I moved to Mastodon for political / philosophical reasons (I favor decentralized infrastructure, grass-roots initiatives, libre software, etc.) but I'm staying ... because the content is better. On Twitter I get memes, drama, crypto scams, politics, tons of content from people that I'm not following, and, did I mention memes? On Mastodon I find precisely the stuff that I was hoping to find on Twitter when I joined 10 years ago: information from experts about the things they are experts on. Is Mastodon going to replace Twitter? I hope not! I see Twitter's role as giving a home to junk content, so that people in other places like Mastodon can have a some fun.
Gab is the sink for junk content and eye-bleach-worthy content. Twitter is a distant second. Thank the lord for Gab and Twitter for taking the hit to spare the other online communities a bit.
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I moved to Mastodon for political / philosophical reasons (I favor decentralized infrastructure, grass-roots initiatives, libre software, etc.) but I'm staying ... because the content is better. On Twitter I get memes, drama, crypto scams, politics, tons of content from people that I'm not following, and, did I mention memes? On Mastodon I find precisely the stuff that I was hoping to find on Twitter when I joined 10 years ago: information from experts about the things they are experts on. Is Mastodon going to replace Twitter? I hope not! I see Twitter's role as giving a home to junk content, so that people in other places like Mastodon can have a some fun.
Gab is the sink for junk content and eye-bleach-worthy content. Twitter is a distant second. Thank the lord for Gab and Twitter for taking the hit to spare the other online communities a bit.