I'm sorry, but the idea that tech journalism doesn't know what to do with Mastodon because it's an open-source platform that doesn't fit into commercial startup narratives is... utter nonsense.
Tech journalism does just fine with open standards/software/platforms like e-mail, domain names, torrenting, Linux, crypto. None of these fall into commercial startup narratives, yet journalists cover these things just as well as everything else.
> The media seems to be regarding Mastodon as a bizarre curiosity, something that the general public couldn’t possibly grasp. Sure, the guys with a Linux server in their basement might geek out on it, but this thing isn’t for the masses.
I mean, that's pretty accurate. It's easy to sign up for Twitter, it follows all of your expectations of how apps work. Not only is it hard to sign up for Mastodon, but it's hard to even figure out how to figure it out. Mastodon isn't for the masses in its current state.
So as far as I can tell, the tech journalists are covering it quite appropriately.
Tech journalism does just fine with open standards/software/platforms like e-mail, domain names, torrenting, Linux, crypto. None of these fall into commercial startup narratives, yet journalists cover these things just as well as everything else.
> The media seems to be regarding Mastodon as a bizarre curiosity, something that the general public couldn’t possibly grasp. Sure, the guys with a Linux server in their basement might geek out on it, but this thing isn’t for the masses.
I mean, that's pretty accurate. It's easy to sign up for Twitter, it follows all of your expectations of how apps work. Not only is it hard to sign up for Mastodon, but it's hard to even figure out how to figure it out. Mastodon isn't for the masses in its current state.
So as far as I can tell, the tech journalists are covering it quite appropriately.