inmysocks (version: awoo) is a user on awoo.space. You can follow them or interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.
Here's my prediction for mastodon:
* wave of new users, most will go back to twitter
* enough will stay to keep things interesting and development will proceed apace.
* Valid feedback will be iterated on. instance-independent Identity, federated search, instance migration, performance tuning and bug fixes, etc.
* As it matures, it will grow.
Ultimately, a focus on keeping the community welcoming and easing the barriers to adoption will pay off.
@chriseppstein that is pretty much what has been going on for the past year or so.
@inmysocks I believe it. It shows in the level of polish already present. New tech takes ~5 years to go mainstream. it's practically an invariant.