Re:Ask HN: Concerned with consequences of Tech with age – fe...
by fsflover on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @02:20PM
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> (1) Freedom isn't free. A social site needs a sustainable business model.
Mastodon is not a single social network. What is the business model of the whole Internet? If you would say it's advertising, then I would reply that it worked better before it became widespread.
> (2) There is something particularly toxic about the Twitter model which is mostly open and encourages you to have a single presentation of self.
I agree. Mastodon does not force you to have a single identity.
Mastodon is not a single social network. What is the business model of the whole Internet? If you would say it's advertising, then I would reply that it worked better before it became widespread.
> (2) There is something particularly toxic about the Twitter model which is mostly open and encourages you to have a single presentation of self.
I agree. Mastodon does not force you to have a single identity.
> I am indifferent to Mastodon. It's boring.
Counterexample: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34232041.