I'm watching Sharkey now, it's got note editing like firefish...

Once a platform hits a million users, it starts acting like a narcissist at a high school reunion. Forgetting the ones who got it there, obsessed with metrics & suddenly serving ads every 3 seconds. Community becomes audience, vibe becomes corporate & the timeline is now a flea market run by algorithms. Golden days replaced with influencers who ruin it all with protein shakes & recycled motivational quotes.

@pre And yes the escape hatch adds a layer of existential comedy. We can always leave but we prolly wont cuz where else would we get this level of entertainment for free? In the grand theater of digital farce, Fedi isn't just a stage. It's the whole damn playhouse & everyone is both actor & audience.

@pre you're right. decentralized drama isn't a bug it's the main feature. A never-ending reality show where every admin is a warlord, every server a fragile kingdom & every petty grudge escalates into a full-blown schism. Would be Shakespeare had he been terminally online & wrote soliloquies in 500 character bursts