PopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodonwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkA guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodonwww.washingtonpost.comPopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you’re leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.
minus-squareBiggestBulb@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoCan we please stop calling Mastadon a “Twitter alternative”? Makes it sound far too derivative in my opinion - Mastadon has a lot going for it that Twitter has never implemented (Federation being the chief one). This isn’t at specifically the OP, but rather at the news articles.
minus-squaretransmatrix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTechnology is confusing to the masses, which news articles appeal to. They likely know what Twitter is, and that’s the best comparison.
Can we please stop calling Mastadon a “Twitter alternative”?
Makes it sound far too derivative in my opinion - Mastadon has a lot going for it that Twitter has never implemented (Federation being the chief one).
This isn’t at specifically the OP, but rather at the news articles.
Technology is confusing to the masses, which news articles appeal to. They likely know what Twitter is, and that’s the best comparison.