@kissane hits the nail on the head:
“I have a suspicion that a lot of the defensive maneuvering on Mastodon is happening because Mastodon fans know that the network absolutely cannot compete on user friendliness and basic social functionality”
This piece is just a relentless barrage of truth bombs.
@inthehands I hope it can be turned into an actual researched post mortem by someone. Anecdata, but I've seen various "how to Mastodon" guides float around twitter - just the sort of thing the author is bemoaning. I'vem also seen people not want to join Mastodon specifically *because* there's so much noise about how masto/the fediverse should be organized. We have such small windows on social media experiences, they must be quantified!
@going_to_maine
Quantified, sure, but even just sustained, focused attention to anecdotes would be a vast improvement here.