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Re:Mastodon Is Doomed by api on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:01PM (#35715883)
I think the parent is referring to content creators and people who want to reach a large audience. These people will naturally gravitate to the largest hubs to minimize the amount of work required for maximum reach.

Personally I think that whole aspect of social media is toxic so I don't care, but others are not going to agree. I'm happy with an enclave where I hear the people I want to hear and am not hit with a bunch of spam and propaganda.

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Re:Mastodon Is Doomed by madeofpalk on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:08PM (#35716008)
Mastodon is a failed product because Mr Beast doesn't use it? I don't think that makes sense.
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Re:Mastodon Is Doomed by cpach on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @03:21PM (#35718667)
∗ cries in timeline free from Mr Beast ∗
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Re:Mastodon Is Doomed by eternalban on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:33PM (#35716375)
The siloes may actually (re)boot a working 'society'. Word of mouth, social introduction, [restricted/specialized] meeting and discussion spaces, created the original (RL) societies. Societies originally emerged from a disconnected human background. The same can and likely* will happen again.

* Generative AI's gift to human intellectual and cultural rebirth will actually be due to its motivating the birth of numerous curated spaces of discourse and interaction, with strict AI content policies. I predict there will be a cambrian explosion of these boutique spaces. And society 2.0 will emerge from this.

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Re:Mastodon Is Doomed by dsr_ on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:33PM (#35717296)
Mastodon is likely better off if "content creators" avoid it.
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