Mastodawn

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 29, 2022

Today is my 1 month anniversary of signing up for Mastodon. A few observations—after spending 13+ years on Twitter:

•The Mastodon community is kinder & more focused on lifting one another up than tearing down.

•Mastodon is learning from Twitter's mistakes by including accessibility options, incorporating an edit button, & not centralizing everything

•Engagement is not dependent on clickbait or outrage, but genuine positive content.

None of the above are absolutes, but overall, glad I'm here.

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Joe ❌👑

@QasimRashid This seems mostly true. I have had a good experience, but I'm a white guy who mainly posts photos of my hikes.

There are some people with large followings who offended the trolls on Twitter who find that the trolls have followed them here and harass them here with racist/misogynist attacks, and since the attacks are only in replies that stuff doesn't show up on the timeline and overstressed moderators aren't keeping up. I hope ways can be found to deal with that.