According to some on twitter (see https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1518662153343057923?t=HAwtAoxkxZ-H6E8Px7qq1w&s=19 as an example), twitter share trading has halted, and the announcement of Musk buying Twitter is imminent.
I’m a little disappointed to not see more people talking about twtxt as an alternative to twitter…
Here it is: https://twtxt.net/twt/riddpya
or #riddpya
@marado@twtxt.net The “issue” (if you will) about Twtxt / Yarn.social not being talked about as a viable alternative, is money. We simply do not have deep pockets like Twitter™ or any of the other privacy eroding pieces of garbage “social. media”, so we’ll always stay small and niche unless one of two things happens:
- some nice person throws money our way
- some “popular” person says, “Hey look, go join Yarn.social, it’s completely decentralised and devoid of all this madness!”
😂 My $0.02 worth 😅
@marado@tilde.pt @prologic@twtxt.net prologic whats your opinion about the “self hosting” barrier to entry for stuff like yarn/mastodon? Even the paid service model has this problem…
@will@twtxt.net Well now that we have a Vultr App spinning up your own Pod for either yourself or a small community of friends/family or whatever should be really easy now. We plan to rollout similar apps out to other providers too over time.
Other than this, what other opinion were you after? 😅
@prologic@twtxt.net im super butthurt rn over the discord irc debate. people think typing a “/“ is harder than confirming your phone number & email… maybe theyre right…
@will@twtxt.net But but but but Discord is juat a privacy eroding centralised pile of crap too no?! 🤔
@mckinley@twtxt.net To be honest I don’t even know what “problems” Discord was trying to solve? It just seems like yet another Sassy thing trying to squeeze as much money out of poor unsuspecting humans. What “technical” or “social” problems was it trying to solve? 🤔
At least we’re attempting to solve (finally) a decentralised, simple to use and simple to build against (indie-web style) instant messenger with Salty.im – We just need either funds, time or contributors or all three 😅 (its coming along…)
@mckinley@twtxt.net Okay so it has some decent UX 🤔 Maybe it has some audio thingy too 🤔 But I still find these centralized platforms basisally worthless 😂
@prologic@twtxt.net Unfortunately there is a need in the corporate for centralized platforms to help make more money…
And from gamers using centralized platforms (iOS, Android, Xbox, Switch, Playstation) to communicate with other players in that realm.
Aaaand, I’m guilty too. I use Discord at work, and kind of like it (I hate Slack).
I have tried to use open IM, but no one (of business people, our audience, friends and family) uses them, so the network effect is strong here.
@mckinley@twtxt.net Great marketing? New and shiny? Great UX? 🤔
network effects 😆
I think the average person will put up with a lot of bullshit with a new app or a new website if they think there’s something on there that they want. Like if their friends are on there, or maybe some porn, or a video game, or a cat video. Period. And most importantly if they think they’re going to get a long-term use out of it. For example if they think that’s where their friends are going to be. They will commit