Mastodawn

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Dec 20, 2022

I think the biggest thing about Mastodon that I'm enjoying is the normalizing of dialogue. Questions aren't dunks, they're inquiries to understand better. A perhaps not the best stated phrase is still taken with positive intent. And the atmosphere really does focus on uplifting voices, rather than finding the next target.

All of the above has exceptions, of course, but after all exceptions prove the rule.

Grateful for this growing Mastodon community. I appreciate you. ❤️✊🏽

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Lavender Gooms

@QasimRashid I think it's twofold. The lack of QRT means there's much less ability to take someone else's post and then respond to it sort of "silently" solely for your own audience (you have to actually reply directly), and more importantly the extra character limit. Having 500 characters gives enough room to actually form full thoughts instead of being stuck with sound bytes, which I think leads to less attempts at pithy zingers.