I'm reminded that Sarah Jeong wrote a puff-piece on Masto a while back:
She quit in less than a year, and went back to Birdsite where she remains to this day.
This is because Birdsite resolved all it's cultural problems to her satisfaction. It has only improved since 2018.
No, you stop smirking.
"I can't be bothered with this thing I briefly toyed with and wrote a stupid, stupid, stupid article about, so I'll make up some specious reason why I left"
I notice there's a parallel with a lot of open source things when it comes to the Fedi. You have to learn to deal with the shortcomings, because the strengths are often very, very good. But you have to dog food it. Use it constantly, don't be distracted by the convenience of proprietary solutions. Learn the other ways.
@sullybiker I’m a non gay, non furry, more of a social anarchist than a communist and mastodon has been the best online space I’ve found since, well 1999 probably.
Too many people can’t recognize when they are the problem and it’s not everyone else.
@sullybiker and obviously it’s perfectly fine if a particular thing isn’t really for you for whatever reason. But why 💩 💩 something just because you don’t vibe with it. Legitimate gripes can be fine. People can be silly.
But what's this? Never underestimate the self-importance of a journalist, you say?