Notices by Rhys Morgan (rhysmorgan@mastodon.social)

@obrhoff @helge It’s not (just) about “reach”. It’s about going where their friends are. That’s not “cheap”, that’s pretty normal.
You’re right - very, very, very few people care about the mechanics of their social media, whether it’s decentralised, federated, etc. They care that it’s where their friends are.

@helge Nope, Brits. It’s not “boring nonsense”, it’s a consequential decision, and yet another thing that people have to decide - without any clear explanation or understanding of what it means. And when smaller instances admins can and have just blocked out other instances for fairly minor disagreements, it’s a decision that has an impact on people’s time on Mastodon.

@helge I think it’s much more that it’s not just “tech”. About the only people from my Twitter feed who moved to Mastodon were tech-adjacent. Many, many more people moved to Bluesky. I think some early Bluesky adopters’ attitudes and the lack of having to choose a server on Bluesky helped a LOT.

@BethanyBlack Just saw this, and it reminded me of your bit about how people treat you differently when they hear you have autism