RoJul 2, 2023
Hey fedi.

Let's try not to be dickheads to the newcomers this time around, ok?
Show threadDoc ImpossibleJul 2, 2023

@Are0h couldn't even do that around people who've been here for months.

It really seems like the Fediverse kind of doesn't want people to use the Fediverse, is my impression after today. At least, not anyone who isn't among the techie elite.

Show threadStephan MatthiesenJul 2, 2023

@Impossible_PhD @Are0h
I'm surprised you describe it as "techie elite". The posts in my timeline this morning were from a psychiatric nurse, an electrician, an freelance musician, a cartoonist, an unemployed single mother, a community mental health campaigner, oh and there's one "Linux expert". And of course various newspaper and other media.

But perhaps it's different in German where the Fediverse is more established?

Show threadSimon Frankau

@StephanMatthiesen @Impossible_PhD What I think I've seen is a lot of is the anti-growth crowd being largely techies.

I think part of this is "anti-growth ≈ want things how they used to be ≈ long-time user ≈ early adopter ≈ techie", but also the "It works for me, what's the problem?", "You can just start your own server" & "Actually, Mastodon is very simple" crowd are pretty unwelcoming to non-techies.

So maybe it's less about techies dominating in general, than among the not-welcoming crowd?

Jul 2, 2023 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadpinoJul 2, 2023
@sgf @StephanMatthiesen @Impossible_PhD Why do you welcome them? They didn't give a shit about us before, they are here because their beloved walled garden locked them out, and once that's sorted they are back there again. And tell their friends how Mastodon is shit and Twitter is great. So, why not being a bit frank and honest about that? I don't need to block them, but too much welcomeness is not worth it.
Show threadpinoJul 2, 2023
@sgf @StephanMatthiesen @Impossible_PhD It's also not really about tech. Completely not. That's sooo lame excuse. In fact it has nothing to do with tech. Just common sense should be sufficient for not pushing Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc to what they are today. And none of the folks that are coming atm actually have that little amount of common sense. They are still part of a big problem, and just waiting for the next situation to materialize that again.
Show threadSimon FrankauJul 2, 2023
@pino @StephanMatthiesen @Impossible_PhD Thank you, person-in-tech for hating on the new people. We didn't actually need an example of what we were discussing in the thread, but I guess it's a contribution, of a sort.