Jeremy AdcockNov 10, 2022
Mike Miller, PhD

Single best thing I've read on Mastodon yet.

Twitter users have "been taught to behave in certain ways. To chase likes and retweets...To promote themselves. To perform...They call themselves 'refugees', but to the Mastodon locals it feels like a busload of Kontiki tourists just arrived, blundering around yelling at each other and complaining that they don't know how to order room service. We also mourn the world we're losing." #twittermigration #twitterefugee

https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

Home invasion - Mastodon's Eternal September begins

The fediverse is dealing with a huge wave of Twitter people bringing toxic ideas with them.

Nov 10, 2022 at 4:12amTusky
Show threadMike Miller, PhDNov 10, 2022

Counterpoint:

https://bikeshed.party/objects/e68eca32-bb96-420d-92a4-92228dc5e2b4

feld (@[email protected])

re: Mastodon 'Home invasion'

Show threadrobes 👁️Nov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd taking it one day at a time here any pro tips? 😂
Show threadMike Miller, PhDNov 10, 2022
@robespierre be open to new ways of doing things!
Show threadrobes 👁️Nov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd you’re right!
Show threadDoctor😷G 🇵🇹🇺🇸Nov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd Internet NIMBY-ism.
Show threadBill DayNov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd I wonder if there is still not some possibility for refuge and self-protection, despite being a newcomer myself (although I have been a #TUINO (Twitter User in Name Only) for a long time. Admittedly, I only fully deactivated my accounts a couple of weeks ago. I have been trying to learn and respect the culture gradually, with quite a few gaffes and faux pas along the way, even if perhaps it is changing or dying.
Show threadBill DayNov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd However, a Mastodon instance is neither a bus nor a public service, and no admin is obligated to accept everyone or even anyone as a member. There still might be room for out of the way places in individual instances where people can exercise autonomy over how their communications take place. This, once again, would seem to be one of the service’s particular virtues — people have comparative freedom to set their own rules. Am I missing something?
Show threadMike Miller, PhDNov 10, 2022
@billday no, that sounds right to me.
Show threadMalcolmNov 10, 2022

@mlmillerphd

Wow😯

Show threadEvert Te WinkelNov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd Sorry. Hope I'm not too much of a burden (and I understand well that it's not just the individual's behaviour that makes it difficult)
Show threadMike Miller, PhDNov 10, 2022
@egtewinkel not to me! And to be totally clear, I've been here a week, so I don't identify with this position. I just found it very compelling.
Show threadEvert Te WinkelNov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd I very well understand that position. And to be honest, I am still learning, so I might annoy some 'oldies' as well. Just try to be humble enough.
Show threadperaNov 10, 2022
@mlmillerphd as someone who have been around for quite a good amount of time, and even back in StatusNet / GNU Social, my experience so far has been the literal opposite of an Eternal September: I'm now following almost 200 just arrived academics and scientists and my timeline looks more interesting than ever, so I'm pretty happy with the influx of new users 😊
Show threadMike Miller, PhDNov 10, 2022
@trobador I can totally see that, too. I doubt that this represents the position of all "locals" (and I found the essay to be far more nuanced than what I quoted here). But it's a compelling take and a good reminder to look, listen, and learn when you visit a place you're not from.
Show threadk cavaliereNov 10, 2022

@mlmillerphd I was on Twitter for a bit, even owned stock. I used Twitter as a glorified RSS reader, not much else. It's a perverse little universe, quickly collapsing into a black hole.

It appears Musk is creating a "gated community". I'm not on-board with his "utopia".