Tim HolmesNov 22, 2022

I hear new people noting how chill, tolerant, and pleasant Mastodon is.

Mastodon isn’t chill or tolerant or pleasant. It’s a tool… a foundation on which to create and maintain a culture.

It’s those who’ve been on Mastodon, run servers, and served as admins who did the hard work and created the culture you now enjoy.

Now, it’s your turn. The only way it stays tolerant and chill is by us doing the work to keep it that way.

A good example of, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Show threadResistUK
@TPOHolmes well said. It’s only pleasant while people behave pleasantly. There’s a large chunk of people out there who are neither pleasant nor behave well.
Nov 22, 2022 at 8:33pmWeb
Show threadSmallTownGirlNov 23, 2022
@TPOHolmes @ResistUK the opposite is also true. There is a large chunk of people out there who are both pleasant and well behaved. The challenge is to find spaces where that decency flourishes.
Show threadTim HolmesNov 23, 2022
@SmallTownGirl @ResistUK I’d say that we’re all sometimes unpleasant and not well behaved. I think the key is not to be triggered by others’ behavior, so that it doesn’t build on itself and become the norm.
Show threadResistUKNov 23, 2022
@TPOHolmes @SmallTownGirl everyone should have fundamental levels of acceptable behaviour and understand what is not. Always live by the adage - do as you would be done by - ingrained at an early age. Sadly not always the case in today’s society
Show threadTim HolmesNov 23, 2022
@ResistUK @SmallTownGirl It’s never been true across the history of humanity. We aren’t perfect, we fail regularly, and we forgive those who do, assuming they don’t do whatever offense it is again, on purpose, etc. Individuals will always fail to behave well 100% of the time and everyone’s definition of well behaved is a different, even within the bounds of the rules.