[hn2017]

We need more alternatives to Twitter. Hopefully one of them will excel.

Mastodon isn't really a viable alternative for mainstream, despite what the techy crowd boasts.

[aaron_m04]

> Mastodon isn't really a viable alternative for mainstream, despite what the techy crowd boasts.

That is demonstrably false. If you spend some time there, you will notice a lot of nontechnical people using it.