GeekFTW,
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1 part 'Meta users 'already have' an account so getting into it is easy', mixed with 1 part 'The slightest possibility of inconvenience (like having to choose a Mastodon server) acts as a deterrent to most people when alternative means are available'.

I prefer Mastodon too lol

rayyyy,

Easy question. Big money wants, and needs to control the news for power and profit. Mastodon is not so easy to control.

BraveSirZaphod,
@BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social avatar

Mate I think people are just kinda lazy and don't really care that much about privacy relative to ease of use and the presence of people they're interested in.

theJWPHTER88,
@theJWPHTER88@kbin.social avatar

@BraveSirZaphod In that case, both of your hunches are right, no matter the Curb-Stomp Battle we indeed are facing in the name of the Internet's future path.

@stopthatgirl7 @rayyyy

sour,
@sour@kbin.social avatar

the average user doesn’t think mastodon is easy

SamXavia,
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@sour It's normally as they don't understand instances, there are way to many similarly named instances and it confuses people.

@stopthatgirl7

SamXavia,
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It's because it is backed by an already-known company that has made it big in the social media space. I personally would love to see what it would be like with making join the

sour,
@sour@kbin.social avatar

of EEE happenings

solowolf,

I honestly love it been using it since 2020 when I went on a alternative social media hunt

JeezusChrist,

Because Twitter replacement only works if it gets critical mass and Mastadon is not going to win that fight. You’re never going to see cities switch to putting notices on mastadon, but you might see them end up on Threads.

Excrubulent,
@Excrubulent@slrpnk.net avatar

I wouldn’t say “never”. I’d say decentralised social media grows more slowly but it’s only a matter of time before threads does its own enshittification and there’s another mass exodus to Mastodon. Sites that don’t do enshittification because they aren’t centralised and corporate won’t have that kind of exodus, and will grow over time.

If they become so ubiquitous that they’re the de facto standard, then cities will put their notices on them. You’ll probably get official civic instances for notices, maybe hosted on their regular website domains.

I mean unless corporate social media finds some other way to subvert activitypub that’s more effective than “look at me I have money for developers and advertising”, then I don’t see this trend changing. Corporate platforms don’t seem capable of learning anything from their repeated failures, which is really strange. I think it happens because their hierarchies are inherently insulated against learning anything.

sour,
@sour@kbin.social avatar

they like money

Tigbitties,
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Marketing. The reason it's called a hype train is because everyone wants to get hitched to an engine that's already moving forward. Threads hit the ground running because Meta files it with money. Mastadon is a slow moving beast.

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