Michael Tsai has a rundown of links about the Mastodon 5 design, closing with this:

My first choice would be to see more people blogging on their own sites. But having longer and richer posts on Mastodon would be preferable to many of the alternatives. I still wish it supported RSS for my timeline and replies.

If only there was a social network that actually prioritized blogging and had RSS feeds for the timeline, mentions, and everything else. I’m quite biased but there really isn’t anything else like it.