Paul GrahamIt's been interesting comparing Twitter and Mastodon. One of the big differences I notice is that the ratio of mockery to substantive replies is much lower on Mastodon. So if you're going to use both, maybe Mastodon is the place to try out novel ideas first.
Gabi Purcaru@paulg to what extent do you think this is inherent to Mastodon vs. the novelty of the platform attracting mostly power users?
Robotbeat@gabipurcaru @paulg I think the huge rush of users in the last few days brought folks who were bringing Twitter-like conversation patterns. Overall, because it’s smaller and feels more private, there’s less mockery to impress your followers and more treating the other user like a real person.