It's been a tough few years for MacStories.
An explanation of why we resumed posting on X, and what comes next:
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@viticci So… you think is better to lose your Mastodon readers…
@viticci This reminds me of Apple‘s „Crushed“ ad. Back then, they did not read the room - as you said - and now you did not either.
@viticci thank you for writing this! It's a necessary step you have to take to keep Macstories going, and I, as always, will be more than happy to support the work!
@viticci Meh. Unfollowed all your accounts. Odd move of yours.
@viticci they just released normal people not on fucking masrodon
@viticci Well, I guess closemindedness and shitposting is not exclusive to X, as all the replies here prove very convincingly.
Do what is necessary for your business, Federico, and don’t listen to all the haters.
Haters gonna hate 🤷🏼♂️
@viticci gross. Do better.
@viticci As an indie developer, I deeply appreciate how you have been, and continue to be, a force for good in this world.
The world is messy and I wish you didn’t have to make this compromise. Every one of us makes a mix of decisions that help and harm the world, but what matters is the balance, which for @macstories is massively positive.
Hang in there and (huge) thank you for your work.
@viticci I applaud the move, the reaction to it shows how deeply people have fallen into their own algorithmic bubbles. Tribalism needs to stop. 𝕏 is one of the more politically diverse major platforms and reflects the real world far better than ideological echo chambers like Mastodon. Are there bad actors on 𝕏? Of course—but they exist on every platform. Most of the criticisms people are making about 𝕏 could just as easily be made about the internet as a whole, yet no one is abandoning that.
@viticci I’m really sorry for you having to take that decision. I know it’s been a hard choice to make between what it’s right and what the business needs. I hope it doesn’t damage MacStories reputation by a lot, and hope you will still be supporting alternative platforms like Mastodon and BlueSky.
@viticci It sucks for you all, getting all of this hate from this. If you ran a physical store, selling physical things, at some point a nazi might walk in, or a pedophile, or thief.. Any store operator as to still sell their goods regardless of what that person thinks.
This is no different. You’re a business trying to sell a product. None of the people posting this hate towards you will even go on Twitter to see these posts anyway.
