2/ Conservatives have Truth Social. And Parler. And (now) Twitter. And they are fighting for #election2024 now.
So, whether Mastodon, or right here on #CoSo. Or Tribel. Or wherever. We need to help others adopt these new spaces with an eye towards #election2024.
Life will be MUCH MORE COMPLICATED if Republicans take back the White House in 2024. So, let's put in some work to help people learn these new tools.
@duaneaubin I think the issue with Mastodon is more to do with how difficult it is to get traction with a post. On here everyone sees your post. I saw it, I agree with it. Had you posted it on Mastodon I probably would not have seen it. That's why I prefer here to there, and why I #talktostrangers here.
@mPony Agree! #CoSo has its strengths (which is part of why I'm sticking around here!) Whether it will gain more widespread adoption is left to be seen. But, again, the bigger picture is, general society still needs town squares for civil discourse without hate and overt rhetoric, so we have to be prepared to make these new spaces work. What happened to the bird site is not random!