Why Post.News over Mastodon and CounterSocial? I'm on all three--for the moment--but one thing that sticks out is the fact that Post has venture capital behind it, while the others don't.
What this means in practice is that Mastodon and CounterSocial will always be what they are now, but Post has a chance to really take off. Will it? That is the big question.
If I were in charge of CounterSocial, I would be looking for funding, BTW. The user-donor/subscription model just doesn't seem a winner to me.
@John_Scotus
It's called occupying a niche. A platform with investor funding needs to pay off the investors eventually. If the user/donor model doesn't pay the bills, it can't pay the bills plus the investors.
Coso not being beholden to advertisers makes it unique. It doesn't have to serve every person on the internet as long as there is a sufficient minority of people willing to pay for a non-advertiser-funded platform.