Twitter vs. Mastodon

John Resig · by 27 Nov 2022

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Our reading
Some large Mastodon servers are likely too big to ever disconnect from, potentially creating issues similar to the email world.

Their wordsThis does create a world where some big servers, like mastodon.social, are likely too big to ever disconnect from (this will likely create issues similar to the email world where besides a few big players folks running their own email servers is pretty rare).
Our reading
The lack of quote-tweeting on Mastodon makes the practice of "dunking" on others via quote tweets less likely to happen.

Their wordsQuote tweeting isn't a thing on Mastodon (at least not easily) which means that the practice of "dunking" on others via quote tweets is less likely to happen

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