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MASTODON: THE HEIR APPARENT This decentralized social network is by far the most fully realized Twitter alternative. At least among members of my particular Mastodon crowd, people are friendly and engaged: When I shared my eulogy for computer magazines, I got 147 retweets on Twitter and 362 reposts on Mastodon (I refuse to call them “retoots“), even though I have 19 times as many followers on Twitter. I do miss quote tweets and full-text searching—two features that Mastodon’s creator thinks are counterproductive and has chosen not to implement. And Mastodon is so decentralized that it doesn’t offer up one consistent experience: The same service that I have found pleasantly civilized rubs some people I respect the wrong way. Still, this is the first social network I’d turn to as my refuge if remaining on Twitter becomes untenable.

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MASTODON: THE HEIR APPARENT This decentralized social network is by far the most fully realized Twitter alternative. At least among members of my particular Mastodon crowd, people are friendly and engaged: When I shared my eulogy for computer magazines, I got 147 retweets on Twitter and 362 reposts on Mastodon (I refuse to call them “retoots“), even though I have 19 times as many followers on Twitter. I do miss quote tweets and full-text searching—two features that Mastodon’s creator thinks are counterproductive and has chosen not to implement. And Mastodon is so decentralized that it doesn’t offer up one consistent experience: The same service that I have found pleasantly civilized rubs some people I respect the wrong way. Still, this is the first social network I’d turn to as my refuge if remaining on Twitter becomes untenable.
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Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 18:17:50 JST Chris Trottier

Fast Company reviews 6 Twitter replacements, and author @harrymccracken calls Mastodon the "heir apparent".
He says the Mastodon crowd is "friendly and engaged".
And he observes that Mastodon has higher interaction even with lower follower counts.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90886959/twitter-alternatives-mastodon-t2-post-bluesky
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