Yes: there are reasons ordinary users might prefer Mastodon to Twitter; as I said:
* You can write full posts in Mastodon
* You can own your own data, run your own service, or select from a variety of hosted options
* The ecosystem encourages good third-party clients and tooling
The tooling isn't there, but then, I don't think anybody expected the events of the last few months, so I'm inclined to give it a quarter or two. As a casual user, there are ways in which Mastodon is superior to Twitter already, and most of my problems are with the clients; Tapbots can't keep up with the beta demand for Ivory, and there's 2-3 other promising clients, so I'm optimistic.
I wrote Mastodon off for years, but: it's pretty good? I miss the blogosphere, and Mastodon is a step back towards it.
* You can write full posts in Mastodon
* You can own your own data, run your own service, or select from a variety of hosted options
* The ecosystem encourages good third-party clients and tooling
The tooling isn't there, but then, I don't think anybody expected the events of the last few months, so I'm inclined to give it a quarter or two. As a casual user, there are ways in which Mastodon is superior to Twitter already, and most of my problems are with the clients; Tapbots can't keep up with the beta demand for Ivory, and there's 2-3 other promising clients, so I'm optimistic.
I wrote Mastodon off for years, but: it's pretty good? I miss the blogosphere, and Mastodon is a step back towards it.