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Discussion on: Are there any Mastodon instances for devs?

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tux0r • Edited

I'm on layer8.space (the only obvious public instance without a ridiculous CoC) to keep an eye on the whole Mastodon system.

But:

  • Every Mastodon user I have come across does also have a (more actively used) Twitter account. It is pointless to follow both accounts.
  • That leads me to the suscipion that the current wave of "everyone must be on Mastodon now!" is not that different from "everyone must be on GNU Social/Quitter/Diaspora/ello now!" which happened much too often.
  • Especially note that this is the second time that "everyone must be on Mastodon", they did that before when Twitter "broke" their APIs - and they all came back to Twitter.

TL;DR: It's not worth the effort. It will die soon. For the second time.

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Niko Heikkilä • Edited

I don't really feel this "everyone must be on Mastodon now!" going on in my bubble. Maybe everyone can't find a suitable instance or app to use and they roll back to Twitter?

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tux0r

I'd rather call Twitter "the least evil". Talking to yourself is only fun for a short time. :-)