I have been using mastodon a lot lately. Reading through lots of introduction posts.
Lots of the new people are academics and eager to learn the new system (although maybe this means mostly academic type people will sign up).
It feels like a really positive step for the internet in general. Even though there are some issues with scaling it seems to be holding up fairly well.
I witnessed first-hand the Eternal September and this is looking similar in so many ways. Fascinating and, hopefully, something that will further level the playing field for people who want to use the utility of the Internet for the good of all.
By mentioning eternal September, do you worry of the integrity of mastodon and the fediverse being threatened by the influx of academics, or just twitter users in general?
I have been using mastodon a lot lately. Reading through lots of introduction posts.
Lots of the new people are academics and eager to learn the new system (although maybe this means mostly academic type people will sign up).
It feels like a really positive step for the internet in general. Even though there are some issues with scaling it seems to be holding up fairly well.
I witnessed first-hand the Eternal September and this is looking similar in so many ways. Fascinating and, hopefully, something that will further level the playing field for people who want to use the utility of the Internet for the good of all.
By mentioning eternal September, do you worry of the integrity of mastodon and the fediverse being threatened by the influx of academics, or just twitter users in general?
I mentioned ES as a mass migration and not necessarily problematic.
Fair