Agree on all points. I wish more of us were still having these convos. It shouldn’t be left just to devs to envision where all of this is going. Sadly, once the Elon hysteria faded, so did a lot of the mass-interest in decentralized social networks. In reply to…

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@shoq I think we really need to emphasize that large organizations and companies can and should run their own instances. I don't know how to make ...

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The fediverse passionately excites many of us, but I find there’s a bit too much unfounded optimism about just how widely this model could propagate. The vast majority of social media users I talk to just retch at the whole decentralized model, based on a very brief but awkward Mastodon experience. And businesses are highly skeptical. We need to be realistic about the time this could all take to become truly mainstream.

Maybe. I just call them nuts. In reply to…

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As someone that wants to see social media evolve beyond this still primitive stage it’s in, it’s really depressing that so many entrenched attitudes of “US vs THEM” have taken root across the social landscape. People take this stuff too personally. The goal should be openness in everything.

I’ve been insulated from network television for about 25 years. I learn a decade later what was hot and what wasn’t. Which is why I didn’t know The Mentalist had 20 million active viewers every week over most of its 7 years. That’s got to rank it among the popular shows ever once you discount finales (which always spike the numbers).

I always thought he was a reasonable journalist. Needless to say, a rethink is required. This is almost trolling. If you don’t want to discuss something, DON”T BRING IT THE FUCK UP!

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