Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by tedunangst on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:05PM
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It's weird how the people who find mastodon icky never consider following less icky people.
Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by mcv on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:33PM
(#35461364)
Some people on Mastodon really do love to poke fun at Twitter though. I can imagine that real Twitter fans might not enjoy that much.
Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by lapcat on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:42PM
(#35461462)
Sure, I've definitely seen that. But that wasn't one of the author's complaints. Instead there was the rather strange complaint:
> People relentlessly calling Twitter the “birdsite”
Twitter users have been calling Twitter the birdsite since forever, so I don't get the criticism of Mastodon. Maybe now though we'll start calling it the dogsite.
Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by hot_gril on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @07:31PM
(#35461969)
Also, who even cares if it's called the "birdsite?" The author is upset about that one word?
Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by molotovh on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:56AM
(#35468360)
And then there's Tumblr users, who affectionately refer to their own digital home as the "hellsite".
Re:I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick
by lizardking on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:40PM
(#35462568)
Couldn’t possibly care less
> I want to focus on the last point because this has definitely been a contributor to my recent ick. I’ve noticed a few folks getting frankly, horrible about people moving back to Twitter recently and I think it’s a bit unfair.
I think it's a bit unfair to say that "Mastodon" is giving you "the ick" when you really mean that a few folks on Mastodon are giving you the ick.
I'm on Mastodon, and I haven't seen this at all. I'm not saying it doesn't exist — a bunch of crap exists on every social network — I'm saying that the author seems to be guilty of stereotyping the platform.