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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An app I use for Mastodon (Called Mona) allows quote toots.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thats a good example of the UX issues, when only 1 specific app supports a feature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Apparently it’s either become or will become a Mastodon feature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is called freedom of choice, apparently people are used to totalitarian system where everything should look the same and perfect for masses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Bluesky literally allows people to finetune controls on things like allowing quote posts and replies. Thats way more freedom that the average social media platform gives to a user.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

I agree but that isn’t gonna help normies get onboard at all. If we ever realize the semantic web then those different features will be amazing. Right now it’s confusing because the other apps can’t understand the data.