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jump to repliesI just realized that I don't need to argue with y'all about:
* Starter packs
* Composable moderation
* Quote tweets
* Paying trust & safety engineers for their labor
* Funding stuff without VC or begging for donations
* If UX is possible without VC money
I don't need to argue with y'all about any of this. I'm not asking for your permission or your help. I'm telling you what's going to happen.
Mastodon is moving in the right direction, just slowly. It could be faster with funding + focus.
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I said what I said about Mastodon moving too slowly to matter for the US midterms, so BlueSky being our best bet.
I said what I said about me being wrong about thinking that Mastodon would get it together by now.
I said what I said about BlueSky making it okay that Mastodon moves slower, and it not necessarily being over in the long run. We're watching people leave Twitter at a rate of 1 million a day. If BlueSky does go bad, and a better option is available, I anticipate a similar exit.
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Here's my list of "statements that I want to be true" for 2025.
* Mastodon will have Starter packs
* Mastodon will have Composable moderation
* Mastodon will have Quote tweets
* More people will be paid to work full-time on Fediverse trust & safety in 2025, than in the history of the Fediverse up until this point
* Mastodon will be better funded in 2025 than any year prior, without accepting any VC money
* More people will work full time on Fediverse UX than any year prior
Bet against me.
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back to top@mekkaokereke Here's what I'd like to be true in 2025.
* Mastodon has a real ActivityPub competitor (GoToSocial paired with Phanpy?) that uses fewer resources, is easier to maintain, gets features implemented much faster, promotes safety and usability, and actually adds genuine innovations that we haven't even considered yet.
Phanpy is already there on the client side, but we need the server piece.
@Andres4NY
I use gotosocial and it's great. I worry about the scalability of plain old Mastodon, it seems kind of bloated and complicated to setup. GTS was easy.
@mekkaokereke