Honestly, I don’t really care about that feature. I don’t care to do “social media,” and Mastodon is a part of that (although I DO use Discord with my small D&D/Roll20 group). I do have a Mastodon account that’s active but, due to the fact that my wife and I did a WHOLE LOT of IRC back during our college days, we just never got into Myspace/Facebook/et. al. Once we were together for good, there just was never a need and we didn’t see the point. My wife is the same way; she’s a physics teacher and VERY SMART, but she’s just not that into technology (other than gaming). She makes me listen to her 80’s hair metal stuff on her Google Nest Hub (I’m more of a Pink Floyd/Tame Impala kind of guy personally) but, other than that, we’ve just been on Reddit (and Bored Panda for her).
Having said that, I was VERY MUCH into Reddit. It was the closest to “social media” that I was willing to get. I was actually REALLY surprised at what the CEO did; I thought he was smarter than that. I was wrong on this account. I think he is his own worst enemy. They often talk about the “echo chamber” and I think that he’s made it his home…
Honestly, I don’t really care about that feature. I don’t care to do “social media,” and Mastodon is a part of that (although I DO use Discord with my small D&D/Roll20 group). I do have a Mastodon account that’s active but, due to the fact that my wife and I did a WHOLE LOT of IRC back during our college days, we just never got into Myspace/Facebook/et. al. Once we were together for good, there just was never a need and we didn’t see the point. My wife is the same way; she’s a physics teacher and VERY SMART, but she’s just not that into technology (other than gaming). She makes me listen to her 80’s hair metal stuff on her Google Nest Hub (I’m more of a Pink Floyd/Tame Impala kind of guy personally) but, other than that, we’ve just been on Reddit (and Bored Panda for her).
Having said that, I was VERY MUCH into Reddit. It was the closest to “social media” that I was willing to get. I was actually REALLY surprised at what the CEO did; I thought he was smarter than that. I was wrong on this account. I think he is his own worst enemy. They often talk about the “echo chamber” and I think that he’s made it his home…