To not be corporate owned at all? Reddit used to be all those things, too. As was Digg. Until they had a critical mass of users and began trying to turn a profit.
Comment on Why I recommend against Bluesky.
Hafty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
None of the people I follow are active on Mastodon. The selling point to me for Bluesky is that it’s essentially a Twitter clone not owned by a billionaire. It’s friendly to the communities I’m part of specifically and doesn’t have ads. What more should anyone ask for from a social media platform?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
It surly can’t avoid having ads permanently tho?
I assume they’re just burning cash rn but will eventually need to have sustainable income. Alternatively Mastodon is an actual non-profit, it doesn’t need to have the same type of income
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
That’s how it is today, that is how most of these projects start out. Google too was “do no evil” and look at what it is today, or what it’s been for the last decade.
How will bluesky be tomorrow?
Eddy@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
This is why I can’t get into it. The whole twitter format just feels so unappealing to me.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Yeah, that is me too. I tried Mastodon for a bit and it just didn’t work for me. Posting something just drowns you out until you actually have a decent amount of followers, however many that may need to be.
If I post with a new account, 99% of it goes into the void. I had a few people like and boost my posts but they were still gone into oblivion within an hour or less. Not sure how that is appealing? It is like a popularity contest. Like those cliques in schools of the popular kids.
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
What more you should ask is precisely that it’s not owned privately. Otherwise, soon the next Elmo comes along and buys this one too.
Hafty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sure, I get that, it’s just when it eventually becomes corrupt or falls apart, everyone that moved from Twitter to Threads to Bluesky will find another platform. Nobody is going to move to Mastodon until the people they want to follow move there too.
In my three attempts to make Mastodon work for my needs in the last few years, I can’t follow NBA or NFL news, catch up on AEW wrestling or hang out with IRL friends.
The content I want/need simply isn’t there. Until it is, i don’t really care how private it is or how perfectly decentralized it is.
Geodad@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Bring them to Mastodon. I got family to join because it is the exclusive place that they can see updates on my life and see pics of the family. I have no qualms about not talking to most of my family though 🤷🏻♂️