Do I really need Mastodon?

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Micro.blog can be used without a Mastodon account if your desire for “Mastodon” is:

  1. People can follow your blog on Mastodon.
  2. People can reply to your blog on Mastodon.
  3. You can reply to those people from Micro.blog
  4. You can follow people’s Mastodon accounts.
  5. You can reply to people who are on Mastodon.

If the feature set of Micro.blog as a social platform matches how you want to interact with social platforms, then the ActivityPub interoperability covered by Micro.blog is all you need.

If you want to have a fully native experience of the Mastodon service, you’re better off using a Mastodon account and cross posting (in addition to making your feed available, IMO).

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