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Mastadon We don’t need AI to mansplain why you’re wrong.

Joseph Kohlmann@jkohlmann.bsky.social

“We don’t take venture capital, we don’t use AI, we don’t sell ads, and we don’t sell your data” – Mastodon 4.7 release blog post blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/mast... (Lots of problems in the Fediverse, but these choices stand out, IMO)

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That was a joke and the most easily solved problem. The core problem with Mastadon is that as a hobbyist platform, it isn’t scalable. A mastodon instance requires time and money, and even if you have it, there is no unified experience. If it isn’t effortless, people won’t make the effort.