Working myself to the limit day and night rn finishing a huge creative project, and I see that on here creatives are being shamed for sharing their work to attract followers...
Non-technical artists/writers/film/performer (and queer, and BIPOC) people got shamed in the early exodus for not "getting" Mastodon and now a LOT of them went to Hive -- which is a loss for the open internet, as well as Mastodonia.
I hope to see that change.
@violetblue Yeah, I'm disheartened that happened as well. I don't think some of the early adopter crowd was prepared for the very rapid culture shift that occurred over the course of this month.
It was predictable, of course... This is how it's always gone when there's a wave of migration from one site to another.
I do wonder though.... It almost seems like some of the shaming that was occurring was coming from some folks that might be on the younger side and were upset that older adults invaded their space.... The vibe of what I saw felt very young.
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