'mastodon is crumbling'? 

I agree with this article, by and large.

'mastodon is crumbling'? 

@vidak

i have some reservations. "His reputation precedes him, so I won’t go into detail." strikes me as "i don't like him but if i go into details i sound even more petty than when i called him an asshole".

@Nikolai_Kingsley @vidak Also if anybody doubted it the accusation in that article about me is a fabrication.

@Gargron @vidak

there's a bunch of guidelines for clear and precise writing for wikipedia, and that article breaks a lot of them. arguments from emotion, for one (I don't like thing BECAUSE THING IS STUPID).

nb: i do like Thing. one of the best characters in the Addams Family.

@Nikolai_Kingsley @vidak I mean, I don't think the article is worth reading, overall, but if we have to, it's just textbook complaining about cancel culture. Yeah some people who joined the fediverse are way too online but it's not like you have to interact with everybody. You can carve out your own space where you're comfortable and nobody can take that away from you.

@Gargron
It reads to me like a lot of bad social media takes; everyone must conform to the writer's expectations. Oddly, that's the opposite of Mastodon.

I do think there could be more done to attract and retain users, though, although I also acknowledge everyone may not want that, either.

Hardly anyone wants to read through a 25-toot CWd thread, through. I rarely if ever even open a CW'd post.

They're important in certain cases, but overused.
@Nikolai_Kingsley

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@TonyStark @Gargron @Nikolai_Kingsley

I think if a conversation starts and takes off, it gets to a point where you then take the discussion else where, as it is easier to follow / discuss then.

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