Mike Masnick ✅Nov 7, 2022
So... this morning I had more notifications waiting for me in Mastodon than I did in Twitter. And all the notifications on Twitter are people telling me Mastodon will never get enough users to matter.
Show threadAustin ClemensNov 7, 2022
@mmasnick Do you think this will be a problem if Mastodon grows? Fixable? https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/status/1589628794062934016?s=20&t=0lX37KgcEXZNWaM9MHSwOg
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Twitter

“If you think that Twitter has moderation problems, just wait until large numbers of people are having conflict on Mastodon and they’re being adjudicated by a few volunteers who don’t have set guidelines or community to navigate differences with.”

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Show threadJackFromWisconsinNov 7, 2022

@austinc @mmasnick the Federated nature of Mastodon means the moderation will be handled by 1000s of server owners, not a big moderation club. So i don't see the moderation being an issue at large.

If you're talking at the server level, then for sure moderation can be an issue if a server gets too big. But if server owners encourage federation over size, that issue can be avoided mostly.

Show threadAustin Clemens
@JackFromWisconsin @mmasnick Interesting, thanks! Seems very challenging for a decentralized system like this to tackle moderation when there's no real monetization, but I see your argument.
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