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1. Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 17:59:30 JST Chris Trottier

   My opinion on Mastinator: I don't get it!

   I've tried to figure out how this service works, and it's confusing as hell!

   It advertises "disposable public anonymous no-login Fediverse accounts." Which sounds scary.

   But then you can't send posts!

   And I've never actually been able to successfully follow any account either.

   Which makes me wonder—why not use RSS instead? Mastodon already supports that.

   Bottom line—if I'm having trouble with this, I don't think anyone else is faring well.

   • Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin) (zebpalmer@syringa.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 17:59:28 JST Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin)

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     @atomicpoet @aral I was tempted to block it just based on what it was doing. Then when he started making comments about how easily he could get around the blocks we were putting in place and using kf aligned tools, it confirmed my gut feeling. Blocked it and him.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 17:59:29 JST Chris Trottier

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     So many people asked me about Mastinator.

     While I have no doubt that there's shady stuff going on, and @aral has good reason to put it on Fediblock, I also think it's not that good from a pure product perspective.

     What's the pitch here? What's the actual need that it serves?

     It implies that a "toot" works, but I have my doubts.

   • Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin) (zebpalmer@syringa.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 18:00:18 JST Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin)

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     @atomicpoet @aral 100%

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 18:00:19 JST Chris Trottier

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan
     • Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin)

     @zebpalmer @aral That's a sour grapes post if I've ever read one.