2024-12-22 ┃ edited ┃ RE: futurebird
@VaylLarkinPoet
If we want open social media to be a meeting place for people of all class backgrounds, races, religions, and from all over the world that means it'd need to be "popular" ... it'd need to be something that could work for people without a desktop computer who mostly use the internet on their phone.
It'd need to be free for most users and easy to get started. Consider how threads and blueSky have outpaced the fedi mostly due to their focus on these use cases. 3/
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113696324239474466
@futurebird @VaylLarkinPoet I primarily have been using Mastodon on my phone. I’m an old white guy, a Facebook refugee who only used that to keep up with relatives. I came to Mastodon based on […]
@futurebird @VaylLarkinPoet i agree with most of your thread. But I do not understand this part. I almost entirely interact with fedi on my phone and I actually find the apps for threads and […]
@futurebird @VaylLarkinPoet Spinning off from the main thread here—I agree that Mastodon needs better mobile clients. Handhelds are the way the vast majority of internet users interact. […]
@VaylLarkinPoet
Of course those corporate walled gardens also have help that we simply can't afford. They have the backing of media. Media has a lot of power in moving people to platforms. […]
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