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Mastodon gets better search, onboarding, and cross-server interactions (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] Captain_Calico@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The big thing is that it is invite only. Also, I find it easier to use than mastodon.

Another point, I need more shitpost in my feed. I fucked up with my mastodon feed and have too much political crap on there. I ended up saving a good amount of invites and invite only to small group people I like and want to keep touch with (no rando). So, I ended up with a small cohort of people over there that I can share thoughts and photos with.

[-] Bobo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I guess different people have different use cases. I am enjoying Mastodon and have had positive interactions with people. I have also found a lot of good quality content there. Additionally, I totally avoid political stuff so haven't had any issues of political stuff messing up my feed. IMO the invite only thing is just increasing attractiveness by creating artificial scarcity.

[-] stad@m.stad.social 3 points 1 year ago

@Bobo @Captain_Calico

I think some people are also scared off by the spread-out, volunteer nature of things.

We're betting at least some people (and we only need a small number; we're not greedy) will feel more comfortable with a paid service with an actual company (not launched yet). Won't ever be a large portion of Fediverse users, but I think a broad diversity of options will be what will ensure the Fediverse "wins" in the long run.