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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by system16 on Monday November 14, 2022 @04:08PM (#33601081)
> It also doesn't help that there's a Twitter replacement (Mastodon) waiting in the wings

As much as I want to see Mastodon succeed, I don't see it ever happening. Its biggest feature (multiple instances) is also the biggest reason most users are never going to use it. It's just too confusing for the end user. Also it's bizarre that the one instance that actually has the potential to gain mainstream interest (mastodon.social) is not accepting new invites.

I'd put my money on something new taking Twitter's place way before Mastodon.

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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by DoesntMatter22 on Monday November 14, 2022 @08:13PM (#33603923)
Everything about mastadon seems pretty bad in that way. You basically just need to clone how twitter works an go from there
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Re:Eli Lilly pulls millions in Twitter advertising after fak... by midoridensha on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @12:58AM (#33605814)
>I'd put my money on something new taking Twitter's place way before Mastodon.

Something new, like what? When there's a big user exodus from some kind of service or platform, there has to be something for them to flock to right then. When Digg imploded, Reddit was there to absorb the exodus. Right now, Mastodon is there, even if it has significant downsides. Users aren't just going to wait around for something ideal to be built for them.

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