I really tried to make Mastodon work for me, but the lack of discoverability killed it.
As somebody with trans people in my family, getting away from Musk's Twitter is a priority. But Twitter is where I get a lot of news and entertainment.
I would rather have seen Mastodon win, but their product just isn't good enough.
Ahhh! That is the key to the design.
A network of users consuming and producing in real time. Weird feedback amplification effects.
A vast beast with a million heads, muttering to itself.
(Having your notifications turned on might be important for this to work. Remember that Black Mirror episode where having your notifications turned on was legally mandated.)
I want a tree of threads. Posts and replies. Like reddit and hn. It's the only way that makes sense.
Boggling that they do it this way.