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Technology Connections' thoughts on Mastodon (bsky.app)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Context: Technology Connections is a YouTuber https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections

This is his account on Mastodon https://mas.to/@TechConnectify

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Honestly I feel the fediverse is like the 90s internet. It's like school clubs centered around different interests and it takes a little bit of work to find your peer group but once you do it's great. People that look to it as a replacement for Twitter are looking for a town square to shout at people and hock their wares. Anyone that makes money from engagement ether directly or indirectly are not looking for camaraderie but a market.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe this is part of why I keep bouncing off Mastodon. It feels tight-knit. It's about individuals, about relationships.

I don't fit in such a system. I've nothing to offer in a relationship, I cannot be a "comrade." Still, I want news, media, and easily accessible knowledge being shared.

So, I'm a lurker, a consumer. I tend towards anonymous forums and spaces centered around topics rather than people. Or, I seek celebrities, and sellers, and content creators.

Either sort-of give me something I want, while Mastodon doesn't. Too focused on the people, but without big names to follow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe that's why I didn't like Bluesky it was all attention-seeking and curated accounts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It didn't help they did the exclusive invite only launch of the service making it appealing to that kind of person and pushing kind of behavior to 11.