At least for Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse ecosystem it does seem that people actually want to use them, and more people every day.

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jamesbelchamber 14 hours ago | parent [-]

People moved on from Mastodon to Bluesky because it was more responsive to user needs. I encouraged people to move to Mastodon but then watched them move on.

It is what it is - but it's worth being clear-eyed about what it is.

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7moritz7 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

FOSS just does not have the aggressive scaling mindset. Even success stories like Linux' game compatibility and Chromium can be traced to just regular tech companies, as opposed to non profits.

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jmcnulty 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It has actually improved a lot since then. The UI has had changes, search is better, it has quote posts now. More usability enhancements are under active development.

	▲	palata 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Once "normies" have tried and moved away, I think it's too late. Unfortunately such services don't get a second chance. It was probably hard enough to convince them to try once.
	▲	JoshTriplett 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> search is better Search is still awful, in part because a few people don't seem to want it. It needs substantial improvement.