Fediverse

I think people are tired of the 140 character type social networks, the novelty has simply worn off. It's either self-promotion or "I had two eggs for breakfast lol" type of posts.

People who came to Mastodon, posted "Hello world!" and didn't bother to set a profile picture or add a description will always complain about the lack of discoverability, or the place being boring.

You literally have to put in work to set up your feed, follow hashtags, people and post yourself for it to be a network and not just a feed of things. And I think people struggle with this concept a lot.

I do understand that it's not for everyone. But it's not a problem with Mastodon, it's just a natural filter IMO. "You have to put at least this much effort to integrate". Low-effort things are usually just rage-bait.

There's just not many people on there. And I already never used Twitter except to read in-time updates from people and companies, so naturally with many of them being on Threads or Bluesky, that's where I'd go to get that information.

I mean it's just normal to have a "social" part to social media, no?

Mastodon is 10 years younger and has 0.24% of Twitter’s user-base.

They’re doing great!

Also, let Mastodon shrink if that means that the "market share" of other native Fediverse server apps grows.

The fewer people think the Fediverse is Mastodon, and the more exposure the other stuff in the Fediverse gets and what features it has over Mastodon, the better.

I prefer Mastodon over Twitter for microblogging. However, I didn't use Twitter for microblogging, but to receive news (directly or at least officially) from game devs, directors and other creators.