Gotta love tech journalists who describe Mastodon as "that impossible-to-use website." First of all, it's an app. C'mon. Second of all, aren't these the same people who write breathless explainers about the wonder of cryptocurrencies, which are not only impossible to understand but literally built from bullshit?

@annaleen it’s such a confusing sentiment bc it’s basically the same experience (without a few refinements) except you pick a server??

@Tayhatmaker Right? And as tech journalists, shouldn't we be, you know, curious about new tech and not scared of things that seem hard to understand?

@annaleen new technology without an obvious potential for corporate abuse, idk folks try it out could be fun! personally thrilled for potentially viable products not made by big tech 🙏🏻

@annaleen i guess it’s my beat tho so maybe i’m biased lol

@Tayhatmaker it reminds me of the early days of open source software going mainstream, when most publications couldn't wrap their minds around how BONKERS it was that there was a thing inside their software that wasn't owned by a company