I’m always intrigued by new platforms like this one, but they are hindered by a lack of users. Unless you’re draw in by an existing community, you end up talking into the void, or to yourself @testuser@anthony.buc.ci

(#urcykrq) then again, since I self-host, and since posts are ultimately in twtxt format, it’s very easy to to save data and migrate out.

(#urcykrq) @prologic@twtxt.net Yes. I noticed quite a few people used to keep up twtxt feeds but then stopped. You can goodl “twtxt.txt” and find lots. Hopefully with a nice web app and phone app and cli tool like yarn.social has enough critical mass will build.

(#urcykrq) btw I have no plans to migrate out–definitely want to give this a go for awhile. I’ve found some interesting feeds to follow, and I’m sure that will continue. However, I do like very much that the post data is not trapped in some corporation’s data center.

(#urcykrq) @prologic@twtxt.net I played around with Mastodon for awhile, and while it felt like a bit of an improvement over twitter, say, I didn’t like how complicated it was to self-host and federate. Also the developers seem to be pushing Mastodon more and more into becoming a twitter clone. I feel like twitter is pretty mean-spirited in part because of how it’s structured, so this worried me a lot.

(#urcykrq) @prologic@twtxt.net oh yeah, the outrage cycle is horrible. It almost seems like a public health hazard that ought to be dealt with. idk, I just want to be a nerd online and not have all that in my face day after day after day 🤓