It’s weird to see so much talk about Mastodon and people walk right past micro.blog. I’ve been a user since @manton launched it on Kickstarter, and I think I heard about it on @gruber’s Talk Show - I love it.
@joshua I’ve seen a lot of new people joining here lately, so I don’t think they’re all walking by Micro.blog. 😉 I agree though, I love it here and want more people to be able to enjoy it for themselves. I have no idea how Mastodon’s future will play out, or even whether I’ll stick with it for the long haul. But I do know I’ll be here, regardless.
@joshua I feel like it is better to keep our little secret 😅 and let this service grow slow and steady with commited users instead of those that seek to reproduce Twitter experience
@joshua I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences between Micro.blog and Mastodon, and why the latter would attract so many more users via so much more media attention. Micro.blog is designed for people who want to have a blog that they control. As @pratik put it so well, the timeline is a amalgamation of RSS feeds designed to look like a social timeline. If all you want is a watercooler too hang out at, recreating the Twitter model, then you are better off on Mastodon. But if you care about having a blog you control, where your writing is preserved in a format you can share regardless of what happens with blogging and social media platforms, you are in the right place. As you obviously are. 😊. (I should write this as a separate blog post. 😒)
@pimoore weirdly enough, I think the biggest downfall in Mastodon is the name. From a brand name point of view, I don't imagine my nan talking about joining Mastodon. That said I haven't even tried it yet, it might be awesome. I just don't need/want more things like this in my life.
@jean excellent way of describing it. I'd also add if you're not interested in all the palaver of followers, likes, reblogs etc, then Micro.blog is a much calmer place to start from.
@jean I 100% agree with that, but I also feel like Micro.Blog is the perfect middle ground. You don't need to know HTML and style a blog, but you get one, and you get social. It's not "just a blog" but also not "just a social network"
@jean @joshua perfectly described. I would go further and call it an introvert’s social network. You can even choose to hide your blog or remove certain posts from the timeline (like unlisted on Mastodon). I do admit to guarding the privacy of my microblog fiercely and although bad for @manton’s wallet, I invite and reveal the existence of Micro.blog selectively.