Hey folk - making fun of people who find Mastodon difficult and claiming that it "weeds out anyone too stupid to use Mastodon" or "they're too attached to Twitter so their opinion of Mastodon is suspicious" is really not the move.

Firstly, this was the kind of rhetoric that got me infamously racially harassed my first few hours on Mastodon back when it was super new.

Mainly though - it's unneeded superiority, it's ignoring very valid accessibility concerns, and it's just straight up exclusionary.

@creatrixtiara Agreed. I joined Mastodon so that I could finally be treated equally on the web. Not so that I could act like I’m better than anyone else. I might have a big ego, but I’m also big on being an ally, and boosting anyone with a passion for lifes pursuits. You all deserve the rewards of what you try to sew. I mean that. I hope that you all feel joy from all that you partake in.