I think the upshot of this post is that small changes in design can have big changes in outcome. Scott Feeney lists four such changes in Mastodon as compared to Twitter: it's harder to see post metrics, you aren't notified about likes to replies to you, you can't quote a tweet without replying to the original poster (OP), and you can't do full-text searches. These changes drive Mastodon toward a conversational and interactive experience, rather than a crowd-based and performative experience. And that makes all the difference in the world.
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