I’m kind of hoping someone posts a delicious Mastodon crumble recipe, because I will totally make it.

Also, bad takes from opinion writers are one of the best signs a technology is succeeding outside of the mainstream.

For folks that remember when Second Life was new and trendy, bad takes about the inevitable collapse because “these kids aren’t paying attention to the REAL issues” were common. And like Masto, the leftist queer and queer-adjacent communities did just fine, despite ownership of the platform being problematic.

So, yeah.

@Goldkin Is this what it's like for the other side when it comes to the likes of Twitter? Everyone cries that Twitter is dying or whatever, but the "normie" faction look around wondering what the heck they're talking about.

Because I can't see anything about Mastodon dying from here. And it better damn well not. (Not until we revive forums anyway.)

@Taylor It’s possibly a worse take, because the primary argument is a specific instance isn’t talking about the same topics as Twitter, backing this with minimal supporting evidence beyond a single user perspective.

Much of the depth of a modern communication platform occurs in private messaging, in interconnections between communities, etc etc etc. It’s difficult to even gain traction on the article’s opinions in that context.

@Goldkin Sounds like investor logic: the public posts are all that matters, they're the meat of human communication! also you better talk about things that are engaging or marketable or we'll filter you

Obviously yes, true communication occurs on more private levels, but you can't get the metrics on *that*...

@Goldkin @Taylor Excuse me, but do you have #brands I could #engage with?