You don't have to let Mastodon become Twitter 2.0.

If you see certain people bringing bad habits, here are your options by order of severity:

1. DM them about social etiquette
2. Call out their bad behaviour
3. Block their account
4. Report bad behaviour to instance admins
5. Block their instance
6. Put their instance on Fediblock

Also remember: unlike birdsite, nobody is entitled to your attention!

@atomicpoet I don't owe anyone education. I'll just do like I did over there where my blocklist is at 25k and going strong. I don't engage with jerks the way I also don't engage with having my time imposed on. I owe nothing to anyone but my child and my spouse. Everyone else should just try to be a decent person and then we wouldn't even be having this discourse.
@raantuva Yes, this is what I mean by "no one is entitled to your attention". Do what's best for your own self-care.
@atomicpoet Oh I see. I guess that wasn't clear. Thanks. :)