It seems like Mastodon is losing its mindshare to #Bluesky among many academics.
I can't help but think this has to do with the self-imposed limitations of Mastdon — lack of quotes, ordered timeline, etc. Makes it less interesting to use, for no real advantage.
Sad, because the underlying decentralization is much more robust.
@tiago@academicchatter by "the ordered timeline" are you suggesting that people actually like getting posts suggested to them in an order determined by an algorithm that they can't access instead of simple chronological order?
@tiago@academicchatter that seems like something that could be handled client-side with the existing server platform
Of course that wouldn't make it available to people using the web interface (like me), but it should be a feature that could be provided without much political wrangling otherwise
@tiago@academicchatter that definitely applies to the web client, but there are other groups working on dedicated clients (mostly for mobile AFAIK) that can implement client side features independently
Translations: "our ad business is dying so we're forcing you to put more and unskippable ads on your videos so we can boost our earnings for the quarterly report"