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Mastodon and Pixelfed got a short mention on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (files.catbox.moe)

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More from the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The discussion isn't really about the virtues of each social media platform, the question is why does Bluesky appear at the top of the list and not Mastodon. And the reason is that Mastodon refuses to provide the service most people want from a platform like this: a well-tuned suggestion algorithm.

Why are you ignoring the fact that Bluesky has a MUCH larger marketing budget AND it gets basically free unlimited (barely critical) coverage from the tech press??

You are drawing conclusions left and right on incomplete information and it destroys any semblance of a point you are trying to make.