stevecrox , (edited )
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Your posting this on KBin which implements the twitter style fediverse API and federates with Mastodon.

Click the microblog button ... Behold twitter replacement

Pons_Aelius ,

One does not have to switch from something that was never used.

Twitter has been a short form outrage machine since the beginning.

furrowsofar ,

The interesting thing about Twitter is how it shows how a significant part of our society works. It is kind of about amplifying fame and suggesting that we should all cares about meaningless 240 character posts or what these guys think.

That news media types love Twitter is kind of an indictment of how news works.

Pons_Aelius ,

Humans have neolithic hunter-gather brains and emotional reactions, medieval civil intuitions while using tech that borders on magic.

Twitter used to call itself the town square, and it is/was just like the square of old. Dominated by those that yelled the loudest and longest.

Jarmer ,
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That's not really true. When it first came out, before the ads, before the algorithm, when they embraced 3rd party apps with an open api, it was really great. It was full of techy personalities and interesting folks. Hashtags were fun to follow, live events were amazing in real time, so much more. That was before it got inundated with politics and celebrities though. I think that honeymoon phase only lasted a tiny while, then it all went downhill into the outrage machine pretty quickly. But for a quick minute there, it was glorious.

Itty53 ,
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This is a wildly over generalized take.

Twitter was also an important tool for journalists and researchers worldwide. Military targets have come from Twitter posts. It is a reflection of a huge chunk of society. You may as well call all of internet technology "just a porn box" for how wildly over generalized that statement is. The reality is your generalization comes from arrogance. "I never engaged in such frivolous behavior". You're here now. Yes you have and yes you do.

Even your comment is the first cousin of outrage, it's pure disdain. Nothing more or less, and exactly as valuable as outrage.

heyfluxay ,

I tried out Mastodon last November and it was the perfect alternative for me. Connecting with more interesting people each week and I am loving the experience still to this day.

I have several friends that still use Twitter but discord has been the solution to keep in touch. Haven’t been able to delete my accounts yet.

readbeanicecream ,
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which is like reddit + twitter. Somethings I post as threads (like reddit) some things I post as posts (like twitter). Then I hop between the two when reading. Posts fall under microblogs and federates with Mastodon. So it is like having thing I need in one account.

Hypnos ,

I recommend Mastodon!

gentleman ,

@woshang I got kicked off Twit years ago. Once Elon took over and let loose the Putinistas and authoritarians, there was no reason to go back to that cesspool of hate and misinformation

retronautickz ,

I’ve had a Mastodon account since 2018, but I officially moved from twitter last year. I also have a firefish/calckey account and and akkoma one.

I prefer Firefish. Its features allow me to use it as a mix of twitter and tumblr. For something extrictly twitter-like, I’ll go for Akkoma as I find Mastodon to be lacking some important characteristics and its minimalistic design to be uninviting.

Ragnell ,
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Moved my Mastodon account over to Firefish for the features.

_haha_oh_wow_ ,
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I never used Twitter so I’m just going to keep not using it.

lemonflavoured ,
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I've been using Mastodon a bit more, and I do also have a Threads account.

loobkoob ,
@loobkoob@kbin.social avatar

I'm curious: why are you using Mastodon when you're a kbin user already? Why not just use the microblogging aspect of kbin? It's even federated with Mastodon!

lemonflavoured ,
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I was using Mastodon before Kbin.

loobkoob ,
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That's a good reason!

fearout ,
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Just wanted to comment that your cover image is great and on point :)

DarkThoughts ,

Nothing, because I never had a use for Twitter in the first place.
But the obvious fediverse alternative would be Mastodon. Decentralized, open source and you can use it even to communicate with kbin.

clygro ,

Akkoma, I can log into it on my iPhone 2G, my PowerMac G5 and so on, Mastodon is shit, Calckey was good until it rebranded to Firefish and now it feels like it's owned by a corporate entity

Amos_Na111 ,

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    ArugulaZ ,
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    The only "accelerant" I'm seeing here is the gasoline he's splashing on Twitter before setting it ablaze and cashing in on the hefty insurance policy.

    AndreTelevise ,
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    Mastodon and Firefish have been good alternatives for me, not to mention, they're part of the same fediverse as KBin

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