Not everybody has to jump to Twitter/Facebook alternatives right now, since those behemoths have made it clear any true alternative will take time to develop to a point where you can just swap them out. No need for the mental acrobatics to justify your continued use of them.
I thing I just saw on Twitter regarding the "X person you follow liked this Tweet" feature:
This is what passes for discovery on Twitter, and makes me miss Usenet-style newsreading.
Reminder to the people complaining about Micro.blog and the lack of Discovery to be careful what you wish for. It took Twitter many years and lots of resources to develop search, which is actually quite good, and an equal amount of years and resources to also decide it was a good idea to force genuinely awful features down the throats of its users.
"I just want search!" is not an unfair position but let's not forget how the best search on the web developed and also remember the exact makeup of Micro.blog dev. I know it's easy to get lost in the weeds of Facebook/Twitter expectations when it comes to the web but that is not what Micro.blog -- or any decent alternative -- is here for.
@simonwoods @smokey Smokey, is Simon on your list of Micro.blog historians? If not, please be sure to add him. His view of what is going on, looking down from a very high point of view is both excellent and valuable, and his link to the Steve Jobs interview earlier today was brilliant, as is the video. Thanks.
P. S. Usenet newsreading was a very good thing.
@Ron Thanks Ron. Fair to say the work of Manton and co. has made it so much easier for me to get my thoughts out in a way that is not totally muddled and confused. MB continues to be the calmest online network I have been lucky enough to join.