I agree with that completely...except I think that articulates only half of the problem. The other part is a profit model that sells human attention. The supply is finite but elastic enough that you can design for a maladaptive increase.
Meanwhile, twitter is just the Frankenstein of an IR system, a MMORPGs, and Netflix. Hard to compete against directly, and I'm very actively trying to remind myself that so I don't make such a mistake.
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Re: mastodon, the “local main street” vibe of small instances is an antidote. It really is new and different, I think, because it is decoupled from capitalist incentives. It’s just hard to find the right mix of people and interests to compete with the dopamine hose of twitter.
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Yea, exactly. Like, I really liked mastodon a few times for that reason, beyond just the novelty high. It's just desperately hard to sustain. So, again, it's cool and it nibbles at the edges, but I don't think it will ever be a twitter competitor.
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