Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/09/12/10000-followers-on-mastodon/

by mikece • 4 years ago

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I think it'd be wonderful if any project with a social presence would consider mastodon. Even when it's just a bot that parrots what the twitter account says it is nice to not have to use twitter.

signal11• 4 years ago

The EU is on Mastodon now. It makes a lot of sense for them not be reliant on commercial organizations in other jurisdictions for getting the word out.

This won't mean they'll stop using Twitter -- just that it gives them an alternataive.

aitchnyu• 4 years ago

They have/had a blog where they publish decisions like "batch of wood recalled for good reason" which outlets would sensationalise as "Grandnephew of Hitler banned toothpicks since adults are too dumb".

mikece• 4 years ago

It would be nice if people stopped saying "On Mastodon" and said "On ActivityPub" instead -- there are a number of ActivityPub servers and I really hope Mastodon as a name doesn't eclipse the fact that it's just an instance of an ActivityPub server.

hn92726819• 4 years ago

Is this a joke? ActivityPub is a protocol isn't it? People are "on twitter", not "on http"

ergonaught• 4 years ago

Saying "On ActivityPub" instead of "On Mastodon" is likely a very good way to prevent any sort of mass adoption.

packetlost• 4 years ago

I usually hear it referred to as the "fediverse", which seems catchier and solves the concern you have.

Toorkit• 4 years ago

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Mastodon, is in fact, ActivityPub/Mastodon, or as I've recently taken to calling it, ActivityPub plus Mastodon.

;-)

cmeacham98• 4 years ago

Mastodon is the name that has traction, being pedantic about this will just confuse users and reduce adoption.

tmpz222• 4 years ago

I've tried mastadon, I've read some of the code, I've read the specs. I was really excited about it but then I started using it and its just not up to the bar of mainstream user expectations.

The bar has risen for social media sites since 2000. Its not enough to slap some SPA code together, get a basic working data model with CRUD functionality, and toss it into the ether. People aren't excited by a working toot (like) button.

soperj• 4 years ago

People aren't excited by a working toot (like) button.

Doesn't seem like you've used it very much if you believe the toot button is a like button.

yborg• 4 years ago

People aren't excited by a working toot (like) button. They seem pretty excited by this on Twitter. You haven't explained what you think are "mainstream user expectations".

tjoff• 4 years ago

The bar has risen for social media sites since 2000.

It has?

notatoad• 4 years ago

Announced on mastodon https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/108984695711660679

BrentOzar• 4 years ago

Related: two turkeys do not make an eagle. https://www.engadget.com/2011-02-09-googles-vic-gundotra-on-...

Cyberdog3• 4 years ago

No, it's fine. Keep conflating the entire fediverse with Mastodon, it's fine. Just like email with Gmail or the web with Chrome, it's not really necessary to recognize that alternative interfaces to what is in fact an open standard exist and are in fact widely-used. I'm not really, really bothered by it or anything.

stinkytaco• 4 years ago

They are on the fosstodon server, so I'm not sure it's entirely unreasonable to say "mastodon" here. Some of those followers may not be using Mastodon, but LibreOffice is.

Cyberdog3• 4 years ago

But they do not have 10k followers on the Fosstodon instance; that doesn't really make sense unless you were awkwardly counting only followers from other users of that instance. They have 10k followers on the whole network. At any rate, it's still conflating the software with one instance that is running it.

scooke• 4 years ago

Soon to be 10,001... I'm going to follow them later tonight.

Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon

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