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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 days ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An app I use for Mastodon (Called Mona) allows quote toots.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thats a good example of the UX issues, when only 1 specific app supports a feature.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Apparently it’s either become or will become a Mastodon feature.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is called freedom of choice, apparently people are used to totalitarian system where everything should look the same and perfect for masses.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Bluesky literally allows people to finetune controls on things like allowing quote posts and replies. Thats way more freedom that the average social media platform gives to a user.

[–] RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I agree but that isn’t gonna help normies get onboard at all. If we ever realize the semantic web then those different features will be amazing. Right now it’s confusing because the other apps can’t understand the data.