> (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.