"you actually breathed better more concise air here."
You have got to be kidding me. This is sooo pretentious... please don't be like this wow.
"Here it feels like conversations are more respectful and informative."
Hard disagree. I see little difference. Though it is better than what twitter has become in the past 5 weeks or so. I will give your that. But there are reply guys and slurs and all the stuff that twitter had. The stuff that everything has.
In my case it tended to take the form of persistent and unwanted corrections and "advice" delivered with a condescending flavor. For others, particularly younger women who post any photos at all of themselves it can become much more creepy.
@SteveA @futurebird this sub-thread is a great example of how replies should be done: sincerely and politely. A true Reply Guy would have just hotly accused the post of using "obscure jargon" or "jingoistic inwords" or something.
I will say I have found more sincere, polite discourse on Mastodon than on Twitter, with a few caveats:
1) Reply Guys absolutely do exist on Mastodon. I've seen them myself. Mostly taking the form of people defending Mastodon's open source nature without admitting that there's still room for improvement here.
2) Often that politeness can come off as condescension. I'm pretty sure I sound condescending with my use of words like "discourse" and even my focus on politeness itself. I don't mean to be snooty, I swear!
3) I'm a cis white male, so my experience at Mastodon has been different than theirs. Anyone who defends Mastodon needs remember that not everyone has the same experience here. I play the game of life on its easiest settings. Others do not
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