> It reads as the dismissal of someone who doesn't like new things and just wished it was like their old thing.
I've used many different social networks over the years: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, IRC, App Dot Net (I paid for ADN!), Micro.blog, now Mastodon, and others I can't remember the names of anymore. I even used dial-up BBSes back in the day! I think I'm reasonably experienced and can make an educated evaluation of a new one.
As I already said, the problem isn't that I don't "grok" Mastodon: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33429036
It didn't take me that long to grok Twitter.
> It reads as the dismissal of someone who doesn't like new things and just wished it was like their old thing.
I've used many different social networks over the years: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, IRC, App Dot Net (I paid for ADN!), Micro.blog, now Mastodon, and others I can't remember the names of anymore. I even used dial-up BBSes back in the day! I think I'm reasonably experienced and can make an educated evaluation of a new one.