Mastodawn

ShareArea Feb 8, 2023

We are not doing this amazing place proper when we dig at people showing up from #Twitter when it has problems or finally pissed them off

There's nothing that will drive new users away faster than chastising them when they try to make a difficult change

I get it - I haven't been on the bird site in months.. but a poor intro could have ended my #Masto experiment quickly

Let's try to be the place everyone wants to interact at... a little kindness goes a long way

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Old Man Mike Feb 10, 2023

@sharearea exactly this. Remember, it is hard to leave an abusive relationship, and relationships don’t get much more abusive than with unconvicted rapist Elon Musk. When I left bird I used to go visit a lot. Then less. Now rarely if ever. It takes time and we’re all on our own path.

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ShareArea Feb 10, 2023

@oldmanmike

Same... I signed up in November here or test it out. When I first started I wasn't sure I would ever leave the bird, but I leaned in heavily here and before long this felt a lot more like home. The new year seemed like a breaking point and except for logging once to send a PM I haven't felt a need to be there.

Had I gotten the same "welcome" I've seen some folks get here I'd have never come back, and some of the most pious offenders have been here a shorter time than me!

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Old Man Mike

@sharearea Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it fell overnight. Mastodon is an important opportunity to create a truly free information platform, protected from the influence of financial mechanism.