Many times, I've seen arguments made like this: "I'd try Mastodon, but I already have Twitter followers", or "I'd like to use OSM, but Google Maps has better data for my city", or, in my case, "I'd like to use sr.ht, but GitHub has better discoverability".
Platforms for which popularity improves the utility of the service are skewed in favor of the incumbents. New platforms face a chicken-and-egg problem. You have to decide - will you help it, or exacerbate it? Those are the only two choices you have.
Don't let that cool new platform die in obscurity while you wait for it to become popular.
I hate bios, but I hate leaving them empty even more.
She/her preferred, but I don't really care.
Nonbinary Demisexual. Degenerate biscum. Right Libertarian. Extreme misanthrope. I like my boys dressed like girls, and my girls dressed like boys. Traps are the ideal male form, and tomboys are peak female performance. I can't count high enough to measure my IQ, but you could probably count it on one hand.
On all levels except physical, I am a generic white girl.
Hardcore super feminist psyop Satanist.
Flirty, friendly, and warm.
Nerdy, Libertarian, and frequently sarcastic. I should be put in jail. That's what made me statist.
Democratic catboy authoritarian fascist dictator.
You think Christ would eat somebody? He would never do that. I will.
I'm one of the freaks, the faggots, the geeks, the savages. Rogues, rebels, dissident devils, artists, martyrs, infidels.
Don't follow if you're under 18.
Main: @galena
Donate money, or even a manual typewriter, to ME, for your ONLY HOPE FOR A FUTURE.