Yes, I never got past that stage. It seems most instances are either nazis, crybullies or flake. I guess first step of joining mastodon is buying a domain name to run a server instance on and then join mastodon as a single user instance. But then I assume most servers also ban single user instance and I just could not be bothered to join was is probably “worse twitter” when I never participated in the twitter mental illness in the first place.

Yes, it’ll be part of the subscription package. Similar to your phone.

That’s regular critical mass problem. The real question is why the Xitter exodee didn’t make it to mastodon in the first place?

When I investigated, I didn’t get past the account creation stage. Because each server is its own fiefdom and your account will largely be prisoner there, the more you get tangled on it, the more you become subject to its rules. I found that unacceptable.

If there are these roadblack to you as a profficient computer toucher then I think it’s safe to say this is system is already doomed to cultural irrelevance, at best just another one of our private clubhouse nerdtoys, sad !

Hopefully this defeat in the face of bluesky shocks the dev out of their uncompromising complacency and start fighting FOR the users

Seems the solution is just turning off replies

Why don’t people want to use mastodon?

Are they following rasputin again?

Does Mastodon refuse to deal with its issues, like Lemmy?

They might as well try and invade the moon.

It is the only media agglomerator and comparison service that I know besides “mediabiasfactcheck”

Also known as “playing both sides”. Sides who are on track to become atomic vapor. I suggest you invest heavily in solar powered nitrogen fixation using the Haber-Bosch process,

They are apparently tired of siding with the coming losers of history.

One phone call and there will be north korean reunification. Orangeoutan said so!

This story is a good litmus test to see if groundnews is worthba dam. I suspect not. Anyone with a subscription care to post a screenshot?

So, xmpp, matrix or signal? Or other?

They already put a 100% tarrif on the most affordable EV (byd seagull)

Removed by mod

Could I use that to make it listen to live music that I make during jams and help me find what would make crowds jump?

Doctor, you, me, closet, now

We’ll go back to gopher if we have to, it’s time for burning chrome.

The worst is all the ones that cheaped out and put a resistive touchscreen. Making it 10 times worse.

As the total number user of alternative phone OS shrinks, the development of those OS becomes less and less viable. But yes, I would see phones with mid tier specs from 3 years ago charging flagship prices to fill that the spot before it becomes entirely non-viable. I think google does need there to be the appearance of competition so they don’t get hit with monopoly lawsuits, but it only needs to exist, other than that they want it as fringe and clunky as possible and I think that’s where we’re headed.