Joining the #Mastodon #Fediverse reminds me a lot of my prior experiences 1. dabbling in #linux & #oss, and 2. exploring the early social web (#BBS, #geocities, #ICQ, #AIM, #blogger) circa late 1990
Roll your own ethos, lots of effort to get in, things don’t just work, pioneer mentality, lots of #hackers and #tinkerers and #hobbyists, small but passionate #community seeking connection.
Maybe won’t have mass appeal but perhaps that’s not the goal?
@WayneLiangMD I get the same vibes - at least for now. Not sure what it will grow into, especially if there is a mass #twittermigration.
Software can always be iterated & improved, communities are where the people are.
@WayneLiangMD definitely agree with the sentiment about "pioneer mentality"
@WayneLiangMD ditto, for early Twitter experiences as well, so I think we are picking up on early online community vibes overall.
@WayneLiangMD completely agree. I hope it stays this way. I guess time will tell.
@WayneLiangMD it reminds me of BBS days too