[whitepoplar]

If we want something like Twitter, but in the form of an open source protocol, we need to name it and brand it well.

I remember when I first used Linux, I didn't "trust" it. There wasn't a singular OS called Linux and the GUI applications looked low quality because they didn't have good design or branding. To most people, the UI and branding is the product, so when they see it poorly implemented, it simply feels like a bad product.

If you make open source feel expensive and luxurious, they will come.

[themodelplumber]

> If you make open source feel expensive and luxurious, they will come

Hmmm...So: let's ask a bunch of objective, analytical, concrete techies to pivot themselves over to a subjective, abstract, feelings-based judgment process which requires a great sensitivity and sense of cultural refinement.

[cardiffspaceman]

I'm not sure what this ad hominem comment was supposed to accomplish. Don't we already have people who appreciate subjective and cultural concerns involved?

[zimpenfish]

> The cybre.space instance calls each post a “florp” instead of a “toot.”

I'm not entirely convinced that we do, no.

[tdb7893]

I don't understand how you could open source twitter. I would think that the infrastructure and features would be very hard to do without some centralized provider.

[erkose]

Mastodon is just an implementation of OStatus which has been around form many years.

[milesrout]

Who cares if 'they' come?

[coldtea]

Stock owners of condom companies?

[whitepoplar]

?

[coldtea]

> Who cares if 'they' come?