Wie schön! Der „New Yorker“ hat eine große und lesenswerte Geschichte über #Mastodon gebracht. Und welchen Stützpunkt hat sich Autor Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) für seine Recherche gewählt? Richtig: die sympathische kleine Instanz zirk.us. Er schreibt: „Zirkus now has more than three thousand users, who post about teaching nineteenth-century literature, reading the Quran in Arabic, watching Yasujiro Ozu films, and, of course, the antics of their cats. ... (1/3)
@chaykak I jfound an atmosphere like that of an erudite coffee shop, where conversation is murmured instead of shouted.“ Und: „Over the past decade, we’ve been conditioned to think of life on social media as a relentless pursuit of attention from as many people as possible. The goal is to yell into the void, loud enough to perhaps reach a crowd of strangers. Chris Fenwick (@lexipenia), of Zirkus, described Mastodon as “designed to be against virality,” ... (2/3)
... which for many users is exactly its appeal.“
Bleibt nur zu hoffen, dass wir auch bald den „New Yorker“ auf Mastodon finden. Eine Instanz-Empfehlung gäbe es ja schon.
Und jetzt: Wo sind die Katzen?
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@adamdavidson
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