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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] 22 points 2 days ago

We should not expect greatness from the men who create these corporations, they are not great men, they are not even good or especially intelligent men. They fell into their position by luck, the one in a million triers for whom circumstance clicked into position. The only thing that sets them apart and perhaps accounts for their success is how they are so consistently open to sycophancy and manipulation by the pack of cold and savage business graduates that flock to any form of success. When a person is against type, as seemingly is the case here, they stand out and just once in a while are capable of real greatness.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Like it, like Bluesky too, uninstall Twitter after using these apps for several days.

Reject any app that has an forced automated recommendation system

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (17 children)

I do wonder what prevents BlueSky from going the way Twitter did, though.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Absolutely nothing. I fully expect it to follow a similar trajectory.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Bluesky is still running on VC cash. We haven't seen how they plan on monetizing it yet, but if anything that is where their major fuckup will happen.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The Internet needs fewer Stalins and Hitlers and more George Washingtons.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The blog discussed progress on a "privacy-respecting search tool" that could be used to explore the entire Fediverse, a collection of independent social media networks that Mastodon connects to. That could make it possible to discover more content without depending on a "For You" algorithm mining user data.

Inshallah. Lack of search is my biggest gripe with Mastodon.

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