I use twitter and I really like the furry art community on there. I also like Mastodon or related ActivityPub services.

Due to recent events lots of people search for alternatives and I feel just very frustrated see all those artists looking for Zucks Threads or Jacks Bluesky when Mastodon is right there, without a chance of a twitter situation ever happening again. They seem to avoid Mastodon like cats avoiding water.
What have we done wrong, and how can we make it better.

  • AlexmitterOP
    10•1 year ago

    It so happens that gen-z actually ranks lower in advanced tech skills. Gen-Z learned to use tech, but not to understand it as much as those of us who experienced the early-to-mid internet and computers.

    The kids today do not even know what a folder is, or what filesystems do. I am scared about our all future.
    We need to do it like the brits, give every kid a Rasperry Pi in school and teach them actual computer skills, not Excel.

    • Yote.zip
      9•1 year ago

      It is by design, unfortunately. Apple pushes iPads into schools so that people grow up in Apple’s walled garden.

      • AlexmitterOP
        3•1 year ago

        If they live in the US, where this is probably the most common, I guess most kids to anyways.

    • Nyla Smokeyface
      1•1 year ago

      How do kids not know what a folder is? All operating systems have it. Even iOS has folders, whether in the Files app or just as the homescreen folder.

      I will admit that I am not an expert on how the different filesystems work.