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The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement. (aus.social)
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The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration @fediverse

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[–] Giselle@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse
I will never not boost this whenever I come across this post, it's so good. And read it again in full measure for the enjoyment of it. Thank you!

[–] Jeffgodofbiscuits@toot.monster 2 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse I don’t know if the bad parts of twitter have gotten any worse, but the good parts have certainly gotten worse. It’s just not as good for breaking stories as it once was.

[–] freeformz@hachyderm.io 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse @codinghorror

[–] wolfnowl@universeodon.com 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse 👏

[–] toxtethogrady@universeodon.com 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse Is Twitter seriously thinking of competing with Mastodon?

[–] CardboardRobot@mstdn.social 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse @donmelton Twitter sounds too confusing. How do you even view a toot there without it getting absorbed into some advertising scheme? Maybe I’ll try again when they get their act together.

[–] VehementSack@hachyderm.io 1 points 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @fediverse I’m confused. What billionaire owns Mastodon???

[–] azzageddi@zirk.us 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@ajsadauskas @TeacherGriff love it! I keep seeing tweet after tweet of ppl who took one look at one Mastodon instance with rules they didn’t like & noped away from all of Mastodon, and the replies are all “Wow, never going there!” And for a couple days I tried to correct the misperceptions…then realized, “Ah well, they’ll find some social app they like, eventually.”

[–] IdiotBird@infosec.exchange 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@azzageddi @ajsadauskas @TeacherGriff

Totally support disengaging with problematic birdsite people, but my concern with a lot of the sorts of posts you mention is not the person making them (Mastodon is ill-suited to them and they should stay away) but that they often couch their decisions in general terms like "Mastodon is difficult and confusing" or "Having many different servers is hopeless" or "lots of error messages and glitchy" which are likely to dissuade others from even looking at Mastodon instances.

[–] redmark@mastodonapp.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@IdiotBird @azzageddi @ajsadauskas @TeacherGriff
Having watched a couple of people in particular at the other place, railing against mastodon's 'failings', it seems to be deliberate in some cases. If their following (and maybe income) is based on a degree of constant outrage and conflict, a calmer and more thoughtful platform is never going to win them over. They seem threatened by the possibility of it winning their followers over.

[–] IdiotBird@infosec.exchange 1 points 2 years ago

@redmark @azzageddi @ajsadauskas @TeacherGriff

Yeah, I've seen some people straight up say that Mastodoon won't support their income model, which I have a lot more respect for than vague complaints. Also I think there's a lot of displaced anger which I get at some level but doesn't excuse falsehoods.

[–] caragraph@lor.sh 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@ajsadauskas bwahahahah

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