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seeing people complain about "mastodon" (meaning fedi) due to a *complete* misunderstanding of anything to do with it just feels, i don't know
makes me sad people don't want to give this platform a chance. like we wouldn't be who we are today without this place and these people and it feels bad seeing people not even make the effort
but also maybe it should be easier? maybe there are problems in explaining what feels obvious to us since we've been here since what, 2017? and have seen all the stuff that resulted in things being how they are today
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@Felthry I've seen just so many people talking about Masto (and fedi by proxy) and saying things that are exactly the opposite of how things actually are SO MUCH!
Like I said the other day tho, I don't think they're looking for an alternative microblogging platform. Most people didn't use birdsite that way. It's more like a worse version of RSS, or an advertising platform everyone can advertise on for free.
Anyone can post about their thing and people are there. They just want people.
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@Felthry They also post replies, often with the intent to share their views but with the added bonus of attracting attention back to themselves. Sometimes expressly to draw attention to themselves.
The artists who only post on Twitter and have no website or gallery sites though, those are the ones that bother me the most and the main reason I use Twitter at all, because otherwise I won't see their new work!
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@Felthry Oh! Well, some folks use it like this, posting updates about themselves, random thoughts, that sort of thing.
Most of the folks I actually saw and followed were representing an individual's work, or a company or a project or something. So, when they had news or an update or whatever, they'd post a tweet about it. Their profile would have links to their website about the thing, if they have one. Many artists treat Twitter like a gallery site even though it's terrible at that.