Musing on this federated-growth point: https://fosstodon.org/@Brendanjones/110926909001957688
The growth dynamic of the #Fediverse is interesting in that it’s somewhat different to the growth patterns in and between non-federated social networks. On the old platforms, users were always siloed. A person using one platform meant one less user on another platform.
Here on the Fediverse, a person joining and posting on Pixelfed adds value to Mastodon users, and vice versa. It’s a cooperatively grown network, not competitive.
That's not quite right.
Plenty of us used more than one platform, so it doesn't mean one less user for another, and really here Fediverse is the platform and Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc, are all just interfaces to the same platform.
It's true that Fediverse allows more diversity and creativity in those interfaces and moderation on instances, but I wouldn't say it's fundamentally that different from old platforms.
@volkris “Plenty of us used more than one platform, so it doesn’t mean one less user for another”
True. Edited the post to not be so black and white.
Yes fediverse apps are all interfaces to the same platform is some regards, but not when viewed from the old platforms-not-protocols paradigm. Not when compared to competitors.