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Re:Mastodon: A free, open-source, and decentralized Twitter ... by Nextgrid on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:41PM (#30914326)
Oh absolutely, I agree that it's very cool at a technical level. But I don't believe it's going to succeed at its mission with the current branding.

It is of course open-source software and they don't have to do anything if they're happy with the status-quo, but imagine how better if would be if you had something with the branding & adoption of Twitter and the features & benefits of Mastodon?

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Re:Mastodon: A free, open-source, and decentralized Twitter ... by riffic on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:45PM (#30914353)
Mastodon is pushing releases out the door at a pace I'm happy with - they're at version 3.5 so far since its initial launch of 2016 or so. I'd consider that (and the sustainability of the project) a success. A lot of project maintainers burn out after an amount of time or stall out completely so this is an indicator there's something more here and it's healthy.

I'm not quite sure I agree with the point you're getting at concerning branding and mass adoption.

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