Grumpy PhilosopherNov 4, 2022
Ok, Mastodon is officially a lot more awesome than I had realised. There's a federated server for everyone who's really into bitcoin, and, yes, it is full of people who are as awful as you can imagine. But, with one click, you can block the entire domain! 12.8k thousand crypto weirdos filtered out in a click. Amazing.
Show threadKaterina MarchánNov 4, 2022

@SteveCooke I was just talking with @aurynn yesterday about how yes, there's an entire CHUNK of the fediverse that's flooded with horrible people, even though a lot of folks keep accusing the fediverse of being strictly left-leaning.

But they're not whining about the "left-leaning" thing because they can't have their own spaces. They're whining because they feel entitled to impose their horribleness on other people. They're whining because they want their actions to have no consequences.

Anyway yes I love that hexagons can just exist OVER THERE, where they're not my problem anymore lol

Show threadCyrus
@zkat @SteveCooke @aurynn Exactly. That’s why social networks like P*rler or Tr*th Social didn’t really take off: there was noone on which the fascists there could spew their hate, even though that is what entertains them. And if more (sensible) people keep leaving Twitter, fascists are going to get bored of it.
Nov 4, 2022 at 10:53pmWeb
Show threadmox Nov 5, 2022
@CyruxiME
this is the *best* take on this subject i've seen, by far
Show threadCyrusNov 5, 2022
@mox You would think that Elon is smart enough to think through his plans and come to that realization. But he’s an immature kid with too much cash in his hands (well, not so much now) and all he’s doing to try and fix his mistakes is… acting impulsively. This isn’t going to work.