Could an open source alternative finally spell the end of Twitter’s short-form bulletin board style postings? It’s been tried before, but now there’s perhaps the best contender for the Twitter throne yet: Mastadon.
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Episode transcript:
Twitter.
“This website.”
A platform that people love to hate.
A platform people love to yell “I’m leaving.”
But they always come back.
They left for Pownce. And they came back. And Pownce died.
They left for Plurk. And they came back. And Plurk went niche.
They left to start whole new protocols like Diaspora and Identica.
But every time they fly to an alternative, they also fly back.
Except. Maybe this time? Is this the exception?
Because this isn’t the story of Twitter. This is the story of a place that has almost all the ingredients to keep the Twitter exodus.
Let’s help you know a little more about Mastodon.
Continue reading “About Mastodon”
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