every time tumblr or twitter is shit, recommendations for mastodon instances start going around. my criticism of mastodon hasn’t changed for years now, and it’s a variation on “imagine if tumblr drama could result in a website being deleted and your worst ex getting access to every dm you’ve ever sent”
did you know that mastodon admins can read your dms as long as either you or the recepient are on an instance they host, because they’re not encrypted
proponents argue it’s not a problem when it’s actually extremely a problem considering that mastodon (by design) encourages small friend groups to run instances together and have personal relationships with admins
like it’s just not fit for purpose
glad to see mastodon users are handling the light criticism normally
Mastodon is like “what if Twitter was explicitly optimized for minimum influence on the world and maximum leftist infighting and factionalism?”. Like, structurally
