… it’s important that Micro.blog stays true to its blogging roots and unique take on social media, rather than shifting to be a Twitter or Mastodon clone. We don’t need a monoculture with all apps looking exactly the same.
— Manton Reece, Ivory and Micro.blog, not yet
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@rishabh Yep. The unique take being that the emphasis is on the social rather than the media.
@rishabh Much less likely to be as destructive, though, purely by design. This is not an environment that is actively manufactured to keep you here on a constant basis, and constantly using it every single day.
To live is to fragment your attention, no matter your environment. But let's not pretend all environments do this equally.