TealIt's too dignified on Mastodon. Where are my trash goblins at?
There's hardly any swearing here
Coming to Mastodon from Twitter feels like busting in the door loudly brandishing a half drunk bottle of tequila and finding everyone sitting in horrified silence holding cups of tea and academic papers
Not a Spring Onion@Teal I described it similarly to a friend a while back.
Less a debate on the verge to a fistfight, more like sitting in a library with a few people reading books, smoking pipe and now and then someone makes a witty remark and is rewarded with an appreciative nod. 
the roamer
Justinas DūdėnasThis is definitely a factor.
I also think that the different instance "topics" play a role, which gives more a sense of "community" and less of everyone for themselves.
And then of course "the algorithm" aka "optimization for conflict".
I think it could be interesting to "simulate" several algorithms in fedi (only as experiment of course, not as a permanent addition):
- A Twitter-style "conflict" algorithm that maps people with opposing views (and rewards angry texts with Favorites).
- The complete opposite "filter bubble" algorithm.
- And then of course the reality of fedi, but we have that already.
I am not sure how many people grasp the full extent of manipulation due to the Twitter algorithm. I'm not sure I do.