coperob @coperob@qoto.org

It's perfectly reasonable and possible for *both* of these statements to be true:

* it is better here than on Twitter
* this better *isn't good enough*

Federation and decentralization *as currently and inconsistently and idiosyncratically practiced* while better, are not good enough.

Digging in and saying that decentralization and federation *is* good enough is really, really unhelpful.

Also, the potential for better does not mean the practical experience is better.

I'm Done with Musk, See You Later, Twitter https://birchtree.me/blog/elon-musk-and-the-worst-people/

I see a lot of people talking about how Mastodon "Feels like the Internet I remember from 20 years ago."

That's no accident. That's Federation. That's UseNet, IRC, Email, Message Boards, etc. What do they all have in common?

Federation: Users congregating around watering holes of common interest, but still being a part of a larger whole.

THIS IS HOW THE INTERNET WAS DESIGNED TO BE. And I am HERE for it.

I’m really loving it here in Mastodon land 🥰

My timeline is already full of awesome people that have similar interests to me and it’s just so perfect and pleasant 🙌

I’m still looking for more #swift, #ios, and #indiedev people to follow though! Wave at me if you are one of them so I can follow you 👋