Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@giacomozucco But the difficulty in getting such laws implemented is orthogonal to the effect of them if they did exist. Also, just having laws on the books creates inertia to keep the status quo enforced by those laws.

Postal mail and railways both have laws enforcing equal access for all, and there's been little success at rolling back those provisions (they're why you can ship a tanker car of chlorine through a residential neighborhood...).

@stephanlivera also, software maturity matters. Looks like Mastodon is more polished than before. It took me all of 20 minutes to setup a self hosted instance!

...and gifs!

@stephanlivera Things don't work until they do. :)

I think re: reddit →twitter, the nature of the discussion changing was a big part of it. Notably, that happened around the block size debate, towards the end of it.

Also, that was going from a smaller social network to a bigger one (in the sense that subreddits are their own social networks).

@giacomozucco There's nuance in all of this. As we lose access to general purpose computing, which is happening fast on mobile, it soon gets to the point where there is no feasible way to compete. I can't make a better Twitter if users can't use it on their phones.

Mastodon could easily get to the point, especially on Apple. There is no good way for users to install non-Apple-approved software on their phones.

...and on Android, notifications are hobbled.

@stephanlivera I've been wanting to move to something like Mastodon for a long time. This feels like an special moment where there's a chance of getting the network effect for it to actually work.

@stephanlivera "organically" is short hand for "lots of people forcing the issue" :)

@stephanlivera Twitter/Mastodon isn't my day job. So I can afford to do the more right thing for others at the expense of something that doesn't actually matter that much. :)

@stephanlivera Absolutely. Sounds like you're using Twitter for something closer to one-way-ish advertisement to a wide audience than two way discussion with a narrower audience. I totally agree strategy may be different there.

Also, there's a difference between what's good for you and everyone. :)

@alyssa yes!

@05nelsonm @stephanlivera @Toxicity I agree that the incentives can be different for on going outreach to non bitcoiners. But in terms of getting adoption of a new platform, move fast and in large numbers.

@05nelsonm @stephanlivera @Toxicity Thing is, we already have followings on Twitter. So by quitting cold turkey, we give those followings a reason to switch, and exclusive content. And we get the network effect of doing that in large numbers.

Where as mirroring doesn't get a network effect.

@RonaldCrb @WClayFerguson@noagendasocial.com I think you two are agreeing with each other. :)

I do need to get around to learning docker/etc myself and using it.

@stephanlivera I actually think that'll dilute things. Better to pick a platform and stick to it.

@ibz @stephanlivera 💯

Fact is, Twitter feeds off our content - our tweets. Cut that off and it starves. Don't do that, and people won't switch.

@SanakTony See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust

Same concept really.

@ibz Because health authorities screwed up really early on. There was actually an attempt to rename it to "physical distancing" early on. But the name stuck.

I suspect most people would understand both terms as meaning the same thing.

Also, in the age of Twitter, "social" saves a few characters...

@SanakTony Well you need to start from some trusted source that you already know is legit, and find links.

For example, if you think @peterktodd on Twitter is me, then this tweet links that identity to this Mastodon: https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1347891977342377984?s=20

Also, note how I'm self hosting. So if you start from the assumption that.the domain petertodd.org is me, then mastodon.petertodd.org is probably me too.

Looking at who follows who helps a bit. But I bet many haven't verified that...

@keith @karozagorus @MultiBitcoiner @nvk I think you're seeing it on other servers because those servers cached that info. Dunno when - or if - it'd ever be deleted.

The smug look of censorship resistance.