social

That didn’t take long. Yesterday I shared my Mastodon address as an alternative to following a ghost on Twitter. Within hours I got a link (by email) explaining some weirdness connecting with people I knew on other instances of Mastodon. In what can only be called a “double turns-out”, Mastodon instances can be changed in ways to not be part of the federated group. So, I guess centralized might be the only way to have a unified communication channel.

Just go read these articles by Joe: Social Technical-Debt First Time Tooter, Long Time Tweeter I’m skeptical that anyting can or should replace Twitter. I don’t think we are ready for this type of interaction but I’d love to be wrong. I miss a lot of my friends on Twitter after almost two years away from it. I can be found @macdrifter@counter.social. I chose Counter.Social because a few of my friends were there.