@owen@jerry Go make an account on any new social platform, see what your timeline is full of.
probably 25% People talking about joining, and probably promoted content.
Now.. remove the promoted content.
Now, spend 6 months interacting and following people building a list of contacts and interactions. Your content feed looks like what.. 40% if you’re lucky meaningful interactions and content, the rest promoted/ad content.
@owen I have a feeling X could fall apart fast. If they start carging and lose a lot of engagement and lose some of the big "influencers" that are keeping so many people there (even security people, though they will not admit it), I expect it'll unravel very fast. @gangrif
So, I;m considering creating a talk to deliver to my local defcon group (that i help run) about the fediverse, and its importance.
I have a few ideas on what to include, but I'd like some info from other #mastoadmin 's and folks who are just passionate about the importance of decentralized social media.
I'd love input from folks like @jerry here. Please reblog/tag folks who might have some insight here.