@college_physics #JohnMastodon would NEVER

So yeah, things are not algorithmically amplified — nor algorithmically buried either, however. There is no artificial virality, but there is also no artificial obscurity.

The dynamics are different.

This does not mean things *cannot* go viral — they can, as #JohnMastodon shows if anyone needed any proof.

I strongly believe Fediverse *can* support social movements (it is one), and that interactions here might be more meaningful thanks to lack of certain "virality-enhancing" features.

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Going from "certain features that cause virality are not implemented here" to "hence things cannot go viral here" not two weeks after #JohnMastodon went certifiably viral is… a take.

Going a step further and claiming this somehow means fedi could not have supported social movements is even more of a jump.

One way I could respond to that is: this whole network is a social movement, for Dog's sake! It started off as a social movement of people who wanted out of walled gardens.

But…

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I do. To me, #JohnMastodon is Santa Claus.

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Wow -- it's really happening! They're making #JohnMastodon!

I'm so excited for this, I can't even begin to tell you.

#JohnMastodonTheMovie #film

#JohnMastodon

Can we just reflect on how some journalists are struggling with the concept of a social media network without a "Guy In Charge of It All" so much that one of them made up a guy?

How will they write about the King of Mastodons feuding with The King of the Twitters?

I'm starting to realize just how unaware many people must be of the remarkable things happing right now to social media.

I was told that THIS (what we are doing) could NEVER happen. But it is!

#JohnMastodon

The #JohnMastodon

3 oz whiskey
1.5 oz sweet vermouth
A drop of maple syrup
4 dashes #ElonMusk 's bitter tears

Shake with ice, and decentralize between 2 rocks glasses.

#twittermigration #cocktails

There were three men came out of the West
Their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow
#JohnMastodon must die

#JohnMastodon is probably on, or maybe in, his private plane, location unknown

Elon Musk should apologized #JohnMastodon personally!