It’s a bit of a stretch to say character limit is ”trying so hard to be X”. I completely disagree. It has nothing to do with that, especially because X character limit is still 280.
Most of the social media software in the Fediverse have mostly the same features and some more. Most of the microblogging platforms resemble X by their UIs. And that’s perfectly OK. Take my Bird UI for example, inspired by Twitter: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui
The difference is, we don’t have a single owner here. This is open source. And that’s the only difference that matters.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #BirdUI #MastodonBirdUI
Roni Laukkarinen /
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2024-07-05 09:53:54
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