My experience so far here is not terribly different from Twitter, to be honest. I'm here because most of the people I care about moved. But a substantial fraction of my mentions are people interpreting my every word as uncharitably as possible and telling me what an awful person I must be.
When blocking them gets too exhausting, I'll probably just drop off, and you'll have to tell me how awful I am via email or USPS. In person by appointment only,
It's entirely possible this is happening because, in fact, I'm really awful, and people are simply reacting to my awfulness. In which case, I'm sorry I'm ruining this place for you, and I'll try to do better.
But really, I think it's scale. At peak, I had about 90K followers on Twitter. Here I already have about 12.5K. At that scale, people want you to fit their expectations.
That said, the Nazis and election crazies aren't here (yet), and that's really nice.
@mattblaze If you aren't seeing the nasties and the crazies here, yet, I doubt you or we will have to wait long. Everytime something new comes along on the Internet, people start declaring that it will embody a wonderful world. By now, we ought not to be surprised that it doesn't happen.
So what was/is the point in changing venues? Removing support from an operation that is especially toxic. We can't eliminate nasties or crazies, but we don't have to stay where they are encouraged.
Matt Blaze
DCrocker