As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.
It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.
Honestly, I joined Twitter begrudgingly in 2015 after ignoring it for years only because I thought it might be easy to keep up with some interesting news before it hit Reddit… and it worked for a while…
Now, I just wonder why I’m still there at all.
I also don’t.see why I might want a mastodon account at this point though… I don’t feel like I need a replacement for something that I never really liked…
I feel the same about Mastodon. I just want to be social with my friends, not on broadcast to a bunch of randos. It makes sense for brands and I guess people who commercialize their identity. But I don’t really care about trying to keep up with the lives of brands or really people i don’t know, so i haven’t want or need for such a site. Also I prefer to catch up with someone for real. Like tell me what you did when we hang out next. I don’t want to sit there and pretend like your trip to wherever is news because i already casually saw all the pictures you posted a month ago. And if we are never going to meet again, then I don’t need to know what you do with the rest of your life. I like this format much better. Ego is much less in effect and people can just bounce ideas and jokes around. Reddit though… most of the user base is still over there. I’ve stopped posting and voting entirely. Full lurk mode.
Honestly, I joined Twitter begrudgingly in 2015 after ignoring it for years only because I thought it might be easy to keep up with some interesting news before it hit Reddit… and it worked for a while…
Now, I just wonder why I’m still there at all.
I also don’t.see why I might want a mastodon account at this point though… I don’t feel like I need a replacement for something that I never really liked…
I feel the same about Mastodon. I just want to be social with my friends, not on broadcast to a bunch of randos. It makes sense for brands and I guess people who commercialize their identity. But I don’t really care about trying to keep up with the lives of brands or really people i don’t know, so i haven’t want or need for such a site. Also I prefer to catch up with someone for real. Like tell me what you did when we hang out next. I don’t want to sit there and pretend like your trip to wherever is news because i already casually saw all the pictures you posted a month ago. And if we are never going to meet again, then I don’t need to know what you do with the rest of your life. I like this format much better. Ego is much less in effect and people can just bounce ideas and jokes around. Reddit though… most of the user base is still over there. I’ve stopped posting and voting entirely. Full lurk mode.
You and I have very similar attitudes on this it seems for sure.
Fuck reddit and mastodon and twatter and all of it at this point …
Lemmy is pretty good and I’m content with it for the most part.