Now that #Brazil has banned Xitter, where are Brazilian people going?
Based on Google Trends, they’re mostly interested in #Bluesky, and to a (much) lesser extent, in #Threads
[#]Mastodon is nowhere to be found, which should immensely worry pro-Fedi people
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[#]Mastodon has been losing users for a long time
Many of us warned that the app was too complicated, the culture too toxic, the economic model not strong enough to sustain a fast-paced development
In just a few months, #Bluesky shipped DMs, major moderation features, third-party moderation, and will soon ship video
The last major Mastodon update was 11 months ago. An eternity.
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It pains me to see #Mastodon in such a dire state
Meta is building and growing #Threads quickly, and Mastodon can only acts as a powerful counterweight if the platform itself is in good shape
Today, it is not
It’s not catastrophic, but the writing is on the wall
And what’s virtually certain is that Mastodon has definitely missed the unique window that Elon Musk opened when he bought Twitter
Such a window won’t reopen soon, and possibly will never happen again
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All of this should be a wake up call for #Mastodon as a community
I’m not super optimistic to be honest, which is why I’ve basically deserted the platform and I’m spending my time on #Bluesky these days
The silver lining of today’s events in Brazil is that even if Mastodon is left out of the equation, another open platform is benefiting from this mess
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@o_simardcasanova I agree with everything you’re saying. But I don’t think Mastadon can compete with the resources of Meta or the VC backing of Bluesky. I think Mastodon is 3 engineers? It is what it is
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@wonkothesane @o_simardcasanova Do a lot of fedi people WANT it to compete head to head? Because a whole bunch of us don’t want that future.
If my mastodon feed ever starts resembling the feed on Threads or Bluesky, then I’m moving on anyway.
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@rscottjones @wonkothesane Probably not, but if Mastodon can’t compete, it won’t have the chance to live up to its ambition to offer a different way to do social media
Offering this allegedly superior experience to only a very small fraction of the user base being the literal definition of elitism
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@o_simardcasanova @wonkothesane It can’t be a different way of doing social media if it does the same thing the others do.
It’s not elitist, literally anyone can participate and even run their own server.
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@rscottjones @o_simardcasanova @wonkothesane weird how Oliver called YOU elitist for not playing the capitalism game, then cried “mastodon is toxic” and left.
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@cferdinandi @rscottjones @wonkothesane This is literally not what I did and said, but fine
I’m assuming completely misrepresenting what a complete stranger said and did to achieve God knows what doesn’t fuel any sort of toxicity whatsoever 🫠
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane “people disagree with me. WOW this place is toxic.”
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@cferdinandi @rscottjones @wonkothesane Misrepresenting facts has nothing to do with disagreeing
Same goes with strawmaning people, which apparently is also one of your specialty
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane ok Oliver
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@cferdinandi @rscottjones @wonkothesane My name isn’t Oliver but Olivier
Once again, misrepresenting an easily verifiable fact
Good streak, keep up with the good work
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane OH MY GOD A TYPO!!! THE HORROR!
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane You did it, Olivier. You won the internet!
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane Want to talk facts, though? Look at Mastodon "losing". Oh wait, what's that? Users are going UP? Oh snap, my bad.
https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/113056520967749118
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@cferdinandi @rscottjones @wonkothesane @mastodonusercount There’s literally no visible spike in the past three days
Trend hasn’t moved, numbers are overall constant
Apparently, you also don’t know how to read a plot correctly
This is becoming increasingly embarrassing honestly
But you do you, it’s your public image, not mine
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@o_simardcasanova @rscottjones @wonkothesane @mastodonusercount i’m starting to think the reason you think mastodon is toxic is because you’re a giant asshole
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