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2022-10-28 14:43:53

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Nice to see another influx of new #Fediverse users. Welcome all!

And nice to see a number of new followers I already know from my time on the birdsite.

fediverse

2022-10-28 14:57:43

Kenny Chaffin

kennychaffin@diasp.org

From twitter??

2022-10-28 15:05:31

Adam Hunt

gander22h@diasp.org

Oh I am sure we will see new users here due to Musk. Twitter will probably quickly become unusable for most people.

2022-10-28 15:10:56

Adam Hunt

gander22h@diasp.org

I guess we will see how that works out. We did pick up some users when Google Plus tanked.

2022-10-28 15:17:05

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Once we reach a critical mass, there's no real need for Twitter anymore.

Same goes for WhatsApp.

2022-10-28 17:12:50

івась тарасик

tivasyk@mastodon.social

@hans once we reach a critical mass… #mastodon implodes and starts gobbing up matter.

seriously though: people are people, and some or another sh*t can happen to even the cleverest ideas. like someone centralizing the development for the platform (oh, wait, some guy with a russian name is already the central point of crystallization? lol), runs a server that always has the newest features, and thus the most users (oh, wait…)

=)

2022-10-28 17:28:15

Sacha Ligthert 🇳🇱🇬🇧

ligthert@mastodon.nl

@tivasyk @hans
The userbase imho will also determine the success of the fediverse.

As for your concern on the development of Mastodon; personally it would be a meh argument, I'll just pick a new instance.

Having experienced this first hand: your average computer user is used to a product, a brand, and the services they provide, and has a hard time with the notion of packing stuff and move. Like Invidious or Nwitter, just pick an instance that works, but that is hard for them.

2022-10-28 18:36:38

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@івась тарасик Agree, anything can happen. I'm an optimist, I think good things will happen on the Fediverse.