HD MooreHi folks. Want to stop hearing about the bird site? Stop visiting it, stop linking to it, stop driving engagement, mute keywords, temporarily mute folks whinging about it. Just like the other commercial "social" networks, they thrive on misery and conflict, not community. Stop feeding it. It won't kill it, but your circle may stop talking about it.
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√Wh1t3Rabbit 🇵🇱🐰,🖕🏻❄️@hdm I guess I'm in a weird place where my experience hasn't changed in the site minus the over-moderation.
Do you see adoption here to be what we had in Twitter when it was useful "back in the day"?
Do you see adoption here to be what we had in Twitter when it was useful "back in the day"?
@Wh1t3Rabbit Honestly I don't feel like I have missed anything, which is amazing, and a testament to how awesome this community is. The occasional t.co link I see is something I already encountered on mastodon in one way or the other (local or follow-based). I think the bird site convinced people that follower count was currency (and klout and friends didn't help), when what mattered was reach, engagement, and trust.
@Wh1t3Rabbit where things DO break down is if you hope to reach folks outside of the community - they have to know it exists - someone visiting the bird site to see "news" won't realize that the rest of their space is talking on mastodon - at least until enough folks drop links to mastodon posts.
@hdm fair enough... Side note, haven't talked to you in ages and ages... wouldn't mind catching over a call soon
Ryan Larrabure@hdm @thegibson I put in filters, specifically, to avoid mentions of it.
Alan Gamrican@hdm True this! Make it irrelevant. Attention is is what that which seeks our attention fears the most.
Alditrus@hdm the only way to defeat the wolf is to stop feeding it
Lucas Gonze (infosec posts)> commercial "social" networks thrive on misery and conflict, not community.