Mastodawn

Dan Gillmor Jul 29, 2023

I hope that Mastodon folks who like to scold newcomers will realize how off-putting -- and damaging -- that behavior is.

Please be helpful, not scornful. Let's reduce the genuine risk of poisoning fediverse growth, and thereby giving social-media oligarchs indefinite control over online discourse.

Having said that, Mastodon/fediverse could/should do more to make users' experiences more gratifying.

Read this essential post from @kissane to understand more. https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

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deltatux

@dangillmor @kissane

Agreed, there was a lot of gatekeeping and NIMBYism during the great #TwitterMigration last year and that was off putting for many.

We should be a more welcoming community as a whole, saying hi goes a long way to #newcomers.

Also, some people really need to back off on the whole CW policing, you can come off as unwelcoming & an asshole. While there are some topics where there's consensus that CW should be used, for other topics, others may not agree with its use.

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Joe ❌👑Jul 29, 2023

@deltatux @dangillmor @kissane Alt text is great. The CW demands, on the other hand, basically tell people that the can't be who they are on this platform because some people might find their basic expression of what they are going through or what matters to them needs to be censored.