Google + is the abandoned mall of social media. Some folks still hang around, but the roof is leaking and the trees are dead
Facebook is the working mall. Security kicks you out if you hang around too much and everything is covered with cameras. There are still shoplifters
MySpace and Digg are converted stripmalls. One's got slightly more polish, but the other's just got glass cases of shoes
Twitter is a wasteland of used needles and condoms, but you do find the odd flower trying to survive
@cypnk Mastodon's the market with lots of little stalls all run by different people
@troubleMoney That's it! Mastodon = Local Market
You get your honey vendors, the cake people, the artists,
It's a Farmers' Market + Gallery
(CARCIFIED) @paralithode@mastodon.social@cypnk @troubleMoney I remember my first go-to mastodon metaphor was the agora: big public spaces, little closeted nooks, overhearing a flood of conversations, seeing the images & food & wares of cultures from around the globe