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.
Mike | Abundance Protocol@paulg Many times I use QT to 'frame' a tweet in a way that is relevant to my followers - but not necessarily relevant to the conversation (so not a reply). I think that's a useful feature, but also see how it can be abused.
It all starts with incentives anyway. Mocking/attacking others is how people build clout in a hyper polarized social network. If we want to reduce such behavior that requires redesign of incentives - at Mastodon there is no algorithm that drives ratings, so that's a start.