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Why is Mastodon struggling to survive? (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 month ago by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I don't like the clickbait title at all -- Mastodon's clearly going to survive, at least for the forseeable future, and it wouldn't surprise me if it outlives Xitter.

Still, Mastodon is struggling; most of the people who checkd it out in the November 2022 surge (or the smaller June 2023 surge) didn't stick around, and numbers have been steadily declining for the last year. The author makes some good points, and some of the comments are excellent.

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[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Both Intsagram and Twitter will fill your feed with random people / brands you don't follow.

It's all about the dopamine hit.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Not with squawker for Twitter. Displays only people you follow and in chronological order. There's no recommendations or ads.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

When you say "people...", assume that most use the native app.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Regular people likely care more about being able to follow who they follow than ads, which they are more likely to put up with even for basic browsing. Last bit was just how I use it.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I'm just saying, that they are really, really inefficient as RSS for everyday people since the are more posts you didn't subscribe to, than the ones you subscribed to.

Hence saying that it's what people use them for IMO , genedally, is incorrect.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm saying they are using it like a rss in the fact that they are mainly there just to follow and be fed content. It's where they go if they want direct content submissions from blank famous person.

You seem more fixated on arguing semantics.