↳ In-reply-to » I hate to be the one that instigates and continues to make true the saying "the few spoil it for the many", but off the back of this thread; I have to ask...

@movq@www.uninformativ.de yeah, valid and worthy points. I personally agree on most.

Yarn.social at this moment is 3 things.

1. The convenience of the software, a web site, their front-end, the ‘invisible backend’, an incomplete mobile app. If I’d manage the twtxt file with any other software, for me at this moment I couldn’t have conversations with you.
   
2. The interoperability with older txtwt files. For instance I can read here my twtxt.txt hand made raw file to see if it works. Almost no one replies there but I know it works.
   
3. The community, the stupid discussions, the learning, the meaningful experiences, Gitea. People behind a simple text file and micobrogging protocol.
   

So yeah, as projects grow they start to be attached to a brand, they create organizations, institutions, knowledge bases, rituals, and intangible things we don’t feel attached to. There are a few anarchist people (as in skeptical of authority and seeking to abolish institutions) not wanting to follow rules, groups and such.