Some are strange, but anyone thinking Mastodon will ever be relevant is equally baffling.
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Mastodon is an echo chamber of people crapping on Twitter and Elon. They probably still secretly visit Twitter daily anyway.
I mean, if you slid me a paycheck of, say, $1,000,000 every day if I used Twitter, I may just tolerate it
Also, it's getting, like, pretty toxic/angry in here, can we tone it down a bit?
Mastodon will go the way of...Mastodon soon.
Serious question. What actually changed about it before Elon's purchase and after purchase? Since your post implies you used it previously but him buying it is the issue.
As if bots couldn't purchase a certif?
I just remembered a funny moment when Mastodon first started getting publicity after Elon's purchase. It was screenshots of them arguing with each other because one referred to themselves as a Twitter refugee. Others there said the word choice was problematic.
They can, but they are fine if they pay, no one wants a cheap bot!
Or don't pay. Who cares if you aren't in the for you section? People that care will likely pay.
Yes as generally it comes up with topics you talk about for most part
I use it sparsely. The onboarding for it is the worst I’ve ever used for a social media site. Sure some nerds can figure it out, but the average person would dump it in minutes.
Almost the same reason crypto won't ever gain popularity.
A few things come to mind, in no particular order:
1) The stability/availability of the service has decreased dramatically
2) There's no engagement anymore - no one is seeing my tweets all of a sudden
3) Notifications started being delayed for a couple of hours, including DMs
4) Anywhere you go on the site, Elon's profile keeps appearing and nagging you to follow/engage with it
5) Twitter Blue is a complete catastrophe with shady folks purchasing verified profiles and doing all kinds of shenanigans
I could go on and on, but I'd say this is more than enough to just stop using Twitter altogether. Fediverse/Mastodon is not ideal either, but at least basic functionality is there, and browsing the timeline without any algorithms deciding what should hit your eyeballs is nice for a change.
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Really want to know when Elon Musk will be stepping down and leaving Twitter alone?
Mastodon has its very limited uses; like slack, signal, or meta groups. I like to be in a variety of groups, best to avoid getting sucked into the echo chamber mindset.
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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No, he's not. He just wants your hard-earned $7 Dollars.
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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Don’t get it twisted. I do sleep. I do get my beauty rest when I can. 🥴
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The only time I ever use the 'For you' tab is by accident. At least this change will make it more obvious, plus it'll basically give me a feed of cryptobros and trolls I can block to ensure my 'Following' feed and @mentions is cleaner as well.
I had only used it to engage with CS support of companies; now I just email them 🤔
I don't think he will step aside anytime soon even though he put out that poll and said he would abide by it. He still has intentions of bringing a new pay platform into the twitter realm to compete with his old startup paypal. I'm sure he will stick around until he is satisfied with the company direction and earnings reports...or he find something else to buy lol.
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What happened to this? Why didn’t Elon Musk stepped down, 😂?
He said he would when he finds someone willing to take the job.
Also, the poll was always nonsense to begin with. He never planned to micromanage this forever and knew he'd "lose" in the poll.
The times I’ve scrolled through it I’ve found myself sifting through lots of garbage that has nothing to do with what I follow. It’s actually some boring stuff.
I guess I won't see random people posting cat pictures in my "For You" section anymore 😢