We need to distinguish when thinking about social media between simple conversation and public deliberation.

Conversation is intended to be ephemeral and, while not necessarily private, not part of a permanent public record or evolving intellectual edifice.

Deliberation needs to be more formally public, searchable, evolving in form and surfaces and outcomes but backed by a permanent record. 1/

Both are really important functions!

Mastodon is tailored more to conversation than public deliberation. Twitter is flawed but a bit better structured for deliberation, unfortunately poisoned by engagement then Elon. /fin