
@_elena Someone suggested that the vague "and other interactions" very likely means people's DMs and honestly I think they're probably right because "posts, likes, and comments" kind of covers everything else...
And that would be everything since like a year ago — at least.
@_elena I'm pretty sure the WHOLE of the Fedi does not meet 100M costs in 10 years
Combined
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And I really believe that Bluesky got ahead because it's been essentially a centralized Twitter 2.0, only now slowly starting to open up, and that's already creating UX problems people have been complaining about with Mastodon/fediverse.
Here's a random post: https://witchsky.app/profile/did:plc:rtf3bjc3w2yn4syxtm4r7jt2/post/3mfrp6tovy22g
Try replying from https://bsky.app. The old "put the URL in the search box" trick doesn't work here.
And developers are disagreeing over "log in with Bluesky" vs "with ATProto" vs "Atmosphere", because the first one erases the diversity of the network, while the more accurate labels are "too confusing for normies".
Plus, "pick a PDS and an AppView and an app" sounds a lot more daunting than "pick a server".
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@stefan @_elena @benroyce @mat
Telling how one of the answers is about being able to monetize on the user end (« Culture problems w/ ActivityPub/Mastodon on a number of levels. Seemed openly hostile to anyone potentially making money, even small biz »). That’s a feature, not a bug as far as I’m concerned :)
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@sknob Honestly, being hostile to people who are just trying to make living doesn't feel like a feature.
I make music as a hobby, but if I was trying to promote an album or a show, and got harassed off the fediverse for that, I'd just have to stick with commercial social media, I guess.
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@stefan @_elena @benroyce @mat
A lot of people promote their DIY arts and crafts on the fedi, including me, and I think that’s fine. It’s still not a cool place for businesses to aggressively advertise and sell their wares, and I think it’s more than nice to have a place that is essentially free from consumer culture.
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@sknob I've seen/read about that sort of behavior on here, so really mainly referring to that.
And there is a lot of gatekeeping, people looking down on those who are not tech savvy enough or intimidated by some of the complexities of how fediverse works.
Really not a fan of that.
(Not saying this applies to you, just a general comment!)
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@_elena@mastodon.social I mean, I won't use BSKY EVER. I'm happy it exists for those that choose to. But we're going to keep seeing this over and over and over again. But I'm also happy because more folks that choose to use other platforms takes power away from Big Tech.
I think things like this show folks that BSKY is NOT the same as Mastodon or the fediverse in general. But I think most won't care and for those that DO care, do they care enough to move AGAIN?
And if they do, we know they won't be going to Twitter. Maybe a few will run their own whatever in the Fediverse or some will be empowered to build something themselves and make it better and AP is the only way to go really imo.
No matter what, thank you ALL for joining us on the #Fediverse because the ABOVE is the ONLY alternative that Capitalism sees and I'm happy to have REAL choice.
