Some people don't want to hear this but Mastodon will never be mainstream without major changes. Even Mastodon users are all on other platforms. I'm not planning to go to Bluesky tho.
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I'm not on any other platform except Lemmy and Mastodon. Well, I'm on Facebook but only to find events nearby and have been considering deleting it for a while.
Mastodon and Lemmy are better off not being "mainstream". There's a huge amount of crap that comes with being that.
I use only Mastodon, even though I got accounts on other platforms too. I'm not super sure what the issue is with Mastodon, but, as I'm moving away from Youtube, the thing I'm missing is, paradoxically, the algorithm suggesting different creators or videos. To clarify: I hate that, I think is sick and controlling, but, as I have used that social for so many years, I think I got quite addicted. Can be the same for other users?
I get it. But also I have about ten content creators on YouTube that I love that aren't hosted anywhere else other than scalping reposters. I try to go there and only watch the handful of new videos from those channels but occasionally I get sucked in by the algorithm with other videos I end up liking pretty well.
It also has the network problem now. BlueSky quickly got the numbers because it was easy at the right time. It was perfect for the Xodus. Mastodon missed that window. It can get easier and sexier, but it missed that window and will need another.
I don't understand why govt institutions don't just band together and use one of their many already running servers and add a mastodon or similar instance, so they won't ever need to worry about their shit being taken offline
Like, get all federal agencies and currently serving politicians to post on the govt-run mastodon, instead of bsky or xitter.
Me like other people, had the idea of ECI (European citizen initiative) to ask EU level entities to start using the Fediverse. The process is quite slow as I do not have much time but, if you are European and can help, have a look here:
An European Citizens' Initiative for the adoption of the Fediverse in the European Union's institutions:
I use Mastodon the exact same way I used Facebook and it works out great.
It's just posts and updates on my life and projects, and it just works. Sometimes I get feedback, sometimes not.
Photo of a meal, my cat, projects, car repairs, shit I see around. It works fine.
If something can be bought, it cant ever be fully trusted.
Just a question here as I dont know Mastodont that well. But how do you do vertified accounts? Is there some federally elected institution that will vertify user who requires that sort of vertification? Because to me there is huge amount of fake accounts and copycats and it is as hard to check if they are real as it is to check the spam mail that came from a scamy address. I guess institutions don't want to be on a platform full of copycats and constantly proving they are the official account. Among other things...
You basically verify your account yourself, by adding a link to it on your website with rel="me" HTML attribute.
If institutions are hosting their instance themselves, then they are the verifying authority. It should not be that hard to have a .gov domain for a public institution.
@Sunshine โDas einzig Vernรผnftige wird immer erst dann in Erwรคgung gezogen wenn alle anderen Mรถglichkeiten ausgeschรถpft wurden!" Es wรคre ja auch zu Blรถde wenn man das Richtige macht solange man noch die Wahl hat zu Spinnen, sich Illusionen hinzugeben, Zeit zu verlieren und Geld zu verbrennen.
It makes sense that they would go where the users are.
But not having a separate, European instance federated into the BlueSky network, that's the real wtf.
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