Gwen Snyder is uncivilDec 17, 2022

If Mastodon diehards want this to be The Next Place after Twitter, the move is to bend over backwards to listen to disabled and Black community about what they do and don't need in social media space.

Even if it's challenging.

Even if it makes you uncomfortable.

These are power user communities, whether folks like it or not.

Show threadCassandrichDec 17, 2022
@gwensnyder Sadly a lot want it not to be that. They want it to be their private gated suburban retirement community where you can only chat about "pleasant" things. They're happy to sit around eating lotuses while the world burns.
Show threadZorin =^o.o^=Dec 17, 2022
@dalias @gwensnyder I think we can find a middle ground between not discussing important issues at all, and constant doomscrolling. A lot of us just don't want that constant toxicity here.
Show threadCassandrichDec 17, 2022

@zorinlynx @gwensnyder You can find that by using all the great features Mastodon has:

Time limited muting of an account.
Disabling boosts for an account.
Unfollowing an account.
Setting up filters to hide some posts based on patterns.
Etc.

Not by tone policing people you're a rando to and trying to control others' experiences.

Show threadRita L. Portela (Parody)

@dalias @zorinlynx @gwensnyder

THANK YOU @dalias for saying so. Your voice of reason is appreciated.

There are so many people who keep saying "nothing political" but aparently the fact that I exist is political. It's very strange. It's like a white picket fence. I genuinely don't understand what we are supposed to post. Flowers & sunsets?

It feels like control freaks on here just seem angry at everything and everyone and keep telling people to be nice without following the same advice.

Dec 19, 2022 at 1:10amWeb