Re:TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
by jacooper on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:33AM
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> Maybe a Mastodon-derivative which deemphasizes the feed, but lets you design your personal page more creatively would be a cool thing.
And no body will use it, like how no one uses Mastodon.
Because discovery on Activitypub is one of the worst especially on an independent server, where you are basically "tooting" to your self.
Normal users don't understand what is an instance or what is a server.
Which is fine, if advanced users adopted Mastodon it would be enough for the HN crowd, but they didn't because of the network effect.
And no body will use it, like how no one uses Mastodon. Because discovery on Activitypub is one of the worst especially on an independent server, where you are basically "tooting" to your self.
Normal users don't understand what is an instance or what is a server. Which is fine, if advanced users adopted Mastodon it would be enough for the HN crowd, but they didn't because of the network effect.