Gimley
robinsonmeyerOne thing you notice quickly after spending any time on Masto is that everyone on Twitter—especially high-follower accounts—writes their posts to be QTed. It’s not only the ubiquitous asides and defensiveness; it’s the topics that people choose and the content that they highlight. Tweets are written to anchor broader arguments and battles in a way that Masto posts are not.
St. Paul 
@robinsonmeyer this is what I'm seeing. Everyone, even myself who rarely if ever posted on Twitter, has "Main Character" syndrome.
Coach Pāṇini ®@robinsonmeyer this tweak in product design is HUGE
Spencer@robinsonmeyer Agreed. As a corollary (or perhaps an expansion of the same point?), I found myself frequently tweeting with my shoulders up around my ears, trying to anticipate every bad-faith misinterpretation or snarky QT.
I truly believe what @clarity wrote here:
the design of twitter & other follow-boost services like tumblr or mastodon is fundamentally untenable and will always create conflict on such scales that people will feel like their only response is violence
I think the sheer scale of socialization enabled by Twitter—the potential for any one of your Tweets to be seen by countless strangers, none of whom share context or community with you—degrades the social experience. I don't want what I say to be amplified to every corner of the globe. I don't think any of our brains are really equipped to comprehend or navigate that. How could they be?
I truly believe what @clarity wrote here:
the design of twitter & other follow-boost services like tumblr or mastodon is fundamentally untenable and will always create conflict on such scales that people will feel like their only response is violence
I think the sheer scale of socialization enabled by Twitter—the potential for any one of your Tweets to be seen by countless strangers, none of whom share context or community with you—degrades the social experience. I don't want what I say to be amplified to every corner of the globe. I don't think any of our brains are really equipped to comprehend or navigate that. How could they be?
clarity flowers (@[email protected])
the design of twitter & other follow-boost services like tumblr or mastodon is fundamentally untenable and will always create conflict on such scales that people will feel like their only response is violence
Simon Willison@robinsonmeyer @harris that's a really interesting observation - and yeah, I do think I've been tweeting with much more of an eye to being quotable than here on Mastodon
It's so interesting how much the lack of quote tweets impacts user behaviour
Harris Lapiroff@simon @robinsonmeyer I definitely miss quote tweets because I like hearing the commentary of the people I've chosen to follow, even on their reshares, but I'm wondering if what I really want is a more helpful appearance for the public replies that show up in my feed.
Stephen Gower@harris @simon @robinsonmeyer "...more helpful appearance for the public replies that show up in my feed" - totally agree. I often see replies to something that have no context. I'd like the context to be more readily apparent.
Ken Schwencke@robinsonmeyer This is something I've been thinking as well. And when you see someone who recently had a Big Account on Twitter posting on Mastodon, their tone is so jarring here -- and I find I'm much quicker to mute folks because of it.
juno@robinsonmeyer totally - it's the fortune cookie effect!
Kevin Troy Darling 
@robinsonmeyer I see this and I’ve always looked at Twitter as epigram improv. But that’s a natural outcome of public forums. You know the audience will see your post out of context and it needs to be interesting or risk making you the main character for the wrong reason. Mast promotes conversation and I feel myself physically relax when I don’t have to be “on” to survive.
@troydarling I feel that same “unclenching” when I switch here too. I’m curious if that’s due to federation, the smaller network generally, less predatory product design, or some combo of the above. I guess we’ll find out.
@robinsonmeyer I think the federated “seed” does limit the ways it can grow but in the end it’s about what behavior is rewarded. Twitter culture could swamp the established base but I’m counting on that relief of being able to drop the act as much as the local push back to keep Mastodon peaceful, stimulating, and fun.