Unnamed TNG skant beefcakeImagine:
Reply | Boost | Fave | Dismiss
We *could* prompt people to de-escalate
But we don't
Like, if a user's options are:
Like/boost/bookmark/reply/report/block
And nothing else
And there's no way to get someone's unwelcome take out of your sight
Given that we have a culture of "you lose the argument if you block me"
We're prompting people to start a fight by not giving them any "de-escalate" buttons to push
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keithzg@researchfairy Wait, is there not at least a "Mute conversation" like even Twitter has (or had?)? i see that here on my Pleroma instance, and over on my Firefish one too, I've been assuming Mastodon had it too but I guess in retrospect I dunno why I was assuming Mastodon had a good natural human-centric feature that would somewhat reduce engagement.
@keithzg You can "mute conversation" on Masto
I'm imagining doing it to posts that you see on your home timeline though, especially given that there's certain ones that just keep getting boosted back up
@keithzg 
Better things are possible????
Better things are possible????
feld@keithzg the Mastodon design decision is to only allow you to mute a thread from a notification you received, IIRC
Primo@researchfairy would the mute function kind of work?
I remember muting a bunch of conversation over on twitter for peace of mind.
I remember muting a bunch of conversation over on twitter for peace of mind.