2026-04-13T03:18:25Z https://yabu.me Alex Chaffee https://yabu.me/npub1yq5kl52h8e5qegsr0dldfx97xlml7kpnly29xmt5d04hs7nwf56qtxyvc5 https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/accounts/avatars/109/325/773/036/723/410/original/bb8403558f19884d.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/rubysocial/accounts/avatars/109/325/773/036/723/410/original/bb8403558f19884d.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyyhp4dp9p9af4jdwsjaasrgh7utgc2wswduuykplk53gpvzzjseszyqszjm732ulxsr9zqdaha4ychcml0l6cx0u3g5mdw347k7r6dexngehmpy6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswq472vtxmx37up4pvc6rq8gssxah6vjlf4669vcka03tuyss7v3ceyrcmh'>nevent1q…rcmh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i predict that many more people will be turned off by its hostile UI/UX and culture of scolding and never discover the many joys of #Mastodon<br/><br/>which is fine, i guess, since it was never meant to be a twitter replacement, nor even an anti-twitter, just a janky federation of janky instances full of janky posts by janky folks seeking refuge from the influencers and advertisers and bullies elsewhere 2024-11-15T17:09:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqm0vurhhvzy7vzrur3k3sfx90uegfed7d04832kax7zpncxqq0xgzyqszjm732ulxsr9zqdaha4ychcml0l6cx0u3g5mdw347k7r6dexngc3kv4y reminder: the Luddites were not anti-*technology*. They were anti-*factory owners firing weavers and replacing them with lower-paid loom workers*. They could have retrained the weavers and kept their pay high, but bosses gonna boss. We are all Luddites today.<br/><br/>The name later became a slur because the bosses won, and used propaganda to hide the history, and because smashing looms is a dramatic symbol, and humans like retelling dramatic stories, not depressing facts.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite</a> 2024-10-31T21:44:42Z