https://www.lifewire.com/why-mastodon-apps-should-stop-trying-to-copy-twitter-7109967

#lifewire #mastodon #twitter #apps

> Much of that, from Reddit to Slack to email or any kind of blog, is made up of a few lines or paragraphs of text attributed to a person and to which you can reply.
> Mastodon, or a compatible service supporting the ActivityPub protocols, could replace any of these.

Good ideas but Masto probably should prioritize being good at one thing first.

So, an #introduction...

I'm a freelance writer with an interest in tech. Over the years I've largely written about gaming, nerd pop culture, comics, and pop science. You might have seen me on #PopularScience, #LifeWire, #Spike, #Cracked, and a lot more; My article count sits somewhere over >gulp< 5,000 pieces.

In my spare time I game (just put twenty hours in to #Outriders), ride a bike for health and to get outdoors, #juggle, enjoy craft beer, perform the occasional cooking experiment and read quite a bit. My #goodreads is here https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/108421659-dan-seitz

And I have a dog and a cat.