Here's your irregular reminder that:
Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.
Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers
The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.
Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.
And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.
We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.
Bottom up decentralization.
And after Mastodon replaces Twitter nobody will be able to buy it and break it.
@hairylarry @ajroach42 They can break it (sadly), just not buy it. The fediverse feels like it is starting to struggle under the weight of the influx, so if they chose their moment, a DDOS could do it in. Not that they can keep that up though, so it'll be back...
@ddlyh @hairylarry @ajroach42 - not everyone will move and some will struggle with their having a generally smaller circle. And maybe that's a good thing.
