I use twitter and I really like the furry art community on there. I also like Mastodon or related ActivityPub services.
Due to recent events lots of people search for alternatives and I feel just very frustrated see all those artists looking for Zucks Threads or Jacks Bluesky when Mastodon is right there, without a chance of a twitter situation ever happening again. They seem to avoid Mastodon like cats avoiding water.
What have we done wrong, and how can we make it better.
I’m not sure if this is a deliberate plan, or just a “happy” (for Apple, etc.) side effect.
Most technology, especially consumer technology, gets easier to use as it matures. Ease of use becomes a selling point. Look at automatic vs. manual transmissions in cars.
There may be a deliberate effort to make the public less educated in these areas, but I don’t think that’s a major reason.